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Well I must admit since joining the site I've been fascinated by the idea of targeting species on artificials that I would normally only fish for with bait. Wrasse was top of my list and so I headed off to a mark where I was sure they would be on Friday but unfortunately is wasn't to be, although I did catch a little red cod which kind of made up for the lack of wrasse.
Undeterred I headed off again on Sunday to explore the surrounding area a little more at low tide and try to find a couple of new spots to try and with a few new spots identified I headed back yesterday to fish them over high tide. It didn't get off to a great start I must admit, probably because I'm still trying to get the hang of this kind of fishing. I started off with larger slickworms and slugos before rummaging through the box looking for something a little smaller. I eventually found a single curl tailed grub and rigged it up on a small darter jig head. It wasn't long before I saw a wrasse follow it in only to turn away, this happened several times but at least now I knew I was getting the interest of a few fish. I flicked it out again but this time he took it, I was delighted. Although I've caught much bigger wrasse before but this was the first time I'd ever targeted and caught one on lure. I've still have a lot more learning to do but hopefully it will be the first of many.
Undeterred I headed off again on Sunday to explore the surrounding area a little more at low tide and try to find a couple of new spots to try and with a few new spots identified I headed back yesterday to fish them over high tide. It didn't get off to a great start I must admit, probably because I'm still trying to get the hang of this kind of fishing. I started off with larger slickworms and slugos before rummaging through the box looking for something a little smaller. I eventually found a single curl tailed grub and rigged it up on a small darter jig head. It wasn't long before I saw a wrasse follow it in only to turn away, this happened several times but at least now I knew I was getting the interest of a few fish. I flicked it out again but this time he took it, I was delighted. Although I've caught much bigger wrasse before but this was the first time I'd ever targeted and caught one on lure. I've still have a lot more learning to do but hopefully it will be the first of many.
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