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After the spectacular results for Si last week, expectations were high for our latest visit to Bosherston in West Wales today with a good forecast, plenty of new lures and light gear all round. Just the five of us today - Si & Luke, Iestyn (our erstwhile guru and guide), George and me. Everyone went light, four bushwackers and a Tenryu injection and we were after the rush of a big girl on light tackle.
Depsite arriving 5 minutes ahead of our agreed rendezvous, the boys from the Valleys were already gone and away, so George and I had a good 1/2 mile yomp to catch them up. Although they had a few casts before we arrived and tackled up, no fish were on the bank. The hotspot from last week, wasn't firing this morning, so Iestyn resorted to weedless SPs along the reed margins. Before long he had a take and hook-up which converted to a snag. After some coaxing, possibly the smallest possible pike was landed - no need to stress about how to get this one up the wall! At this point we split up, Si, Luke & Iestyn heading for the pegs that had produced for George & I last week whilst we headed up the main lake.
The trip up was tough, but on his perch pattern shad, George managed a jack of around 6 pounds, so that was us off the mark. Nothing more showed until we were almost all the way back. I had missed one fish that grabbed at the lure as it reached the bank (maybe 8lbs), and then after two follows and a couple of knocks I landed a similar size to George on the now trusty Red Head Crystal Minnow. We met the lads back at the bridge to hear that a few fish had been moved, a few missed and a good fish of around 10lbs had been landed (and filmed by Luke) by Iestyn. We swapped slots for the afternoon and fishing was hard again. After a quiet few hours George landed a good fish around 8lbs. No photos as again, Dad blew the chinning part, and "released" the fish at the bank. I missed two good takes from the same spot at last knockings - the fish ambushing the lure but the hooks not sticking.
All in all a lovely day but the fish were reluctant today. Was it the wind? who knows. Si will be on for details of the fish they moved and hooked.
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Depsite arriving 5 minutes ahead of our agreed rendezvous, the boys from the Valleys were already gone and away, so George and I had a good 1/2 mile yomp to catch them up. Although they had a few casts before we arrived and tackled up, no fish were on the bank. The hotspot from last week, wasn't firing this morning, so Iestyn resorted to weedless SPs along the reed margins. Before long he had a take and hook-up which converted to a snag. After some coaxing, possibly the smallest possible pike was landed - no need to stress about how to get this one up the wall! At this point we split up, Si, Luke & Iestyn heading for the pegs that had produced for George & I last week whilst we headed up the main lake.
The trip up was tough, but on his perch pattern shad, George managed a jack of around 6 pounds, so that was us off the mark. Nothing more showed until we were almost all the way back. I had missed one fish that grabbed at the lure as it reached the bank (maybe 8lbs), and then after two follows and a couple of knocks I landed a similar size to George on the now trusty Red Head Crystal Minnow. We met the lads back at the bridge to hear that a few fish had been moved, a few missed and a good fish of around 10lbs had been landed (and filmed by Luke) by Iestyn. We swapped slots for the afternoon and fishing was hard again. After a quiet few hours George landed a good fish around 8lbs. No photos as again, Dad blew the chinning part, and "released" the fish at the bank. I missed two good takes from the same spot at last knockings - the fish ambushing the lure but the hooks not sticking.
All in all a lovely day but the fish were reluctant today. Was it the wind? who knows. Si will be on for details of the fish they moved and hooked.
