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The last few weeks fishing, actually maybe even months, have been very disappointing and nothing seemed to be quite coming together for me, :sad: I'm sure you all know the feeling. Anyway I lost count of the amount of blanks and disappointing sessions I've had and quite often I'd arrive at marks only to find them pretty much unfishable due to the amount of weed. I even tried a session or two after little pike and perch on the canals but even that didn't quite work out as planned,:???: as you can see although I caught the target species they were only tiddlers.
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Well, the canals clearly weren't working out for me so I figured I venture back to the sea, numerous blanks and a lost brand new Tideminnow later, all I had to show for my efforts was a couple of tiny pollock, a launce and an unexpected tiny little bass I caught whilst fishing for mackerel.:shock:
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I did however do a bit more exploring and found a new spot to try when the weed subsided a little bit and the weather improved.
Anyway enough of that, now on to the good stuff...;-)
When I saw the good weather this morning I figured hangover or not I was dragging myself down there and when I arrived it was just as I hoped. The weed wasn't too bad, the wind and the swell had dropped and it was nice and calm, for some reason the marks in this area seem to fish better in the calm.
I got to the mark about two or three hours before high tide and I figured that the bass might move in over an area of rough / broken ground I had previously seen, with the tide. I stuck on my trusty Feed shallow and started making my way along the shoreline trying to remember where the spots I had previously seen were. It got off to a slow start though and I was beginning to think it might be yet another blank but then a little schoolie took a liking to my Feed shallow.:-D To tell you the truth I was delighted with that and figured it would be my lot for the day but I was wrong...
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It was still about an hour and a half to high tide and plenty of time to catch another fish or two, so I fished on with the Feed shallow and also an X-Cross for a bit and got a few more hits and follows but no more hook ups. I had a feeling that a slightly smaller lure might be a bit better so I had a quick rummage in the box to see what I had with me and decided to try a little Smith ULM 115. At this stage it was just about high tide and I was starting to make my way back up to a little outcrop of boulders that I had passed on the way down, a few casts later the line tightened and line started peeling off the reel. This certainly much bigger than the little schoolie I had caught earlier and when I got it up to the surface and saw it for the first time I knew it was definitely a pb for me.:-D :-D:-D My scales is acting up a bit but I reckon 5 or 6lb? I got a few photos and then watched her swim off to be caught another day.:-D
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Well, the canals clearly weren't working out for me so I figured I venture back to the sea, numerous blanks and a lost brand new Tideminnow later,
all I had to show for my efforts was a couple of tiny pollock, a launce and an unexpected tiny little bass I caught whilst fishing for mackerel.:shock: 
I did however do a bit more exploring and found a new spot to try when the weed subsided a little bit and the weather improved.
Anyway enough of that, now on to the good stuff...;-)
When I saw the good weather this morning I figured hangover or not I was dragging myself down there and when I arrived it was just as I hoped. The weed wasn't too bad, the wind and the swell had dropped and it was nice and calm, for some reason the marks in this area seem to fish better in the calm.
I got to the mark about two or three hours before high tide and I figured that the bass might move in over an area of rough / broken ground I had previously seen, with the tide. I stuck on my trusty Feed shallow and started making my way along the shoreline trying to remember where the spots I had previously seen were. It got off to a slow start though and I was beginning to think it might be yet another blank but then a little schoolie took a liking to my Feed shallow.:-D To tell you the truth I was delighted with that and figured it would be my lot for the day but I was wrong...
It was still about an hour and a half to high tide and plenty of time to catch another fish or two, so I fished on with the Feed shallow and also an X-Cross for a bit and got a few more hits and follows but no more hook ups. I had a feeling that a slightly smaller lure might be a bit better so I had a quick rummage in the box to see what I had with me and decided to try a little Smith ULM 115. At this stage it was just about high tide and I was starting to make my way back up to a little outcrop of boulders that I had passed on the way down, a few casts later the line tightened and line started peeling off the reel. This certainly much bigger than the little schoolie I had caught earlier and when I got it up to the surface and saw it for the first time I knew it was definitely a pb for me.:-D :-D:-D My scales is acting up a bit but I reckon 5 or 6lb? I got a few photos and then watched her swim off to be caught another day.:-D
