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Lacking the motivation to work yesterday afternoon, I decided that it'd be a good chance to get out and try some of this LRF stuff that we've been chatting about..
High tide at Mevagissey harbour was at about 8.15pm and was a decently high one. After faffing to sort all my new kit out before leaving, I didn't get there until about 8pm, but it was still just about light. I haven't fished down there for years, and never considered fishing inside the main harbour walls. It looked good though!
I started off just having a walk around to try and figure out where I should be fishing, having a half-hearted cast or 2 at anywhere that looked fishy. Eventually I stopped under a streetlight, parallel to one of the inner walls. I started on a white 2" Jackall Mebaru-Bushi, and first cast hooked a fish just as it twitched back in to the light. 2 or 3 quickly followed before it went quiet. A quick switch to a tiny Gulp worm caught me a couple more. One of which took it on the drop (without me realising) as I just dropped the bait straight down the wall in front of me. At this point I think I was on a 1.3g, size 6 jighead.
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I then continued to wander, catching a couple of fish from each spot I tried. Being near the lights seemed quite important if you were after a quick fish. They were very small fish generally, but a couple between about 6 or 8oz did show up towards the end.
I just took one of my 2 rods with me - the solid tipped version. Was amazing how much feel you actually have on a 1g jig. Its almost like you're pulling half an ounce around!
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In hindsight, I reckon I could have caught a lot more. The fish at this spot were fairly easy targets (although saying that, when I leant my rod to another angler with fish in front of him, he didn't catch), but there were soooooo many times when they were attacking the bait but not hooking up. At times you could see them doing it. They also showed a HUGE liking for shad tailed baits on the night. I ended up fishing under one of the biggest lights in the harbour, catching fairly well on smaller worms etc, but tried a 2" One-Up Shad to see what they'd make of it. Well, things definitely picked up. It was also easier in that it was possible with the shad to actually use a much straighter, slooooooooooow retrieve and still get bites, and fish. The worms needed more work and concentration but the shad had 3 or 4 fish at a time chasing it in. This is what makes me think that the tiny Jackson vibration baits that I have would have caught quite a few fish. 2" was still too big to be perfect and I think smaller baits would have bought more hook-ups in this final location. On the worms I was down to using 1.5" baits and a size 12, 0.9g jighead (would have gone, much, much lighter if I could), but with the shad on a very, very slow retireve it was possible to catch using 1.5g and a size 4. It was nice by the end of the session to have whitnessed which different techniques worked best (or would have) in a certain situation. On the night I could have used a mich wider range of methods to make the most of it. Next time.
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In the end I stopped on a total of 28 fish, just as the rain started. A weird night overall. Totally, totally different kind of fun, and also weird in that I was fishing stood outside a pub door at one point! I'd usually have been inside one on a friday night! :mrgreen:
High tide at Mevagissey harbour was at about 8.15pm and was a decently high one. After faffing to sort all my new kit out before leaving, I didn't get there until about 8pm, but it was still just about light. I haven't fished down there for years, and never considered fishing inside the main harbour walls. It looked good though!
I started off just having a walk around to try and figure out where I should be fishing, having a half-hearted cast or 2 at anywhere that looked fishy. Eventually I stopped under a streetlight, parallel to one of the inner walls. I started on a white 2" Jackall Mebaru-Bushi, and first cast hooked a fish just as it twitched back in to the light. 2 or 3 quickly followed before it went quiet. A quick switch to a tiny Gulp worm caught me a couple more. One of which took it on the drop (without me realising) as I just dropped the bait straight down the wall in front of me. At this point I think I was on a 1.3g, size 6 jighead.
I then continued to wander, catching a couple of fish from each spot I tried. Being near the lights seemed quite important if you were after a quick fish. They were very small fish generally, but a couple between about 6 or 8oz did show up towards the end.
I just took one of my 2 rods with me - the solid tipped version. Was amazing how much feel you actually have on a 1g jig. Its almost like you're pulling half an ounce around!
In hindsight, I reckon I could have caught a lot more. The fish at this spot were fairly easy targets (although saying that, when I leant my rod to another angler with fish in front of him, he didn't catch), but there were soooooo many times when they were attacking the bait but not hooking up. At times you could see them doing it. They also showed a HUGE liking for shad tailed baits on the night. I ended up fishing under one of the biggest lights in the harbour, catching fairly well on smaller worms etc, but tried a 2" One-Up Shad to see what they'd make of it. Well, things definitely picked up. It was also easier in that it was possible with the shad to actually use a much straighter, slooooooooooow retrieve and still get bites, and fish. The worms needed more work and concentration but the shad had 3 or 4 fish at a time chasing it in. This is what makes me think that the tiny Jackson vibration baits that I have would have caught quite a few fish. 2" was still too big to be perfect and I think smaller baits would have bought more hook-ups in this final location. On the worms I was down to using 1.5" baits and a size 12, 0.9g jighead (would have gone, much, much lighter if I could), but with the shad on a very, very slow retireve it was possible to catch using 1.5g and a size 4. It was nice by the end of the session to have whitnessed which different techniques worked best (or would have) in a certain situation. On the night I could have used a mich wider range of methods to make the most of it. Next time.
In the end I stopped on a total of 28 fish, just as the rain started. A weird night overall. Totally, totally different kind of fun, and also weird in that I was fishing stood outside a pub door at one point! I'd usually have been inside one on a friday night! :mrgreen:
