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After previous sessions around the harbour under the lights I decided the next rock fishing would be an LRF outing, to be honest leaving the plugging gear behind was a decision well made, as Ive never had such a fun trip out. After getting in some smaller purpose baits and jig heads it was time to give them a fair shout out on the rocks and ledges around portland.
The reel was spooled with 4lb fluoro straight through to a Reins Aji-Meba Jig head and a variety of reins attached. On the ULX, the 2.6g jigheads felt true and the bite detection was spot on. Sure I wasn't making the distances the pluggers were but ' on the drop ' bites/takes were positive.
I caught on all, but it was the second from the bottom, (Nitro crawler) which proved the most popular to the fish tonight. My main concern relating to deep hooking, (from previous outings with single hooks rigged) was not an issue tonight, as the jigheads used allowed easy unhooking. I managed 16 pollack and 1 mackerel tonight.
Its addictive and when the fish show its enjoyable, its almost like getting more sport from the sport if you know what I mean.
The reel was spooled with 4lb fluoro straight through to a Reins Aji-Meba Jig head and a variety of reins attached. On the ULX, the 2.6g jigheads felt true and the bite detection was spot on. Sure I wasn't making the distances the pluggers were but ' on the drop ' bites/takes were positive.

I caught on all, but it was the second from the bottom, (Nitro crawler) which proved the most popular to the fish tonight. My main concern relating to deep hooking, (from previous outings with single hooks rigged) was not an issue tonight, as the jigheads used allowed easy unhooking. I managed 16 pollack and 1 mackerel tonight.

Its addictive and when the fish show its enjoyable, its almost like getting more sport from the sport if you know what I mean.