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Had a hour to kill before work today, so decided to hit a mark where I had a good few pollock on the softies a few days ago and some knocks that where def not pollock also!
Was a hour before high so there was a bit of run, had a good few casts with a xslayer on 7g ball head, and was feeling a few plucks to my lure OTD and was thinking there was pollock about as same a few days ago, next cast as soon as my lure hit the water and I had tension, Bang, my rod bent over and my drag screemed - a nice scrap beetween me and the unknown ensued, was thinking it might be a bass but could see no flashes of silver, but knew it was no pollock, it was not till I had it close I could see it was a nice big wrasse, then landed it to my feet!
Got some pics of it, put it in plastic bag and weighed it 83.6 oz, didnt change the units on the scales but to me that works out at 5.2lb of chunky wrasse - my first one to a lure and the biggest wrasse I ever caught - and it swam of strongly when released!
It was caught on rod bar 2.7, 20lb braid, no leader, xslayer (forgotten colour as dont have packet) and a 7g ball head.
Have been doing a fair bit of readin and trying to suss some techs , was the other day that OTD on the pollock kinda clicked into place.
Considering that in the near 2 years I have been plugging, I have only caught 2 x very small bass, a fair few snipe and lots of pollock the biggest being 3lb - I was well happy to feel what its like to have a good scrap and bend in my rod from a nice fish as it was from about 30 yards away in shallowish water.
The only downside and there is 2 : is that I never paid my subs for sinkers this year so cant weigh it in and I hesitated on joining the wrasse challenge a couple of months ago so cant enter it there either which I think would of put me in 2nd place
I was in 2 minds if to say anything about it as feel stoopid for not paying subs or entering challenge - but WTF I cant hide the grin or resist at least telling a few!
The things I now know since this catch - I know what you lot are on about when talking of screeming reels and a bend in the rod and the buzz of a good catch when you put thought into it.
It may not get me any points or prizes But im still well happy with my first wrasse to the Lure :-0
Had a hour to kill before work today, so decided to hit a mark where I had a good few pollock on the softies a few days ago and some knocks that where def not pollock also!
Was a hour before high so there was a bit of run, had a good few casts with a xslayer on 7g ball head, and was feeling a few plucks to my lure OTD and was thinking there was pollock about as same a few days ago, next cast as soon as my lure hit the water and I had tension, Bang, my rod bent over and my drag screemed - a nice scrap beetween me and the unknown ensued, was thinking it might be a bass but could see no flashes of silver, but knew it was no pollock, it was not till I had it close I could see it was a nice big wrasse, then landed it to my feet!
Got some pics of it, put it in plastic bag and weighed it 83.6 oz, didnt change the units on the scales but to me that works out at 5.2lb of chunky wrasse - my first one to a lure and the biggest wrasse I ever caught - and it swam of strongly when released!
It was caught on rod bar 2.7, 20lb braid, no leader, xslayer (forgotten colour as dont have packet) and a 7g ball head.
Have been doing a fair bit of readin and trying to suss some techs , was the other day that OTD on the pollock kinda clicked into place.
Considering that in the near 2 years I have been plugging, I have only caught 2 x very small bass, a fair few snipe and lots of pollock the biggest being 3lb - I was well happy to feel what its like to have a good scrap and bend in my rod from a nice fish as it was from about 30 yards away in shallowish water.
The only downside and there is 2 : is that I never paid my subs for sinkers this year so cant weigh it in and I hesitated on joining the wrasse challenge a couple of months ago so cant enter it there either which I think would of put me in 2nd place
I was in 2 minds if to say anything about it as feel stoopid for not paying subs or entering challenge - but WTF I cant hide the grin or resist at least telling a few!
The things I now know since this catch - I know what you lot are on about when talking of screeming reels and a bend in the rod and the buzz of a good catch when you put thought into it.
It may not get me any points or prizes But im still well happy with my first wrasse to the Lure :-0
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