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Well, last night..
Paul B, Darren G, Tom P, Gary A, Scott and myself met up at Greve de Lecq, a nice NW harbour mark that has no light but has a long rocky lower arm and access to the rocks that are left of the pier.
we fished Greve for maybe an hour and we all split up to cover the most likely holes.
Paul and I opted for the rocks left of the pier.
Fishing slightly heavier to combat the nasty wind that had raised it's ugly head, I started 6g with a DOA fluketail. It wasn't long before i worked out how deep it was and I started feeling for 'on the drop' takes.
After 10 minutes or so, the tiny tell bump of a take was detected and a nice fish was pulling strongly. Too strongly in fact.
Anyway, to my surprise it was just a standard sized Pollack.
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This was one of two I took from Greve Le Lecq. It was tough though, make no mistake.
After the hour the boys on the pier had assembled and the tell tale glow of headlamps indicated they'd had enough.
We decided to head off to Bonne Nuit to try to escape the wind. As it was...
That was a futile decision as Bonne Nuit was just as windy and soon, the heavens were to open too.
Gary A hadn't followed us and he probably made a wise decision. So, Tom, Paul, Scott, Darren and myself worked away at the harbour trying to get bites. Indications were that fish were present.
I fished the back wall but after missing a few takes, the wind increasingly worse, I decided to move down. No one yet had caught a fish. Most were on 3" long or more soft lures. Paul then went on a grasdos mission and failed. He spent an age trying to replicate the historical specimen grasdos I landed after a hard fight the other night at the same location. He failed !
Darren and Scott left, tail between the legs and I reached for the 'specials' box
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I've just put this secret box together.
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Close up and reference to the size of the lures.
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This little guy was man of the match landing 3 fish. Jackson Jaco vib 25mm 4g
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This small 45mm vibration lure was, like the Jaco, fished tiny rip, long sliding fall. ALL bites were detected on the drop.
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One of 2 landed on the Jackson 'cymo' 4.5cm 5g. On 8lb braid and matching rod, cut through the wind, cast great, felt vibration was awesome, long sliding after vibrating it drew the takes.
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Just a look at the Jaco vib. As it was peeing down with rain, the 2 bigger Pollack, in fact much bigger Pollack were returned without taking photo's.
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Paul B holds one of the fish for me so we can show you just how small these things really are.
Fact:
The smaller I went, the takes I got. Paul is a good on the soft lures and although he himself switched down to light head a tiny xlayer, he couldn't live with the smaller stuff. Even though the other guys didn't catch, this result was important. It shows that again, armed with larger stuff, 5 or 6 blokes would walk away and suggest no fish were present. Of course, they may not be, but what if they ARE and we just don't fish for them right ?
This very small lure scenario has reoccurred too many times now for it to be coincidence.
Paul B, Darren G, Tom P, Gary A, Scott and myself met up at Greve de Lecq, a nice NW harbour mark that has no light but has a long rocky lower arm and access to the rocks that are left of the pier.
we fished Greve for maybe an hour and we all split up to cover the most likely holes.
Paul and I opted for the rocks left of the pier.
Fishing slightly heavier to combat the nasty wind that had raised it's ugly head, I started 6g with a DOA fluketail. It wasn't long before i worked out how deep it was and I started feeling for 'on the drop' takes.
After 10 minutes or so, the tiny tell bump of a take was detected and a nice fish was pulling strongly. Too strongly in fact.
Anyway, to my surprise it was just a standard sized Pollack.
This was one of two I took from Greve Le Lecq. It was tough though, make no mistake.
After the hour the boys on the pier had assembled and the tell tale glow of headlamps indicated they'd had enough.
We decided to head off to Bonne Nuit to try to escape the wind. As it was...
That was a futile decision as Bonne Nuit was just as windy and soon, the heavens were to open too.
Gary A hadn't followed us and he probably made a wise decision. So, Tom, Paul, Scott, Darren and myself worked away at the harbour trying to get bites. Indications were that fish were present.
I fished the back wall but after missing a few takes, the wind increasingly worse, I decided to move down. No one yet had caught a fish. Most were on 3" long or more soft lures. Paul then went on a grasdos mission and failed. He spent an age trying to replicate the historical specimen grasdos I landed after a hard fight the other night at the same location. He failed !
Darren and Scott left, tail between the legs and I reached for the 'specials' box
I've just put this secret box together.
Close up and reference to the size of the lures.
This little guy was man of the match landing 3 fish. Jackson Jaco vib 25mm 4g
This small 45mm vibration lure was, like the Jaco, fished tiny rip, long sliding fall. ALL bites were detected on the drop.
One of 2 landed on the Jackson 'cymo' 4.5cm 5g. On 8lb braid and matching rod, cut through the wind, cast great, felt vibration was awesome, long sliding after vibrating it drew the takes.
Just a look at the Jaco vib. As it was peeing down with rain, the 2 bigger Pollack, in fact much bigger Pollack were returned without taking photo's.
Paul B holds one of the fish for me so we can show you just how small these things really are.
Fact:
The smaller I went, the takes I got. Paul is a good on the soft lures and although he himself switched down to light head a tiny xlayer, he couldn't live with the smaller stuff. Even though the other guys didn't catch, this result was important. It shows that again, armed with larger stuff, 5 or 6 blokes would walk away and suggest no fish were present. Of course, they may not be, but what if they ARE and we just don't fish for them right ?
This very small lure scenario has reoccurred too many times now for it to be coincidence.
