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the fish bite the least !
How true is that.
3 fished last night over 2 good marks, optimum tide etc.
Days of strong easterly and north easterly winds coloured up the sea and left it with 3, maybe 4ft vis in protected places.
I fished the Shimano Diaflash 228 UL-S last night.
I deliberately set out to make it hard, not knowing at the time just how hard it would be....
rod was rung with Ultima Powersteel 5lb mono straight through to various jigs and soft lures to get a 'feel' for the new solid tipped rod.
The casting ability is brilliant from 1g through to 6g + a 3" slug bait.
However:
You don't realise just how much everything works together gear wise until you introduce a weak link. Not weak as in strength but, weak as in 'feel'.
Mono and LRF on a solid tipped rod for jig styles simply, SUCKS ! big time.
After fishing for a while, I felt the tiniest bump...
A nice fish and, the diaflash kicked into gear. It was brilliant.
I soon snagged bottom and breaking out....
Well, what an opera that was...
I must have walked back 20ft and got 5 turns on the reel before the stretch came out. Even then, popping 5lb powersteel was still tough.
We moved marks shortly afterwards and I also switched to braid on the diaflash.
My god, what a difference. It became electric in feel.
Still the fishing was rock hard. 3 guys had fished next to us and blanked and we were heading the same way...
Until these 2 came along.
One on a team of tiny smoke crawdads and one on a 2" One Up Shad.
So, not a very eventful night but, still 3 nice fish. Way better than any blank and I got to baptise my new rod in Pollack fire.
Until later....
How true is that.
3 fished last night over 2 good marks, optimum tide etc.
Days of strong easterly and north easterly winds coloured up the sea and left it with 3, maybe 4ft vis in protected places.
I fished the Shimano Diaflash 228 UL-S last night.
I deliberately set out to make it hard, not knowing at the time just how hard it would be....
rod was rung with Ultima Powersteel 5lb mono straight through to various jigs and soft lures to get a 'feel' for the new solid tipped rod.
The casting ability is brilliant from 1g through to 6g + a 3" slug bait.
However:
You don't realise just how much everything works together gear wise until you introduce a weak link. Not weak as in strength but, weak as in 'feel'.
Mono and LRF on a solid tipped rod for jig styles simply, SUCKS ! big time.
After fishing for a while, I felt the tiniest bump...

A nice fish and, the diaflash kicked into gear. It was brilliant.
I soon snagged bottom and breaking out....
Well, what an opera that was...
I must have walked back 20ft and got 5 turns on the reel before the stretch came out. Even then, popping 5lb powersteel was still tough.
We moved marks shortly afterwards and I also switched to braid on the diaflash.
My god, what a difference. It became electric in feel.
Still the fishing was rock hard. 3 guys had fished next to us and blanked and we were heading the same way...

Until these 2 came along.
One on a team of tiny smoke crawdads and one on a 2" One Up Shad.
So, not a very eventful night but, still 3 nice fish. Way better than any blank and I got to baptise my new rod in Pollack fire.
Until later....