Bass 'N Wrasse 27-06-2011

Headed out to a mark local to Penzance, but one I have only briefly checked out in the winter once. Arrived at neap low tide, very clear deep water, with a mix of gullies and reefs. Not much swell running, and the wind was light.

Tackle was the morethan Branzino Urban Custom 5-24g paired with a '10 Certate 2508 loaded with Sunline CastAway 0.1PE. Selection of plugs and softs in the back pack.

Started off with the Feed Shallow, across some shallow boulders, and third cast in I hooked into a Bass, nothing big, but a good start.

Moved on, and the ground beneath screamed Wrasse, so tackled up with a Nories Flat Four SP, and soon sneaked out a small Wrasse;

Changed location to the other side of the bay I was in, and back on the hard plastics, casting parallel into a small sheltered cove, landed my smallest Bass to date, taken on a Duo Tide Minnow 90S, pictured for size comparison;

Some deep dark gullies saw a switch back to the SP's, this time a 4.5" OSP Do-Live stick, and pulled out a couple more Wrasse from close range;

As the tide pushed, filling in the gullies, was able to cast across them, into the small surf, and picked up the final Bass of the day, another small one, taken on the Duo Tide Minnnow 125SLD;

Was good to get a mix of Bass and Wrasse, tho nothing of any size. Really enjoying the Branzino rod, it work very well, switching from short range SP work, to long casting straight retrieves with the plugs. Finding myself using this rod a lot lately.