New Grounds - Light Action 26-09-2011

Headed out today to some new grounds East of Salcombe, fishing from low tide through the push for a couple of hours. Target species was Wrasse, on the light gear, Nories RockFish Bottom UltraLight 1.8-7g, Certate 2506 with Sunline Small Game 0.4PE, with Jackson Delicious Shiner, rigged weedless with 2-3g sinkers.

Fished from rock, close range, over a mix of rock, pebble and weed. The area I was fishing is close to a large headland point, that experiences turbulent tides, as currents meet. You can see in the photo below, that on the pushing tide, there was a fast flow between the rocks I was fishing from in the foreground, and the large rocks further out;

It was similar to fishing an estuary, cast out 'upstream', stay in contact and feel the lure bouncing the bottom. The Wrasse were very active with strong takes, and putting up a great fight, swimming with the current, really testing on the light gear. Managed to take six Wrasse, and stopped fishing once the flow was too strong to fish effectively with the light stuff;

Once back at the car, the beach I had set out from was covered, and some nice waves rolling in, so broke out the morethan Branzino Urban Side Custom and some plugs. Managed to loose a decent fish, and then land a small schoolie on a Zonk, right under the rock I was on;