West Cornwall Wrasse 08-11-2011

Well, being down in Penzance, and my freshly delivered copy of Modern Warfare 3 sitting with the rest of the post back home in Devon, seemed a good time to go for a quick session on the Wrasse. Headed out of Penzance to one of the small fishing villages on the South Coast of West Cornwall. Arrived in the drizzle at low, with the tide starting to push over the weed strewn granite lumps that make this part of the country up.

Set up the Nories Rockfish Bottom Light 7-15g rod with a Daiwa '10 Certate reel, loaded with Sunline 0.8PE braid. Have found the Sunline Castaway to be a very reliable line, offering good wear resistance in amongst the rough grounds where the Wrasse like to feed.

Rigged up a drop shot rig, with a 5g drop shot weight, and a Decoy size 1 hook with wire weed guard. Hooked an OSP Mylar Minnow lure through the head, and into the dep water below the rocky perch I was on. Small surge pushing through the gully I was fishing in, soon connected with a fish, and landed the first Wrasse of the day, coming in at 2lb 9oz;

Fished on with the dropshot rig, until it became snagged, and the leader snapped off at the hook. Took the opportunity to rig a 3" Jackson Delicious Shiner Texas style, with a size 4 weedless hook and a Zappu 1.8g bullet weight. Love these small lures, they are my top Wrasse catcher this season, perfect mouthful for the fish. Hooked 2 more Wrasse, both smaller than the first, took a quick pic of the bigger one out of the two;