Friday 13th - Lucky For Some

For the last 6 weeks or so, work has been full on and hectic. This has left little opportunity to get fishing, and the reason why my catch reports dropped off! Decided that I would set aside a day to get out for a good session, and it just so happened to be today, Friday 13th......

Conditions in West Cornwall were good, early morning sun, little to no swell, and very good water clarity. Plan was to fish a deep water rock mark over the pushing tide, spend a good few hours out on the coast. I was fishing with my new light game rod, the Daiko Spear 60th Anniversary Blue Label 8'3 and 2-14g. Lures were mainly small to micro hard plastics, with a handfull of LRF softies thrown in the bag as well.

First fish caught on the new rod was a Pollack. It smashed a DUO Tetra Works Bivi micro vib lure on the drop, close in to the rocky ledge I was fishing from.

I wanted to get down in amongst the weed and rocks, so switched over to the softies, and Texas rigged an Ecogear 2" BugAnt. Keeping contact with the bottom, and long pauses between twitches, felt the familiar knock of a Wrasse, and fish landed. The 2" BugAnts were roducing fish well, with more Wrasse and Pollack to follow.

Moving from the rocky ledges to the gullies round the point, decided to work an Ecogear VX45 & VX50 metal vib, searching the deep water. Had a couple more Pollack take on the drop.

Swithed back to the DUO lures, and hooked into 3 more Pollack. This time they were taken on the DUO Ruf Bay SV-70 vib and the DUO Tetra Works Yurameki. The SV-70 vib is a truly great lure, one I will be using a lot in the coming months. Casts extrememly well for its size, and works great then retrieved sink and draw, making it buzz, or on a slow straight retrieve.

Second time testing the new rod, but the first session with some fish on. So far feels good, the Pollack and Wrasse today were putting a nice bend in it, and the casting ability with small lures is great. The bottom reading sensitivity gives huge amounts of feedback, and sublte takes on the drop are transmitted well. Looking forward to getting out with it again soon.

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