Fishing at a deep water rough ground mark, tackle of choice was my Nories Slow Retrieve (0.9-5g) with a 2506 Certate, 0.8PE braid, with a 3" Jackson Delicious Shiner rigged Texas with a short shank size 6 Carp hook, pulled into the body of the lure with the point sitting exposed.
Sunny weather, but a building wind, fished in a sheltered spot, with 2' swell running. From the first cast, was into the fish straight away - Started off with Pollack, taking the lure aggressively. Then after half an hour, it was as if the Wrasse woke up, and started to catch them in numbers. Total for the session was 13 Pollack of various sizes, and 7 Wrasse, the biggest being 41cm and 2lb 9oz. All taken on the same lure, rigged the same way;
One thing I found interesting was even in rough ground, an area where I usually loose a handful of lures to snags, I did not loose one rigged the way it was. It's a small lure and hook, with not much weight, but with the shank of the hook sat within the body of the lure, approx. 1cm from the nose, I wondered if the soft front to the lure allowed for more 'give' when hitting into potential snags. The hook bend and point were proud of the lure body, but no losses from snagging up.
The Wrasse were taking it pretty much slow twich and deadstick. The Pollack were very active, taking it deadstick, on the drop, and most aggressively when on a slow straight retrieve. The Jackson Delicious Shiner was killing it. Went through a few due to the hook pulling through in the fight, but an awesome little lure. Have just put in an orer for a few more packets to stock up!
So another highly enjoyable session with the light gear, can see myself fishing this set up a lot more, when the conditions are not too rough. Great sport, yet no where near at it's limit.
Top job Paul.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you back on the fish again!
Matt