Wrasse Bash Pt.2 - LRF Tactics 10-05-2011

Headed out to the same spot today, this time with Ben, for another crack at the Wrasse. Very similar conditions, slightly more wind, with the incredible clarity allowing you to see into the rocky weedy depths. Todays tackle of choice was the Nories Slow Retrieve rod (0.9-5g) with Texas rigged 3" Jackson Delicious Shiner SP's and a 3g sinker. I was also using the Mega Strike fish formula again, with continued good results.

Approaching our first spot, on the other side of a rocky finger, we saw a shoal of decent sized Mullet, mouthing at the surface, seemingly unaware of our presence. They continued to cruise around for most of the session, tho not interested in our Wrasse hunting gear.

Had mostly small Wrasse again today, but on the light gear, great fun. One or two of the bigger ones had some great runs, and Ben captured an awesome photo of the rod fully bent into my last fish of the day.

In one pool deep pool, Ben found a host of mini species, including tiny Wrasse, all bumping his lure. Unfortunately even tho he had the lure for the job (Power Isome Worms) the hooks were of a size to target the adult Wrasse, when something like a size 10 was needed (maybe next time!).

Over the two hour session, I took seven fish in total. It's an amazing area to fish in, with a lot more to explore in future sessions.

Finally a pic that Ben (from The Art Of Fishing) got of me bending the Nories Slow Retrieve into the last fish of the day. Such a nice rod to fish with, and the quality is superb. The range of Nories rods, the Jackson Delicious Shiner lures as seen in the pics, and much, much more quality fishing gear is available from Ben at The Art Of Fishing. Give him a call, always more than helpful with friendly advice; http://www.artoffishing.co.uk/