Roches Point, 4/11/07

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davide · #1 Post by **davide** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:19 pm

People: me

Duration: 7.00 am - 10.30 am

Tide: low water @ 7.17 am

Weather: cloudy but not cold, no wind

Bait: frozen sandeels/lugs, rubber sandeels/spinners

Rigs: floater - spinning

Results: 1 coalfish, 1 wrasse

Catch and Release:: Yes

Report:

After 2 weeks with no fishing I went to Roches Point with two aims: I never fished with low water so I'm looking for rock marks where it is possible and I'm also wondering if it's more important the state of the tide or the light.

Got the coalfish (roughly 20 cm) during one of the first casts, lost another one probably slightly smaller after the flood started.

No bites on the floater until the light came, but then I'd say there were a good activity! Also the wrasse was small (no more than 15 cm) but I really like the colors of this fish! I'm just sorry that the hook got stuck in a gill :? but it swam away enough happily... Lost something else on the floater cause I was having a nice cup of tea.... :oops: !
With the light I now tried spinning with some other bigger lures, I was casting everywhere at any depth but no sign of fishes.

Other than that I saw something I never saw before: a bird dived (or fell?) into the water just 20 meters far from me...now, on the right there were only rocks so it could only swim to the left, I kept watching around for 10 minutes and never saw it coming out... maybe I was still sound asleep, but I seriously think it committed suicide!

#2 Post by **corbyeire** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:43 pm

great colouration

a corkwing - dont get them too big anyway

#3 Post by **Seancelt** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:48 pm

Nice looking wrasse.

#4 Post by **corbyeire** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:56 pm

about the bird was it jet black? a cormorant - can go a good distance underwater fishing

#5 Post by **Paul B** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:20 am

Great pic of the corkwing...maybe the bird was a Gannet ??

#6 Post by MC » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:32 pm

you have got to love the coloration on the wrasse

davide · #7 Post by **davide** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:54 pm

Can't say wich bird it was, I just saw something brown diving fast into the water...anyway, whatever bird it was it's amazing how can it swim well! According to its direction and all the rocks under the water it wasn't easy to get out from there! just wondering, does anybody know what's the specimen size for a bird??...!! :lol: :lol:

#8 Post by **MAC** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:19 pm

Beautiful Picture of the Wrasse, The Colours really came up nice..

Kev

#9 Post by **round_ourway** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:53 pm

Thats a cracking picture mate well done

davide · #10 Post by **davide** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:44 pm

Thanks...but that's the problem, I'm better in using the camera than the rod :P :P !

#11 Post by **WaveChopper** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:29 pm

cracking picture of the cracking wrasse. well done. hope we get more of the same from you soon , mate :)