Duration: 3.30 - 6.00 pm
Tide: HW at 2.30 pm
Weather: Cold, strong northwesterly wind, sunny with occasional showers
Bait: lug, razor, mackerel, mussel, squid
Rigs: 3/0 pennel, single hook flapper, lures
Results: 1 bass
Report: I headed out for a short session Sunday afternoon. As there was a cold NW wind blowing I chose a fairly sheltered beach - although there was still a bit of cold wind whipping along the coast. The wind had flattened out the waves so there was very little surf and the tide was dropping so I was not too hopeful of having much success but it was still nice to be out.
There seemed to be nothing biting, not a hint of a nibble and the baits were coming back untouched. By 5.00 pm my feet were getting very cold and I was beginning to think about packing up. Then right in front of me, no more than 3 m out from the shore a bass lept into the air, clear out of the water
I grabbed the nearest rod and reeled it in quickly and put on a lure. Unfortunately it was the longest rod, 15' beachcaster. I had a spinning rod in the rod bag but I reckoned by the time I had it set up with a reel the fish would be well gone. I made a few casts with the lure - then bang, hooked onto a fish no more than 4 m out. It did some fierce thrashing about in the shallow water as I hauled it onto the beach.It was a 50 cm bass, just over 3 lb
It was dusk at that stage, I did some more spinning for a little longer until the light faded.
I packed up at 6.00 pm, there had been no bites on the bait rods although not really surprising given the dropping tide and lack of surf - but I was well happy with an unexpected bass off a lure.
well done 
