Duration: 6.00 - 8.30 pm
Tide: LW at 9.30 pm
Weather: Light northwesterly breeze, overcast, mild
Bait: Lures
Rigs: Xlayers, Asturie
Results: 4 bass, 4 pollock
Report: I headed to a local mark for a quick evening session. The sea had calmed down considerably compared to Sunday and the water clarity was good. After my near drowning experience I wore a self inflating life jacket that I got a few months ago for fishing deep water rock marks. The water wasn't that deep here but I wasn't taking any chances this time.
I first tried a few casts with an Xlayer, fishing into a gulley but nothing was biting. I then switched to an Asturie and blasted it out across the shallow reefs. On about the second or third cast I hooked a good strong fish in close - it was a 52 cm bass
Unfortunately the fish took the lure deeply, the lower triple hooks were stuck in the top of the gut. I got the hooks out and put the bass in a pool to see if it would recover but found it floating on the surface shortly afterwards - one for dinner.After a few more casts I saw a splash behind the lure quite a long way out. I had a few more casts in that direction and then hooked another bass, this was smaller at 45 cm
A quite period of about half an hour followed - then I hooked another bass in very close just below the rock ledge where I was fishing - this was a chubby 47 cm fish
Not long after just as the light was beginning to fade I had another bass. This was hooked a long way out shortly after the lure hit the water. It was the smallest of the evening at 41 cm
Soon the pollock began to show up, I had four over a short time on the Asturie, all small in the 30-35 cm range. However, once it got dark the bites on the Asturie stopped - on previous sessions I have had plenty of fish on that lure after dark but only when there was a bit of moonlight. However, as it was overcast it was a very dark night so I guess the fish couldn't pin point the lure.
I tried an Xlayer for a short time after that - I felt pollock hitting it but they were not hooked or came off before I reeled them in.
I also spotted that I had some company - first one rat, then two and probably more, they seemed to be popping up all over the place from behind rocks around the pool with the dead bass and around my tackle bag. With the lack of any more fish and the rat infestation I decided it was time to pack up.
When I got home I discovered that a rat must have had a nibble on the head of the dead bass as it had drifted to the edge of the pool
