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Duration:3hrs

Tide:High and dropping

Weather:Moderate NW wind, dry

Bait: Various hard and soft plastic lures

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Results:1 Pollock 12cm, 1 Bass 72cm




Report:The smallest and the biggest. Decided to try a spot that is throwing up some bigger fish of late. Got to the mark just at high tide to fish the drop over the reefs. Not much action for the first hour or so, until the light began to fade. I was fishing an IMA Sasuke 105 and thought i could feel a little wiggle. Low and behold when i got it in this plucky little pollock punching well above his weight was hooked up.

I fished on into darkness with no action at all. I was beginning to wonder if it was time to call it a day when WALLOP, something larger than i had ever felt before hooked up and started to strip line from my reel. He took off about 40ft before i could reighn him in again. He repeated this about 4 or 5 times before i finally managed to get him onto the sand.

I knew it was a decent fish by the way he fought but it wasnt until i saw him in the flesh that i realised i had a new personal best. He weighed in at 8lb 2oz and was quite chunky for his 72cm length. It was a huge adrenaline rush and i am still shaking and smiling almost a day later. I took a couple of quick photos and got him back in the water. After a couple of mins he recovered enough to swim asually away. The sight of him swimming away intact almost topped the feeling of being previlaged to land such a beautiful fish in such good condition.
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#2 Post by lucky13 »

nice one bassy tom! congrats on the p.b!
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#3 Post by davybrown99 »

nice one. congrats
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#4 Post by Morgan44 »

Great stuff and know what you mean about the pleasure of watching them swim away , great result all round
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#5 Post by SeanA101080 »

Nice looking bass, well done.
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#6 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Lovely Bass, well done 8) I like that Pollock's ambition though!
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#7 Post by Deise boy »

Already gave ya a like in Facebook pal.
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#8 Post by Mozza »

Nice one, well done.
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#9 Post by chuckaroo »

well done Bassy Tom. crackin fish! 8) 8) 8)
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#10 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Beaut of a Bass, fair play to ya for releasing.
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Nice bass well done


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#12 Post by greg »

good man tom you stuck at it and it paid off bigtime cracking fish.
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Nice bass well done on the pb.
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Absolute Beauty, well done .
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#15 Post by fisherman59 »

congrats thats a cracker
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Lovely fish. Well done
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#17 Post by Steve »

Nice fish Tom. Nothing to beat catching fish of this size on a lure rod.
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#18 Post by nicefish »

Well done Tom on your PB Bass.
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#19 Post by johnwest »

A lovely fish, the last line of your report says it all.
2013 species; 31

2014 species; 27

2015 species; 28

2016 species; 32

2017 species;28

2018 species; 33

2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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#20 Post by ark rose glenn »

smashing bass ,,,, well done
Species 2014; coalie, whiting,flounder, smoothound, LSD, codling, pollock,pouting, cookoo wrasse, goldsinny wrasse, mackerel, blue shark, conger eel, rock goby, blenny, plaice, dab, herring, poor cod,painted ray, weaver,
Species 2013:......Whiting, dab , flounder, codling, pouting, mackeral, dogfish, pollock, 3beard rocking,plaice, smoothound, blenny.
Species 2012:...whiting, dab, flounder, codling, pollock, conger,mackeral, herring, 3 beard rockling,
5 beard rockling, pouting, LSD,sea trout,scorpion,
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