Fishing, 15:30 to 17:30
Low water, 15:50
Bait, Crab
Rigs, 2 hook clipdown and pulley rig
Back at it again today for a daylight session. A stop off on the way to do a quick pick for crab and it was Happy Days.
When I arrived there were 2 anglers already fishing there so a quick exchanged for “how’s it going caught anything yet” the reply came back “just the one”
First bait in the water for 15:30 and before I could get a second rod out of the bag it was fish on and it kept that way for the next half hour. With 4 landed in that mad burst I eventually got the second rod in the water. That was a bad call now I had 2 rods hopping on the rod stand. Got both fish in and decided to go back to plan A one man one rod.
The man from the EU will be calling on me soon to impose cod quotas
For the next 45 minutes the fish were on the small size with 4 of the fish around the 30-33cm mark. Then this fellow turned up. After that bass it was back to the smaller sized cod with a dogfish added.
This was getting a bit monotonous so it was time for the “flounder walk”
that didn’t last long as the rod and stand went crashing to the ground. 
Lifted into the fish, now we’re into something that wants to fight back. It was easy as she goes as the fish started to show about 20’ out this was what I thought was a fine cod. It was not until it was about 10’ out that I realised that it was a big bass. Now it was steady as she goes and if this fish wanted to run then it was off you go. 
I owned the hook and the trace and I had full intentions of getting it back so I eased the fish into slacker water and gently coaxed it onto the beach. A quick photo on the measuring mat and up on the scales it was back in to the water.
Measured at 78cm and weighed 10.5lb. that specimen bass #5 to my collection. 
As I had a baited trace ready I sent it back out into tide. It was time to light up a cigar and calm down. Reeled in the last cast as the fish on the end of it was annoying the angler next to me. His cry of “you got a fish on” got a reply of “yep and I have a hook on the line as well so it’s going nowhere".
Not a bad 2 hour session close about 15 cod, 2 bass, and a dogfish.
Stopped off on the way home for another quick pick but this was in the Lidl. With that kind of fishing I had to do the Lotto
