Duration: 4.30 - 9.00 pm
Tide: HW at 7.00 pm
Weather: Clear, cold, light NE wind
Bait: Rag, mackerel, mussel
Rigs: 3/0 pennel pulley, size 1 and 4 single hook flappers
Results: 1 flounder, 2 dogfish
Report: Headed to a rock mark that would be sheltered from the cold NE wind. As I was climbing down the cliffs I could see several fish swirling about in the crystal clear water - from 20 feet up I thought they were bass and nearly fell down the rest of the way as I was in such a hurry to get down and set up. But when I got onto the edge of the shore I realized they were mullet
I set up two rods, one with the 3/0 pennel baited with rag and mackerel and the other with the size 4 hook baited with mussel. I did a bit of spinning for a while with a third rod but had no bites.
The bait rods were quite until after dark. The water was very calm, and clear, I guess it was too still, a bit of turbulence would have stirred up the sediment and might have brought the fish in.
Just after dark I got the first bite - a small flounder of about 26 cm taken on the 3/0 pennel baited with rag/mackerel.
It was quite for about an hour after that. Then I got a dogfish again on the 3/0 pennel. This was followed by another dogfish about half an hour later.
Shortly after that I decided to pack up. Not a particularly productive session but it is a mark I think would fish much better under different weather conditions.
