Duration: 2pm - 11am
Tide: all states
Weather: 5mph S.E. moderate swell and cold
Bait: squid and mack
Rigs: 3 hook flappers
Results: ME- 5 coalfish, 1 turbot, 1 plaice and 1 flounder. MARK- 9 coalfish, 1 lesser spotted dogfish and a sea trout
Report: we set off up the coast back to the mark we got the bass at last time in the hope that mabey lightning could strike twice
. so with 2 days cleared for nothing but fishing we arrived and set up in anticipation of another suprise session. i did'nt hold much hope of catching anything during daylight hours, but was sure that once darkness fell we might hook into some fish. the first 6 hours were tough going with not even a single bite. all the baits kept coming back untouched. so it was out with the frying pan and bacon baps and hot dogs all round .the first fish fell to mark around 8pm on squid bait. a little coalie around the 20cm size, quickly followed by another. happy days, the blank was passed us 
then it was my turn to get in on the action landing a couple of small coalies taking us up to 2am. around 3am mark got a good run on his big rod and whatever it was on the end of the hook tore off 30 yards to the left. as he reeled in we were both looking at each other filled with the hope that it might be a small bass . but no, it was a pretty respectable doggie just over 2 1/2lbs. the surf must have livened him up as all the dogs i've got in the past were pretty sluggish, but this wee guy gave a real good account of himself. we reeled in all the rods and re-baited and cast the 4 of them back out with a renewed sense of hope 
. it was'nt long before all the rods were showing bites and each rod produced a fish within the hour . mark got a couple more coalies and i got a small turbot and plaice. both of which were under 20cm, but i was'nt complaining .and a new species to boot, my first ever plaice. by now it was heading to first light and my hopes were fadeing as day began to break. but out of the corner of my eye i saw mark storming across the beach like a thing possessed, lift his small rod and strike 
i was watching my own 2 rods and did'nt see his get a cracking thump 
. he reeled in and i saw a flash of silver break the surface, and to both of our surprise he landed a big sea trout which had taken the top hook baited with squid .not a bass, but just as much of a prize for our determination . as we stood watching it swim back after he unhooked it i noticed my own rod was getting a knock. so i ran over and landed my biggest fish of the session, a nice flounder. nothing compared to marks sea trout, but i'm easy pleased 
. this gave us some more hope of more fish and we held on until 11am. but by now we were both exhausted and decided to wrap it up and head for home. we did'nt get lots of fish, but a new species each more than made up for it . not a bad way to end the year.
