I have been fishing fresh water on my last few outings so as the weather eased up I fancied a salt water session. I was determined to get out to a few good Cod marks that also offer decent Ling and Wrasse most of the year, Every time i attempt to paddle to these marks there has been an offshore wind, as there was again on Sunday. So my plan was to hang around the shore and find shelter.
Once set up and on the water I paddled out of Ardglass bay and around Phennick Point, the weather was great not much wind at all just a bone chilling breeze. Anchor down, bait on and the waiting game commenced..............................................................A long time later, NOTHING not a bite.
So up the anchor came and I headed out to sea, only to find the further i headed out the stronger the wind became as i was leaving the shelter of the land. That plan was swiftly scraped and back i came to the shelter. There was a strong change in tactics needed as bottom fishing was simply not working out. On went a Berkely fire tail lure for a go spinning close to the rocks, This proved successful on my first cast as I caught a small Pollock.
Things went quite again after this for a good while, but the main thing was i did not blank as I initially thought was going to happen. I paddled further up the coast a little, put my favorite rig on (Shamrock Tackles Bleeding Glow Worm Rig) which has yet to let me down, baited it up and started drifting over rough ground. It was not long before I had a hook up, and gladly things were picking up as the fish kept coming.
Small Cod
Very small Mackerel
Another small Cod
After putting up with very poor fishing and the freezing cold for a few hours I packed up and started paddling back in the direction of the harbor.
When i was passing the first mark i stopped at i dropped the bait rod down to give it a quick drift before heading back to dry land for the day. Straight away i felt a thump on the rod and a dead weight, I new what i hooked as iv had a good few this year. Octopus, never caught any before and this year i think i am into double figures now with them. There seams to be a right few about for some reason.
As i released the Octopus it darted off, leaving a small cloud of ink.
Next drop of the bait i was straight into something a little bigger and to my surprise when reeled it up it was two Cod, and they were a little bigger to what was being caught.
It was a very long few hours on the water but turned out not to bad in the end with four species caught, There was a few boats on the water as well and between them they had 2 Mackerel all day, so that also cheered me up a bit as i was starting to think it was me that was the problem.
It was nice to get out on the sea again as this time of the year you do not get many opportunities to do so with the weather, maybe I will eventually get to the good Cod grounds this winter if the weather allows me to.
Until my next adventure
Tight lines...
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