January was a looong month for me, between poor weather and a few failed attempts to catch a fish I couldn't wait to February to see if things would pick up!!
I originally organised to meet a a friend (Mike Henry) for a bash at the pike on Sunday in a local spot but something came up and it was canceled. The Thursday before a few lads talked about heading down my way as the weather looked fair for Saturday, This was a bit of a problem for me as I work to 1pm. A quick word with the boss and Saturday was a go as he surprisingly gave me it off with short notice.
Alarm woke me up at 7.30am Saturday morning and as I had the car packed for a weeks fishing the night before, to literally drive 100 yards down the street to the harbor I wasn't long getting out of the house. After grabbing a quick coffee from the garage I nipped around to the harbor to find Mike and Noel already there. Kayaks off the roofs and gear rigged ready to make a splash, at this point we were joined by Tony. We give him a lift of with his yak then left him to iy as we were keen to get out and catch.
A short paddle out into the bay to a mark that Never fails to produce a decent cod,ling or wrasse FAILED. Not a bite between the three of us over a good few drifts, there was a fair breeze but the sea was pretty much flat calm. A long time later,,, I mean short time!!! we were joined by Tony and to his surprise we had not had a fish, we paddled up the coast a little to another mark that produces a great variety of species but mainly Ballon Wrasse and Golden Shinny. On the way up things were changing quickly the wind had picked right up with strong gusts and the sea state became...... challenging to say the least. We were also badly harassed by the local seals following us about, that was not helping things either. At last I had a hook up with a small Pollock on a Shamrock tackle Euro champ rig (GOLD). I was off my long blank at last!!!! A short time later Mike had a Pollock as well.
Noel taking a short cut
Mike Henry
The weather was still picking up so we retreated back to the bay for shelter from the stiff northerly wind, anchors down and we were then joined by Brendan "who prefers his frys to fishing" again things were very poor, we all tried everything from a variety of rigs and methods to bait with only a few long spine sea scorpions caught. Tony had the first of them and it was a beast for its species.
Tonys Scorpion
I then had a few myself!
All in all it was a very physically demanding day with very poor fishing, but the summer isn't far away and neither should be the fish. It was great to get out with the lads for a bit of crack.We finished the day off with a bit of banter in a local cafe over tea and crumpets.
Brendan
Until next time chaps
Tight lines.
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