Date: 01-07-2017
Time of day: Evening - night
Location: Branscombe
Mark: Left hand side of beach
Low Tide: 06:19(1.38m) 18:36(1.65m)
High Tide: 00:36(3.36m) 13:15(3.14m)
Time fished from: 17:30
Time fished to: 00:45
Weather: Cloudy with occasional sunshine. A fairly strong wind.
Sea: Choppy with waves up to a few foot high. Clear
Method: Ledger (Homemade pulley rig) | Ledger (Homemade pulley rig)
Bait: Large frozen sandeel | whole frozen loligo squid, frozen peeler crab, frozen black lugworm
Caught (weight): Nothing | Nothing
The Session: I was hopeful for this session and I intended to stay for around 10 hours but even once the beach cleared of people the session was uneventful. I didn't have a single bite and so the only benefit was getting more used to a new rod. I fished as long as I could manage and packed up leaving dissapointed.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter X 14ft 3 piece Fixed spool £64.07 [ > 3 years 3 months ] Reel: Shakespeare Agility Surf 70FD Fixed Spool £39.99 [ > 3 years 3 months ] Line: Maxima Hi-viz 20lb £13.95 Line: Maxima Hi-Viz 20lb 550m £15.42 Hook: Sakuma Manta 2/0 30 £5.78 Tackle: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m £4.00
Set up 2: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter Z 13ft 2 Both £44.99 Working [ > 0 years 2 months ] Reel: Daiwa Crosscast S 5000 Fixed spool £48.99 [ > 2 years 5 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m £17.99 Hook: Unbranded Baitholder 4/0 50 £3.99 Tackle: Ultima Memorex 40lb 50m £5.95