Catch report - Ilfracombe - 18th June 2017 (7)

Date: 18-06-2017

Time of day: Afternoon - Evening

Location: Ilfracombe

Mark: The pier

Low Tide: 06:36(2.49m) 19:05(2.68m)

High Tide: 00:28(7.56m) 12:59(7.37m)

Time fished from: 16:00

Time fished to: 22:40

Weather: Sunny and warm with a wind from behind.

Sea: Clear with a swell of a couple of feet.

Method: Ledger (Homemade pulley rig) | Ledger (homemade 2 hook flapper) | Float

Bait: Large frozen sandeel | Frozen dirty squid pieces, frozen black lugworm | frozen mackerel strips

Caught (weight): 2 Pollack (0lbs 3oz, Guessed), 2 Pollack (0lbs 5oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 6oz, Guessed), 1 Spotted Ray (2lbs 8oz, Guessed), 2 Dogfish (1lbs 0oz, Guessed)

The Session: I set up on the lower part of the pier and cast one ledger rod baited with sandeel and one baited with a small piece of squid and a lugworm. I cast them both between 50 and 70 yards over the session. I also set up a float rod and just dropped the float by the edge. Aside from occasional dips on the float and small single pulls on the ledger rods I only had one dogfish until after 9pm. Other people packed up and so I moved along the pier further. The float rod produced 5 fish within half an hour and an hour later a ray took my squid bait. Not long after I had another dogfish on the sandeel. I had to pack up due to having work the next morning.

Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:

Set up 1: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter X 14ft 3 piece Fixed spool £64.07 [ > 3 years 1 months ] Reel: Daiwa Crosscast S 5000 Fixed spool £48.99 [ > 2 years 3 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m £17.99 Hook: Sakuma Manta 2/0 10 £2.35 Hooklength: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m £4.00

Set up 2: Rod: Shakespeare Omni Beachcaster 14ft 3 piece Fixed Spool £26.95 [ > 0 years 11 months ] Reel: Mitchell 667FG Fixed spool £23.90 [ > 3 years 10 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m £17.99 Hook: Sakuma Circle 440 4 30 £5.05 Hooklength: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m £4.00

Set up 3: Rod: Shakespeare Omni Mackerel 10ft 2 piece Fixed spool £16.95 Reel: Leeda Icon 5000 Fixed spool £35.18 Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m £17.99 Hook: Mustad Aberdeen 4 8 £1.99 Hooklength: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m £4.00