Date: 23/04/2015
Time of day: Evening
Location: Ilfracombe
Mark: Capstone
Low Tide: 03:31(1.30m) 15:45(1.60m)
High Tide: 09:56(8.60m) 22:11(8.40m)
Time fished from: 20:00
Time fished to: 22:00
Weather: A warm end to the day, with little to no wind.
Sea: Calm but murky, with only a little swell of around 1ft.
Method: Float | prawn trap
Bait: Frozen mackerel strips
Caught (weight): 1 Pollack (0lbs 3oz, Guessed), 2 Pollack (0lbs 6oz, Guessed) | 1 3 bearded rockling (0lbs 3oz, Guessed), 2 3 Bearded Rockling (0lbs 1oz, Guessed)
The Session: Another session to just see what pollock were around. I had someone with me who I am helping to learn to fish. The first bites took a while to come and they both went to my friend who was fishing around 5-6ft. No more bites came for a while, and another angler pointed out that there appeared to be some porpoise around and during one moment they surfaced right in front of us within casting range, which was a nice sight to see. Around 20 minutes later the bites came again, well to me anyway after I reduced my depth from 10ft to 6ft and then caught 3 and one other one fell off. We brought the prawn traps in three times during the time we were there but only found the rockling in them. No sign of any prawns or crabs. Another fun short session, my friend was glad to catch (but wanted something bigger).
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Shakespeare Omni Mackerel 10ft 2 Fixed spool £16.95 07/12/2013 Leeda Icon 5000 Fixed spool £35.18 29/01/2014 Maxima Chameleon 20lbs £17.99 25/01/2014 Sakuma Circle 440 4 £5.05 21/07/2014 Maxima Clear 15lb £5.00
Set up 2: Shakespeare Alpha X Travel 11ft 1 Fixed spool £16.99 30/06/2013 Lineaffe SX50 Fixed Spool £10.00 21/05/2013 Maxima Chameleon 20lbs £17.99 25/01/2014 Sakuma Circle 440 4 £5.05 21/07/2014 Shakespeare Alpha X Travel 11ft 1 Fixed Spool £20.94 15/04/2014 Shakespeare Omni X 15lb £5.49 for 100m 20/07/2014
Set up 3: Prawn Trap, 50m cord
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