Date: 23/06/2015
Time of day: Evening
Location: Ilfracombe
Mark: Capstone
Low Tide: 04:38(2.30m) 16:54(2.50m)
High Tide: 11:09(7.50m) 23:25(7.50m)
Time fished from: 18:20
Time fished to: 22:05
Weather: Sunny with a small breeze from left to right, which died down to nothing by the end of the session.
Sea: Calm and clear. It was possible to make out the sandy bottom about 20 yards out. A swell to about 2ft built up in the last hour or so.
Method: Float
Bait: Frozen mackerel strips
Caught (weight): 1 Poorcod (0lbs 2oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 6oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 8oz, Guessed), 0 (lbs oz, ) 1 Poorcod (0lbs 2oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 6oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 8oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 10oz, Guessed), 2 Pollack (1lbs 0oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 13oz, Guessed)
The Session: I intended to do some feathering for mackerel to see if any were around yet but began with the float rod set up. It was set at around 10ft deep. It wasn't long before the first few bites came but they were small, quick pulls. The first fish came after around 1 hour and it was a nice fish that was hooked right in the top lip. From then on I had a steady stream of bites, some were not the usual hard pulls but bites that hardly pulled the float under, but the fish obviously holding on to the bait. I managed 5 more pollock up to1lb and a poor cod that had brighter markings than previous ones I'd caught. I only ahd a coupel of casts with the mackerel feathers so didn't really count that as an attempt.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: 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
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