Date: 26-08-2016
Time of day: Afternoon - evening
Location: Ilfracombe
Mark: Capstone
Low Tide: 06:25(2.51m) 19:10(2.75m)
High Tide: 00:22(7.78m) 12:52(7.48m)
Time fished from: 18:30
Time fished to: 21:30
Weather: Sunny with a small wind from left to right.
Sea: Fairly flat and clear, small swell building up later in the session.
Method: Float | feathering
Bait: frozen mackerel strips | 4 hook tinsel, 5 hook purple hokkai
Caught (weight): 1 Pollack (0lbs 3oz, Guessed), 1 Pollack (0lbs 6oz, Guessed) | 2 Mackerel (0lbs 3oz, Guessed), 2 Mackerel (0lbs 9oz, Guessed)
The Session: A friend had come to stay for the weekend and we decided last minute to go out for an easy fish. It was slow going though with my friend float fishing and myself feathering at first. I managed the two mackerel after between 1 and 2 hours of fishing and my friend eventually had a run of bites that hardly pulled the float down, one of which turned out to be a small mackerel. I changed to float and then had the two pollock before bites stopped and the last 45 minutes were uneventful.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Rod: Shakespeare Alpha X Travel 11ft telescopic Fixed spool (£16.99) [ > 3 years 0 months ] Reel: Lineaffe Carp 60 Baitrunner Fixed Spool £12.00 [ first use ] Mainline: Free with reel Hooks: Sakuma Circle 440 size 2 30 per pack (£5.55) Hooklength: Shakespeare Omni-X Connect Clear 15lb (£5.49) Other1: Fladen Pencil Float 210mm (£2.00)
Set up 2: Rod: Shakespeare Omni Mackerel 10ft 2 piece Fixed spool (£16.95) [ > 2 years 5 months ] Reel: Abu Cardinal 176 SWi Fixed Spool (£34.99) [ > 1 years 8 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb (£17.99) 600m Lure: 4 hook tinsel, 5 hook purple hokkai