Date: 26-07-2016
Time of day: Afternoon - evening
Location: Ilfracombe
Mark: Capstone
Low Tide: 04:54(1.54m) 17:12(1.89m)
High Tide: 11:15(8.29m) 23:45(8.30m)
Time fished from: 15:00
Time fished to: 19:30
Weather: Overcast and small showers with a small breeze from behind
Sea: Choppy but very clear with a swell of up to 2 ft
Method: Feathering
Bait: 5 hook purple hokkai, 5 hook lumi hokkai
Caught (weight): 4 Mackerel (0lbs 6oz, Guessed), 6 Mackerel (0lbs 8oz, Guessed), 3 Mackerel (0lbs 9oz, Guessed), 4 Mackerel (0lbs 10oz, Guessed), 5 Mackerel (0lbs 11oz, Guessed), 5 Mackerel (0lbs 12oz, Guessed), 3 Mackerel (0lbs 13oz, Guessed), 4 Mackerel (0lbs 14oz, Guessed)
The Session: I cast straight out as far as I could and used the 'sink and draw' and just a slow retrieve method. It was around 20 casts before I had the first fish but after then, except for about an hour over low tide the fish were coming every 5 to 10 casts with plenty of nice sized ones. I needed to put on the lumi hokkais because the rig body of the puerple ones snapped during the cast.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: 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: 5 hook purple hokkai, 5 hook luminous hokkai