Date: 02/05/2015
Time of day: Evening - night
Location: Ilfracombe
Mark: The Pier
Low Tide: 11:51(1.50m)
High Tide: 05:50(8.40m) 18:11(8.60m)
Time fished from: 21:10
Time fished to: 01:30
Weather: Windy and overcast, but not too cold. The forecast rain never occurred.
Sea: Choppy but a small swell, the water was fairly clear.
Method: Pulley rig with rotten bottom / prawn trap
Bait: Frozen mackerel segments, frozen squid segments / frozen mackerel head, frozen peeler crab.
Caught (weight): 1 Dogfish (1lbs 0oz, Guessed), 2 Dogfish (2lbs 0oz, Guessed) | 6 3 bearded rockling (0lbs 4oz, Guessed), 1 Prawn (0lbs 0oz, Guessed), 1 Edible Crab (0lbs 0oz, Guessed)
The Session: I set up a single rod for this session and baited it with a segment of frozen mackerel. The first bite took a while to come but I then had several but missed them or the fish fell of on the retrieve. Eventually I hooked one and landed it. I had also thrown out a prawn trap and the first successful retrieve contained 5 rockling and a 4 inch crab. I changed to squid bait, using the last of the old squid I had refrozen numerous times. The next two fish did not come until a while later but when they did each one took the bait before I had time to sit down properly after casting. As the bites slowed a bit I retrieved the prawn net one last time and in it was a rockling and a single prawn.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Daiwa Seahunter X 14ft 3 Fixed spool £64.07 21/05/2014 Daiwa Crosscast S 5000 Fixed spool £48.99 13/03/2015 Maxima Hi-Viz 20lb £13.29 25/01/2014 Sakuma Circle 440 2/0 £8.26 21/07/2014 Maxima Clear 15lb £5.00
Set up 2: prawn trap, 50m cord