Date: 29-08-2016
Time of day: Night
Location: Putsborough
Mark: Right hand side of beach
Low Tide: 10:31(2.16m) 23:07(1.86m)
High Tide: 04:22(7.82m) 16:51(8.19m)
Time fished from: 20:45
Time fished to: 01:35
Weather: A light wind in my face early on but changing to coming from behind as the strength increased a little
Sea: Flat and clear with waves just a foot deep, rolling for about 20 yards and then increasing in size to about 2 foot later in the session
Method: ledger (homemade pulley rig with rotten bottom) | ledger (homemade pulley rig with rotten bottom)
Bait: frozen large sandeel | frozen mackerel segments, frozen dirty squid pieces, frozen large sandeel
Caught (weight): 1 Small Eyed Ray (3lbs 0oz, Guessed)
The Session: I set up a few hundred yards down the right of the beach and cast both rods, one baited with sandeel and the other a very large segment of mackerel, about 70 yards out. The mackerel beait showed a bite quite soon after casting but it didn't develop into anything beyond a few small, sharp pulls of the rod tip. It was a while before I have any more bites but the several came in succession. The sandeel had the most but the first couple I missed probably because I didn't wait long enough. The next time I was sucessful as I waited longer for the bite to develop. I felt the fish on but knew it wasn't huge. I wasn't disapopointed though as I saw it was a small-eyed ray. I took a quick photo, unhooked it and put it back. I then had two bites on the other rod, which I changed to squid, but again they didn't amount to anything I thought I should strike at and the bait came back chewed up when I reeled in. I changed this rod to sandeel after experiencing a few more bites on this bait but after I did the bites stopped. I spent the next three hours trying long casts and short ones but I did not get lucky. I packed up confident I could do better if I tried again soon.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter X 14ft 3 piece Fixed spool (£64.07) [ > 2 years 2 months ] Reel: Daiwa Crosscast S 5000 Fixed spool (£48.99) [ > 1 years 4 months ] Line: Maxima Hi-Viz 15lb (£12.29) 550m Hooks: Sakuma Manta size 2/0 10 per pack (£2.35) Hooklength: Shakespeare Omni-X Connect Clear 15lb (£5.49)
Set up 2: Rod: Shakespeare Omni Beachcaster 14ft 3 piece Fixed Spool (£26.95) [ > 0 years 0 months ] Reel: Mitchell 667FG Fixed spool (£23.90) [> 2 years 11 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m (£17.99) Hooks: Sakuma Circle 440 size 3/0 30 per pack (£9.86) Other1: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m (£4.00)
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