Date: 04-11-2017
Time of day: Night
Location: Seaton
Mark: Left hand side of beach
Low Tide: 00:26(0.26m) 12:46(0.26m)
High Tide: 07:17(4.16m) 19:41(4.12m)
Time fished from: 19:00
Time fished to: 02:00
Weather: Cloudy with just a little wind.
Sea: Fairly clear with waves of just a couple of feet high.
Method: Ledger (homemade poulley rig) | ledger (homemade 2 hook flapper)
Bait: whole frozen loligo squid, frozen mackerel segments, frozen sandeel | live ragworm, live lugworm
Caught (weight): 5 Pouting (0lbs 3oz, Guessed) | 4 dogfish (1lbs 8oz, Guessed)
The Session: I decided to give Seaton abother go hoping to get near the river mpouth but there were other anglers there so I set up a couple of hundred yards down from them. The session was pretty quiet with no bites for a few hours, then a few missed ones on the flapper rig, before I had four dogfish take squid and mackerel on the pulley rig and some small pouting taking both lug and ragworm. I had planned to stay longer but I had a feeling I would just be catching the same species no matter how long I stayed so I decided to pack up at a time that allowed me to get home, sleep and do things I needed to do the next day before setting off out fishing again.
Tackle used (price) [ time since first used ]:
Set up 1: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter X 14ft 3 piece Fixed spool £64.07 [ > 3 years 7 months ] Reel: Daiwa Crosscast S 5000 Fixed spool £48.99 [ > 2 years 9 months ] Line: Maxima Chameleon 20lb 600m £17.99 Hook: Sakuma Stinger 2 100 £15.00 Hooklength: Maxima Clear 15lb 100m £4.00 Shockleader: Gardner Slinky 60lb 100M £6.99
Set up 2: Rod: Daiwa Seahunter Z 13ft 2 Both £44.99 Working [ > 0 years 6 months ] Reel: Shakespeare Agility Surf 70FD Fixed Spool £39.99 [ > 3 years 7 months ] Line: Maxima Hi-Viz 20lb 550m £15.42 Hook: Unbranded Baitholder 4/0 50 £3.99 Hooklength: Ultima Memorex 40lb 50m £5.95 Shockleader: Gardner Slinky 60lb 100M £6.99