We got set up and fired out 2 rods each, one with a fish bait on a large single hook, and the other rod with 2 or 3 small hooks and a mix of Lugworm, Squid and fish strips for bait.
First action came to Leigh with a triple shot (3 fish at once) consisting of 2 Whiting and a Rockling, then soon after I managed 2 Rockling for myself, which was handy as I needed one of those for my species list this year.
It then went quiet for a little while before Leigh had a positive bite on his long-range fish bait rod, and after a brief tussle he beached his first ever beach-caught Dogfish!
I was really pleased for him, and had to have a good look myself as I can't get enough of these little sharks. They're cool!
I was really pleased for him, and had to have a good look myself as I can't get enough of these little sharks. They're cool!
Leigh managed a Pouting next, and then a string of Rockling, nicely putting me to shame while I got my new multiplier reel in the worst bird's nest (Tangle) imaginable, and then discovered that my waders have a gaping great hole in them.
The way this was discovered was by me standing in the sea up to my knees, then when a freak wave came along I found myself up to my waist in water.
Not a concern as this happens fairly often in the Sea fishing game, but I then felt cold sea water filling up my left wader leg up to my knee!!
This left me in a bit of a huff, but after a calming can of Fosters and a rollie I got my act together and manged to catch another 4 Rockling.
After high water at midnight things got slower and slower until we packed up a little after 1.30am for the drive back to Crawley.
All in all we were pretty happy with the results as this is usually a difficult time of year, but we felt the area could definitely produce better in rougher conditions or after a big blow, so we'll be back for another go soon.
The way this was discovered was by me standing in the sea up to my knees, then when a freak wave came along I found myself up to my waist in water.
Not a concern as this happens fairly often in the Sea fishing game, but I then felt cold sea water filling up my left wader leg up to my knee!!
This left me in a bit of a huff, but after a calming can of Fosters and a rollie I got my act together and manged to catch another 4 Rockling.
After high water at midnight things got slower and slower until we packed up a little after 1.30am for the drive back to Crawley.
All in all we were pretty happy with the results as this is usually a difficult time of year, but we felt the area could definitely produce better in rougher conditions or after a big blow, so we'll be back for another go soon.
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