Definitely a fishy looking spot I thought on arrival, and set up about 150yds to the west of the pipe.
Had one rod with a 2 hook flapper, black and squid in the hope of a Bream or anything that happened to be passing.
The other rod was a clipped-down 4/0 single hook rig, alternating Peeler Crab and Sandeel/Bluey wraps.
About an hour into darkness I had an almighty slam on the sandeel rod, but the line stayed tight and so I left it 10mins and watched the tip like a hawk.
Nothing else happened so I wound it in, only to see that the Sandeel had slid down over the hook point when whatever it was had grabbed it and ran - Entirely my fault as i'd been a bit light with the elastic because I didn't have much left and wanted to save it for the crab baits. DOH!!
Put a Peeler out there this time, and within 20mins had a good positive bite, wound down and hit it.
Definitely felt like a half decent fish as I brought it in, and I have to admit my heart was in my mouth as thoughts of a first ever Smoothound pup crossed my mind. I thought i'd done it right up until I shone the torch on the beached fish, which turned out to be a nice plump Doggie.
Happy enough with that, fished on til midnight with no further action.
Didn't get so much as a sniff on the black & squid rod, which I was a bit surprised by, but i'll definitely be back here for another go.
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