chesil beach report. 5/3/09

[geejayy]

i fished the chesil from the early flood till about 2 hours down,

high water- 1am.

bait.- squid/lug/sandeel/razors.

i was hopeing that the rough weather had stirred something up, the surf had dropped to about 1-1 1/2 ft, so it looked like it was gonna be ok,

tide was for 1am, neap.

weather clear, moonlit, light westerly winds & bloody cold.

i was getting little knocks from the off but couldn't connect with them , then they dryed up.

just short of high water,
my hands & feet were froze numb & i was thinking hard about quiting coz i was haveing problems baiting up n lighting fags,
a good knock registered on one of the rods resulting in a double shot of pout & lesser spotty dog.



which encouraged me to fish on, bites continued over hightide and into the ebb with just a few more pout n dogs,
the usual slug (5brd) made an appearence



b4 i gave up & went home.

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by geejayy

the usual slug (5brd) made an appearence

What the Heck is a SLUG

I've not heard of that nickname for a fish

[geejayy]

slug- rockling, either 5-3 bearded or shore rockling.

i fished burton bradstock last night -


well the plan was for another shot at plaice in daylight, but circumstances conspired against me re availiable time & bait so i plumped for dusk onwards at the western end of chesil. with a neap tide & highwater about 11pm, winds light easterly?.

i arrived just as the sun was setting and so started by setting up one rod with a wishbone and the last of some sticky black worm left from hayling.
having heaved that rig out i then chucked a some shrimpy lures about
but no joy, stripped off the lures and swopped for a pennel pulley.
then sat back to watch.
1st bite came good with a small ray of a maybe couple of lbs which def cheered me up .
i swopped the wishbone for another pulley and what followed was an onslaught of dogs for the next 3 hours or so, i just stopped counting after the first 3-4.
the doggy rattles got a bit more sporadic after 21.30 as the tide rose giving the chance for a good sized (if there is such a thing) pout to get a look in.

with just the odd random dogfish to follow i'd had enough by 1am.

baits- mackerel/squid/ & a couple of blacklug.




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