Nicepix 5,650 Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Arry said: No No mate only when they are landing sprats on the wooden jetty mate, You fish right underneath or just off the end of jetty really close in. Crab is the bait for the flounder comp, but been shit for a few years now. Heard the have been trawling them up for crab bait. Also there is loads of Seals getting about them buggers love the Flounders and Salmon. Cheers Arry About thirty years ago I was sitting on Paignton harbour wall jigging for small pollack alongside the wall. I noticed an endless shoal of sprats coming in with the tide just off the wall edge. After a while I took off the Toby spoon jigger and put on a bullet weight just above a treble hook. Using that I managed to snag two sprats. I mounted one sprat on the treble, put on one of those old Fishing Gazette pike floats that you can slide on and secure with a peg set at the same depth the sprats were swimming at. First cast I thought I'd put too much weight on as the float disappeared on splash down. When I tightened up the pike rod heeled over and the 10lb line snapped. All in all about two seconds of action. I repeated the procedure with the other sprat and instantly lost another float, weight and treble hook. To this day I have no idea what took those sprats. But it was this time of year so if you are in the area could you have a look around for two vintage Fishing Gazette floats, bullet weights and size 8 trebles? I do miss them. Quote Link to post
Arry 21,773 Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nicepix said: About thirty years ago I was sitting on Paignton harbour wall jigging for small pollack alongside the wall. I noticed an endless shoal of sprats coming in with the tide just off the wall edge. After a while I took off the Toby spoon jigger and put on a bullet weight just above a treble hook. Using that I managed to snag two sprats. I mounted one sprat on the treble, put on one of those old Fishing Gazette pike floats that you can slide on and secure with a peg set at the same depth the sprats were swimming at. First cast I thought I'd put too much weight on as the float disappeared on splash down. When I tightened up the pike rod heeled over and the 10lb line snapped. All in all about two seconds of action. I repeated the procedure with the other sprat and instantly lost another float, weight and treble hook. To this day I have no idea what took those sprats. But it was this time of year so if you are in the area could you have a look around for two vintage Fishing Gazette floats, bullet weights and size 8 trebles? I do miss them. Bass mate, I worked letting out them little self drive boats from Paignton harbour in my younger days bit more than 30 years ago. I used to cream some Bass before starting work and after we finished for the day, would take one of the boats out and troll up and down off the beach. Also the cafe above the work shop used to throw Chicken carcasses out the window, often saw three really big Bass in 18" of water just sort of picking at them. 100% certain Bass. Cheers Arry Edited July 24, 2019 by Arry 2 Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Arry said: No No mate only when they are landing sprats on the wooden jetty mate, You fish right underneath or just off the end of jetty really close in. Crab is the bait for the flounder comp, but been shit for a few years now. Heard the have been trawling them up for crab bait. Also there is loads of Seals getting about them buggers love the Flounders and Salmon. Cheers Arry Yeah mate, was won on rag last year with a not particularly special fish 1 Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 45,271 Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 never caught a mullet in the uktried and triedwatched some local lads who worked in the hotel catching them on bread in Turkey few yrs ago....I'm going in a few weeks and will be packing a little travel rod and some bits,caught them in Santorini,Greece but that was 14/15 yrs ago.....had some good days on the bass off aberthaw 2 Quote Link to post
Baz2 44 Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 I normally break bread up and let it sit on top of water to get them feeding , then use a white fluffy fly, ... I'm not very good at casting fly rod, so flick it as far as I can then let it drift with the bread, and follow behind... Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 24/07/2019 at 22:48, Daniel cain said: never caught a mullet in the uktried and triedwatched some local lads who worked in the hotel catching them on bread in Turkey few yrs ago....I'm going in a few weeks and will be packing a little travel rod and some bits,caught them in Santorini,Greece but that was 14/15 yrs ago.....had some good days on the bass off aberthaw Mullet are easy mate, light rod with the drag set right and some bread. Any size to the bass? Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, Baz2 said: I normally break bread up and let it sit on top of water to get them feeding , then use a white fluffy fly, ... I'm not very good at casting fly rod, so flick it as far as I can then let it drift with the bread, and follow behind... Bet they go well on a fly rod Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 45,271 Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, South hams hunter said: Mullet are easy mate, light rod with the drag set right and some bread. Any size to the bass? biggest I've had was on open and boat 9lb 3ozs on live sand eel just off aberthaw power station few yrs back....think we had 62 between 5 of us but only 19 keepers I'm off to ogmore by sea in a bit,gonna take some lures and small spinning set up kill a few hrs while kids roam the rock pools Quote Link to post
Baz2 44 Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, South hams hunter said: Bet they go well on a fly rod Unbelievable, highly recommend It, I'm lucky enough to have them literally at the end of my street, and there's a fair few about at the minute Edited July 27, 2019 by Baz2 Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Daniel cain said: biggest I've had was on open and boat 9lb 3ozs on live sand eel just off aberthaw power station few yrs back....think we had 62 between 5 of us but only 19 keepers I'm off to ogmore by sea in a bit,gonna take some lures and small spinning set up kill a few hrs while kids roam the rock pools That's what we plan on doing tomorrow. Can't say I've ever had a decent bass, we had a few at first light whilst trying for gilts but nothing above a lb Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Baz2 said: Unbelievable, highly recommend It, I'm lucky enough to have them literally at the end of my street, and there's a fair few about at the minute May have to try it, I've got the same mate. End of the road and I'm on the tamar Quote Link to post
The Fishlocker 201 Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Not to be outdone. freelined breadflake Edited July 28, 2019 by The Fishlocker Spelling error 3 Quote Link to post
South hams hunter 8,921 Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I'd say that's on a mooring or harbour... Nice fish fl 1 Quote Link to post
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