My Angling year

[South hams hunter 8,921]

Over the last 18 months or so I feel that i have really progressed as an angler; Im lucky enough to not only fish in a club with a high level of competition but also to actually fish with some very competent anglers and then I've also had alot of help and guidance from our own Arry. I spent the first half of the year chasing a spotted ray but unfortunately failed on that and then from august til now i have been targetting mainly smalleyes and thornbacks with the odd session hussing. Ive managed to fish some beautiful places and seen some really interesting things along the way and have managed it all with a great group of mates. I apologise in advance for the heavy picture content. The below fish is one of my favourite,I was getting plagued by dogs and eels so tried a small bait in short and resulted in a smalleye. I managed Huss to 11lb 10oz, Thornback to 9lb 1oz, Smalleye to 9lb 10 oz, wrasse of 3lb 1oz, dogs to 2lb 8oz and a pouting of 1lb 8oz

getting plagued by dogs and eels so tried a small bait in short and resulted in a smalleye.

 

[terryd 8,385]

Good for you some cracking fish 

[DIDO.1 22,628]

Nice 

[dytkos 17,784]

Good post Johnny, well done

Cheers, D.

[South hams hunter 8,921]

4 hours ago, terryd said:

Good for you some cracking fish 

thank you 

1 hour ago, DIDO.1 said:

Nice 

cheers mate 

48 minutes ago, dytkos said:

Good post Johnny, well done

Cheers, D.

i do try from time to time D 

[fireman 10,869]

Some grand fish there and some lovely coastline,ours is flat and the sea is brown on the best of days,your a lucky man having that on your doorstep mate for sure.Looking forward to getting out with you for a session or few and tight lines and all that to you and family....

[South hams hunter 8,921]

9 hours ago, fireman said:

Some grand fish there and some lovely coastline,ours is flat and the sea is brown on the best of days,your a lucky man having that on your doorstep mate for sure.Looking forward to getting out with you for a session or few and tight lines and all that to you and family....

Cheers mate, yeah we are lucky. And you mate and have a good Christmas bud. You, misses and kids deserve it

[Bangersanmash 2,789]

Well done but some good results there what set up are you using rods an reel ? Atb bangers

[South hams hunter 8,921]

1 hour ago, Bangersanmash said:

Well done but some good results there what set up are you using rods an reel ? Atb bangers

I use AFAW six&baits with ci4 ultegras for most stuff. Have been using sloshes for rough ground but girls have just got me spinfisher live liners for christmas

[green lurchers 16,590]

Well done great stuff 

[South hams hunter 8,921]

On 22/12/2021 at 21:32, green lurchers said:

Well done great stuff 

Cheers mate, hoping to do better this year 

[green lurchers 16,590]

12 minutes ago, South hams hunter said:

Cheers mate, hoping to do better this year 

Your out ther trying it fair play to ya 

[South hams hunter 8,921]

20 minutes ago, green lurchers said:

Your out ther trying it fair play to ya 

There's 2 sayings me and the lads use a lot:

You won't catch fish in your living room

A bad days fishing beats a good days work

[toolebox 1,528]

Nice sir ,very nice ,there are types of fish in your post I've never heard of ,let alone caught but that's more to do where I live .I live in the South Island where we don't have rays but on my trips to the far north of the north island we have caught lemon rays up to 20lb & huge black stingrays up to a max of 210lbs ,one of those as a bye catch is plenty for a life time ,oh the burn is huge & leaves one buggered ,arms feel with lead, back hurts & the legs still have the burn hours later but as a angler I wouldn't have it any other way .Great pictures of a lovely view always adds to the enjoyment ,good luck to you sir .

Edited December 30, 2021 by toolebox

[South hams hunter 8,921]

On 30/12/2021 at 02:35, toolebox said:

Nice sir ,very nice ,there are types of fish in your post I've never heard of ,let alone caught but that's more to do where I live .I live in the South Island where we don't have rays but on my trips to the far north of the north island we have caught lemon rays up to 20lb & huge black stingrays up to a max of 210lbs ,one of those as a bye catch is plenty for a life time ,oh the burn is huge & leaves one buggered ,arms feel with lead, back hurts & the legs still have the burn hours later but as a angler I wouldn't have it any other way .Great pictures of a lovely view always adds to the enjoyment ,good luck to you sir .

Thank you mate, appreciate the kind words. Please do share some of your catches and experiences