tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29171363441976923282024-03-13T11:13:43.466-07:00Scilly Lure AddictsLure fishing adventures in the Isles of Scillyscilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-57728184328307938742013-11-14T23:27:00.000-08:002013-11-14T23:27:53.110-08:00A PROPER BRUTE OF A WRASSE!!<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday was a bit of a write off with work due to all flights being cancelled with the islands surrounded by a fog blanket so I took the opportunity to head back out to the shallow bay that has been on top form recently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to fish the mark on the back tide so waded out ready to find the wrasse as they vacated the bay with the tide. Conditions were spot on with crystal clear water and very little wind and through the gaps in the jap weed I could clearly see wrasse moving around. I set up with a <a href="http://www.artoffishing.co.uk/bass-fishing/straight-lures/z-man-zinkerz/0ebfaf4e30/addbcl6de4">Z-Man ZinkerZ</a> in watermelon candy rigged texas style and was straight into the wrasse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must have had 30 fish up to 4lbs when it all went very quiet. This usually means that the wrasse have become wary to the same colour lure moving in front of them so it's wise to change lures or colours to get them to take again. I switched over to my old faithful the <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=24">Yoshikawa Superworm</a> in watermelon and green flake and flicked it back across the entrance to the bay. First cast produced nothing so I re-cast back into the bay a little more and started to bump and twitch the lure back through the jap weed. As the lure got to 8ft in front of me I felt a strong tap then the <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/vectura-ti-77/">Century Vectura-Ti</a> was almost ripped from my hands as a seriously strong wrasse nailed the lure! I knew that this was a proper wrasse as initially I could do nothing with it bar hold on as it tried to power back out of the bay. I held the rod up and let it absorb the lunges, right then left the wrasse was trying its very best to get up a head of steam and lose the hook. I applied side strain to get it through the 5ft long jap weed in front of me when this enormous head surfaced!! It was thrashing the water as it was so shallow before I slipped the net under the brute. It was only then when I lifted her out of the water did I feel the weight of the wrasse, it's got be 7lb I thought!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She pulled the scales down to 7.5lbs and was 58 cm long, a new personal best and I was over the moon!!! The photos don't really do the fish justice, she had an enormous head with incredibly broad shoulders and I couldn't actually get my hand around the wrist of the tail. She was indeed a proper wrasse and hooked in only 4ft of water on a lure - what fun!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who says wrasse don't fight, in shallow water they most definitely do!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watching her swim away was hugely satisfying, now all I have to do is catch a bigger one.......................</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-1377226437056381982013-11-10T06:43:00.000-08:002013-11-10T06:43:11.518-08:00SHALLOW WATER WRASSING PART 2<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We, like the rest of the UK at this time of year, have been getting a real pummelling from the weather-WINTER is definitely here!!! I have found though that this can be the best time of year for finding really good sized wrasse with the soft plastics. I look for really shallow ground away from all the deep marks outside the islands as the wrasse love them. As we all know wrasse are not fond of turbulent water and if there is any ground sea or swell running the chances are that you will struggle to catch them. Instead go into the really shallow boulder bays and the fishing can be AWESOME!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This last week I have fished several such bays into water as shallow as 3ft and have had some mental sport!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I was walking along the top of one bay the water clarity was absolutely crystal clear when I saw a decent sized wrasse moving over the boulders in 4ft of water. I flicked out a <a href="http://www.agmdiscountfishing.co.uk/wave-grasscraw-green-pumpkin-10pcs-p-3867.html">3'' Wave Grasscraw</a> in front of the wrasse, tap tap and bang all hell had broken loose!! Spray was going everywhere due to the shallow water as the wrasse went crazy before I slipped the net under a very stocky and angry 6lb wrasse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of days later I found myself with another opportunity to head back out to the same shallow bay. I brought along with me a packet of <a href="http://zmanfishing.com/store/categories/elaztech/zinkerz">Z-Man ZinkerZ</a> to try out. Awesome watermelon and red flake colours but just soooooooo stretchy!! They are incredibly soft and supple and claim to be 10 times stronger than other soft plastics, time will tell how tough they are with wrasse chomping at them!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again the Z-Mans were doing the business for me stretching ahead of Neil in our mini comp before I gave in to his constant whining and gave him not my last Rolo but my last Z-Man ZinkerZ! What a gentleman I am as Neil soon started catching me up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Neil was twitching his lure he stopped to tell me some pearl of wisdom when his baitcaster was almost taken from his hands as a powerful wrasse hit his deadsticked lure from almost under his rod tip! This wrasse was going mental in only a few feet of water before Neil slid it over the landing net. It was a very long fish for its weight as it was the same length as my <a href="http://scillylureaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/finally-back-on-rocks-and-amongst-wrasse.html">6.6lb</a> at 54cm but only pulled the scales down to just over 5lbs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still it was a cracking fish but I won't be sharing my lures around again Neil!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just goes to show, despite the howling gale outside if you can find some shelter no matter how shallow the ground you can still have some great sport (just look for the boulders!!)</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-73185219233230458122013-11-10T05:12:00.002-08:002013-11-10T06:53:35.839-08:00SHALLOW WATER WRASSING PART 1<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Due to many reasons such as a much needed holiday to Ireland targeting bass and general busyness with work I had totally forgotten to write up a trip to Bryher that I did last month. Slack I know!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretty much all the fishing for wrasse that I do is always done on the flood so I really wanted to fish some of the shallow marks but on the back tide to see how they compare. I have always favoured the flood tide, getting to the marks at low water and fishing the boulder gullies as they cover. The wrasse come into the gullies with the tide so it was going to be interesting to see how long they stayed on the ebb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I fished a gulley that has around 10 feet of water at high tide and moved down the bay and gullies with the tide. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Fishing was pretty hectic from the word go with lots of small sized wrasse hitting the lures so it was a matter of fishing through the smaller ones before the larger wrasse got in on the action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one was the biggest of the session at 5.6lbs and was a real chunky fish with a fat belly that fought really well in 5ft of water. At this point the tide was rapidly leaving the gullies and it was time for my boat home. </span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-63368331764169070032013-09-30T13:41:00.000-07:002013-10-01T10:52:54.523-07:00Finally back on the rocks and amongst the wrasse!!!<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday saw Neil and myself fishing together for the first time in two months, with the Isles of Scilly enjoying some fantastic weather (finally a proper summer) it has made for a largely frustrating time when it came to finding the time to meet up and fish! I shouldn't complain as it will be the winter soon enough when the islands become a rather different place when all the holiday makers have disappeared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Catching the Jet boat over to Bryher with the local vicar I was tempted to ask for some help from him upstairs to boost our catches such was my confidence in the dire weather an east wind and such a small tide! But Neil had a completely different opinion and was confident that ''todays gonna be a good day, I don't know why, it just is!!'' </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a little swell moving around but with the easterly winds it meant the sea was gin clear and the ground was looking very fishy. Tackling up with my <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/vectura-ti-77/">7'7'' Century Vectura-Ti </a>I decided to fish a slightly heavier cone weight of 13g to counter the swell, Neil on the other hand was christening his new baitcaster combo and chose to fish with a 7g. Both of us rigged up <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=24">Yoshikawa superworms</a> in watermelon and almost straight away the wrasse were nailing them! Action was frantic but the majority of the wrasse were 2.5lbs and under but were scrapping well despite their lack of size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We both said that there had to be bigger fish out there and next cast Neil 's baitcaster bent over and a better sized wrasse was doing its best to test the new outfit. Slipping the net under the near 5lb fish cheered us both up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We rather hoped that would be the start of the better sized wrasse coming into the bay but still the small wrasse were nailing the lures first. A change of lures to the black <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=5">Yoshikawa Superworm</a> resulted in several slightly better fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next cast I decided to put a little further out and BANG, instantly I shouted to Neil that this was a beast, the <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/vectura-ti-77/">Vectura</a> was hooped over as the wrasse tried its best to head towards the reef to our left. Side strain applied I managed to turn the wrasse. There is no point in letting a good wrasse take line as the fight can and will be lost in the first few moments with a loose drag! Its hit and hold em to get them up and away from the snags and with this fish hitting me 30 yards out it was anything but subtle!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the wrasse to the surface and coaxed it towards where Neil was waiting with the landing net. Its a 6 Neil shouted excitedly as he lifted the wrasse up!! Pulling the scales down it was indeed a 6 and went 6.6lbs so a new pb as well!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It certainly was a chunky brute with an enormous tail that after a few brief moments to regain its strength disappeared back to cause havoc in its haunt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another boulder filled bay and with slightly shallower water it again looked fishy. I had a few taps then all hell broke loose as a wrasse hit me that certainly felt heavier than the last beast. Sadly I could do nothing as it rubbed my braid against a reef and was gone! The next few casts and small fish plaguing us Neil had a tap and instantly he knew he too had hooked a big wrasse! Yet again though it did him on a boulder. The look on his face said it all, he was shocked I think you could say! I think there was a few choice words if I remember correctly too!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We continued to fish but with the tide ebbing we were starting to loose the depth and could clearly see the extent of the ground we were fishing over. </span>It was brutal ground and the boulders were the size of small cars, we didn't really have a chance landing these big kelp donkeys!! It was frustrating as there was some monster wrasse here, just getting them out was a nightmare!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Its the busy time of the year over here in the Isles of Scilly so sadly work has been getting in the way of me fishing although I have managed a few sessions. I thought I would bring them all together for one big post to show how the islands have been fishing. July has seen a few anglers and friends over to target the pollack and wrasse on lures and with the weather gods looking on us favourably the fishing has been pretty good!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the start of the month former UKSF casting champion and now mad keen lure angler Andy Green (the wellington wrong'un to some) came over to stay with me and to attempt to break his lure caught wrasse pb of 3.5lbs. Well the old boy well and truly smashed it on many occasions!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We fished a few spots after I had finished work and found the wrasse in a very obliging mood. Although the spot we fished was majorly snaggy it was almost a wrasse a chuck at times. Just a shame we lost a couple of stonking fish!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the weather was fantastic we manged to get over to Bryher on my day off and smashed the wrasse big time but sadly the spot that I was really keen to take Andy to fish was blown out. We still did well in the really sheltered bays in only a few feet of water with the old codger upping his wrasse pb to 4.5lbs, well chuffed for him!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On his final day he even upped his pollack best on lures to just under 5lbs that gave him a good scrap in 8ft of water over some serious boulders, nice one mate!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I managed to get back up to Bryher with perfect conditions on my next day off, it was a truly epic session with wrasse a cast out of one big gulley. Several fish over 4lbs with the biggest going 5lbs and all fought really well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had 42 before Neil joined me and we kept on moving and catching wrasse as the tide flooded until it was time to head back home. 72 wrasse later and the majority all took the awesome <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=yoshikawa&x=11&y=11">Yoshikawa Superworm</a> in watermelon or black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as you can see, the fishing when we havent been working has been pretty good. Great numbers of wrasse but the larger ones have been sadly lacking, we have hooked them but just been unable to have that bit of luck that you need to get them out of their kelpy lairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So on that note I will leave you with a photo of Tony Chesworth's stonking wrasse of 6.14lbs, awesome lure caught wrasse mate well done!!!!!!!!! He said it gave him a mental scrap and several times took him to the bottom before he could land it!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Managed to get out for a session the other day targeting pollack from the rocks. This year, as I and many others have found, has been such a nightmare but with the spring tides and perfect conditions I thought it had to be worth giving it a go. I had brought with me two rods so that I could try two different methods, for fishing casting jigs up to 60g I had the <a href="http://www.lureheaven.co.uk/">Graphiteleader Remoto EX9'6''</a> and for fishing my usual soft plastics I had the new <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/#vectura-ti">Century Vectura Ti 11'</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I arrived just as it was low water, to enable me to set up both rods and have everything to hand as usually the pollack come past this area in tight groups meaning the fishing prime time is a short window.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After an hour and with the tide now pulling hard, I had a hit on the drop with the speed jig getting nailed by a small pollack of about 3lbs. Next cast and again on the drop the jig was hit by a much better fish. With steady pumping the pollack<b> </b>then made several dives and felt a decent weight when it somehow bumped off!! Gutted I checked the assist hook, nowt wrong with that just bad luck/angling on my behalf I guess!!!! I was really getting to grips with the <a href="http://www.lureheaven.co.uk/">Graphiteleader Remoto</a>, it has a shorter stem/handle than I am used to, but then again it has this for a reason. It has been designed as a jigging rod and the shorter the better for imparting action to the jig. Rated to cast 25-75g a 60g williamson speed jig was being fired out well over 100 yards easily with a simple overhead thump, snap over the bail arm by hand and crank up the slack braid then starting imparting some life into the jig, simple! Interestingly both the pollack I had hit the lure as it was dropping. A couple of casts after the lost pollack, again the jig was hit on the drop, this pollack made a couple of dives before I had it beneath my feet. This was another good fish and with the help of a wave I managed to slide the pollack into my landing net.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At 9.6lbs it was a cracking fish that after a few photos again went away strongly. I tried for several hours after the pollack flourish<b> </b>but not even a sniff, again proving that the window for the action is really small. Had I missed it by getting down later I would not have caught and been left scratching my head. Pollack fishing this season has been like waiting for a bus, I've waited a long time then two come along at once!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christ that really is corny, I am off to find some more cheesey lines for next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
<br />scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-59818568348202272732013-06-19T10:16:00.001-07:002013-06-19T10:18:16.528-07:00Catching up with old friends on Gugh.<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry its been such a ridiculously long time since I posted anything, it has been the worst year for fishing that I have ever witnessed here in the Isles of Scilly. If if wasnt a gale blowing then we had the dreaded may bloom and algae the like I have never seen before!!!! I wrote this a couple of weeks a go but was just waiting for a couple of photos from Simon so that I could finish it off. Not the best post thats for sure but at least Iam trying!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday saw myself and Neil heading up to St Agnes to meet up with Jim and Simon from the <a href="http://irreverentangler.blogspot.co.uk/">Irreverent Angler</a>. They have been camping and fishing their socks off for the last few days and with the weather being like summer (dare I say it) we were optimistic to say the least. We had drawn up a plan to fish the tiny island of Gugh, only accessible by a sand bar that covers at high water. Looking at google earth it looked incredible!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Boulders, gulleys, headlands out into the tide, shallow weedy bays all looked like perfect wrasse and pollack haunts and with the likelihood of very little previous lure fishing action!! I remember fishing some of the marks around the southern tip at Hoe point 12 years ago with Henry Gilbey and his mate Kevin where we had several pollack but hadnt been out there since. It was Neils first time to Gugh in his eleven years of living on the islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started at the southern tip, casting various soft plastics but apart from a couple of wrasse for myself it was pretty quiet, although it was the ebb tide so not exactly unexpected. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did see several shoals of mullet cruising past, moving very quickly with some of them being 6-7lb fish!! The water is definitely starting to show signs of warming up as I lost count of the jellyfish I saw which bodes well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We moved from rock to rock catching the odd wrasse and Jim had four 3lb pollack in four casts when Neil decided to change tactics and rig up a larger homemade paddletail with a 40g jig head and blasted it between two pinnacles in the hope of finding a pollack. Third cast and his rod slammed over, he was clearly into a much bigger fish. Judging by his language it was a seriously powerful fish that he was fighting when disaster struck! The huge pollack dived and got tangled on a trailing lobster pot rope and was snagged!!!! He tried everything from giving it slack to eventually pulling for a break. Gutted doesnt even come close!!!!!!! As to how big it actually was we will never know, but I am sure Neil will be reliving that fight in his dreams many many times!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was approaching low water now and the tide had eased so we moved again to target the wrasse with the slack water. We found a lovely looking bay, really shallow but it screamed wrasse! After several small pollack to 3lbs on the drop we managed to find the wrasse with all four of us hooking up at the same time, awesome fishing and a great laugh. They werent the biggest wrasse with the biggest going 4lbs to myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We lost count of the numbers of wrasse and pollack we had out of the bay but it was decided that we would head back out to the ledges where Neil lost the big pollack as soon as the tide started to flood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A cracking pollack that put up a spirited scrap but nothing like the one that got away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It seemed that as quick as the pollack had appeared they disappeared. Another lesson learnt for this new mark, its only a really short window for the pollack as they move through with the tide!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all agreed it was time to move to the Turks Head Pub for a much deserved pint! It had been a good day, great to catch up with Jim and Simon and have a laugh catching silly numbers of fish. Sadly the real monsters had evaded us this time but theres always the next time. I think that we will be back out on Gugh again soon!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-80878025379954288332013-05-06T08:47:00.000-07:002013-05-06T08:47:21.132-07:00Scilly numbers of fish........<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday saw me heading up to Tresco to escape the carnage that was going on down on St<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Mary's, it was the World Pilot Gig Championships!! You couldnt move here so the best plan to keep my sanity was to head off to another island and smash some wrasse!! Hopes were high as we have just had a nice prolonged period of west and south west winds that have brought the sea temperatures up and slightly over 10 degrees. There was a little bit of swell but conditions on the whole were perfect (not many times can I have said that recently!!!!!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always have wanted to fish the North end of Tresco as it screams wrasse when you look on google earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see from the photos the water was crytal clear and boy were the wrasse in a feeding frenzy! Straight from the off it was like a switch had been flicked and all those months of waiting patiently for the action to kick off was soon forgotten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wrasse were mainly on the small side but it was great fun. I had 30 fish before deciding to move on in the search for the larger wrasse that I was sure lived in and around the boulders. It was interesting to note that it really didnt matter what colour lure I had on from the first gulley as they were feeding like crazy they nailed <span style="font-size: large;">each </span>and every colour!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The move was worth it as I took this better fish of 4lbs on a purple/blue lure. Plenty of blue in its mouth and spots on dorsal and fins which mean that they were still spawning so I switched over to a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=246">Blue Tube</a> and the better and more aggressive wrasse nailed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one of 4.5lbs was caught using a carolina rig with a 2ft trace, a method which seemed to find the better stamp of fish and put up a cracking fight in the shallow water. When I say shallow it was taken in 6ft of water and headed for every boulder trying to escape!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another move and more fish, again in shallow water with the <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=41">Hawg Junebug Stickbait</a> doing the damage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By now I had caught upwards of 60 wrasse, much more like it after such a hard winter and all returned after a brief photo. It was time to head back to the New Inn pub to have a much deserved pint before getting the boat back home. Whilst waiting the five minutes for the boat I couldnt resist having a couple of last casts from New Grimsby quay. Tap tap and it was wrasse on, and a great end to a cracking day. Silly numbers of fish, nothing massive but great fun all the same!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ventured up to Bryher in the hope of getting amongst t<span style="font-size: large;">he pollack that sho<span style="font-size: large;">uld be feeding with</span></span> this settled weather<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">They</span> have been strangely absent <span style="font-size: large;">for most of the year d<span style="font-size: large;">ue to the storms and g<span style="font-size: large;">hastly ea<span style="font-size: large;">sterlies!</span></span></span></span> Tides were perfect as was the weather with overcast conditions which we prefer for the pollack as it seems to favour the predatory nature of them. Maybe they feed more with the darker conditions making ambushing their prey easier?? This is proved many times as the action can come thick and fast at sunset and sunrise when the pollack really start feeding hard. Neil was going to join up with me for the start of the flood, the prime time at this mark we have found! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shipman Head above can be an awesome spot, plenty of deep water and tide racing over the many pinnacles that are to be found within casting distance. We have both had many good fish from this spot, not to mention being smashed up on more than one occasion!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had brought along a new toy to play with, an <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/vectura-ti-11/">11ft Century Vectura</a> and was keen to see how it would handle the deep water and hopefully some rod bending dives from a heavy weight pollack or two. Initial thoughts are that it is quite tippy but with it rated from 7g to 45g it could prove an interesting rod!! With its through action it loads effortlessly and recovers lightning fast meaning the 35g Fiish Minnow I was using was flying out!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bang on low, I hooked a cracking fish, slowly reeling the Fiish Minnow it was getting heavier, usually a sure sign that a pollack has taken the lure, <span style="font-size: large;">and</span> then all hell broke loose. With the Shimano Rareniums drag tight I could really see how the Vectura handled a better fish. I caught a glimpse of a stonking pollack just as it dived under the reef in<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>front of me rubbing the 23lb fluorocarbon leader and snapping me off! After turning the air blue I set up again and was straight into some more pollack but none of the size that I had lost (typical anglers and the one that got away I know!!!!!!)</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367357078424_2151" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to use baitcasting gear! Better casting accuracy. Better sensitivity/feel(imho). Better choice of rods-albeit on the USA market mostly. So if it's Better-Better-Better, why aren't we all doing it? There is a common misconception that these little baitcasters are a 'mare to cast/control, and have no place in windy conditions, but that is far from reality. Most modern middle-of-the-road baitcasters come with centrifugal and magnetic brakes plus spool tensioning knob; so yes, that's three means of effectively taming these unruly little devils. With too much time on my hands due to crap conditions, I had to satisfy my fishing obsession online, with "important research" on the matter. And that's where it got tricky. Not much tackle or info available for this "niche" in the UK. With a little help and advice on various forums and Facebook groups (thank you Mike Sullivan!), I eventually bought an Abu Revo stx gen 3, a mouthful, but a masterpiece in engineering!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God where do I start!!!!!!! This winter must have been my worst ever with regards to fishing, I simply havent been for months and apparently have been a total ni<span style="font-size: large;">te</span>mare to <span style="font-size: large;">be around</span> (sorry)!! What with the strong easterlies then big southerly gales and the enevitable groundseas it has been impossible to get out with any hope of safety or actually believing that you will catch anything!!!! Slowly but surely things are a changing and it cant come soon enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the water temperatures still way down on last year it has been noticeable <span style="font-size: large;">from</span> the distinct lack of sandeels and bait fish resulting in fewer sea birds around the islands and the numbers of pollack caught have been the lowest for years! Finally with our weather finally deciding to settle we should all see the catches improving day to day. Even the wrasse, our usually ever obliging soft plastic quarry have been almost non-existant and certainly far from their aggressive feeding best of last year but yesterday was the start of things as I actually managed to get out for a few hours (yes for those that had thought I had sold all my gear and started knitting, I havent but have been dormant).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to head out under the airport to the marks that hadnt let me down all last year, water clarity was unbelievably good, best I have seen this year in fact and if I could remember how to fish I felt in with a chance!! Starting out with the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/major-craft-crostage-7-3.htm">Major Craft Crostage</a> I rigged up a small crawfish pattern called <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=319">Ghost Shrimp</a> texas style and within a few casts and the odd missed bite (the expected rustiness from lack of fishing) I had the slamming over and the first of many wrasse was brought to the landing net.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several small wrasse followed before I decided to move in the hope of finding some larger fish with the dropping tide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Notice the blue spots appearing on the fins and dorsal tail, a sure sign that the wrasse are starting to spawn.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This fish put up a decent scrap as it tried to find sanctuary in its rocky home. Now that I was back in the groove I changed over to my new toy, a <a href="http://www.centurysea.co.uk/sea-rods/vectura-ti-77/">Century 7'7'' Vectura-Ti</a>. I got this rod purely for the big wrasse that Ive hooked and lost before. It will be put through its tests over the coming year but it certainly feels powerful, way more powerful than the Century HPR 7'3'' model that I have used before. This new range of rods are based on the exact same blanks as the HPR's just with the new <strong>3M Powerluxâ„¢</strong> resin system used and have the much improved Titanium SiC guides fitted as standard. I made several casts with the new rod and found it a joy to use and was certainly more than a match for many small wrasse up to 3lbs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A final move back across the bay for the start of the flood saw the wrasse continue to snap up the lures being offered and were of a slightly better stamp with a couple of 4lb fish bending and testing the Vectura.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things were starting to go quiet so I decided on having the last cast when I hooked the biggest fish of the session, not massive but at 5lbs it made the trip all the worth while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all it was great to be back out on the rocks and even more pleasing was that I hadnt blanked. Now all I have to do is learn how to take photos again and everything will be ok!!!!!!!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-64494162614215249842013-01-29T04:17:00.002-08:002013-01-29T04:19:54.355-08:00BLOWING AWAY THE COBWEBS<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As with most if not everyone, this weather is really getting to me! When I look back on last winters diary it is frightning to see how little I have been out fishing this year due to gale after gale!!! I had to get out on sunday as cabin fever was setting in.<span style="font-size: large;"> Problem was</span> it has been so bad around the islands this last week that I had to search the entire coastline to find some clear water, I honestly cant remember it ever being this stirred up and dirty!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I eventually found some shelter and clear water at the corner of Porthhellick, a spot that hasnt really been the same since it was netted by somebody for wrasse to freeze down for pot bait, but it was the only place to fish so I had to give it a go. I set up with the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/century-hpr-7-3-st-plugging-rod.html">Century HPR 7'3''</a> and a texas rigged <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=271">Jacks 4'' Hog </a>in the Craw Swirl, (a lure that worked particularly well at this venue last winter) completed the set up. The sea was starting to discolour as the tide covered the boulder strewn brow so I wasnt going to get long before heading home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With my polaroids on I could see afew fish starting to appear, moving over the boulders and after a couple of casts the wrasse came on the feed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Admitedly they werent the biggest wrasse that I have ever caught, but after an age of not fishing, they were very welcome indeed!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I saw a better sized fish almost at my feet so cast to where I thought it was heading towards and bang, a much better sized wrasse was soon heading towards the landing net.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At 4.8lbs it certainly was worth braving the elements for and after recovering in a rock pool I took the opportunity to test out my new cameras underwater feature. Something that I will be trying a great deal more over the coming weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By now the sea had come over the boulders and the water was too dirty to fish effectively so it was time to head home. At least I hadnt blanked and had finally managed to blow the cobwebs off the tackle-roll on the spring I say!!!!!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-19321665958710602062013-01-15T13:28:00.000-08:002013-01-16T10:08:22.863-08:00LONG TERM TESTING OF CENTURY HPR LURE ROD<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have used and abused various beachcasters from the Century stable for years and years. Many years ago it was the Ignit<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">o</span>r</span>, then the Fireblade Sports for all my rough ground fishing for Huss and Rays, the Tip Tornados for lighter beach work and these days I have a pair of TTR's for all my tournament casting. No matter which rod, they have never let me down landing plenty of fish from all over the South West and around the Isles of Scilly and casting my leads on the field to new pbs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nowadays, my fishing is mainly for wrasse and pollack around the islands using soft plastics and various techniques. It is all about catching fish using lighter tackle to get the most enjoyment out of the sport and of course, having fun!! When I heard that Century had designed a range of lure rods, specifically aimed at lure fishing for bass, pollack and wrasse I was eager to see one for myself and to try one!! What was even better to hear was that the rod was developed with the help of Keith White, his brother Kevin and the rest of a band of serious lure anglers over in <span style="font-size: large;">Jersey</span> who had got on board with what Century wanted to do. This meant by the time us punters were getting the rod it had already been tested to the maximum and landed some serious fish!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to try one and my old mate <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/">Andy Kendrick</a> very generously lent me his prized rod to have a go with over the winter and to see how I got on with it, well mate I am afraid that you cant have it back!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rod I have been using is the 7'3'' model which is rated to cast 3.5-25g. Over the last few months, I have put the rod through its paces, admittedly it did take a little bit of getting used to as it is a very different rod to what I have been using. When I say different, I dont mean in a bad way, very far from it in fact!!! If you pick it up and wiggle, shake, whatever you would normally do when you first pick up a new rod, you may think its heavy and doesnt feel like many other <span style="font-size: large;">J</span>apanese lure rods do. BUT first impressions can sometimes be very confusing!!! It is heavy as it has a counter balance system in place, you dont have to use it though as the weights are screwed into the butt of the rod.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Attach a reel to the rod (I use a Shimano Rarenium 3000) and the rod is perfectly balanced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I fish with my rod in a 45 degree angle I find it makes it easier to twitch and fish soft plastics more effectively, this is where the counter weights comes i<span style="font-size: large;">n</span>to its own and feels so natural. It also gives me much more feel and sensitiv<span style="font-size: large;">i</span>ty this way. The HPR registers bites amazingly well with its sensitive tip and in an instant you can strike and its fish on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoX2sozyLmj4qlgghGvHTXIi5UO_GknJUbkpZAMter0lxjjpZWWyZHwP37Wn22QjqkRJFqmFESrm1RmrcgQXsisZjeX7ZhpBK2k6ZGPhD7Ilm5Yy68Us09XIdtzUA0pa5uB2N5tbOrcOL/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNoX2sozyLmj4qlgghGvHTXIi5UO_GknJUbkpZAMter0lxjjpZWWyZHwP37Wn22QjqkRJFqmFESrm1RmrcgQXsisZjeX7ZhpBK2k6ZGPhD7Ilm5Yy68Us09XIdtzUA0pa5uB2N5tbOrcOL/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a>I have found the HPR to be a joy to cast with, a texas rigged soft plastic and 7g cone weight is never going to go extreme distances but then it isnt designed to. The rod loads really quickly and sends the rig out with ease. It is equally just as good with short range pitching and flipping between boulders and into holes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have lost count of the number of wrasse that I have landed with it. But should you hook into a real heavy weight kelp donkey that is hell bent on heading towards its hole then you have the rod to put the brakes on it - the tip will bend and then the real power comes in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cant rate the rod high enough, if you were looking for a rod to target wrasse, pollack and bass with soft lures I would have a serious look at this range of rods, just dont leave it to wiggle in the shop<span style="font-size: large;">!!</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As I write, this already impressive range of rods ha<span style="font-size: large;">s</span> been ''upgraded'' with new graphics and a different set of Titanium S<span style="font-size: large;">i</span>C eyes to replace the K quides that were on the previous models. They have also been renamed and are now known as the Vectura-Ti range, thankfully they are the exact same blanks as the HPR though! The range though has a new member, an 11' model, that you just know is going to be a serious piece of kit!! This new range is being released in February 2013 and according to reports<span style="font-size: large;">, they have an even quicker re<span style="font-size: large;">sponse and feel and will be priced at the same points as the HPR's-I cant wait!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Had a call from me old mate Henry Gilbey last week to see if I was able to take a couple of days off from work and go fishing with him - not needing a second invitation I obviously replied YES! Along for the ride was a camera man John and director Alex to film a couple of short films for the <a href="http://www.skysports.com/tv_guide/show/0,20143,12976,00.html">Tight Lines</a> programme on Sky Sports 2, to showcase how effective fishing soft plastics for wrasse and pollack can be. Henry was a bit nervous to say the least as its been quite a while since his last television work but he needn't have been as he is a natural! His excitement and enthusiasm manifest into great television!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plans were drawn up that they would fly in from Newquay with the islands own airline, Skybus, on <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>uesday afternoon and have an early night before hitting the wrasse marks all day <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ednesday and then the pollack marks on the <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>hursday before they jumped on the plane back to Newquay late <span style="font-size: large;">that</span> afternoon. A good plan we thought and we had Neil down from Bryher to fish as well so we were all set. Or so we thought!!! The few days before they were to arrive it had, like the rest of the country, been raining continuously meaning all flights from Lands end were cancelled due to water logging and the seriously strong winds meant no flights from Newquay either - they were stuck!!! After a phone call from Henry they decided that they would try again the next day, weather permitting! Thankfully Thursday dawned and the wind had eased enough for them to fly over at lunch time meaning an already short period of time to film was cut in half again! Christ could we actually do it in that time Neil and I thought?? Seeing as we were running out of time,<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Neil and <span style="font-size: large;">I </span>decided to do a reccy around St. Mary's in order to find somewhere to fish meaning as soon as they landed we could go straight there no messing!! There was still too much swell under the airport where we had planned to take them so we stomped round to Peninnis to gauge the fishing. Half an hour later and we had managed <span style="font-size: large;">eight</span> wrasse and a small pollack on the back tide, this would make the flood tide even more productive. But there was still the North East wind to contend with so we both decided that we would fish under the <span style="font-size: large;">G</span>arrison at a spot I have caught plenty of tidy wrasse before. Picking up Henry and the crew we told them of the change of plan and headed straight out there. It looked perfect with flat calm sea, no swell and lots of boulders!!! We all rigged up with various soft plastics and cast out, bang bang bang we were all into fish straight away!!!! At times it was mental with all three of us into wrasse at the same time, it seemed like the place was literally carpeted with wrasse!!! Admittedly they weren't the massive kelp beasts that we were hoping for but it was as frantic as anyone had ever seen before!! It didn't matter what size, colour or shape of lure we tried, they just smashed into each and every one of them!! Considering the three of us only had two hours to fish and Henry had to do several pieces to camera we lost count of the exact number of wrasse caught but I bet it would have been 90 to 100 wrasse to 4lbs in various colours, I think the crew were shocked at the number!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After climbing down to the spot at low water all we had to do was set up and wait for the tide to push. Pollack love tide!! This spot you can fish until your arms fall off without even seeing a pollack but just like flicking a switch, as soon as the tide pulls hard then they come on the feed and today was no exception!! Neil whispered in my ear jokingly that I had taken us to a dud mark then bang he hooked a steam train of a pollack that was on for a few moments before smashing him up, gutted for him as it was clearly a big pollack!! Yep the tide by now was pushing nice and hard!!! I had on another stonking fish that I managed to get within 20 yards of the rock before this one, just like Neils, came off - ARSE not now, not in front of the cameras!!!! Neil then landed a cracker of a fish at 6.4lbs taken on a <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/savagear-saltwater-sandeel-160.html">Savage Gear Sandeel</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Henry had been taking the mickey, as he usually does, on our ability to lose good fish when the same thing happened to him! Oh how we both laughed!!!!! We both told him that it wasn't beaten but he continued to horse it in and attempt to show it who was boss resulting in ''beep'' after ''beep'' in front of the camera!!! He did manage to land a couple of fish himself though which was great to see as I thought he had lost the knack!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To top off the trip we witnessed large shoals of baitfish, probably herring or pilchards being rounded up by a pod of porpoises with gannets diving in on the action, it really was a majestic sight!!! I am so pleased that we managed to get such good fishing for the show, it promises to be pretty cool I reckon and should be aired on Sky Sports 2 on December the 14th. Neil and I had a real blast helping, hopefully it will entice a few people to try a lighter approach and fishing soft plastics, it really is such fun and christ does it work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-19518295504784892472012-11-18T14:24:00.000-08:002012-11-19T02:34:16.483-08:00PLAN B-NOT TOO SHABBY!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well the plan was hatched over the last couple of days and I was to head over to the island of Bryher to meet up and fish with Neil. <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he tides were perfect to target the big pollack from <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>hipman <span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ead. Well that was the plan but as has been the way for the last few attempted sorties to Bryher, the weather decides to throw a spanner in the works and cock it all up!!!!!!!!!!!!! Northwest winds picked up on <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>aturday night meaning when Neil went to have a look <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>unday morning, the gullies and headland that we planned to fish were underwater and sea was pummeling in - ARSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After sulking for a fair while I simply had to get out of the house, and the good thing about living in the islands is that you can find shelter somewhere! It was still ok down here on the <span style="font-size: large;">s</span>outh side of St. Mary's but the forecast was to swing round <span style="font-size: large;">s</span>outherly and freshen as the day went on with 25-30mph winds by 4 o'clock meaning I wouldn't get long to fish the mark I had as a backup plan. Still you don't catch anything sat at home and considering I was on a high after my beloved Arsenal thrashing the Spuds I had to at least give it a go!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ledges were showing up well in front of me as I got to the mark, it's not terribly deep here, in contrast to some other marks that we fish for pollack with depths up to 40 feet in places compared to 140 feet at Outer Head. But this spot coupled with a bit of tide can throw up some monster pollack. I reckon I have had more doubles from here than anywhere else in Scilly so you just never know. The wind had already started to freshen and was blowing straight into my face when I rigged up the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/sakura-shinjin-plugging-rod-8foot.html">Sakura Shinjin</a> with a <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/savagear-sandeel-slug-16cm.html">Savage Gear Slug Sandeel</a> onto a jig head. The first few casts produced nowt and I was starting to wish I hadnt bothered as the wind was getting worse and making it pretty uncomfortable. I decided to give it an hour before the lure of a cup of tea and some cake called!! The tide was now just starting to turn and usually that means the pollack switch on to feed - pollack love tide and water movement!! The next couple of casts and the pollack started to appear, not big fish of up to 2.5lbs but at least I hadnt blanked!! Just one problem, the wind by now was blowing hard and waves were starting to get up, not ideal when you are fishing on your own!! I changed over to one of the new ''in lures'' the <a href="http://www.basslures.co.uk/fiiish-black-minnow-120-combo-kaki.html">Fiish Black Minnow</a>, this lure has been getting awesome reviews wherever it has been used slaying huge numbers of bass and pollack. My good mate <a href="http://www.henry-gilbey.com/blog.html">Henry Gilbey</a> has been telling me to try them for pollack as he has just come back from <b>lle D’Ouessant </b>where he fished with the <span style="font-size: large;">F</span>rench guys who designed them and said they would be mental for pollack from the shore! Now was as good a time as any!! The lures that Nick Roberts at <a href="http://www.basslures.co.uk/fiiish-black-minnow-120-combo-kaki.html">Bass Lures</a> had kindly sent me ranged up 25g meaning I would be able to cast into the strong headwind as they weighed a lot more than the jig head I was using. I was now able to cast out past the two pinnacles that the pollack love to run between and it wasnt long before lure got smacked using a slow sink and draw method!! The pollack made several dives to start with before slow pumping brought it towards me then all hell broke loose as the pollack realised that it was hooked!!!!!!!!!! After several more dives I got to see the golden flank of an enormous pollack for the first time and then disaster struck, she dived again but this time I couldnt stop her even with a really tight drag and she went straight into the thick kelp busting me off in the process - B<span style="font-size: large;">UGGER</span> I was gutted!!!!!!!!!! Just how big was she, I will never know but I've had them to <span style="font-size: large;">over </span>13lbs from the shore and this was every part that size!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI5MjV7INXPRD2BjeBSl87XTscNu97KlggFiZtc3UZh2nwB7Y3Jv7c6xFwEgQSyNX1iYtv0lOEvjBaKzcV-Y7L13652p1Kb7tdozV7AgtcY3JU6YwpWN3QI52iQa1gSHpI6e4hQzrGgVK/s1600/IMG_1998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI5MjV7INXPRD2BjeBSl87XTscNu97KlggFiZtc3UZh2nwB7Y3Jv7c6xFwEgQSyNX1iYtv0lOEvjBaKzcV-Y7L13652p1Kb7tdozV7AgtcY3JU6YwpWN3QI52iQa1gSHpI6e4hQzrGgVK/s640/IMG_1998.JPG" width="640" /></a>She pulled the digital scales down to 9lbs and after several quick photos using a big rock pool to keep her alive and kicking in the process, was returned to where she came from!!! What a stunning fish caught on light balanced tackle and I have to agree with Henry and Nick, these <a href="http://www.basslures.co.uk/fiiish-black-minnow-120-combo-kaki.html">Fiish Black Minnows</a> are the mutts nuts for pollack!! If only I had managed to land the one that got away but maybe next time hey, it's what keeps us all fishing!!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-35773549188709579722012-11-16T05:04:00.000-08:002012-11-17T07:50:12.621-08:00NEW GEAR TRIALLED AND TESTED <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Well folks its been a hell of a long time since I have done a post, a combination of going on a much needed holiday to Ireland (not sure that some people would call getting up at 4 o'clock every morning to go and chase bass as a holiday though), getting battered by big swells making the islands unfishable and work getting in the way but enough excuses!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did venture out on Saturday for an hour but there was so much groundsea it made trying to fish virtually impossible so I have been waiting with the rod set up by the front door for the swells to ease and today it did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had been sent some cracking looking new lures from <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ndy at <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/">Jackslrf</a> to trial with Neil and also the new hooks that they will be stocking soon as well. More about them later! For my wrasse fishing, as those that have been following my exploits will know, I have been using and abusing the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/major-craft-crostage-7-6.htm">Major Craft Crostage</a> and having some great fun with it landing christ knows how many wrasse but just recently I have been playing around with the very different <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/century-hpr-7-3-st-plugging-rod.html">Century HPR 7'3''</a>. I will be writing up a long term test review sometime in the future when I have given it a good stig type testing, first impression though <span style="font-size: large;">is</span> that it has a serious amount of power lower down that could come in very handy if a big kelp donkey needs halting!!! Right, back to the fishing...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to head out around the airport and see what the kelpy gullies I have been fishing looked like on a big spring low water. Always a good idea to really see what you are fishing over and where the deeper drop offs are and what other new ground you can find too. I started to fish with the old faithful <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=115">Watermelon Hawg Stickbait</a> rigged up with a 7g cone weight, a flick out and the Century HPR was soon bending nicely into a wrasse OTD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A good start that got better as the afternoon went on! It seemed like the wrasse were literally queueing up, maybe with all the bad weather and big seas they were only now able to get out from the holes and feed and were starving??</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well I was pretty impressed with both the new hooks and lures not to mention the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/century-hpr-7-3-st-plugging-rod.html">Century HPR</a>, now I just hope that the weather stays ok so that I can get out again this weekend for some more ''research''!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-558629309118773332012-10-17T12:40:00.000-07:002012-10-17T12:46:16.731-07:00WHEN THE WEATHER DOES ITS BEST TO SCUPPER THE BEST LAID PLANS<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God I have been very slack over the last few weeks and havent managed to get out fishing, well when I say that Ive been slack its mainly been down to being a wimp and not wanting to get a right old soaking with all the rain and wind we have been suffering from. WINTER has definitely arrived on the islands thats for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while back I had a conversation with Jim O'Donnell who writes for <a href="http://totalseamagazine.com/">Total Sea Fishing Magazine (TSF)</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span>was very keen to com<span style="font-size: large;">e</span> over to the islands to get a feature in the bag about the lure fishing potential. We looked at dates and tides etc and planned a trip for early <span style="font-size: large;">O</span>ctober. We studied the long range forecasts and as this weekend approached things were not looking great!! Big storms were battering the islands and would leave plenty of groundswells to contend with, not good when you want to target wrasse with lures we have found!! Still, the weekend arrived and Jim brought with him two mates, Dave Taylor and<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://cornwalllurefishing.tumblr.com/">Luke Fox</a></span> who along with Jim were bloody good anglers. I have been following Lukes <a href="http://cornwalllurefishing.tumblr.com/">blog</a> for a while now and was always impressed with his catches, he seemed to know his stuff when it came to catching lots of different species with soft plastics so I felt confident that we could find a fish or two<span style="font-size: large;"> and I could learn a <span style="font-size: large;">few things too!!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After picking them all up from the Scillonian we dropped off the gear and headed staight out so that they could have a warm up on some of the marks that have been fishing well for me. Fishing was hard as big swells were making it difficult to keep a tight line to the lures which meant we werent able to fish texas rigs effectively. We all caught wrasse though and lost a fair few as well as getting more than a tad damp when it decided to chuck it down in more than biblical proportions!!!!! Christ we even had to leave the rods alone and shelter under a rock when the rain turned to hail and then the thunder and lightning started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a great start to showing them the islands in all their glory hey!! Still, we hadnt blanked and Jim managed a couple just over 3lbs in some pretty pants conditions. We decided to call it a day and head to the pub to put a plan together for the following day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see from the picture, it looks very wrassey indeed and should give us a chance<b> </b>to find some shelter from the North West gales that we were being subjected to. Sadly that wasnt quite the case as the swells were managing to affect everywhere on the island but we gave it our best and had plenty of wrasse although mostly on the smaller size. Luke was an absolute machine when it came to catching them, everytime I looked round <span style="font-size: large;">h</span>e was bent into a fish!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I managed to winkle out a couple of 4lbers before we set our sights on finding a pollack or two. We headed out towards the <span style="font-size: large;">point</span> of the <span style="font-size: large;">i<span style="font-size: large;">sland</span></span> giving us a chance to cast into the tide as thats usually where you will find them. Sure enough we did, with several smaller fish and a 3lber falling to Lukes soft plastic Ecogear paddletails and a nice fish of 5lbs to my <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/savagear-saltwater-sandeel-125.html">Savage Gear Sandeel</a>. Gutted for Luke as he lost a cracking fish that we put down to being a big pollack that crash dived to the bottom snapping his braid on the rocks in the process (next time mate!!!!!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again the weather gods were not on our side as the rain started then the hail so we decided to shelter and watch a<span style="font-size: large;">n awesome</span> sight, a waterspout off the adjacent island of St. Martin's. As the storm passed it was time to head out for some more wrasse. Again they were all on the small side with Luke getting fish after fish on his array of smaller ecogear soft plastics, <span style="font-size: large;">h</span>e was clearly in his element!!!! Time was getting close to when we had arranged our RIB ride back to St. Mary's so we decided to head back to the rendezvous spot. We couldnt resist a few last casts over a rocky brow with Luke straight into fish and me being busted up by a good'un! An exhil<span style="font-size: large;">a</span>rating ride on the RIB followed and we all decided that we had earned a pint or two!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday and the last day to get some better sized fish!! As the wind had decided to go North, it was the sensible option to stay on St. Mary's as it would give us more choices of places to fish. We would travel light and yomp from mark to mark to find the fish. First stop was the marks of Outer Head on Peninnis, the very deep water (140 ft) straight off the rocks usually produces good pollack but not today. Maybe a lack of tide being the reason but just one solitary small pollack showed to me so it was back up the rocks and onto the marks at <span style="font-size: large;">O</span>ld <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>own and under the airport. Small wrasse were showing before Dave landed a nice 4lber which gave him a good scrap!! I noticed the tide had started to pull so swapped rods and decided to target the pollack which this mark is well known for. First cast (seriously) and I get a hit then feel the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/savagear-sandeel-slug-16cm.html">Savage Gear Sandeel Slug </a>starting to get heavier and heavier meaning one thing-pollack! The <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/sakura-shinjin-plugging-rod-8foot.html">Sakura Shinjin</a> I am using starts to bend as a good fish dives, I shout this is a good one and to get the net as she dives several times as she nears the rock face. The Shimano Rarenium 4000 sings as she makes several more runs before I can see the golden flank, christ it looks a stonker and a double from where we are standing, then off she goes again this time diving into the kelp, A bit more pressure and up she comes again before being expertly netted by Dave!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A fantastic pollack that tipped the scales round to 8lbs!!! Before returning it was time to get a photo to sum up what fishing soft plastics in the Isles of Scilly is all about......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two good specimens, that fought incredibly well on light balanced tackle, both released to grow and fight another day and the smiles on mine and Daves face say it all!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After finding my way to the lower ledges below I wondered how to tackle the mark, thinking back to a conversation with <a href="http://www.british-rockfishing-association.net/rockfishonline/">Keith White</a> a while back he mentioned drop shotting as a great method to target wrasse from heavy kelp. It makes perfect sense really, as if the kelp is dense and wafting around in the swell there would be very little chance that the wrasse around in the area would be able to find the lure if fished on a normal texas rig. As the kelp is about 4 ft high it would make fishing carolina style pretty difficult too so thats where the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQA8dP9b9E">Drop Shot Rig </a>comes in! With a trace of 5 ft I would be able to fish my lure just above the kelp and right in the target area for any passing wrasse!! I tied a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=282">2/0 Jacks EWG hook</a> with a Palomar knot with a 2ft length of 25lb fluorocarbon and then attached a 3ft length of slighty weaker 10lb mono that would act as a weak link to the lead. Then in theory if the weight became stuck I wouldnt lose the rig and lure - SIMPLES!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />To the hook I attached a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=23">Yoshikawa Superworm</a>, a favourite lure of mine when testing the water at a new mark. Usually if there are any fish around, this lure will find them!! After a couple of casts I was starting to understand how to fish this way, especially with Andy Kendricks advice ringing in my ear. He recommended that after casting out, let the weight hit the bottom and take up the slack by lifting the rod tip so that you can just feel the weight. Then drop the rod tip just a little so that when you shake and twitch the lure you are only making the lure move and not the weight (I hope that makes sense?) Anyway back to the fishing!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a really savage bite that hit the lure incredibly hard, think I must have annoyed the wrasse and made it very aggressive!!! It went off like a scolded cat diving and tried to run through the thick kelp, thankfully with the drag not giving anything I managed to halt her and after a few minutes slipped the net under a cracking fish that went 5.8lbs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A stunning fish that went back with a big swish of her tail, a great feeling!! Several smaller fish followed next...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was time to head back up the rocks and head for home but I couldnt resist one last go at a boulder field so on went a texas rigged <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=38">Hawg Stickbait </a> in a new colour- orange craw!! A flick out over some boulders and twitch twitch fish on!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both these fish had lice on them but went back just as strongly as they came out, it really was time to go home though!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So a little bit more of St. Mary's covered but with miles and miles more coastline not to mention hundreds of outer islands and marks left to try I certainly feel even more confident with the drop shot as part of my lure fishing arsenal. Next time you are out there and you think its way way too weedy to fish, give it a go, you may be pleasantly surprised!!!!!</span><br />
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to these rods! When Del told me Henry was coming over with a couple
rods that we could have a play with, I was immediately both excited and
nervous for my poor little credit card! After telling myself numerous
times that I didn't need yet another rod, this would just be a
good opportunity to educate myself on a few new rods, brands and styles
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impressions that day after a waggle,.. it was lightning fast!
Hmm...maybe too stiff I thought after a few more waggles and shakes..?
First cast and wow was I amazed at how well a short little rod like this
could cast a 7g cone and a Sp! I think I had a senko on at the time, a
lure I had only recently become confident in, but which I struggled to
effectively fish on my 8ft+ bass rod. I let it settle and gave it a
short, sharp twitch and was amazed how the tip literally "sprung to
life"! This rod suddenly didn't seem stiff at all!!!! 5min later, I
had decided I "had to have one" , so much for that little talk I gave
myself hey?! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">A couple stock enquiry emails to Tom at <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/major-craft-crostage-7-6.htm">MONSTER TACKLE</a>, and my new purchase was on its way.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-style: normal;">Now a few months and many sessions later, it makes me smile every time I pick it up. The name "Hard Rock" says it all really, a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-style: normal;">purposely</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;"> designed
rod that does its job superbly. It balances extremely well with my
Daiwa Theory 2500 or a Shimano Rarenium 3000, and even after a full days
fishing, you just don't notice any weight in your hand what so ever.
Just looking at it, you would be forgiven for thinking it has too short a
rear grip/handle, but in reality it is perfect, tucking in under your
fore-arm snugly when you really pile the pressure on! The tip is
just...insane! Electric! Not remotely "soft", but just err "springy",
registering even the most subtle of takes, and helping you impart
the tiniest twitches when needed, but doesn't come close to just
folding/hooping over the moment you hook up. At 7'6" its the perfect
length for rock fishing, and let me tell you its no slouch in the
casting department either! Clip on a smallish hard lure and just smile
as it flies
out! A short, sharp, back and forth overhead style cast(hard to
explain, but you see it on most Japanese you tube vids) and a komomo or
salt skimmer just shoots out unbelievable distances like an arrow! In
fact I took it on a recent bass trip just to see what it could do and
was very impressed by how versatile it was. I would still say it is more
of a soft lure rod, but it's a pretty impressive all-rounder too.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">Rated
7-28g it will cast most/all softbaits you are likely to want to use for
wrasse,bass or pollock, and makes you feel far more like you are able
to bring lures to life, rather than just twitch- twitch- retrieve-
twitch! It is soooo sensitive, you can feel
every bump, bolder or kelp frond as you work the lure, and after a few
casts you really begin to be able to visualise the underwater features
and start to map the area out in your head. The recommended 16lb b.s
line is about bang on in my book, but you could certainly fish far
heavier if you wanted/needed, and have full confidence you could really
horse out a big pig! Indeed on a recent wrassing trip, I watched Del
hook and bully what we thought was a good wrasse fairly close in, with
drag locked up fully, only to discover it was a tidy pollock! </span></div>
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absorbed the powerful lunges as it tried to power down into the kelp
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in all, a fantastic rod, that i just don't think can be beaten for the
money, that I continue to fall in love with on every trip. A sheer joy
to use, it has really opened my eyes to how good a rod can be at a
specific task, and I truly believe its balance, sensitivity, power and
over all action have really sped up my learning curve in the addictive
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">I have to agree with Neil, for the money it is a serious piece of kit that has been well thought out by Major Craft. I must admit that I am pretty new to this type of fishing but am learning all the time!! If you are into fishing soft plastics for wrasse, bass and pollack from the shore then this could be just the rod for you! Likewise as it is 7'6'' it is the perfect length for fishing from a boat or from a kayak. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">that it is the most popular rod in France for bass!! Now those guys know their stuff when it comes to a decent rod and I have to agree with them, its a serious piece of kit!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday found me heading up to Bryher to meet up with Neil and try our luck at finding a few heavy weight ballans and fish some new ground that we had identified as ''potential wrasse ground''. Typically the weather up to sunday could have been described as perfect summers weather, flat calm, sunny and zero swell then you guessed it, saturday night the wind picked up and so did the swells. 20-30 mph SW and SSW meant the spots we had wanted to fish were under water and getting battered!!! Bugger, but the good thing with Bryher as because its a relatively small island we could hopefully tuck away and find some shelter somewhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We decided on fishing a spot near Popplestones so that we could find some shelter from the swell outside of the bay. It did look nice and ''fishy'' with lovely clear water inside and plenty of boulders and drop offs into thick kelp forests-perfect for wrasse!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We imagined because the tide was ebbing any wrasse would be heading out towards the entrance to this bay towards the slighty deeper water so set ourselves up with the option of casting back inside the bay and working back out of it following the tide and fish. First few casts with Karl Fox's homemade killers produced plenty of small wrasse, clear with either blue or black speckles being the favourite lure. We moved towards the entrance of the bay to find a bigger fish or two and found a lovely looking rock ledge and could see wrasse swimming around below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sight fished for a wrasse that looked pretty decent when another one swam past and disappeared into the depths, it clearly was much bigger than the one that was interested in my lure. We were both only getting tentative small knocks and bites so I changed down to a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=217">3'' Jacks Senko</a> in the favourite Watermelon and Pumpkin colour and dropped the lure right next to the tidy sized wrasse below. A couple of twitches and I felt a small pluck, struck and fish on. This scrapped well and Neil slipped the net under a fine 5lb plus fish, neither of us were expecting a big ballan to be so timid but just goes to show!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We both wondered just how big that other fish was that dwarfed this one, had to be 6-7lbs easily!!!!!! Sadly the wind had started to freshen and with it the swells picked up, we carried on fishing for a while but only small fish kept the rods bending, no sign of the monster so we decided on a move. We headed North and found some nice gullies that screamed wrasse!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What we hadnt planned for was the swell continuing to pick up and with 6-7 ft of rise and fall these gullies were really difficult to fish with this type of gear. Wrasse appear not to like too much swell and I think Jim O'Donnell was spot on the other day on facebook when he described them as not being built for it and as such seem to prefer water that is a lot calmer. We found the wrasse were hanging further back from the rock face and not following the lures when there was too much movement in the water - another lesson learnt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the end we managed just over 40 wrasse in less than ideal conditions topped off with that one good fish of over 5lbs. Another lesson is that small lures doesnt always mean small fish, think it was the first time that I had scaled down to a 3'' soft plastic senko after the small tentative plucks. Maybe just maybe some of those fish we thought were pesky smaller ones may have been larger ones being a tad more cautious, food for thought...........</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday's miserable weather didn't stop me getting out fishing, we had rain, mist and drizzle but the tides were right so I had to get back out to the gulley I found last week. Confidence is a big part of fishing I reckon and after last getting that 6lber out I was armed full of it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got out to the mark just on low water and had to venture further out of the bay due to there being no water to fish the spot yet, just masses and masses of kelp forests in between big old boulders and a couple of big granite drop offs which I remembered the beasts came from. I would head back inside the bay to fish the gulley a bit later into the flood so started at another likely looking wrasse hole. First cast with a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=40">4'' Watermellon Hawg Stickbait</a> rigged texas style and tap tap, fish on!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A spirited scrap and a good start to the session!! Next cast and I got nailed good and proper, must have had the wrasse on for 30 seconds nothing I could do other than hold on and bang snapped on barnacles. Big ballans if they know where they want to go you have zero chance of stopping them on this gear sadly!!! Undeterred I rigged up again and cast out, small tentative taps then bang another good fish was on and trying to get back to the sanctuary of its hole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one was probably the scabbiest wrasse I have caught, covered in cuts, scratches and clearly been through the wars!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right, time to move back inside the bay a bit now the tide was right, a change to one of Karl Fox's homemade soft plastics rigged texas style to a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=192">3/0 Jacks EWG offset Hook</a> and the wrasse continued to nail the lures!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Got royally smashed up by another kelp bully that was on for all of 5 seconds as it dived into its underwater bolthole - BUGGER!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few casts with the small goby imitation and several smaller fish around the 2 to 2.5lb mark showed so it was time to change lures to a strange caterpillar type thing that Karl had sent. I cast this over the granite drop off where I had caught the 6lber from and twitched it ever so slowly up and over the edge when I felt a small tap, tap tap then bang this was a better fish!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At 5.1lbs it was a much better sized fish, again the photos let it down as still not got to grips with the timer thing, need some lessons I think!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A quick change of lures back to the <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=40">4'' Watermellon Hawg Stickbait</a> for a few last casts before heading home and more orangey browny wrasse appeared for their photo opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all a pretty decent session, I ended up with over 40 wrasse all on soft plastics but again the bigger fish won but thats fishing for you!!! Until next time.......</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-14239160143528067742012-08-27T12:19:00.001-07:002012-08-27T12:19:37.845-07:00LOST MY MOJO?!!<div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-style: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry so late, I meant to get this post together earlier, but work got in the way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having
just wound up very poor weekends bassing(18th+ August)), I felt well
and truly beat, and although I know it has been tough in west
Cornwall, I was surprised not to manage a single bass! Had one follow
and that was it! I was very grateful to be shown around on the Sunday by
Stephen Butler who was kind enough to respond to a thread I started on
the lure forum. What a thoroughly nice chap too! He took me to one of
his favourite marks, (where he had a bass the day before, so was feeling
confident!), but no joy there, so a drive to the south coast to look
round Newlyn and Penzance. Not the clearest water, but fish-able, again,
sadly no joy there either, so we decided to try around Prussia Cove. It
looked good, a little colour and a fairly large swell, the most
promising mark we tried, but sadly no joy there either. Well...Steve did
manage a small pollock,....how small....?...well, he was a great host
so I wont say!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">Then on the way back to St Ives(all day
kindly chauffeured by Steve!) we couldn't resist one last attempt at a
spot in St Just, no bass there either but some fun with acrobatic
pollock, smashing surface lures! Sadly no bass, but a day spent in very
good company, shown some lovely marks I will definitely revisit in
future!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">Sitting at Lands end air port feeling rather defeated, I got a text from Del to say that Jim - </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://irreverentangler.blogspot.co.uk/">irreverent angler</a></span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">was back over for a few days, camping on <a href="http://bryhercampsite.co.uk/">Bryher Campsite</a>.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;">After the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;">disappointing</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;"> weekend I'd just had, I was in two minds about meeting up for a session...what
if the dry spell continued?! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;">After
giving myself a stern talking to I got in touch with Jim, and although I
was working everyday to make up for my time away, I had a free evening,
and a decent forecast meant it was time for change!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-style: normal;">We met up at <a href="http://bryhershop.co.uk/">Bryher Shop</a></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">,
and made our way to Gweal Hill. On the way we caught up, and Jim filled
me in on some of the fishing and a kayaking /snorkelling /skishing (yes
a combo of all three!) session he had experienced while I was in
Cornwall. I am sure he will put a detailed report on his blog soon. We
arrived at the start of the flood tide, which seemed to take forever to
push in, and things were a bit quite....oh dear! Despite already
feeling like my fishing luck had run out, I purposely persevered with a
few lures that I hadn't tried much before. Yeah, I know, I'm a sucker
for punishment!</span></div>
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as the tide picked up, so did the fishing, and both Jim and I were
finding a few fish! Remembering a tough session Del and I had on St
Marys recently, I suggested Jim try a paddle tail(wish I had brought one
along!), and he was soon getting a few more fish.</span></div>
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tide had started to really push in now and the "wave" of fish seemed to
have moved past us, so we followed the tide in a little further, rock
hopping and having a few casts on the way. We both continued to get a
few smaller fish, and while releasing one of mine, I looked over to Jim,
who's rod was bent very nicely as he gave an angry wrasse the horns! It
scrapped beautifully and had him manoeuvring every which way to to keep
it from cutting him off on the boulders. I just managed to clamber over
to him in time to see him land it and get a couple pics. No scales on
us, and never measured her but around the 4 1/2lb mark at a guess,
result!
Another fat pair of rubber lips!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Decided on fishing a couple of marks on St.Marys this afternoon in the search for some big old kelp donkeys, I wasnt expecting a great deal of action as there was quite a bit of swell around the rocks and plenty of white water not to mention a side wind. This usually makes fishing soft plastics incredibly difficult due to not keeping a tight line to the lure. I decided to counter the swell by stepping up the cone weight from 7g to 10g and fishing tight under my feet into a nice looking gulley that was 10ft deep and 20 ft wide, it did look fishy though so cast out one of fellow lure addict Karl Fox's homemade soft plastics. I believe that he is thinking of selling them and I must say they look very impressive and very professional - but would they catch Scillonian wrasse like they do their Devon cousins?????</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next few casts produced similar sized wrasse, there was certainly plenty of fish in this gulley!! I cast a little bit further out to what looked like a drop off, closed the bail arm and started to twitch the black goby imitation back - BANG BLOODY HELL!!!! The lure was absolutely nailed and this fish wasnt stopping!!!! Just like last sunday up at Tresco this fish was heading out away from me and there was bugger all that I could do to stop or slow her down with the 20lb fluorocarbon leader being done on the barnacles!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again it was a spirited scrap that tried its hardest to do me in one of the barnacle covered boulders, not the size of fish that I had lost but at 4lbs put a good bend in the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/major-craft-crostage-7-6.htm">Major Craft Crostage</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A change to another one of Karl's homemade specials, this time a sort of slug go type invention but again black was the colour. A flick along the side of the gulley and after several small bumps which I thought was a small fish the rod bent over and a serious wrasse was on. As it had taken right under my feet the rod bent double as I tried to stop it diving straight back to its kelp hole!!! This was another beast that I just couldnt halt and with the same outcome sadly. These big old wrasse were smashing me up good and proper!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday dawned and it was pissing down!!!!!!!!! Great, regretting that last pint now I have to get out of my warm bed to get soaking wet - anglers are just a little bit mad arent we!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like true hardy men like we are we met up on the quay at St. Mary's to catch the tripper boat over to the island of Tresco. Tresco is a stunning island with long white beaches and the famous Abbey Gardens, home to many rare and sub tropical plants but it was the northern end that we were interested in and the virgin marks that I was sure held some big old kelp brutes!! Due to the tides we landed on Carn Near and had to stomp the entire length of the island to reach the marks. Thankfully by the time we reached the north the rain had stopped and the sun came out - what an amazing vista said Neil!! We spent a bit of time looking around and checking out the deep gullies strewn with heavy kelp and boulders the size of small vans, it all screamed wrasse!!!!!!! </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">It was certainly a fun day, good company and plenty of fish too, I think Neil enjoyed himself and I reckon he's caught the wrasse bug!!!!!! We will be back to pay this spot a visit, might have to step up the rod to the <a href="http://www.monstertackle.com/fishinglures/sakura-shinjin-plugging-rod-8foot.html">15-50g Shinjin</a> though to get that kelp donkey out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></h2>
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<br />scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917136344197692328.post-26359819300103572082012-08-06T13:55:00.000-07:002012-08-06T13:55:19.747-07:00A SLOW DAY IN AUGUST<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With work in full swing these last few weeks it has been incredibly difficult to arrange a session with Neil, work doesnt half get in the way of fishing (come on lottery numbers!!). Thankfully we managed to meet up on sunday for a few hours over on St.Agnes to fish a spot we last fished with <a href="http://irreverentangler.blogspot.co.uk/">Simon and Jim</a> when they were over visiting. Back then the wrassing on soft plastics was going off in a big way, plenty of fish including that 5.10lb brute and as they were spawning blue was THE colour. It was going to be interesting to see how the mark would fish at a different time of year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started going through the lures in the box, having 4 or 5 casts with each lure to find the lure and colour of the day but we were really struggling. Several small taps, very tentative indeed and a couple of times we found the buggers had nipped the tail or a tentacle off!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A change to a small <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=23">Yoshikawa Super Worm</a> and on the second cast I finally connect with a spirited 4lb fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe things were finally looking up and the bigger fish were starting to show as the next cast on yet another lure, this time a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=40">Watermellon Senko</a> produced a 4.5lb fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After several more casts and a couple of smaller fish it was time to change lures again as it had become pretty quiet again! I put on a <a href="http://jackslrf.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=43">Hawg Wild 4'' Crawfish</a> and an incredibly slow twitch and long pause resulted in 3.5lb ballan the same colour as the lure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Neil was finding the same and we were going through the lures, chopping and changing in the hope of finding a lure that would constantly produce the goods! Again we were getting plenty of small plucks and put it down to small fish?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were getting the odd small fish ranginging up to 2.5lbs until a final change to a lure of 2'' produced small tentative takes but this time with the smaller lure and smaller hook I connected and up surfaced another 4lb fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a real struggle to find any great numbers or size of fish today as to why that was the case, I am not entirely sure but after consulting with wrasse sensei <a href="http://www.british-rockfishing-association.net/rockfishonline/">Keith White</a> he and his team have noticed this same pattern over in the Channel Islands (reassuring!!). Whether it has something to do with water temperature, atmospheric pressures or maybe they just arent as aggressive in their feeding patterns we may never know, but that is what makes fishing so absorbing. One day you think you have it cracked and then the fish change the rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span>scilly lure addictshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15260464107551543469noreply@blogger.com1