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Wattsy
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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: Southend Beach 14-05-08 |
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Fished the beach just to the east of the Sea Life Centre today between 18:15 and 21:00.
I made the elementary mistake of forgetting tides are in GMT not BST so arrived an hour earlier than I intended 
Not that it really mattered as I got bites more or less straight away  I ended up catching three very small bass using crab on a size 2 limerick.
It was worth going though as towards the end I was dropping the leads just past the 'green hats' (I would have been happy with just before equally but casting short isn't easy ha ha). At that position I was getting bites (that I couldn't hit) virtually as the rod dropped in the rest - not bad for what was more or less high water slack I reckon.
In any case, I've a few crabs left and intend to use them tomorrow evening when it's dark, probably just as the ebb proper starts or maybe a bit earlier if I'm impatient in the last 1 1/2 of the flood.
Bigger baits and bigger hooks tomorrow I reckon.
I'm quite surprised I didn't blank today what with it being bright with the wind in the East. If I do go tomorrow I'll report in good or bad. |
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shannock
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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well done mate nice to hear fish commin out
shame there not bigger maybe tomorrow
is y surname watts
mine is cheers steve >))))*> |
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Wattsy
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| shannock wrote: |
well done mate nice to hear fish commin out
shame there not bigger maybe tomorrow
is y surname watts
mine is cheers steve >))))*> |
My surname is indeed Watts (first name John) - perhaps we're distant relations somehow (although I can't think of any relatives called Steve so it'd be pretty distant lol)
I am a bit more hopeful for tomorrow. It's always ten times better down there when it's dark and I'll be fishing bigger hooks and bigger baits now I know they're there and where they're hanging out (or were today anyway).
Today was a kind of recce - now I know there are fish about I don't mind waiting about for a better one but I hate sitting about watching a still rod tip when I can't be sure I'm not wasting my time.
I had a couple of sizeable ones towards the end of last year's season (only started again in September after a few years off) so I know I can get a meal down there - I don't suppose I'll ever catch a biggun down there but if it don't fit under the grill it's not much use to me |
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reeldeal
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| nice report, good luck for later, |
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