Fishing report: Mount Edgecombe Ray fishing

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

Fished the flood tide with high tide at 9 'clock. Had several wrasse during the daylight but had this lovely ray just after high tide

bait was ragworm and squid and a pulley pennel rig cast about 80 yards, couldnt get it any further due to some rude people in yachts angry

tried using live prawn but did not work! which is a surprise

was using a Cono-flex Nemesis slr and lethal weapon steel paired with Daiwa SHV 20 reels with 20lb line

had another bite later on but couldnt get it off the bottom crying

still was a beautiful night to be fishing

Guest

Nice fish that!

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:29 pm

Excellent reult, where abouts at mount edgecombe were you, i have never fished around but have fished barn pool in a boat many a tme when it was too rough to get past the breakwater.

cheers

lee

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

If you walk round to the first beach at barn pool and fish in the middle. if you fish anywhere else you will lose lots of gear, trust me! crying

i love fishing there as it is very easy, all you have to do is wait for fish! smug

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

first trip here produced a 10lb 6oz for my dad, the one shown was 9lb 2oz but it looks much smaller! worried

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:03 am

Thanks for the info, am i right to assume you park in the car park in the front and then walk around to the beach.

I never ever thought of fishing here due to it getting busy with sight seers etc etc.

cheers

lee

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

I thought as it was deep water i might get a cod or two out of there but it turned out to be a great ray mark. as for the sightseers start swinging 5 oz of lead and they soon back away! big grin

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:49 am

i thought the tide would push on there, i use to fih opposite around devils point etc but sometimes the tide was ferocious. I spoke to me dad yesterday and amazingly he got some large launce on float fished rag over mountbatten pier - very unusual.

I am looking forward to a plymouth session one weekend this month but at the moment not sure which one. My dad and i plan to fish the last weekend of the torbay fishing festival but at the mo not sure.

cheers

lee

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

There really isnt a lot of tide there but you are on the edge of a nasty tide rip, if i were to fish the torbay festival i would go to natural arch for a good wrasse winking

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:15 pm

I have heard of natural arch before but do not know where it is - please help us out with that one.

cheers

lee

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

its just up from princess pier at torbay, park at the hotel and walk up round its not a hard walk but it is steep good wrasse down there. also you can get good conger there. big grin

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:22 am

Thanks, hopefully this amazing settled weather will last all the way to next weekend - but i bet you by next weekend it will be an easterly 6, and around 16c.
cheers

lee

Regular Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 250

I know how that feels! take care and tight lines buddy big grin

James