Caswell tues 12th august

Occasional Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 228

Hope I dont blank, it'll be a record 3 blanks in a row which i have never managed before GULP !!!
Hitting 2 hours before bottom (10.30 full in) and 1 hour after. I would fish longer but it is an unknown mark for me off the beach. Been advised to use sandeel which could take a bass if im lucky or maybe, just maybe, a small ray ( Im hoping now maybe).

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:11 pm

how did you get on ric ??? please let us know even if you blanked cos i know how tuff casswell can be big grin

Occasional Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 228

im leaving now shorty. My friend went last nght and caught 2 small eye ray right on bottom water using sandeel. Straight after flood he got 2 schoolies. I know he doesnt lie and showed photos of them. The rays were about 1lb and 4lb, the schoolies were about 1.5ib each.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:43 pm

what time will you be down there by ? i might pop down to say hello

Occasional Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 228

im leaving the house about 8.30pm, so will hopefully be there by 9pm. if you turn up, in the event of more than one fool fishing the tide, i will be the one with the seatbox and backrest, a white bucket and single rod on rodrest LOL !

Occasional Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 228

Well here goes. First off thank you shorty, i was really pegging it with the new rod and reel and to have someone there to convinve you to just wop it did help a little, the casting went smooth after a further 3 or 4 casts. Got to get back into the technical bits of casting yet though.
As for the fishing trip, I blanked miserably !!!! Saying that i have myself to blame, about 1 hour into the flood i was baiting up a sandeel wrapped in squid when i jst managed to log at the rod tip and see it doing an imperonation of a churchill dog on a car parcel shelf. By the time i got the sandeel and hook out of my titan bib n brace it had gone ! thats inexperience for you i guess. Mother nature put a good show late on with fireworks in the sky ( lightening) and unbelievably, there were still kids playing in the heavy surf at 12.30AM ! So an enjoyable session in all but my confidence of using sandeel has gone through the floor now. I have had much better luck usig mackeral in thin strips wrapped with squid but after a hat-trick of blanks, i am temporarily wondering what to do next LOL ! 4 other anglers turned out and as far as i know, no one got a fish. Maybe next time.
Shorty - i will post the shop names i used to buy stuff in bulk on the forum later when i have more time and thanks again, it is nice to put a face to a name !

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:59 pm

you are welcome bud if you ever need help with your casting give me a shout in a week or two and we will meet up some where and you can try out my penn ,unlucky on casswell it can be a very tuff place to fish soon as i can we will get a sess organised untill then tight lines shorty aka john big grin

Occasional Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 228

cheers, that would be good mate. here are the shops i use for my tackle -

http://www.fishingweightmolds.com/ ( beads, lead clips and swivels)
http://www.uk-hooks.com/contactus.php ( bits and pieces)
http://tacklesupermarket.com/default.aspx

I think you will find most of what you need between the three. Oh, the sakuma hooks, everyone is raving about the stinger version. Have asked anglers corner in llanelli if they can get them, they are less brittle than the E540 manta's apparently.

One last thing, some guys fished oxwich on same tide, the had 2 flouder, bass and dogs. Makes you sick dont it ? LOL.