SWEENEY TODD

The autopsy report on last weekend's p.b. dab was back from the Castwatch lab.
The inside knowledge was that razor fish could be the bait to give us an edge.

Nestling beneath the meat pies in Geoff's freezer was a bait I've not tried before
-frozen razor

Fairziff, Mehmet and I hit the NBG.-not far away was a relative newcomer to the beach, "Simon"

(Hello Simon!)



As the light began to go the departure of Fairziff and Simon saw the crew cut to 2.


You've gotta be in it to win it and Maestro and I sharpened our senses as the flood picked up pace.


Retreating from the tide a couple of times I left my razor bait out there on a flattie rig, hoping for a highlight.
The tip quivered...

...I waited...


...The tip quivered again.

Tightened in to it and there was definitely a fish on,
but if this was a dab it was towing a load of weed and in demonic mood.
It was a close shave when the size 2 hook slipped out as the fish's weight exited the water's fringe.

A must dash rescued my prize

Ring Fleet Street and hold the front page!!!!






Mehmet's not caught in 4 weeks, I better let him win next week or he'll slit my throat!

Nice one Paul

I bet Mehmet was seething

nice cod there mate

ian40nw wrote:

Well done Paul ,cracking fish

is that Mehmets tea or has it been returned to swim up the mersey for me tomorrow

Tut, tut Ian. Are you saying you're going fishing on Valentines Day?

Fantastic Paul!!!!!!
Unless i'm mistaken, that's the best fish I've seen from the beach in Rhyl this Winter....By a long way!

That Gully will be featured in Sea Angler before the years out!!!!!!!

Did you get a weight on the fish?

My report, whilst quite prophetic, is pretty redundant now, but I'll include it anyway............

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Dusk
Bait - Frozen Lug, Fresh Lug, Frozen Razer

The Maestro came bearing gifts of Fresh Lug, Notbad donated some Frozen Razer. All I could muster was words of encouragement and some re-frozen Lug.

The Notbad Gully was to decide if we were wise men tonight or not!



I had no luck on the frozen.
A cast with the Fresh had similar results.
Next up, I had high hopes for the Razer, but my rig and leader disappeared into the Gully of Hope without my mainline attatched!

That was enough for me!

I left the others to cast on into darkness!



Happy Days!!!

fairziff wrote:

Did you get a weight on the fish?

[/b]

When I picked it up I thought about 4lb


My Morrisons digital scales twice made it a slightly disappointing 2lb 15 oz

Maestro's spring balance had it as over one and a half kilos ( over 3lb)

Either way we are in codling territory rather than "cod" though it's another pb for me and you can bet it will be bigger by the time I get into work on Monday.

Small by Sea Angler mag standards but whatever the weight it will keep me going until the bass arrive - which I prefer to measure for length rather than weigh.

Thats 2 pb's in 2 weeks!

Who was it that said it's not worth fishing in February?

excellent fish mate well done

Superb fish Paul, the one on my avatar came out this time last year from Barkby at low water as well. You really are getting into the specimens this month!

Nice fish..... nice report ...."Nice Gully" Nice codling Well done

Cheers all,

here's one final pic of me holding my Valentine



I look like Darth Vader in this one!


May the force be with you.

Use the force Paul