A Tough Call

It was a choice between sitting in the caravan all evening after work or fishing the Drigg Scar over low water with the half a pack of lug I had in the freezer....
Tough call but the beach won

So off I went with my light Bass rod, two flatty rigs, a 2oz gripper and a 3oz plain and hoped that would do

It did



I was having to be economical with my bait seeing how I'd left my bait pump at home this week and  5 or 6 lug don't go far so each worm was cut in two which was plenty on the small hooks

First three casts were into some calm water next to the rocky scar, thinking the water might be slightly deeper here but as there were no bites I moved 30yrds to my left where there was a little surf putting some life into the clear water as it came over a small sand bank



Five minutes into the first cast in this new spot gave me a nice plump flounder just as the tide was turning to flood the beach



Two casts later another Flounder but much smaller this time but still fun on the light gear  

Both fish went for the top hook of the one up one down rig, I often find this to be the case but cant think why as both baits must both be on the bottom in such shallow water



Unfortunately both fish went back along with the hook they had swallowed as they were to deep to get out without killing the fish but hopefully they'll survive  



Last worm last cast and a Dab fell for the beaded bait  
On the bottom hook this time
Is it possible there going for the meatier top half of the worm and not the half with the tail





It was only a short session but  great fun all the same

Thanks Stevo for sorting the pics out

Another cracking report mate and some stunning pic's
well done

looks like you made the right choice by going fishing dave must have been hard not to just sit in the caravan.  nice report keep them coming

Well done owddd nice report

Nice 1 Dave a great result mate

This guy knows how to unhook them deep hooked fish,the video might be a bit long but watched a couple of his vids and the fish always go back

Thanks lads
Look forward to seeing that video Andy when I get some decent wifi

Nice one mate

Nice one definitely beats sitting in the caravan

Good report dave well done mate good pic too

Nice one.
Difficult to know how long to leave flatties to develop  sometimes.  Anyone try circle or half circles in smaller sizes?

Great report and pics mate well done

Nice one mate. Wish I lived close enough to the sea to pop out after work..

syd wrote:

Nice one mate. Wish I lived close enough to the sea to pop out after work..

I have the best of both worlds at the moment what with living by the sea and working next to it aswell