Talacre 10/09/22

We fished Talacre Saturday evening

Tides was 0.8m low - 9.3m high GD
Low was 18:40
Bait was hermit crab, squid, mac and fresh lug
Done the long walk

Got the tide times wrong.
Intended to fish 3 down / 1 up but got there an hour late so fished 2 down / 2 up

Weed was a bit of a problem

First cast was hermit crab cast out about 50m




Nice start weighing in at 7lbs 11oz and measuring 95cm happy days. Not sure if this is my best hound of the year.  :think:

Was fishing 3 rods 2 at distance alternating with a big fish bait every 3rd cast and 1 small rod close in hoping for a Bass.

Very quiet session to be fair but in not sure I was casting far enough as them hermit crabs aren’t the most aerodynamic baits.  







Couple of missed bites on the small rod close in but nothing on the big rods.

Hour and a half into the flood had a nice slack line resulting in a 96cm Huss. Couldn’t weigh is as yet another set of scales backed in but I’m guessing around the 8 1/2lbs mark.  :dance:  :dance:
On the top hook using squid








Not a bad session even though it wasn’t fish filled but more than happy with the 2 we did get.






Don’t think I’ll be using Hermit crab again though










Might have another pop soon before the hounds disappear

Another great report Dyl.

Good to see Ava out and about. I had noted she had been missing from your recent reports.

I used to live Portsmouth area years ago. Hermit crab was the killer bait down there for the smoothies. Doesn't seem to work so well here.

Ava is confident handling that Huss!

Notbad wrote:

Ava is confident handling that Huss!

... and at showing her dad how the kids take a good selfie

Nice to see you and your daughter out and about Dyl.
Not a bad result really,a lot better than a blank.
I've always been of the impression that hardbacked crabs were the 'go to' bait for the Hounds.

Good report and some nice fish. You could try a tronix bait capsules for the hermit crab