Hundred % record

by **creweman** » 06 Nov 2011, 21:24

A bit late with this report as I have been a little busy twiddling my thumbs. The main purpose of the trip was to pack up and cover Jeff’s caravan for the winter, but of course a little bass fishing was on offer even though the tides were not at their best. First session saw us on Dwyran in a gale and as so often happens in these conditions, we didn’t connect even though I know of others who have done really well in such circumstances. Jeff tried the beach near the car whereas I went further up but to no avail

Saturday's dawn

Back to the caravan for breakfast and straight after onto Moelfre to catch the high water. By now the wind was even stronger even though we thought we might be out of the worst of it on this side of the island. Then the rain started so bite less, we packed up and returned to the caravan. And then the rain really got going and didn’t stop until 6.30. Not that it mattered to us as there wasn’t any low water fishing unless we wanted to try late at night (No thanks after getting up at 5.30 and doing the same the next day). All we had to do was get showered (Thank the lord for that – Jeff stank after just a day) and grab a meal in a local hostelry with of course the obligatory pint of local ale

We also made the plans for the next day which would involve a trip to the Foryd for a couple of hours and then straight on to the estuary to try for a flounder or two.

We arrived at 6.15 to find the tide just starting to push in as the light started to lift the gloom. As usual I was on the beach and fishing ages before Jeff who eventually made his way down making more noise than a herd of mammoths – not a good idea on a shallow beach and for good measure he came next to me with his noise machine before taking up residence fifty yards further up.

Now I love optimism but setting up two yards from the waters edge on a rising tide on a shallow beach is beyond that and sure enough it wasn't long before the tide had engulfed him and his tackle and a move was essential :swim: I was so busy watching the comedy show that I hadn’t noticed my rod had gone over – missed and snagged. Tackled up and back in as Jeff caught a schoolie with his usual yelp of delight. Keeping quiet on a shallow beach – Oh forget it :doh:

Of course he had to bring it over to show it to me as if I hadn't seen a bass this year. He dropped it several times before putting it back with a massive headache :banghead:

Amazingly, it swam off none the worse for its encounter with him.

I then got a similar schoolie, but slightly bigger (well it would be wouldn't it

) which sadly had swallowed the hook and was bleeding heavily. It was in size but I consider them too small as a rule but as it was obviously not going to make it I put it to a swift end.

My bass

It was quite obvious there was a large shoal of schoolies in front of us and I did think about going back for my plugging gear to try and break my duck but as I wasn't really interested in catching such small fish, I went to Jeff to tell him I was going two hundred yards down the beach to try for something bigger just as he pulled in another schoolie. He has got one of those rucksack seat's that he assumed would be waterproof. To his horror when baiting up he found the ragworm and vermiculite floating in 2 inches of sea water :doh:

At that I decided to leave this land of ridiculousness for a quieter part of the beach and the chance to get something more substantial. It never came of course but I did get two decent sized flounder and when I returned to the car Jeff had also got a flounder and two more bass.

One of my flounders

It was now to the estuary for a couple of hours but nothing further came out so we returned to the caravan for breakfast and a good tidy up before putting its winter coat on and setting off for home.

I have never heard of a bass angler who at the season's end can boast a 100% record but with Jeff's feat today he has achieved just that. Well done that man :thumb:

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