plaice, flounder and loads of school bass

[black bart]

Decided on on early start saturday with the bigger tides and good forecast i thought it would be a great day for a big bass ,,,,,,, loaded the boat up friday night ready for the off fresh lug was the order of the day , I set off at 3,00AM after a restless few hours kip ,,,,,,, launched the boat at Prestatyn and i was on my mark for 4.00am perfect ,,, 2 hours before low and just before sunrise ,,,,, within 5 mins the first reel screamed , my heart leapped a beat as i lifted the rod ,,,,, god damn seagull had hit the line in the darkness........ set the rod back up and waited ,,,,,, small bite on the first rod , struck it.... fish on ,,,,,, 1 small bass , another bite another bass and so on and on ,,,,,,, all small school bass nothing of any size showing at all ,,,,, moved to the 2nd mark ,,,,, within minuites the same again ,, loads of small bass ,,,,,,, couldn't get past them ....... by 11.00am and nothing much happening i decided on a venture to Hilbre island , just a trip to find potential marks ,,, a beautifull place and the wild life was amazing , loads od seals , turns diving for sand eel ,,and oyster catchers ,,,, tried for a whole spinning with sand eel imitations to no avail ,,,,,,,,, i headed back and returned to my fist mark again fishing it on the ebb ,,,,,,,
i had 3 spinning rods out 2 baited up for bass and one with baited hokai ,,, the hokai rod showed a good bite , reeled in to find a very nice plaice , set another rod up for plaice and i had a good hour or so of plaice flounder and dabs and even a couple of bonus mackeral ,, some very nice ones in amongst them , kept a couple for the table ..... the fishing died off when another club member decide to cut right across my stern and pull along side to see how i was gettin on !!!!!!!! No chance of any bass now ........... 4.30pm and fishing dead i decide to head in ,,,,,, the sea was now flat and I'm sure the bass would have played if id stuck at it .....but 12hrs or so was enough for me well the misses said it was on the phone !!!,,,,,,,, great day out , and some beautifull sights ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Padsta Tel]

Cracking report matey i love a fat plaice or two, this month is the best for them shame about the big bass not showing.better luck next time.

[TerryG]

Awsome sunrise pic and the rest are great too Fantastic report and those big silvers can't be far off now

[black bart]

thanks lads ,,it was a great day out ,,,,, and those big silvers are here terry just can't seem to get to em ,,,,, 2 were landed after i left the club by netters 14lb + netting the same area where i was fishing ......
need to find out what they are feeding on i think ,,,,, I'm thinkin of trying a different method next weekend will post my results ........ you never know !!!!

[TerryG]

Good luck ,Keep at it and like you say its just getting through the schoolies to get to the crocs lol

[Paul]

Nice one Nath

Good day out there.....and a nice report to finish off!!

Have you tried livebaiting with a small whiting/pouting??

[black bart]

Nice one Nath

Good day out there.....and a nice report to finish off!!

Have you tried livebaiting with a small whiting/pouting??

Great minds think alike Paul ,,,,,,,,, thats what i plan for next weekend mate , well i was thinkin joey mackeral livebait on a float ...... got to be worth a try .... i know the fish are there ,,,,,,one good thing about havin netters in the club i suppose

[Paul]

Yeah a small joey, that should do the trick... might just pick out the odd better fish.

Only problem might be tope and bull huss taking the livebaits, if there are any in the areas you are fishing

[black bart]

no mate , they are further out now , ill be fishing sand banks in shallow water ,,, the tope come in around June to pup then as quickly as they arrive they leave . they are usually around for a week or so ,,, had some good sport with them this year ,,,,,
so hopefully they shouldnt be a problem ,,,,, maybe doggies though ?..... got to be worth a go mate.......