Rossall 24th April

[Rushy]

With the crabs starting their annual mass peel, thoughts turn to Smoothhound although it was a bit early in the year really, myself and Paul decided to have a bash for them off Rossall on the yaks. Unfortunately Terry was busy again but he kindly gave permission for me to loan his yak...again! and the super trooper that he is, he even gave us a bucket of crab that was going spare



He even got up early to make sure we got them

ain't he gorgeous!




It was a glorious morning....








We were soon in the water behind Rossall school and paddled about a mile or so out..


We'd got there just before low water, so the fishing was very slow to start with, with nothing at all for the first hour until the tide started getting up a head of steam, then small codlets began showing and the odd doggie and ever present dab





It was proving a slow day and we were considering a move when I got a small tap on one of my rods, thinking it was another codlet I struck into it, the way the line moved uptide gave away that this was no small codling.....the rod tip arched over and line began stripping from the reel......after a tremendous scrap, a hard fighting Starry smut of 8-10lb was safely aboard the yak




mission accomplished...



It even put up a great scrap in the yak!




About 45 mins later a similar bite with a similar result, this time a slightly smaller common.....





Soon after, Paul landed a Starry of his own....



It was still very slow, with fish few and far between, so when the wind got up and the swell became annoying we decided to up anchor and head for home..




It was a great day out even if the fishing was a bit slow, give it another few weeks when the smoothies are here in numbers and we'll give it another go

[TerryG]

Thanks for a spiffing report Dave, shame the smoothies didn't show in numbers but you can use my yak soon pal p

[Padsta Tel]

cracking report Dave nice to see your girlfriend :lov[e: seeing you o[ff so early in the morning, good pics should get better fish in a few weeks .always nice to read your posts.

[smokin]

crackin report lads and looked like the only way to spend the day - in contrast i was suffering peppa pigs party in warrington and have just returned home from 4 1/2 hours in a&e plus the childrens ward at bury hospital with our lass - looking at your pics cheers me up no end - i think i mean that sincerely

well done chaps

atb

chris

[Curly]

Glad you managed to get out. I didn`t want to risk it with the wind forcast.
I had to settle for a 15 mile paddle on Windermere

[Nige]

excellent report of a great day day out for you chaps .

nice one .

[Paul]

Great report Dave

It was a little disappointing, but with a small tide and probably a few weeks early for the real sport it wasnt that surprising I suppose.

If only the wind had stayed as it was when we first got out... got pretty sloppy towards the end

Theres always next weekend.... another 4 days off

[Paul]

Good to see the photobucket video bbcode is working too....

[smokin]

Good to see the photobucket video bbcode is working too....

if you close your eyes it sounds like a dodgy home made porn flick "oooh oooh ...etc and 'it doesnt help when its side-on' is a proper double entendre

[jon14hil]

That's the way to spend a holiday weekend- only slightly jealous honest- well done.
Surprised you had the stomach to go out though having seen that sight first thing in the morning Alright Terry