Cable Bay - Saturday 15th March
Mar 16, 2008 18:23:01 GMT -1
Post by johnh on Mar 16, 2008 18:23:01 GMT -1
Met up with Kev (Hatter), Adam and Kev (Hambo) on the A55 and headed for Cable Bay. The weather forecast was for cloudy but dry, with light winds, but patchy rain/drizzle after lunch.
The tide was on the way out when we arrived; which meant a fair distance to lug the yaks.
We made our way straight out from the beach and anchored up about 200-300 yards out. There was a large long rolling swell, but nothing too bad. Going was slow at first with few bites and only one small whiting caught. So Kev and Adam paddled over to below the race circuit; whilst Kev Hambo and stayed put. Kev and Adam had only been gone a couple of minutes before I had a nice Thornie. My biggest fish from a yak
Kev quickly followed suit with a smaller one.
Then Kev landed a much larger one.
Then I had a smaller one. It wasn't your typical Thornie tap tap, followed by a slow pull. This thing just bent the rod right over and took off like it had a rocket up its botty. My Fladen rod bent double. I struggled to get the rod out of the holder and slacken the clutch. It was my first fish on the Fladen rod. I'm just glad it was a small one and not the first one I caught.
Kev and Adam came back over at about 1.00pm. By then Kev and I had six thornies (three each), a couple of whiting each and a doggie each. Unfortunately Kev and Adam had blanked. When they heard that we'd done OK where we were, they anchored up and Kev Hatter was into a Thornie almost straight away. He followed that up with another and Kev Hambo caught a fourth. Poor Adam blanked, but there will be plenty of other days.
The forecasted rain came after lunch, with the odd light shower, but nothing too heavy and nothing persistant. We called it a day at about half two and headed back. The rain closed in as we were unloading the yaks.
All in all a good day out. I broke my duck on my new Fladen rod and caught my biggest fish from a yak. Weather was OK, company was great. Then to cap it all Wales won the Grand Slam, yessssss. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Sorry abou the size of the images.
cheers
John
The tide was on the way out when we arrived; which meant a fair distance to lug the yaks.
We made our way straight out from the beach and anchored up about 200-300 yards out. There was a large long rolling swell, but nothing too bad. Going was slow at first with few bites and only one small whiting caught. So Kev and Adam paddled over to below the race circuit; whilst Kev Hambo and stayed put. Kev and Adam had only been gone a couple of minutes before I had a nice Thornie. My biggest fish from a yak
Kev quickly followed suit with a smaller one.
Then Kev landed a much larger one.
Then I had a smaller one. It wasn't your typical Thornie tap tap, followed by a slow pull. This thing just bent the rod right over and took off like it had a rocket up its botty. My Fladen rod bent double. I struggled to get the rod out of the holder and slacken the clutch. It was my first fish on the Fladen rod. I'm just glad it was a small one and not the first one I caught.
Kev and Adam came back over at about 1.00pm. By then Kev and I had six thornies (three each), a couple of whiting each and a doggie each. Unfortunately Kev and Adam had blanked. When they heard that we'd done OK where we were, they anchored up and Kev Hatter was into a Thornie almost straight away. He followed that up with another and Kev Hambo caught a fourth. Poor Adam blanked, but there will be plenty of other days.
The forecasted rain came after lunch, with the odd light shower, but nothing too heavy and nothing persistant. We called it a day at about half two and headed back. The rain closed in as we were unloading the yaks.
All in all a good day out. I broke my duck on my new Fladen rod and caught my biggest fish from a yak. Weather was OK, company was great. Then to cap it all Wales won the Grand Slam, yessssss. Life doesn't get much better than that.
Sorry abou the size of the images.
cheers
John
