First sailing, and out with Max, Bruno, Liam and David, all regulars. No may rot to contend with, a huge relief, but just slight hints of sediment in the water from the previous few days gale. Kind of perfect. Birds working. Not too hard to find fish.
And with good current, the fish were quite happy to feed. A good mix of ages, we landed fifty nine bass to around the 5lb mark in the three hour session. Max was particularly on fire, perhaps nailing half the total.
With an hour to run, a stiff NE wind picked up. It became noticeably chilly and with the tide easing back, also meant we lost the tidal drift, instead being on the wind. I used this to go explore heavy rock with spiders peeling on it. This produced a few more fish, including a jet black one lost at the side of the boat. A nice fish around 4lb, she would have made a beautiful brassy photo. They are so pretty when they spend time in the brown weed.
0930 sailing, it was my pleasure to welcome back Duncan and Alastair, plus new to BIF1 and to sea fishing in the UK, Marley and Crystal. Heading out on the very early ebb, with good overcast skies, I tried some very in close routines, but although I marked some fish, none were taking it. Back to some deeper rocks, and again it was game on.
Final tally was 46 bass landed. I was very impressed that Crystal and Marley contributed heavily to the score, despite it all being new to them. Some good fish as well. Things all seem to be coming together nicely. I guess why the forecast for the weekend is very poor, as Neptune attempts to protect his fishes.
3rd Sailing (at 1800 in June) it was my pleasure to welcome aboard Tim, Jake, Mark and Cameron. I actually thought this one would be the sailing to beat all others but, despite finding thousands of bass, they were a little less grabby for this session. We did manage a couple of fish of the surface among the 27 bass landed, but on the whole, triggering them was hard work. Big smiles though, as what is better after a hard days work than feeling the tug of a bass on your lure. And an even bigger rain shower to welcome us back into the marina at the end of the session Always one to look for silver linings, it simply made rinsing the boat off a lot easier...
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