Begin 🙂 Afternoon all (yup is after 12 just) it looks like we have a weekend of wind and I don’t mean my rearward functions ! It seems that The weekend is going to be dominated by windy conditions with west and SWest conditions and potentially showers for much of the afternoon. The wall will stay open today but tomorrow things ramp up a little more.

Saturday the EAST will open… but… COZ there is always a BUT ;).. It will be under a close watch by lunchtime. With an almost 6m tide at 13.50 and the winds picking up about 1ish (22pmh -28mph it could get a bit gnarly with a lot of water being pushed up onto the fishing level.

On Sunday the wall is expected open and conditions are expected to be consistent most of the day & very similar to yesterday on the wall…. which nicely feeds into the inevitable question from Marvin Gaye of

What’s going on ? but no I aint gonna sing it…ok !
So yesterday, I hoiked the quad out of its shed, loaded up and as Jack was told in that song I hit the road 😉 down to the marina. By time I got there the wind was quite strong and with a dropping tide there were plenty of water spouts making the front end unfishable.

Two hardy (or foolish) regulars chanced their arm on bay 20! brave… but quite wet souls😂🤣😂who no doubt were rigged for bass. Oh, and yes I went straight up past the cafe while (cough* cough*) NOT feeding the dogs there;) and rolled onto the upper level. wasnt a cats chance in hell of me rolling along the lower level and while I was there there were defo some fun rollers coming down the lower level bays:) fun for me but less so those trying to avoid the waves.
The days catches were predominantly bass in the morning and as the afternoon ticked away there were a few eels had, some bass were hit or miss, one on the first bay took a chunk of mackerel and fought the hook while it turned and rolled in plain sight tucked into the 1st “V”
Unfortunately a lack of net and a strong fighting fish meant a 4-5 minute fight on a light rod tight in the “V” was in vain as the trace line either gave up or was sheered off.
Having got my hand too the line before the the trace gave out and eye line with the fish clearly visible i’d estimate the bass a comfy somewhere between 4-5lb.

Now, you could be forgiven to be thinking ok so that was is on Fridays conditions but no.. by 4pm with the wind blowing and trying too swing further around from SWE and the sea spanking up through the “Vs” someone landed a mackerel! wtf! and then another & another ! what the fek was going on! I had half expected to see the buggers come up the “Vs” and wave at people. Granted the mackies didn’t stay long but I swear the buggers must have been lost coming in this close on rough seas. So, other than Bass, eels and wayward mackies it was hardly a shock when also hanging onto peoples baits were spider crabs and what looked like velvet swimmers coming out.
I did have a dabble for a short while but tbh it was more about having a chat & catch up than having a serious fish so I decided time to get home b4 the rain hit and soaked me.
Thankfully I was in 10 mins before it hammered down!
And with that and until the next one I will bid you all ADIEU
F