An apt title of which I will get to after I have thought up some waffle so you all think wtf where is and when is the coat coming 😉 So, where to start ?.

Well I may as well start & kick off with the quad that gets me home (yay) but only just. This one also can leave the house fully charged , hit the marina and then home annnnddddd the power indicators are almost in the red…. until I turn it off and back on and like fkn magic the charge meter is almost full.
.Yea you may be fooled into thinking .. well at least its charged, my issue ? we is it charged or is it just freaky display issues so ive no idea how far it will go…. its gumpf say 24 mile & being as im a fat cnut it obviously wont do that… the one being fixed i hat 18-19 mile out of it so not bad at all but wont run much over 4-5 miles atm..

problems problems, on the up side clearwell did ring me about it , added a question or 2 and i added some detail but im not over confident it will get fixed..
d-ya think thats enough waffle ?… mebbe aye…. mebbe nay…

Anyhoo , packed the quad with a cool box n bait & trundled down to the marina again near 5ish, weather decent and I think I missed the worst of the days heat(allegedly this week going to hit high 20’s) so a quick reminder folks , if you have pets especially dogs put extra water out they will need it and if planning a wall visit please please check the forecast and temperatures then prepare for it, sun cream if u need or have kids and access to plenty of fluids. A simple sea breeze can be deceptive and heat stroke or sunburn is bad enough for adults , it will get kids , or pets much harder so please take them extra few mins checking prior to rushing out into the day.
. At the cafe & side gate as usual greeted by the 2 dogs there (both soppy and very friendly), unlocked gate and rolled onto the wall.
Again the story seemed to be of a quiet day with many staring at the water in frustration or a story of frustrating bites missed or taken & dropped. Water conditions while very calm clearly showed may rot blurring the otherwise nice green colour further out , (no this isnt the coat ! :).)the sun was out with a gentle breeze, the sort that frazzles the skin without the owner of said skin realising(a bit more of that in a while.)
The may rot I recon will be here another 10 days or so & if we get plenty of sunshine from now on it will raise the sea temp enough so that the may rot(algae) starts to burn off quickly. Its easy to tell its happening because there is that muddy white foam forming on the surface, a bit like scum on a stew pot, it smells often like bad eggs and fools many into thinking its dumped sewage, nope thats the may rot being terminal.

Thus once on the wall I trundled along chatting shit as I do hear n there, seeing if anyone had caught, how they was n did anyone want some bait etc, ya know, my usual waffle which does help me keep in touch with my small portion of the world 🙂
If im being honest the afternoon ( I cant speak for the morning as most were arrivals after lunch) the day was quieter on catches than Tues was, one or 2 dropped strap conger, bites not hooked mainly and a few schoolie bass. That said one dude who had been fishing with Ali Baba as Dave G used to call him came up to me showing off on his phone a lovely bass he had caught just b4 close tues evening on frozen bait id sold him the day before so he was happy.

In general those that were there were reporting a quiet day & overal things were either bass & bream or a few tiddlers, pout for live baits, bullheads & gobys BUT…. DAH da DAHHHHH here comes the coat…
While chatting to a regular on 26 ish a few bays further along an anglers rod went doen in a slow bite & im thinking ah haaah a plaice finally … still thought the same as he wound in about 30 mins after the high only to see come up covered in that fernlike weed a nice Bream. Not huge but in my opinion a quite stunning fish as its COAT yes coat was in full mating colours and simply put for a “common old fish” was one of the nicest patterned fish Id seen in years. Judge for yourself as the pic is on the main marina gallery as well as copied below todays blog.

So, was that it as far as my visit up the wall was concerned ? Not quite, a few more chats as I went up towards the bend on 55 as I knew Alex was up there (again 🙂 ). turned the bend to be greeted by a very typical English scene of a bunch of lads fishing mostly shirtless, a few beers and an ice bucket.
Nope, I couldn’t resist a quick sarky comment of …
“WTF! is this the typical English yobbo’s topless day out on the bloody beach!” met by a few chuckles.
I will add though, appearances can be deceptive (advantage was mine as I knew them) they were a great bunch of lads, the bay was tidy and all rubbish was going into bags and I was even offered a beer, Cheers lads it was much enjoyed. Did they catch ? not sure but they were struggling for bites and even Alex was blanking having caught the day before so I left em in peace to finish the beers AND bottles of water with them and started rolling back the way id come collecting any litter on route. Another chat with Ali & the 2 with him rolling off the wall about 1/2 six.
Now look at that , a whole page to say very little, this waffle thing is getting easier I recon.
Well thats it, other to say I will be down again on the wall today about 5pm again so until tomorrow (and that pic) I will bid you all ADIEU
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the coat of many colours caught by “NELSON”