Ok so where to start ? How about at the English obsession 🙂
The Weather !
Well Sunday was what I call a bum burner, hot dry and almost zero wind out there. Sea state was not too bad looking at the water but, OMFG the weed, gert big long hippy type hair strands up to 2 foot long and the flipping stuff was everywhere like some loon had gone mad with a play dough type of machine making the stuff.
And the worst bit of the above ? that was about as good as it got for many on the wall.

By the time I got down there many were leaving, the high had been and gone and for so so many there was not a fish in sight. I thought it would be tough going, It always is when the water is fairly clear and the sun is up at full heat, defo a bum burner if I ever saw one. I recon by time I reached the bend about half had already left although it was still fairly busy and some were planning to stick it out.
By time I reached bay 46 I still hadn’t heard of anyone catching anything more than a blenny here n there. It wasnt until I hit the 50’s that someone mentioned that they had done quite well between him & his lads (yes a regular to the wall who had been MIA for a couple of months fishing elsewhere !. Half a dozen plaice, some bream a dropped conger and a couple of other things I had forgotten by time I left! DUH!

Roy had been and gone by time I reached his fav bay and I was told he had landed another couple of nice Mullet and in that small batch of bays I heard there were more plaice & bream plus a bass! One small patch of the wall had out fished everything over the weekend. No doubt after reading this there may be a charge up the wall to reach them next few days but I wonder sometimes if those on the lower bays are chucking baits out on huge hooks or simply too far because if there are fish up there surely they are also lower down … what is the secret I wonder that is different in methods of those yesterday higher up to those further down … perhaps a chunk of it may be the amount of people only feathering but surely that cant be it, I meet people with bait all the time that are very competent anglers. Its quite a mystery on wat is different… could it simply be the amount of lead plopping all over the plaice ? naaa surely not that …. its defo a conundrum.

the conditions of heavy weed a dropping tide and the sheer heat of the day had many giving it up, either fed up, bored, too hot, lack of decent fluids probably all added up to the wall emptying quite fast so as I rolled back down the wall there were huge open gaps, by time I got past the bend it was virtually empty and that included one lad who had taken the time earlier to stop and chat (as I often ask people here).
He was keen to say hi and how he read the blog & its always good to hear and seen new faces that do read here.
Anyhoo Vikram (yes I remembered even if its not perhaps spelt correctly 😉 ) was full of questions, many of which regarded Bass fishing, set ups, times of day and where to target various fish. Chatting with the various juniors can be quite refreshing and it is good to see so many juniors getting into fishing locally. Angling sometimes gets tagged and an old blokes thing but I feel that perception is slowly changing. On the wall we are seeing more and more various ages fishing and its not just the bloke, there does also seem (to me anyhow )to be more women/females etc getting into fishing from the walls and hopefully elsewhere. Its good to see more variety out there having a go.

While chatting to Vikram I noticed he was missing a top eye and just by chance I had my fix it box on the scooter so sorted out that top eye as well, ya never know, it may have just added a bit more life span to the rod.
Well thats just about it today, yesterday was a tough brutal day on the wall for many, hopefully when I get down there today things may be a bit better although Mondays are often one of the quiet days re numbers on the wall so no doubt finding some catch reports may be few n far today.

And with that I will sign off until next time and bid you all as per , ADIEU
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