Bet ya cant guess where I got todays blog title from ?, yup am guilty of playing a CD (the Highwaymen)on the pc this morning and as I type this out it just happened to fall on the Christofferson written tune and thus don’t have to think of an apt title….. especially as I actually thought it was Monday !.. Brain mush today I guess.

So, lets start with the obvious in that there was no blog yesterday being as Fridays visit too the wall was somewhat uneventful at the time of my visit so fairly much had to rely on later reports being posted up by some that actually caught something other than the perhaps 3-4 mackies in the morning. Yes, I’m gonna pad this out just for sh1t n giggles 😉
Friday was more of a micro species day than anything else. There were a couple of eels had as the water was still a bit coloured due to the sunny then blowy then sunny sort of sequences last week. As well as the sea slugs a couple of pup hounds were spotted one on the bend another mid wall. I am aware of a couple of schoolie bass being returned but overall it was a day of scratching for most with blennys, pout, gobys and scorpion fish racking up the hits more than the Bream that had been a fairly stable catch for many. Add in a wrasse here n there and the report makes Friday look quite awesome in a weird sort of day but dont be fooled. The high tide on the wall was quite busy re anglers and the catches were very scattered throughout the day making things seem very quiet and when I got there most were shaking their heads with pained looks and many were on their ways home.

Yesterday it was a very similar story, an early morning couple of mackerel and a decent Mulley for Roy was fairly much the rule of the day with by lunchtime a cross wind from the west that was starting to cause problems by 1pm. When I got onto the wall there were quite a fe people on the bend (mostly staring at rods and that wind could clearly be felt by time I got to bay 15. the night before’ s forecast had me thinking it may be worth a dabble but the tele rod stayed firmly in its slot on the scooter.
On creeping towards 24 it was clear that most had packed up or were in the process of doing so as the wind was causing some very big water spouts all along the front section of the wall. Like a berk I stopped to have a chat with a group of 3 on 24 not checking where I had actually stopped especially as the bay had wet ground for 2 thirds of it and I was straight into the firing line. Before I could hit reverse a large plume spouted up and landed square on my face & chest … ffs & b’locks were heard, shook it off & decided have a look at 26 & then if hefty turn about…. yep 2nd mistake of the day…
No one was by this time above 24 other than myself and on dude walking towards me. Unable to fully do a U turn (due to said dude walking towards me) I heard that very familiar double thump of water down the “V” with scooter wheels firmly against the lowest step and pointless reversing (into the wave) I just sat there with a fleeting hope of being far enough over in the bay…. nope, a full on thump of water on my neck and back.
Now, it is very rare for me to be hit by a wave in any amount and yesterday It got me twice full on front an back! Thankfully the wind and sunshine stayed and I was able to trundle around the marina blow drying. As to the catches while I was there, well there wern’t any and by time Id turned around and reached the side gate there were 7 people left on the wall and 3 of those were also packing it up.

Now as I type I notice that some mackies have been caught this morning on the wall c/o a piccy from Mark. Also posted have been another couple of mullet and a decent Guilt head Bream high up.
Weather looks good today and yay no cross wind to deal with and by the looks of things some decent temps to go along with some actual summery days. reports of squid at Chesil so no doubt they are headed this way also, perhaps earlier than usual !
Thats it for today, Im going back to the highwaymen for a while and see some on the wall later today. Gimme a should N say hi if ya see me, as the old BT advert used to say…. “its good to talk” 🙂
And with that final word I will bid you all ADIEU
F