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Tough going…
June 28, 2010
Had a couple of trips out last week, conditions weren’t ideal but I was keen to get out and enjoy the sunshine. I managed the three pounder above, I don’t know why but some bass just seem to have so much fight in them compared to others, this little fellow got top marks for effort a real fighter.
The following day I meet up with my mate Tony and we headed out to a spot we hadn’t fished before, we where on a tip off and we weren’t disappointed, the sea was alive with feeding mullet, we waded out and where completely surrounded by swirls, jumps and splashes. It’s a known fact that bass will swim with mullet and we must of managed 10 bass each, all small but good fun all the same. The bigger fish didn’t turn up that night but I’m sure I’ll be back to check out this spot again.
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Calm between the storms
June 6, 2010
So sometimes you just need to go fishing, you know the small tides aren’t the best and the weather may not be suitable but the urge to go can be all consuming. I’d had my eye on the forecasts for Sunday morning and with the promise of the wind swinging around to the South West I thought there may be a realistic chance of catching. The only problem was the forecast SW wind was also going to blow in a series of thunder storms, so we settled on a 5.30am forecast check but before I could even get to bed heavy cloud had rolled overhead and unleashed buckets of rain accompanied by plenty of lightning and thunder.
I was conscious of more storms throughout the night but was pleasantly surprised in the morning to find that they had blown through and with the current forecast we would be fishing after all. We arrived at the mark and conditions looked great, water clarity was excellent, we had cloud cover, it was fairly warm and there was a small swell on an otherwise calm sea.
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Daiwa morethan X-cross 120SSR-F
The Daiwa morethan X-cross 120 SSR-F is a very shallow swimming floating minnow. On a simple retrieve it has a wide wobbling action just beneath the surface, it swims so close to the surface that you can see the wake it creates. After a pause it will initially swim across the surface, before settling into it’s action, creating a subtle disturbance and leaving a trace of bubbles.
Internally the X-Cross features Daiwa’s unique sliding maglock system, this system has sliding casting weights controlled by magnets to optimize casting performance, sounds good but in reality it’s not the best casting lure, though I’ve used much worse, I would class it as an average caster.
In terms of use it’s a lot like a Feed Shallow or even an IMA Komomo 2, though their actions are different, if you have marks where you need an extremely shallow running lure it’s worth a try.
Model: morethan X-cross 120SSR Manufacturer: Daiwa
Length: 120mm Weight: 18.5g Dives: 0 – 20cm
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A few fish in Dorset
May 31, 2010
Decided to meet up with Mark down on the Dorset coast Friday night for a spot of rock hopping. The fishing started a bit slow despite me picking up a schoolie on the third chuck.
Not to be put off Mark knew where to try and as darkness started to fall and the ebb had just started to push, we positioned ourselves on a couple of boulders about 20 feet from each other ready to intercept a few. Well what can I say we had a frantic hour getting lots of hits and managing to land nine fish in total.
Mark with a nice 6lb 4oz bass which was the biggest for the evening, we thought for a moment that he’d hit a monster, the sound of the line being ripped from the spool against the drag whilst seeing the rod pulled over into a nice curve is what it’s all about, that and having a good laugh, which we certainly did.
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