1st - Mumbles pier
After some decent reports of mackerel the odd bass and smoothound off the
pier we decided to go down for a session. So Teggy, Blackcat and Barrelreef travelled down a bit late as usual but with the
sun starting to really hot up.Fro bait we had Peelers, rag, squid, mackerel and some live sandeel in the live bait box
for some floatfishing.
We knew we had no chance of getting on the end, but found some room on the
upper deck near the steps to the end casting into swansea bay.
We set up and with high at around 5pmish would be fishing most of the flood.
1st knock was for Blackcat who in his own words said "something decent on
hereit's pulling a bit!"
After a scrap blackcat managed to land a very rare Mumbles stonefish !!!
No really it was a stone!!!
After some mick taking of Blackcat we got back to fishing and Teggy landed
a little sand smelt on mackerel.
Then Barrelreef had a bite and caught a nice size tub gurnard.
Then teggy had a real good knock and had a double shot of tub gurnard...they
must have been fighting over his baits.
Then it all went quiet with no bites on floatfished baits or the ledgered
baits. Although some decent smoothound had been landed on the front with the best just touching 10lb.
Barrelreef decided to slide a float down the line of his beachcaster that
was baited with crab to try a bit of feathering with his other rod.
Just as the float slid down the line the weight tripped and the line started
to move round towards the front of the pier. The weight of the float wouldnt have tripped it and on tightening down
Barrel hooked into a good fish. After a real good scrap and some knitting with Barrel moving to the front to land the
fish, a nice smoothie was on the surface and after borrowing a drop net brought the fish up for pictures.
The starry hound weighed in at 7lb 8oz and after some pictures was
released unharmed!
A little later Teggy ahd a good bite and hooked into a fish that also pulled
him around to the front of the pier.
After some more knitting Teggy got to the front of the pier and played the
fish but as it neared the pier it dived for the pier and Teggy thought it was stuck. after some encouragement to keep the
pressure on the fish turned and surfaced and after borrowing a net again up came another smoothie!
A 1st smoothie for Teggy and a shore pb, a starry of 4lb! Teggy couldnt
believe how strong smoothound were and was surprised a small fish could fight like that!
A good day with 2 very happy Danglers and a dissappointed one after a blank!
Teggy - 1 smelt, 1 starry hound, 2 tub gurnard
Barrelreef - tub gurnard, starry hound
Blackcat - Blanked
