Over the last few weeks I have found it difficult to get out to do much fishing, there is a few reasons for this the main one being tide times not fitting into a suitable timeslot so I can sleep during the day as I work nights at the moment.
I have managed a couple of short LRF sessions and a Pike fishing trip, unfortunately the tides near me have been massive lately and have put a lot of the fish off the feed if they are even there, I got down Poole Quay on Monday morning at just after 7am I managed a new species this trip, I caught my first Black Goby and had 3 of them in 3 chucks!
I was using a split shot rig comprising of a size 14 hook a 15mm piece of isome and a SSG shot about 4" from the hook. I fished this right up against the harbour wall on the bottom, let it sit for 30 seconds then lifted and dropped it and repeated this until the bite came.
I then switched to a 2g jig head with a size 8 hook and 1.5" of isome this lead to me hooking a awesome little Rock Goby just before having to pack up and head home.
I popped out for a very short dead baiting session for Pike on my local reservoir to get rid of a couple of joey and roach I had left over from a Pike pack, I fished normal running lead and a twin treble rig with size 6 hooks, unfortunately I blanked this time.
On Thursday I headed back down the Quay for another LRF session and the last one of the week for me, I decided this time to fish a bigger jig head and a much bigger section of isome worm, I used a 3g size 6 with a 2 to 2.5" piece of worm. This I fished on bottom and lifting up about 4" and letting drop again every 2 or 3 seconds, the first bite I got was a small knock to which I struck and started winding, I got the fish about 2 foot from the surface before it bolted downwards with some serious power my reel was practically smoking, the fish snagged me up solid and I lost it.
I then hooked a small 10 to 15cm Bass which shot to the top leaped out of the water and spat my hook back at me, after that I finally managed to land a fish and it was a good size Black Goby.
The weather turned for the worse after this and I headed to the closest tackle shop for some retail therapy to make myself feel better.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed reading.
Dan Carter.
I then switched to a 2g jig head with a size 8 hook and 1.5" of isome this lead to me hooking a awesome little Rock Goby just before having to pack up and head home.
I popped out for a very short dead baiting session for Pike on my local reservoir to get rid of a couple of joey and roach I had left over from a Pike pack, I fished normal running lead and a twin treble rig with size 6 hooks, unfortunately I blanked this time.
On Thursday I headed back down the Quay for another LRF session and the last one of the week for me, I decided this time to fish a bigger jig head and a much bigger section of isome worm, I used a 3g size 6 with a 2 to 2.5" piece of worm. This I fished on bottom and lifting up about 4" and letting drop again every 2 or 3 seconds, the first bite I got was a small knock to which I struck and started winding, I got the fish about 2 foot from the surface before it bolted downwards with some serious power my reel was practically smoking, the fish snagged me up solid and I lost it.
I then hooked a small 10 to 15cm Bass which shot to the top leaped out of the water and spat my hook back at me, after that I finally managed to land a fish and it was a good size Black Goby.
The weather turned for the worse after this and I headed to the closest tackle shop for some retail therapy to make myself feel better.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed reading.
Dan Carter.
