As I said in the post previous to this one I have decided to remedy this by simply trying new things and try to put a bit more fun back into what I am doing. Continuing on from that posts theme I popped out for a hour or so last weekend trying to catch a fish on Ragworm, this as you will know from the last post if you read it is a style of fishing I have never done before except for these last few trips.
This time though to make it a bit more fun I took my son along with me, not only that to make it a much more enjoyable time we added a third generation of Carter man to the trip and we invited Grandad (my Dad) along with us as well.
(sorry for poor picture quality.)
My Dad set himself up a lure rod and had a few chucks with that, I set Kieran (my boy) up with my LRF rod, knowing there is always a few small checkers about somewhere near the edge I set him up a drop shot rig and put the tail of a live worm on it for him. I myself went with a 3 hook flapper rig all baited with a single whole worm. Luckily it did not take long at all for us to be into the first fish and I could not have been happier hearing my son shout to me Daddy I got one! Amazingly with all the years of fishing experience around him with my Dad being a very good sea angler himself and my knowledge of where the Bass should be it was my boy who had the first one, I could not have been more proud of him in this moment as he managed to feel the bite, hook the fish and have it waving around in front of him before I got to there to help!
We decided to turn it into a bit of a fun match with the thinking that if Kieran managed one with in 10 minutes there must be a few fish around, Dad decided to cut the lure off and pinch a hook and lead out my box and tie himself up a quick 1 hook flapper rig, I will add though I had to bait it for him due to my Mum (camera women) yelling to him "your not touching those smelly things and driving the car!"
Not long after we all got baits back in the water and I started getting a few strange pulls on my rod tip which I didn't need to be a expert to know what that was!
Ok so not quite the start I was looking for but at least it was alive and came to the bait! However I did get a bite almost instantly after my next baits hitting the water, this time it was undoubtedly a fish as my rod tip was going mad.
Unfortunately though as far as the mini match was concerned it didn't count as I had foul hooked this one, much to the delight of Kieran and Dad, by this point though it was time for my parents to make a move back home but the match was still between 3 people as my better half and her brother had came down to join us so Dad left Nigel his rod to use.
With there being a change to the competitions roster we decided a change in spot was also in order, this proved to be very good for me as after maybe my 3rd cast (due once again to a few more crabs) I had the fish of the session and managed to tie things up with a 6 year old! Oh the sweet feeling!!
Ok so it wasn't going to set the tabloids alight and certainly wasn't breaking any records but I had done it! I managed a fish from the sea on worm on only my second time of asking. Sadly though due to pay and display parking on every square inch of land Poole borough council can squeeze in this also marked the end of our day.
Thanks once again for reading and showing your support! I really do hope you enjoyed reading and I look forward to writing the next post.
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