Sunday 19 November 2017

Tidal Predators 3


On the water just after 2pm, a later start than planned but we were going to fish into the dark. We were met by a seal, one of the features of tidal fishing I suppose, and hoped he hadn’t spooked the pike and zander.

To cut a long story short I had a run first cast; a pike about 4lb lost at the net, I blame the net-man (even though it wasn’t his fault). And a run on the last cast; a beautiful, fat, very hard fighting 9lb 11oz pike to end on - tough day!

I did have another run during the day; the float slid away, I struck, looked like a zander but was fighting far too hard - pulling the boat about. Quite a surprise to see a kelt had hit the livebait - a ropey looking bugger, but I hope he survives to come back another day.


Meanwhile James is having rotten luck, unusual for him - I wonder if that will massively turn around by his next blog post?!

4 comments:

  1. Did you have a sudden urge for sushi?

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    1. Looks like I pulled out a dead fish - the other side was just as bad. Hard to believe it was pulling the boat about and avoiding the net - went back strong, real survivor!

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  2. That Kelt was in good nick, even though it did look rather tatty, touch wood it evades the seals and comes back strong next September.

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    1. Hopefully, he made it back to tidal water so that’s half the battle.

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