Acuspell 329 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Was in Dover to give a kayak fishing safety and skills course. Glorious day. At the end of the day I wanted some "me" time, so went fishing for a few hours and to get some real paddling in. I was shown a rocky boulder patch under some cliffs that couldn't be accessed from the shore at any stage of the tide andt was too much of a rock garden for even small boats to venture in. 20 feet deep water would suddenly be 2 feet deep as pinnacles and boulders the size of a house reared up from the bottom - it would be a speafishing haven!I was drifting in the tide, positioning the kayak so I could cast into the white water around the rocks and those just under the surface. I got three bass in a couple of hours - never having seen the place before and I have to confess to wasting a good hour or more trying one of these new fangled shad things on a very light spinning rod. As soon as I switiched to the fly rod I got into a fish, in an area already covered with the shad......it was only 4" but too big, the skinny, early season sandeels were not that big, just 1.5" long. I had shoals of them beside the kayak from time to time. Not big shoals either, maybe 3 dozen at a time. A #4 skinny sandeel took all the fish - best was the last one, which I did retain as it is three years since I kept a bass, 57cm and 4lbs 8oz back home. These were my first for the year, I just haven't had the time or inclination to go blanking! Too busy working, even my trips to the coast working have been straight down and straight back, hence why I was keen to get my casting arm going again. It went on ice at the pub I was staying at within an hour of capture and was still in rigour when I got home - so is going to feed us and the neighbours tomorrow! 4 Quote Link to post
DeerhoundLurcherMan 997 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice one, I fish a lot just round the corner at Dungeness although mostly winter time. There has been a few big bass down there. Was there no mackerel about? Cheers... Quote Link to post
NEWKID 28,630 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice one mate, nice on fly gear I bet Quote Link to post
Guest long-tail Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice one, I fish a lot just round the corner at Dungeness although mostly winter time. There has been a few big bass down there. Was there no mackerel about? Cheers... fish that area myself regular in winter where the boils are from the power station,if i do get the odd macheral trip i head a bit further around towards camber tends to produce a few 1 Quote Link to post
Guest long-tail Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 cracking fish that Acuspell fair play will make good eating Quote Link to post
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