The bit you should read.
This fishing blog details my angling adventures around the UK (although depending where I am in the country I also sea fish from both Boat and Shore, Carp, Pike and Fly fish). I will be giving a summary of 3 values considered by most anglers as well as the additional Disabled Access rating. Since being diagnosed with CIDP and regaining my motor function Disabled angling and Disabled access is now something I always consider when visiting venues. They will all be rated on a scale of 1* to 5*;
1. Fishability *****
2. Accessability *****
3. Value for Money *****
4. Disabled Access *****
I think these 4 points are the key issues which are readily identifiable with all anglers. Feel free to take a look and add your own comments along the way!
Friday 7 October 2016
Trip #97 - West Bay Wanderings
This is a quick blog I wrote in the summer, but for reasons described below I haven't got round to posting! Enjoy!
It was a nice activity for a few hours and I
cannot wait until my son is a bit older so I can take him out to properly and catch a
few bigger fish, but until then we'll just enjoy the family time together.
It's been quite a while since I've managed to get out and
wet a line. New family members have the ability to eat up all your time doing
all the fun stuff that young families do. It's been and will continue to be a
huge roller coaster. I've only managed a very early morning session at Lyme
Regis, blanked and was home before 9am. Anyway.... the weather over the
last week has been one of almost constant and blistering sunshine and I had
been told that the mackerel had arrived on the south coast. My wife and I had
agreed to visit West Bay for a few hours on Sunday morning, and I would be
taking a box of lures and some feathers.
Arriving at West Bay and feeling the solid 20-25mph wind
meant that the aquamarine blue sea had chopped up and was (although still blue) quite
cloudy. There would be no mackerel fishing today. I quickly rethought my
options and elected to the ledger float method. A quick trip to West Bay
Angling to pick up some ragworm and a float and I was away. I had set up my rig
and was very pleased to see my wife walking up the pier with my son and a
breakfast roll! What a result!
I could see a lot of small fish moving in the top few inches
of water, but despite fishing shallow I didn't get a bite for the half an
hour. The bites only started consistently when I plumbed the depth and
shortened the hook length down to 6 inches. The wind was getting stronger but
fortunately some of the anglers to my right had decided to move off. We all
moved up the breakwater and managed to find shelter from the wind behind a low
wall.
I dropped my bait in close to the structure and began to
wait. The float bobbed up and down, and after a few minutes it disappeared. I
was in to a fish! On my son's first fishing outing (although he almost
certainly had no idea what was going on...)!
It was a large Goby! I unhooked it and dropped it back into
the water where it promptly vanished back down into the depths. I fished for
another 45 minutes but the tide had really started to turn and the ebb meant
constantly adjusting my rig depth and moving my float back into the position I
wanted it to be in. Still I can't complain! It wasn't a blank. As we packed up I said to my
wife "I've still got it...".
Labels:
Bridport,
Dorset,
Fishing,
Goby,
Sea Fishing,
West Bay,
West Bay Angling Centre
Location:
West Bay, Bridport, UK, DT6 4EL.
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2 comments:
Good to see a new post! Congratulations on the new addition
Thanks Sam! Fishing has taken a slight hiatus, but I'm aiming to get out a couple of times over winter, but the little one definitely keeps us on our toes!
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