Out Fished Again

[tack4]

after an hour 1/2 lug digging this am ( hard goin' only managed 20 or so) took littletack4 (Kyle) with me for a mark i had heard had been producing wrasse as this was a species that had eluded us so far.

 

weather perfect arrived at just on high water perfect.....

 

tackled up kyles rod and baited up some juciy lug on his two hook rig and prepared to start setting up my own kit......

 

 

"DAD i've got a fish on".........Ballan Wrasse of approx 1 l/b

rebaited the empty hook and recomenced tackling up my rod......

 

"DAD i've got another one but this is much bigger........"

 

 

I knew by then it was going to be one of those sessions

 

this time i completed my rigging of my rod and cast it out before rebaiting his hooks

 

fishing continued........................

 

the familiar sound again "DAD i'm in again.....only to snag in the depths so i tried in vain to free the snag with walking side to side relaesing line etc

 

Kyle then notices my rod taking knocks but stayed quiet and sloped off to keep his eye on it whilst i tried for all i was worth to free the snag

 

"DAD i've got one on on your rod but i'm reeliling it in so its my fish.........." i had to pull for a break and guess what he caught this time....

 

 

a shade over two l/b

 

 

time for some tactical descisions Kyle should learn how to bait his own hooks

 

i quickly rebaited my rod cast and then set about a new rig and weight for kyles rod noticing how low the supply of lug was getting ( i really wanted a wrasse too so would switch tactics for next cast)

 

i showed kyle how to hook up his lug and left him to do the second hook as my rod was bouncing in a pleasing way and i made a lunge just in time as Kyle was again making a move for my rod result.... a smaller pollack for me and finally off the mark our rock pool was starting to look like a nice aquarium now.

 

kyle produced a surprise with his next fish and his second new species of the day a three bearded rockling....

 

 

my tactic change paid off

 

 

my first wrasse

 

 

kyle produced three more wrasse and another three bearded rockling whilst i had my inevetable dog fish

 

he was a tadd upset when the biggest wrasse of the session spat his hook on the surface i would estimate going by the sizes of fish all ready caught to be close on to 3l/b

 

the fish were all put into a bag and weighed prior to return total of 11 fish 4 speices (two new for kyle and my first wrasse) total weight of fish was 10l/b 4 1/2 oz

 

a plod back to the car was made easy by kyles banter and enthusiasm

 

as he kept saying final score kyle 8 dad 3

 

outfished again but happy

Edited October 23, 2005 by tack4

[littletack4]

yep and the monster felt like a tonne

 

 

 

thanks dad for that

 

 

 

 

when u beat me which'll be in 3005

[Davy Holt]

yep and the monster felt like a tonne

thanks dad for that

when u beat me which'll be in 3005

 

 

Nice to see , just who the anglers are in the Tack4 family

[tack4]

tack4 me dad Andrew age 40

littletack4 Kyle age 9

misstack4 Caitlin age 11( first to catch a bass)

 

all at casting event tomorrow with Scottish Surfcasting Assoc.

[Ian Burrett]

Well done little Tack, missie tack and Andrew for a good days fishing and a day the kids will probably never forget.

Nice one mate

[littletack4]

it was just me and dad yesterday

 

when will we be going boat fishing with u?????

[Island 991]

Nice work Tacks! Love the idea of a rock pool as a keep net!! never thought of it myself, something im deffinately gonna do if i can! what size pool do you use? are the fish easy to get out of the pool afterwards?

[Davy Holt]

when will we be going boat fishing with u?????

 

Hiya Littletack4

 

was that question directed at Ian or myself... or both

[littletack4]

if u think u will catch lots of fish get a big rock pool .the 1 we used was approx. 6ft long 1ft deep and 2ft wide and there was room for a few more

one end was shallower than the other this enabled us to guide the fish to shallower end to release after weighing in a pre wetted bag

[tack4]

Hiya Littletack4

 

was that question directed at Ian or myself... or both

 

 

initially Ian but we'll see what his sea legs are like and maybe do something further north ie Catachalot way next year if thats ok with you Davy