January Conger Bashing!

So i ventured out a few times last week my plan was to fish Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday & Friday only few hours every evening in search of a decent Conger! The first night we tried a new spot. Alex Plaster had x2 Congers 16lb 3oz & 17lb 12oz So Biggest conger of the year so far for him! :) Was pretty hard landing them in the swell might i add!

Alex with the 17lb 12oz 

After being gaffer boy i went reel in to pack up and look what was on my hook! lol!

my 4th Conger of year year yes i am counting it :)

So the next night Myself & Rob Dingle went to another new mark, we both knew that Congers can be caught here aswell as Red Mullet. So i went for the Eels he went for Reds. He had one decent bite which could have been a Red but missed it. My rod on the other hand wouldn't shut up, kept on screaming off id strike the fish it was on then it would come near the surface and off it came. It did this a couple of times and i knew it was a Eel! I must not have been setting the hook properly. But a sorted my self out and got the bugger in the end.

14lb 3oz i think it went! So it beat my previous biggest of the year of 13lb! but still not the one i was looking for! Had one of my previous traces in its mouth the greedy bugger! :)

So that was Wednesday night...still got two more nights to get a bigger one! Thursday is upon us met up with Alex again and Rob went down yet another new mark! 

Was very quiet not many bites happening was thinking about moving round corner but we stuck to it! Alex said i think if we get one it will be a decent one! Rob left us to it and not long after my rod pulled down, i didn't want to mess this up it was being proper gay... little pull downs every minute! I hanged on 5mins plus before i striked into it and Boom! Fish on felt like a good one! now only problem was gaffing it in the swell, but Alex managed it within a couple mins! soon as i saw it i knew it was over 25 maybe 30 we was saying :) 

On the scales at 28lbs Bang on! Was perfectly gaffed in chin so not much harm to fish and released pretty quickly :) 

So Mission Accomplished! I did try Friday for 1 hour but wet and windy called it a night pretty quickly and Scott Ballards bag went for a swim in the sea with a Expensive camera, Tili Lamp, all of his gear, a jacket, nearly a broken reel, and a ripped bib and brace! Expensive night for him :) Dropped down 30ft Drop before getting washed away in swell! i really did feel for him! 

Well that's it :) Next mission i think is Undulate Ray Thanks for reading

Mullet Bites the Bread!

Over last weekend i went out with Lee Jarvis to a new mark for both of us! He managed his first shore caught Conger of around 10lb catch and released but with no picture i am afraid :( 

I have been out twice over the week once for Congers and once for Mullet.

The Conger Session was short and sweet tried out a new spot. Was only using one rod each between three of us. I was the lucky one who managed two small whips.

                                      I know there not big but still managed the target species. :) 

So then Wednesday night Myself and Ritchie & Mystery Guest Decided to do a Bit of a cheeky Mullet fishing 

Because i am rubbish at mullet fishing Ritchie pulled one out within minutes! 

Ritchie's Girlfriend holding a nice Mullet, I think i heard her say "my hands smell of fish" around 36 times after this picture was taken :)

And then after his was released and he was on the way back to me, i was into a fish put up a great fight in 2ft of water! Here is glory shot: Slightly bigger than Ritchie's ;) 

4lbs +

So still getting fish in January is keeping the motivation up to get out there! Dont think i will get much done over weekend, but if i do i shall let you know how i get on. Trip to Mexico coming up in March so taking a Travel rod with me, should be fun! Only down side is i am trying to burn of my Christmas Turkey :) 

Thanks for Reading

First Conger of 2012!

So i ventured out on Saturday on my own for 1 hour down a spot in search of a Wrasse on a Soft Plastic, The ground looked great boulders, gully's, tiny bit of swell it was perfect :) so got a couple of bites failed to hook then i hooked into my first one of the year! Not a big one, but its great that i got one this early on in the year on a lure. Last year it wasn't till 23rd March i got my first one on lure. 2012 is going to be a good fishing year i think!

So i met up with Alex Plaster and we had a Conger trip planned, spent 15 mins deciding on where to go and we made our mind up. A new spot we both have never tried for Eels before. 

So after the absolute trek getting down to this Mark it looked good, so out went the rods with whole Cuttle fish on. I love Conger fishing just sit back and wait! I missed a screaming run which took a whole dirty squid really took some line. Might have been Pollack or Bass (missed it so doesn't really matter lol)  

Bought a new Rod and Reel of Mr Fish on the Saturday wasn't long before i christened it on this Conger!

Only 13lb but still a Double figure fish from the shore in January so i aint complaining!

Went out last night 10/01/12 tried for the Red Mullet and Ray but they didn't turn up just a Dogfish for me &  Dogfish & 3 Pollack for Rob Dingle. Might be going again this week so will let you know how i get on :) 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! 2012 Starts

Just been chilling really over the Christmas Period a few beers where involved! Only been fishing a couple of times and had quite a bit of luck! Here is a Wrasse around 3lb Mark

As for the lure fishing, i have done 30 minutes of it in over 1 month. Just trying to get away from that side of fishing for a while. As the bait is being more productive at the moment! and its fun targeting different species.

This is a shot from couple weeks ago conditions looked perfect for a Bass just no fish there! This is new reel i am using for plugging/sp's £25 reel does the job just fine :)

The weather has not been nice at all over the last few weeks not even one nice day!
So i ventured out on the 27th  of December to target a Ray, i didn't manage one my self but saw a couple landed in this session by fellow anglers here is Lee Jarvis Father in Law with a 5lb Small Eye.

Nice to see come up! So now i figured there was some Rays to be caught! so i stayed a little longer with Scott Ballard and he managed to pull this lovely fish in:

Undulate Ray 9lb 3oz

I caught a few Dogfish, Pollack, Rockling this night but not a ray for myself :(

I had to go back for more! So on the 29th myself & Ritchie tried for the Rays...he stayed for around an hour but got cold and bored so he went home! The lazy git ;) So i stayed on by my self 3 hours went by....13 dogfish to my name & a couple of small Pollack, but finally i landed a tiny Small Eye Ray around the 2lb mark!

So target Species completed! Another rod was getting a bite i struck into what i thought was a Conger...well it was 25lb (Guessing)! After battling with it for 10mins on my light 2-4oz rod on the Ray gear, using just a strip of squid i had a few problems force 8 winds and no Gaff on me & no friend to help.... Eel was on surface i was trying to tell a Polish Gentleman Squid fishing near me to grab the gaff out of my van but he speak or understand no English (well that's what he said) so after me walking it nearly round to some near by steps i put too much pressure on it and snap! I new it was gonna happen right from when i saw it so wasn't too bothered!

So baits went back out got myself a bit more organised if a big fish were to turn up again. Literally within 10 minutes my rod had a decent bite! Alot easier landing this one as drop net was ready and in it came. A lovely Small Eye my new P.B of 9lb 1oz caught on Squid.

No Glory shot i am Afraid :( As my Polish friend left soon after i lost Conger. Because when his squid jigs hit the water the wind was soo strong it was picking up his line and forcing his jigs back out the water lol!

So was a good session went home with smile on my face :)

Had my first session of the year on the 2nd for couple hours got x3 Dogfish so it was a start

Then went again last night had countless amount of Dogfish 13+, and a nice Pollack going 2lb 8oz Not bad for force 10 Winds lol :) mate Adrian managed Dogfish, Pouting, Rockling also.

Well that's about it for now many thank for reading :) Shall post another one soon !

Its Windy And Cold!

Right so i have been fishing a grand total of 3 times in the last few weeks mainly just couple hours over the weekends around 10 hours in Total. Just been trying to get a Big Wrasse out the way now so i can concentrate on other species next year :) 

Went out with Rob Dingle and we had a good session We had 1 Red Mullet each under 1lb & he had 3 Bass 2lb-3lb. I had a Small Eyed Ray of 4lb 8oz and Pouting up to 1lb 11oz I had no camera with me on that Session & returned my Ray. Just the one Picture of the Bass and Red Mullet when we got up to the Car:

I would also like to mention he has a 1lb 13oz Red Mullet he caught in a session by him self great fish :)

So went out with Alex Plaster on Sat the 3rd December and i got 2 Wrasse over 3lb the biggest going 3lb 9oz and Alex had 1x Wrasse ....here is the Picture caught it on the plugging rod but using Rag worm for bait:

 It was force 7 Winds so was very Difficult lol

So this Weekend came along 10th December and i wanted a bigger one a little gap in the weather made it a bit easier for me to have more choice in where to fish! So had a plan and met up with Alex Plaster & off we went with a bucket of Crabs and the Lure rods!

About 15-20 mins into the fishing i was in! Felt like a decent one on the Bait rod and whole Green Crab 3lb 15oz this one went:

Then moved to some close by rocks and they kept on coming had 4 in total on the Crab

Right so we only had a hour left of light & i wanted to get one on the Bass Assassin Soft Plastic 

So by now i am on 4 Wrasse on Crab and 5 on Soft Plastics, Alex still was not getting the luck we moved to a Gully we had not touched yet to try and get him his first SP Caught Wrasse so i stopped fishing and after he had around 5 casts i was confused to why he had not had one, i said "lets have 1 quick go" and i had one cast on the rod he was using. I am afraid to say i pulled one out straight away hehe :)

So Results where:

Daniel Ferguson 10x Wrasse
Alex Plaster 0x Wrasse

He did woop my arse in the Congering and beat me x3 Congers to 0 so he deserved it ;) 

Popped out on the Sunday in very hash conditions for couple hours and i managed one of around 2lbs and Alex failed to catch again. There is always this weekend! 

Thanks for Reading :) 

Bass Assassin Lures

Looking back through all of my lure caught Wrasse photos from this year and most have them have fell to the Bass Assassin Lures! They work like magic...its simple cast them in using a 7gram -10 gram Jig-heads. Let them hit the bottom and then slow retrieve with the odd twitch of the rod! They swim brilliantly! Here is a few shots of them in Action!

This was early on in the year the Wrasse was loving them!

The smaller Wrasse hit them just as hard!

Myself & Friends has all had Pollack on them 

A Few Bass have fell to these Lures!

A lovely 4lb+ Green Ballan Wrasse

                             I have used 3 different Color Bass Assassins they all work wonders 

If your interested in these Soft Plastics you can purchase a packet here! You wont know how good they are until you try them! :)
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270860561548#ht_500wt_1199

They are coming in!!

Few Wrasse from Last Weekend during Competition 4lb + Wrasse Caught using Hardback Crab!

Ritchie with a nice Green Wrasse!

Our Fishing Club won by miles this year and a few good fish was weighed in too including Double figure Bass

........Right so Friday night i Planned to catch some Congers with Alex
Plaster with swell and wind i picked somewhere nice and sheltered and that i knew there was some Congers to be had from there!
Straight to the Point he showed me right up ! He had x3 Congers ! I Had Nothing...lol

This was the Biggest of the night going 13lb 6oz p.s. he thought it was bigger though lol ;) 

Right so packed up by 1am

Saturday ...right spent alot of this day doing nothing just thinking and talking about fishing instead of actually doing it ! But we popped out for 30 mins for some Wrasse and here is what we got!

All caught on Bass Assassins 

8 Wrasse Between us in 30mins in the end. 

We even had some Double Hook ups!

So Sunday came along Met up for some Breky With Ritchie & Co ....then we went down some Rocks in search of some Wrasse but he had 0 Wrasse... but i had 6 ;) 

Right so moved to a different spot in search of some Bigger ones ,as the last spot failed to get one over 2lb! 

And straight away we was into some of the decent fish we were looking for!

This one really put up a fight! caught using 10gram Jig-head and a Bass Assassin!

You can Purchase a Packet of these lures here

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Assassin/270857983383?ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1&ih=017&category=36153&cmd=ViewItem#ht_278wt_400 

They will not let you down!

And here is the biggest fish of the day caught by myself! Had no Scales with us But we both thought it would weigh just shy off 5lb.. very heavy fish!

So all in all Sunday was a very good day too...i have to write this i am afraid Ritchie

Saturday Results 

                                                        Daniel Ferguson  4x Wrasse (SPs)

Ritchie Campion 1x Wrasse (SPs)

Ben Bates 3x Wrasse (SPs)

Sunday Results

Daniel Ferguson 18x Wrasse (SPs)

Ritchie Campion 3x Wrasse (SPs)

Thanks for reading people :)