Its been a long time coming and has taken a couple of years to work out , up at the crack of dawn and down to the estuary for 1 hr after High Tide ,,ebbing on a neap tide all i met up with was a gold digger with a detector ,,any good i asked ,,No came the reply ,just like fishing he said ,,i did glance at the water and thought the man is correct!!!it was awful,,,, the colour was all the way out,,
i didn't want to go back to Maldon yet so testing a few lures and getting a bit of practice for Cornwall at the weekend,as the Tide ebbed it started to clear and the gravel spits were giving access to the clear water channels ,,the estuary suddenly started to look very Fishy,,
You can see the segregated water of dirt and clear the Bass were lurking just in the dirty water waiting to pounce,wading out up to my chest and positioning myself on the Tangent,casting my lure up the run off interface,, Bang every time ,,
I knew this lure would be a winner when i saw it brilliant and works in the dark water
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Result!! nice one mate - you really can see the abnd of clear water just off that bar - excellent!
Nice report that Graham - I always love the first time you suss out something new that results in some new fish. I regularly catch bass in coloured water, in fact I actually prefer a bit of colour to crystal clear, I think it works in the angler's favour.
BTW - you should also try out Alcedo's little sealed waterproof reel. I have one, it gets regularly submerged in the kayak and it's still working great.
Cheers tom surprising how these places show up ,,, kester such a thrill working out a difficult area to fish it was a brilliant day and i cannot wait to get back on the water
Graham. What a perfect time you could of had for testing soft plastics and using them to nail the bass. After you'd had your fill of plugging of course ;) And no, I don't mean the ones I sent necessarily. But any designs from anywhere / anyone. The fish were obviously there and feeding for you mate and it could have done the confidence levels the world of good for your fishing next week in Cornwall. Good luck for that by the way.
Dunno what weather you had down there today, but I was on the brink of heading out to go wading with the rod this evening when the electrics went in the flat. Very shortly followed by Thor having a fit with his hammer. Made my mind up that I didn't want to be sporting an afro for the foreseeable future so abandoned the idea of wading out in the water with a nice carbon rod / lightning conductor in my hands ;)
I love reading through a post that will make people think. Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!
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