I managed a couple of hours fishing on the Ha’penny pier yesterday. I did the eBay drop off at Tollgate post office first and then headed down to the pier. I got there at 2:45pm which was about 1 hour before high water. I baited up with segments of King Ragworm using size 2/0 hooks on one rod and Lugworm on the other rod. It was not long before I caught the first fish. It was a Dab! I haven’t caught a Dab in years. I threw it straight back as it was not a plump specimen and afterwards thought that I should have taken a picture first. Never Mind.

There was one other fisherman on the pier with me and he had caught a couple of small Whiting and plenty of shore crabs who were nicking his King Rag bait. He said he paid £8 something for a quarter. I guess he meant 250grams. Wow that is expensive. I will stick to digging my bait.

We both fished on past the high water and then packed up, having caught nothing else but a few crabs. I thought about giving it another 30 minutes but it was too cold for me.

not very warm

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