Even though I have been on the island for a good few months now, what amazes me is that there are still marks that I haven't tried out and have a lot of potential as well. Thus on my day off yesterday I visited a mark on the west point of the Island. There is a narrow channel formed as a small island lies a stones throw from Sark. The waters are quite deep and the currents are more similar to a river than the sea. As expected reaching the mark takes a bit of walking and rock-climbing but its definitely worth it as it turns out.
On reaching the mark I opted to fish right at the corner of the rock wall overlooking the channel. I started with a texas rigged Reins Rockvibe shad on a N2 Maruto Worm19 hooks and a 7g bullet weight. It was hard holding bottom in the current but instead of adding weight to the rig, I preferred to let it drift and cover more area. There was a crevice where the water seemed to circulate and I expected most fish to hide there waiting for food to come to them. As my lure drifted in the crevice I got a bite and a wrasse. I managed a few more there but decided to move as the fish were mainly small.
I moved to a nearby gully that seemed very promising and got plenty of wrasse in quick succession.
After the gully 'dried up' I moved to a more open spot with vertical rock walls and caves. I changed to a carolina rig and tried many lures with the most effective being the Rockvibe shad, Bubbling shad and the Curly Curly. The fish got better here averaging a couple pounds.
Late in the afternoon I decided to go to the southern marks of the island as the wind was coming from the north and I would get easier fishing. As I managed to drop my fluorocarbon leader spool, I had to fish with the LRF fluoro mainline. This was kind of risky as I haven't got my new net yet (broke the previous one!) but with a bit of finesse there were no major problems.
The wrasse tend to move very close to the shore-rocks at this time with most fish coming from short casts. I started getting a steady stream of wrasse on the sp's and was really impressed with the Maruto worm19 hooks as they hooked the fish perfectly every time. They are of the extra wide gap style and I think that it suits wrasse better.
I then changed to hard baits for a bit of variety and put on a Daiwa DC shad, this lure dives deep and being a suspender (slow floater actually) gives enough time for the wrasse to attack it. I was casting the lure parallel to the rocks and with the rod tip down I was retrieving fast to get the lure at the base of the rocks. As soon as the lure hit structure I would let it float a bit and then give it a sharp twitch. I could see it coming closer and letting it static I saw some movement behind it. It was a large wrasse that after observing the lure for a millisecond, pounced on it! It run straight for the deep peeling drag and the all went solid. The fish snagged me up and even though I gave it time it wouldn't move, so in the end I had to pull for the snap. I felt terrible leaving the fish with the lure in its mouth but hopefully it will manage to get rid of it as the barbs were crushed.
After the lost fish I called it a day and went home knackered of a full days fishing. I think I get more tired fishing on my days off than at work!
Thanks for reading and tight lines!
Gear used.
Rod: Major Craft KG Evolution KGS-832ST 2.53m, 3-15g
Reel: Mitchell Mag Pro 1000
Mainline: Spiderwire invisibraid 0.10mm, Trilene fluorocarbon leader 10lbs and YGK Nitlon DFC fluorocarbon 3lbs
Rig: mainly Carolina and Texas with a 7g bullet weight and Matzuo or Maruto worm19 offset hooks sizes 1-3/0
Lure: various
On reaching the mark I opted to fish right at the corner of the rock wall overlooking the channel. I started with a texas rigged Reins Rockvibe shad on a N2 Maruto Worm19 hooks and a 7g bullet weight. It was hard holding bottom in the current but instead of adding weight to the rig, I preferred to let it drift and cover more area. There was a crevice where the water seemed to circulate and I expected most fish to hide there waiting for food to come to them. As my lure drifted in the crevice I got a bite and a wrasse. I managed a few more there but decided to move as the fish were mainly small.
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| The narrow channel. |
I moved to a nearby gully that seemed very promising and got plenty of wrasse in quick succession.
After the gully 'dried up' I moved to a more open spot with vertical rock walls and caves. I changed to a carolina rig and tried many lures with the most effective being the Rockvibe shad, Bubbling shad and the Curly Curly. The fish got better here averaging a couple pounds.
Late in the afternoon I decided to go to the southern marks of the island as the wind was coming from the north and I would get easier fishing. As I managed to drop my fluorocarbon leader spool, I had to fish with the LRF fluoro mainline. This was kind of risky as I haven't got my new net yet (broke the previous one!) but with a bit of finesse there were no major problems.
The wrasse tend to move very close to the shore-rocks at this time with most fish coming from short casts. I started getting a steady stream of wrasse on the sp's and was really impressed with the Maruto worm19 hooks as they hooked the fish perfectly every time. They are of the extra wide gap style and I think that it suits wrasse better.
I then changed to hard baits for a bit of variety and put on a Daiwa DC shad, this lure dives deep and being a suspender (slow floater actually) gives enough time for the wrasse to attack it. I was casting the lure parallel to the rocks and with the rod tip down I was retrieving fast to get the lure at the base of the rocks. As soon as the lure hit structure I would let it float a bit and then give it a sharp twitch. I could see it coming closer and letting it static I saw some movement behind it. It was a large wrasse that after observing the lure for a millisecond, pounced on it! It run straight for the deep peeling drag and the all went solid. The fish snagged me up and even though I gave it time it wouldn't move, so in the end I had to pull for the snap. I felt terrible leaving the fish with the lure in its mouth but hopefully it will manage to get rid of it as the barbs were crushed.
After the lost fish I called it a day and went home knackered of a full days fishing. I think I get more tired fishing on my days off than at work!
Thanks for reading and tight lines!
Gear used.
Rod: Major Craft KG Evolution KGS-832ST 2.53m, 3-15g
Reel: Mitchell Mag Pro 1000
Mainline: Spiderwire invisibraid 0.10mm, Trilene fluorocarbon leader 10lbs and YGK Nitlon DFC fluorocarbon 3lbs
Rig: mainly Carolina and Texas with a 7g bullet weight and Matzuo or Maruto worm19 offset hooks sizes 1-3/0
Lure: various
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