A few socially isolating SIB outings...

With all this Coronavirus talk and measures picking up momentum, I had a couple sessions while the weather was nice as I knew it will be a while till I'm out again next.
The fishing has been so so as the pollock are spawning and are fussy. Moreover, they are not found in all of their usual marks.
Its also, still too early for the Summer species so most sessions tend to involve a lot of moving around and changing presentations.
I tend to find most fish a little deeper this time of year and in more exposed areas with plenty of bait around.
Presentations that can draw more positive bites are fishing lipless crankbaits, blades and lately the chatterbait-cheburashka(!). I find that fish like 'annoying' lures this time of year as they don't feed properly, hence natural presentations tend to get mostly finicky bites.
On the other hand, the crankbaits and blades need just a ''bump'' and the trebles provide far easier hookups.
The chatterbait-cheburashkas are simple cheburashka rigs that I've added chatterbait blades. My idea was that the combination of a natural-feeling soft plastic combined with the flash, vibration and noise of the blade (along with the intense action they give to the sp) would make the fish more aggressive towards them.
On the water, they worked as I thought they would and I had good results with pollock, coalfish and even codling going for them! The latter appeared recently in an inshore mark and provided me with great fun. They would hit the lure when bumping bottom as usual, but also even 5-6m above it! I'm not sure what they were keying on but they were mixed in with pollock and coalfish and I found tiny sandeels in some of them.

Not a bad size to them..

Of course they would hit them!

Fussy eaters.

Lovely markings.

Below I have some pics to show how I add the blades to the cheburashka. I buy the blades in bulk from Aliexpress. There are tons of options but I prefer medium-sized blades in a roughly diamond shape.

Done!

A very interesting rig...

I think I'll try and stay at home for the duration of the lockdown but with the beautiful days we've been having lately, it's really hard! Moreover, I really want to go for some trout fishing as well, but we'll see how everything goes. 

Stay safe and Tight Lines!