Somehow we're in February now and I've realised I haven't made a report of last couple months fishing. To be fair we've had storm after storm hitting us and any fishing sessions were few and far between weeks of bad weather.
I kicked off my first session of the year at the beginning of January and the fishing was hectic! Plenty of topwater fish with the coalies being especially ravenous...
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| First of 2024. |
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| First topwater fish of 2024! |
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| Loved this strike! |
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| Ravenous... |
That session was pretty much all my fishing for January as I couldn't go near the sea because of the storms!
Then once February came the storms let up a bit and I managed to get a guiding session last weekend. Still not perfect weather but doable with some hardy souls...
Then yesterday I managed another solo session with adequate conditions and got a few fish for a feed. The coalfish loved a bit of A-rig action although soft plastics and vibration hard baits gave fish equally.
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| A-rig action... |
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| Average size |
It does now feel more like prespawn and winter fishing with fish responding better to bright colours, slightly smaller sized lures, closer to bottom presentations and some 'annoying' lures like vibs and A-rigs.
Hopefully the Spring fishing will be as good as it was last year although some settled weather would be good enough for me.
Tight lines.
