A quick and eventful LRF session.

The other day I was lucky to get some spectacular weather coinciding with my day off and I decided to visit a well known nearby mark to catch a few mackerel for the barbie. Admittedly I haven't done as much LRF as I would like but the weather hasn't helped at all and besides I'll be going home for holidays soon and LRF is all I'll be doing!
This mark is very close to Portree and quite pressured (especially from mackerel-feathering anglers) but on the day I was the only one there. This probably meant that the mackerel haven't shown there yet and indeed after some casts around I didn't encounter a single one...
I did find healthy numbers of small pollock though and proceeded to enjoy the action from them.
I was fishing a 2" Magbite Samba soft plastic on a #8 long shank hook and a 3g tungsten cheburashka. The pollock seemed to love it and  were all over it as soon as it hit the deck.
I caught a few fish and made my way towards the tip of the point where the kelp was thicker and the depth greater. It was there that I got a solid take and got busted on a powerful run... I tied a new leader (6lbs) and slcakened the drag... Recasted and the same thing happened again! I quickly got my heavier setup out and fished at the spot but got no takes... I resumed the LRF and changed lure to a 2" Jackall Peke Peke. Also I tied on a 8lbs leader.
After catching a few more small pollock, I got another serious take and this time fought the fish for longer but in the end It made a strong run and the braid parted!
Afterwards I realised that the braid had weakened from use... It goes to show the powerful attraction of LRF gear on fish of every size...
In any case it was a very enjoyable session that got even better when I managed a feisty little wrasse soon after!
Nothing wrong with sausages on the bbq that day.. lol
Below some pics and the video of the session.

Pure fun on light tackle!

Full of character!

Thanks for reading and more to come!

Gear used.
Rod: Majorcraft Crostage CRK-T782AJI
Reel: Shimano Stradic 1000fc
Mainline: Ygk G-Soul x3 0.3PE
leader: Toray premium fluorocarbon, 6lbs, YGK Nitlon DFC fluorocarbon 8lbs.
lure: 2" Magbite Samba and Jackall Peke Peke on a 3g Tungsten cheburashka with #8 hook.

Dont forget LRF...

Yesterday the weather was fine with only a moderate SW breeze and I decided on a bit of a drive-around in order to suss out new marks. What was mostly in my mind was wrasse! I need to find a suitable mark for them as pollock all day (even big ones) can get a bit monotonous... Moreover I had heard reports of mackerel in the Southwest beaches and as I've never been there decided to give them a try.
I started off at Talisker bay and although conditions looked good (for bass maybe) there was a lot of weed close in and after getting a few baby coalies, I decided to move and drove to the rocks between Portnalong and Fiscavaig (name sounds fishy so I took it as a good sign!). The rock ledges there are quite flat and make for comfortable fishing, while the kelp is not so extensive as in the Northern marks, thus I took only the LRF gear with me.
I played around with the baby pollock on topwaters and then switched to a 3g tungsten cheburashka with a #8 hook and a 2" Gulp Fish Fry. I fished straight down the ledges and soon felt some sharp bites. I struck and soon had a small ballan wrasse come up.
There were quite a few of them and I really enjoyed catching them. Hopefully I will encounter their mothers soon...
I made a few casts further out and these resulted, well, in what else than pollock... Catching a 1lber on this gear though reminded me why you need to respect this fish!

Talisker bay.

Eyes bigger than its belly...

a beauty...

Respect to this fighter...

More of a wrassy look...

After a while the bites slowed down and I decided to move yet again. This time I drove to Glenbrittle and had a few casts on the beach there. I was hoping for some mackerel or even flatfish but after seeing some fish come clean out of the water, I put on a metal and burned it fast near the water surface. After a couple missed takes I had a fish stick and it went absolutely mental! You gotta love trout.. a quick release and got a second one soon after that didn't even make a single jump...! Mental fish indeed...

Mental trout!

not so mental...

The sun was setting by now and I called it a day. It may not have been the most productive of sessions but variety is the spice of life as they say..

Tight Lines!

Gear used.
Rod: Majorcraft Crostage CRK-T782AJI
Reel: Shimano Biomaster 1000fb
Mainline: Gosen mebarin braid 0.3PE
leader: Toray premium fluorocarbon, 6lbs.
lure: 2" berkley gulp Fish Fry on a 3g Tungsten cheburashka with #8 hook.