Session Reports (Devon)

I would walk 500 miles

Why the reference to that irritatingly catchy song by The Proclaimers I hear you asking? Well, that's what it feels like I have done this weekend. All my well laid plans to go and explore a couple of marks near Fowey were shot down early doors by an ear infection. I didn't want to potentially ruin the day by being a wimp and coming home early if it got too bad so I decided to save that trip for another weekend. That being said, the aforementioned ear infection behaved itself in the end which was just as well as I ended up walking a decent stretch of the south-west coastal path from Stoke Point around to Old Cellars Beach, before catching up with Jack for a night session off Lions Den on the Hoe.

SWSF Competition Results – Slapton Sands 17th July 2010

July’s SWSF shore angling competition was fished at another south Devon venue, Slapton Sands. Once again, support was strong with 18 of our members turning up to give it their all this time around – our best turnout yet and also our biggest prize fund. Given the uncertainty regarding the venues current ‘fishability’ (due to the recent weed problem along this area of coastline) and the unreliable weather of late, hopes were high but expectations were low. Read on to see how it unfolded.

Went to Devon......came back with a nasty case of crabs

Contrary to what you may have thought, this post is not about an affliction caught by some poor, unfortunate sailor on shore leave, it is in fact another weekend session report. Still euphorically bouncing and with a distinct swagger in my walk after last weekend's bass and smooth hound, I thought that I would get out again and try and continue my "hot" streak. However like a player at the tables in Las Vegas fresh from a big win, fate has a way of bringing you back down to earth with a bang.............

"Women can't pull caravans..................fact!"

Ignoring the title of this post for the moment as I will explain that later, this is actually an epic tale of intense Bank Holiday fishing. One man taking on the odds and manning it out until he got what he felt he deserved.

This weekend I took in the delights of East Portlemouth and on Sunday I ventured up to West Bexington (Chesil Beach). Here is how I got on.........

Competition Results: Brixham Breakwater

This month’s shore fishing competition took place at a venue new to several of us, Brixham Breakwater.

Despite the stinking weather (a main course of 30 mph winds and a side order of cold, wet rain), and many other comps organised for the Sunday having already been cancelled, we bucked the trend and chose to man it out on the end of a'rather breezy' Breakwater for a good 7 hours. A decision which, in the end, served us well!

Fishing North Corner, Plymouth

I managed to get out again last night to have a fish with Mike and Mike at North Corner, Devonport. We all pitched up about 6pm to a rather busy pontoon (probably about 4 other anglers already there) to fish the first part of the ebb and fished through till dark, so around 9:00 pm.

From what I could gather from the lads already down there, the fishing had been pretty slow all afternoon (at that point no-one had managed to catch anything) so I began with a scratch around tight to the pontoon in an attempt to find a few Pollack or wrasse or whatever. Baitwise, the options were limited since I only brought down a handful of ragworm left over from my previous session at Season Point the day before accompanied by a couple of mackerel I had knocking about in the freezer.