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12/5/08
Wow! it got hot, and the bass closed season is rapidly
approaching so I (in my madness) decided to fish white bay at low water on
Sunday morning. Low water was at 5am, I left at 3.30am with a bewildered dog
Bob. As no one was prepared to tag along we arrived at the car park above the
cliffs in darkness. This of course had nothing to do with my purchase of a new
head light. (that would be childish in the extreme) .
I thought it was Dave Jolly, but he denies it so it must
have been Joe Muire who told me it was possible to drive down the cliff path.
Not feeling the best on arrival I decided to give it a go and at a cautious 5mph
I edged down the steep incline. After a twenty point turn at the bottom I felt
great at having avoided the long trek. There was thick fog in banks moving down
the harbour and with the horn of the Roches point light house booming out it
seemed a little eerie.
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Fog rolls in at White bay. The tide although fairly large was very flat and the
thoughts of bass dwindled a bit when I got a bite on my Lt14 and reeled in a
doggie. Another bite a little later as dawn was breaking brought another dog and
when the pale sun rose to try and break through the fog it was the end of any
action on the beach. As I made my way back to the car and noticing for the first
time the angle it was parked
about 45 degrees. Oops! a front wheel drive car, a bit of a disaster. In fact it
took me half an hour and some pretty hairy driving to get to the top! Absolutely
the last time I'll try that.
With still an hour or so to play around with I drove down
to Aghadda pier which apart from meeting another geordie who was also fishing
was a blinding failure with not even a bite. The amount of boats moored around
may have had something to do with it, making casting almost impossible.
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Bob not impressed at Aghadda pier. Next week with the bass closed season in
effect we will target the elusive guilt head bream, happy days!
till then.............Chris |
