Lrf Weymouth stone pier

Judith and me are down at west bay for the week, but the weather has been against us so far, lots of rain and wind making the sea rough and the water to coloured, the only place the water was clear was Portland but again it was to rough with lots of weed floating around, so we ended up at the stone pier at the entrance to Weymouth harbour, we got there and found some feather flingers on the end catching a few mackerel, and odd bass, also a few sea trout to 5lb have been caught this week, initially we did try to catch on small plastics but for some reason the fish didn't seem interested in artificial, so it was back to the ever reliable ragworm , and the small wrasse and scorpion fish lapped it up, well they did for Judith, I was well and truly spanked, 15 fish to 3 , my only saving grace was that I had a small Pollack on a red and white jig, but as you can imagine I am getting right in the neck, she was even stopping random people on the pier to tell them how crap I am, but tomorrow is another day, it was proper fun fishing , and its a style that is good for all the family, especially as you can turn it into a bit of a competition, its ideal for all the family and its quite cheap to get kitted out, you can get a proper lrf/dropshot rod for under 30 quid and a reel for 15 pounds or less and there's no need to go down the braid route, as its such close range fishing there is no need to worry about the stretch factor on nylon, pop into veals for a chat as there several rods and reels available in-store which are more than adequate, a few pictures below of mainly Judiths fish, but I did get the biggest of the day with the Pollack.

Some of these small fish are stunning and the colour variations are outstanding, making ever fish a right little gem.