Portishead

After getting a few jobs done on Saturday morning Judith and me were off to the Marina again, it was certainly a lot hotter and brighter than our last  few visits. We decided to try on the pleasure centre side first of all , but apart from one quick bite it was very quiet, there were a few other anglers along the bank but no one had anything, so we upsticks and go around the other side where the bottom seems a lot more rocky.
I soon had a nice little go by and we were both getting bites , but they are hard to connect with.

And Judith soon got on the scorecard with a similar size mini,

I'm never going to tell anyone these little fish are rod benders, but its a bit addictive, trying to connect with all the bites is the biggest part of the challenge. We soon had a couple of visitors in the shape of Craig Edmunds and his daughter India, who is growing up fast, they stopped in on there way back from clevedon open air pool where they had a very successful crabbing session, 38 was the final tally, well done to them. Trig was soon on the rod and finding it hard to connect.

In fact he missed about ten bites before he managed a mini of his own, but he did agree its a bit addictive, and I think I can see him doing a bit with India as its a short session fix which kids and all the family can enjoy.

Trig wandered off and we were back on the mini hunt, Judith had a nice little corkwing wrasse which is another first from this venue.

So that gave her bragging rights on the species list from here, but I soon got that back with a nice flounder of nearly a pound, which gave a good account of its self on the super light little HTO .5g to 8g rock fish rods we use.

So another interesting few hours spent doing a type of fishing all the family can enjoy, plus it was only a short drive for the spicy burger in McDonalds, LOL
Off for the last round of the float only league at viaduct on Sunday then the Gary wall memorial match at Landsend fishery on Monday, and its going to be hot.