lofty Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Having cracked out my Worktop job early I had Wednesday free. I had a plan to do Blue Anchor but the tides weren't really on my side. Had a chat with Rich and settled on a new venue for me. Lilstock. Up at 5.30 and the sky was on fire as I loaded up my gear. The eye of Sauron was upon me Dropped number 2 at school and headed off from the shire . 2 hours later and arrived at Lilstock. The road to the beach was non existent as apparently the flood water has done its work and huge potholes lead to the beach. Cliffs, giant stones and a power station. First rule of Lilstock , nobody talks about Lilstock Paddled out and dropped the anchor. Bloody hell. The tide was flying through. My leads weren't holding so I put a 4 oz gripper with a 6 oz weight and that held, just. Then it all went queer. Suddenly I'm going sideways. My rods peel over to starboard. The anchor is out. Reel in quickly and my breakout cable tie has snapped. Another one on an I relocate to deeper water. Got a bit hairy for a minute or two. A few knocks and then a nice weight on my line. Struggled to get the leader with the tide, fish and leads but soon enough I had a pb thornback ray on board. Could well have been in double figures IMO You can see the flow rate Fishing was slow. I had two more Thornys, around 5lb , but nothing else at all Called it a day 2 hours into the flood. Oh bugger. The tide is a loooong way out. The boulders are big. The tides coming in quick. I land and unload the rods 100 yards up the beach, but can't go all the way to the car as the tides coming closer to the Dorado. A really helpful pair of beach fishermen saw me struggling and came down and carried it with me up to the road. If I had a plastic yak I'd of dragged it. Us posh boys can't do that. Top tip. Go with a chum if you paddle glass. My beach chums. They had mini codling and a strap. Stay classy Yakkers Stuie, Martin.C, Kingfisher 126 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher 126 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Lofty, fair play you give it your all. A result yet again getting your target fish. A long day with the driving on top, well done. Selfies are good too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Lofty you put most of us mobers to shame, well done on achieving your goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Nice report, well dangled! P.s. You can smile in a fishy selfie! lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Its ....... Nearly.........a...........smile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 No, it's a poo face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 TMI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Well done Steve, Always a good report. Enjoyable for us who can't get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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