victor does Swansea

[Hitsgroundrunning]

3 Feb Swansea Beach
Ian and Victor had planned a raid on this beach since the last set of neaps. The forecasted Westerly did not materialise. Bitterly cold easterly breeze made fishing hard. Tactics was a big old cod bait on a pennel and small scratching gear on the other rod. Here is vics version of events swiped from another site:
Went to a "banging" new mark with Ian last night, got there about 8.30pm "No good fishing before low water" he said. On a 9.8m tide we expected the tide not to be too far out, but a No54 busride later we were still walking toward Illfracombe looking for the water! I eventually stopped & refused to go any further, so I set up & waited for it to come to me! It eventually did crystal clear & not a ripple, I slung my pennel gear out with 3 big lug & a squid for the expected cod, & 20 mins later reeled it in & I am sure there was more on there than when I cast out!!!!!
To cut a very long story short (pity I couldn't have cut the walk short as well) with the temperature making my "Thinsulate" ski gloves redundant, we fished until midnight without a nibble! I packed up & started to do the return "Fan Dance", & Ian followed suit! The high point of the night was getting back to the Disco only to be outdone by the large brandy I slung down my neck when I got in the house!
This guy is rapidly taking over the mantle of the dear departed Mad Steve Wood, who also used to con me into going to "bangin new marks" where inevitably we would blank! Ian, as I used to tell Steve, I can blank in places where I don't have to do a second selection course to do it, at my age "Itchy Pussy" is the perfect place to blank from now on!
The reality was more like Ian and Victor arrived at the beach then Victor moaned like a cheap porno actress, who has been told that her wages have to be cut and that she would have to take on the full membership of the Rough sex and bathe once a year appreciation society two at a time and then do the laundry and dishes. They both blanked and the water froze on the line. Well it was -7

About the only thing interesting that happened was the orange glow in the sky when the furnace openec in the steel works but by the time the cold hands got the camera out it was shut again



For reference the itchy pussy is a boat parked up at mumbles

[Padsta Tel]

Good to try new places if you bag up but not in this case well done for putting up with the

[Rushy]

That's a bangin' report, made me chuckle! you might have blanked this time, but you've got to give it another go, maybe on a smaller tide that doesn't go out as far? or deffo in summer

thanks for the report