West end beach Morecambe low water 26.10.13
Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 21:31
With this being possibly one of the best plaice seasons in living memory, I thought what the hell, let's give it another bash. The tides were just right, in the 7 metre range, and this could be the last chance before the frosts push the fish out into deeper water before spawning.
StevieG picked me up at 8.30am on the dot as planned. We had hoped to be on the beach by 9.30am to catch the last of the ebb, but we fannied about as per usual, having bacon & egg barms, followed by a bit of shopping in Morrisons and then Gerrys as you do so we weren't surprised when we looked over the wall and saw plenty of bodies in the distance at the low water mark, all in the best spots I hasten to add!
We quickly set up and had a butchers down the beach, not a bad turn out for an impromptu session with Blanko, Mac, Paul O, Matty, Ash, StevieG, myself and a Lee from Manchester who'd read a few of my reports and fancied having a bash
The weather was pretty fair, considering the forecast was for 16mph swesterlies, and there was hardly a ripple on the water, but we knew that would change once the tide turned.
The other lads had already caught a few on the ebb, so me and Steve were keen to catch up, as was Mac who turned up just after us, cursing the long walk out! The tide had just started to flood so anticipation was high.....
Ste was first in in our group with a small plaice...
Then Mac pulled in a nice fish.....
My first two casts resulted in double shots of pin whiting and I was beginning to think , here we go.....another day like the match, when I pulled in a decent fish of my own.....
From then on in, as the flood got into full swing, it was a fish a chuck for me coming to my frozen black lug......
I had a wander down the beach for a natter with the other lads, I think everyone had caught and was pretty happy with their session
Paul O with 3 keepers for the pot....
Lee from Manchester who assures me is going to join AA I think Lee said he'd never caught a plaice before so he was well chuffed with his session...
A few of the lads called it a day, with Lee Paul & Matty leaving as the water was pushing us up the beach fairly rapidly, probably due to having the wind behind it. They hadn't left long when I pulled in a triple header of a dab and two nice plaice..
The fish were feeding hard as they came over the bank onto the flats..
Eventually once the tide reached the flattest part of the beach, it became too much effort continuously walking back with our gear, so we knocked it on the head happy with the day. I think I ended up with 8 plaice, 1 dab and 6 whiting with the biggest plaice being 36cm, happy days!
It was a good turnout, and superb fishing in great company.......and it never rained either!
StevieG picked me up at 8.30am on the dot as planned. We had hoped to be on the beach by 9.30am to catch the last of the ebb, but we fannied about as per usual, having bacon & egg barms, followed by a bit of shopping in Morrisons and then Gerrys as you do so we weren't surprised when we looked over the wall and saw plenty of bodies in the distance at the low water mark, all in the best spots I hasten to add!
We quickly set up and had a butchers down the beach, not a bad turn out for an impromptu session with Blanko, Mac, Paul O, Matty, Ash, StevieG, myself and a Lee from Manchester who'd read a few of my reports and fancied having a bash
The weather was pretty fair, considering the forecast was for 16mph swesterlies, and there was hardly a ripple on the water, but we knew that would change once the tide turned.
The other lads had already caught a few on the ebb, so me and Steve were keen to catch up, as was Mac who turned up just after us, cursing the long walk out! The tide had just started to flood so anticipation was high.....
Ste was first in in our group with a small plaice...
Then Mac pulled in a nice fish.....
My first two casts resulted in double shots of pin whiting and I was beginning to think , here we go.....another day like the match, when I pulled in a decent fish of my own.....
From then on in, as the flood got into full swing, it was a fish a chuck for me coming to my frozen black lug......
I had a wander down the beach for a natter with the other lads, I think everyone had caught and was pretty happy with their session
Paul O with 3 keepers for the pot....
Lee from Manchester who assures me is going to join AA I think Lee said he'd never caught a plaice before so he was well chuffed with his session...
A few of the lads called it a day, with Lee Paul & Matty leaving as the water was pushing us up the beach fairly rapidly, probably due to having the wind behind it. They hadn't left long when I pulled in a triple header of a dab and two nice plaice..
The fish were feeding hard as they came over the bank onto the flats..
Eventually once the tide reached the flattest part of the beach, it became too much effort continuously walking back with our gear, so we knocked it on the head happy with the day. I think I ended up with 8 plaice, 1 dab and 6 whiting with the biggest plaice being 36cm, happy days!
It was a good turnout, and superb fishing in great company.......and it never rained either!