Sand goby

My first ever goby caught this morning in the harbour at Lyme Regis. I also caught four blenny during a lovely bright and sunny couple of hour session fishing mostly one inch Gulp! Fry on a #16 hook. I'm up to eighteen species of salt and fresh fish now caught on lures for the year

West Country bank holiday weekend I

I love Lyme Regis and nipped over yesterday with Stef from her parents' in Seaton. We arrived to find the beach covered in heavy plant re-covering the beach with sand. I had a couple of hours LRF'ing and managed a flounder; my first flatfish for around 40 years!

More Majorca sea fishing

The fish at the top of the post is a painted comber, which are very common in the Med, as are sea bream. I caught several annular bream but the fish below, my only two banded sea bream was caught on my very last cast of our holiday

Majorca sea fishing

I've spent a few hours fishing while we are at Port Pollensa and so far have caught four of these annular sea bream, all on white Isome. There are thousands of tiny fish around leading to almost a bite every cast but lots of frustration. I was lucky enough to see an osprey on my second session and sat wondering where it was going to spend the summer

Lyme Regis LRF

Best session of the winter

The best looking perch from my most productive session of the winter: four perch and two pike; all caught on the drop-shot last Saturday afternoon

I'm getting a real feel now for which lures are attractive to which species. The above perch was caught on one of 1.75 inch Skirt Grub from AGM on literally my first cast with the lure

This was caught on a Mad Bug Magic Fry from Ultra Light Spinning

Mid-week perch success

The first and most handsome of three fish caught on a 90 minute drop shot session on the canal. I had a hunch the fish could be moving on a very mild and still afternoon and I was right. The last two of my three fish were caught in much duller light than I had success in during the autumn. Maybe this is because the water is now very clear?