West Country bank holiday weekend II

Yesterday morning we did a ten mile run on the coast to Branscombe and back. We hadn't been finished long when it started raining, and it didn't stop for 24 hours. Today has been a much better day weather-wise, with a few hours fishing at Lyme Regis and another new species of fish: common blenny 

Stef ran from Seaton to meet me and we met up at the Cobb Arms for a pint before heading back to her folks'

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