Nearly 150 competitors turned up on the beach......
Steve pre start.......
Me waiting to get afloat.....
A quick paddle out saw Steve and I the first ready to fish (not that that helped!). 30 min later I land my 1st fish - a shanny (common blenny).....
Moving a little further out - I decided to stick the 'hook' down and was soon having instant bites. On the 3rd drop I managed to get one to stick and it turned out to be a slab of a triggerfish (fought superbly!!).
Straight into the black bream after releasing the trigger.......
I'm holding it as the 1st one I caught dropped off the hook, bounced of my leg and went over the side before I could take a pic - luck that I caught another 6, 8 or so.
After losing my anchor (even after the trip failing) - I made a move out to th ebay in search of dogs, and dabs - easy species (or so I thought!!!).
1st up was a stunning red gurnard....
Then a grey gurnard....
And mackerel.....
After a few more red & grey gurnard and lots of drifting - I finally managed one of the Oxwich resident woofers.....
But the dabs proved elusive for me. A move to search for wrasse and/or pollack over the rough ground proved fruitless (maybe something to do with the 60 yaks round the wreck!).
On my travels I did bag a my grand slam gurnard - a tub.......
Another tub, and a grey boated, I then decided for one last drift for a dab. It wasn't to be.
Back ashore for the 'check in' - 8 species and 8th place overall (Bloody dabs!!!! :-)) and a bramd new Conoflex rod in the prizes. Don't think my trigger was far from specimen of the day either! Stunning fish
Steve managed a fair few bream, a first corkwing wrasse and a mackerel.
Oxwich wasn't giving up her fish easy today - everyone had to work hard for them!!!
To finish the day - a swift pint prior to the presentation.
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