Snowy and Blowy West Bay 2nd Dec

[Kev1n]

I grabbed a few bags of lug on the way home from work tonight, pulled a few frozen peeler out the freezer and took Mark the young-un fishing for an hour each side of low water. We went to west bay at St Mary’s, usually a good bet in a big sea.
We sorted Marks gear and I went to set up mine, in the minute that took, he was down into a bite that he missed. Next cast lead to a better bite that he hooked, it put a tremendous bend in the rod, definitely a better fish until it hung up in a snag after twenty yards and that was the end of that. I don't think he realises just what he lost.
We had a lot of bites, most of which didn’t come back except for a pound and a half codling for Mark.
Conditions were interesting; starting with so little wind it felt almost warm. Cloud then started to cover the clear, starry sky and the wind increased to blow in a blizzard. St Mary's lighthouse disappeared, rocks and seaweed all turned white and the young-un became a snowman, as an inch and a half of snow fell in 20 minutes. I was hard to see with the snow zipping across the headlamp beam, and white enough to manage without it. The reels started to sound like they had sand in them as they iced up and the tide started flooding, signalling time to go home.

[shaun]

unlucky on loosing afew but atleast you caught in the end, well deserved aswell in this weather

[tich]

oofff

sat in the house with 1/2 a doz cans nice & warm , watched a load of crap on tv ,board to tears,then watched the snow come down,trying to work out wich one is the mad one between us !!

[bozjc]

good stuff, im going there later on, going to get a few hrs kip then venture out.
whatwas the bank like coming out of the car park??

[Kev1n]

good stuff, im going there later on, going to get a few hrs kip then venture out.
whatwas the bank like coming out of the car park??

Snowy. I had to guess where the road was and where the path ended. Cars driving along the main road had sprayed some grit onto the car park exit and that softened the snow, plus it was still fresh enough for the car to get enough grip.
Studded waders helped in the car park itself which was covered in sheet ice.

[bozjc]

lol cheers. i normally go down the hill at the deleval arms, park in the dogging carpark and go down the steps at hartley and fish the skeer from hartly island side of west bay, might leave the car up the top of the hill

cracking mark this time of year when the sea is right
anyone else out around hartley?

[g-force]

cracking mark this time of year when the sea is right
anyone else out around hartley?

Neil & Davey were down there tonight mate - had one word from Neil: GRIM! Think they had one poodler between them.

Gary

[bozjc]

they fishing hartley gary?

[g-force]

Yes mate, Hartley - came off like snowmen.

Gary

[white water]

atleast you didnt blank mate and unlucky on loosing a couple