Well seeing as I had to pick up a rod from Rusty today I thought that I might as well take the yak and try some of the ground just off Saltwick whilst up that way.
Newdave was getting itchy feet to be out again, (unfortunately Quint showed that he really is a lily livered wessy at heart not the adopted Scarbro lad he aspires....lol....so he stayed in bed !)
The wind looked good light stherly forecast .....(whoever predicts for magisseaweed needs to find another job...they are wrong more than right !)
Well despite the parking being a tad on the expensive side ,we got parked in the longstay behind the co-op, nice easy launch down the slipway about 30yds from the parking.
Was a pleasant paddle out towards the harbour entrance....only thing bothering us was the amount of rather fast boat traffic and the confluence of tide and river flow....so following a little advice from bb we ducked behind the east pier and extension gap to paddle out without incident.
What did surprise me was how shallow the water was infront of the east extension.We had to paddle best part of a mile before the depth dropped off from 12 ft to 30ft,, the scar goes out a long long way !
Once the depth dropped a bit the ground was quite consistant so we looked for about 35-40ft of water and then began jigging.Dave opted for the muppet lead head approach whilst i went for the small 6oz pirk and hokai approach.
At first the wind was fine just a bit of chop but the drifts were ok.
Wasn't long though before the wind aginst tide began to be just a bit more rhan was comfortable and the fish dried up as the drifts became more difficult.
This little fella kept me company all afternoon,everytime I paddle to re-set the drift he took off and landed next to me...awh bless...lol
The weather turned against us in the end...you know that when the wind chop is washing over the sides of the yak that it is time to head for port.
One thing that deffo became clear is that the newdave patent drogue is a must have for windy conditions !! (please ask Marion to knock me one up Dave ?)
The paddle back in was quite amusing as all the comforts looked like they hadn't seen a yak before their expressions cried out "What are those daft barstweards doing?"
Think Dave had a couople of fish dropping more than he got onboard...to be honest I dropped a few too why we both couldn t work out.I ended up with 8 fish nothing big up to about 4lb though.
Nice couple of hours and found some ground worth a bit more time in better conditions.
Cheers Jellyworm.
Oh and the rod rusty brought up is superb....watch this space for the next worm rebuild.
