My Diary

011005

The problem was not reading the surf it was actually seeing it. The beach was covered in fog as I hit the the north end. Walking into the surf I could see that it was the same color as the warm milky tea I loved in the UK. The temperature was slightly lower than the tea, and I got a reading of 58 in the first gut. I decided I was going south, looking for some Pomp, Reds and fishing for some trout on the slow sinking lures you use this time of year.

The extra low tide, kept the Winter Texans  busy with there "sucky sucky machines" after the Ghost Shrimp on the extra 50yds of beach, driving was great.

Below the 30s the beach structure was perfect for Trout fishing, I hit about 10 holes giving each, ten casts, but not a bump. Could not locate the Pomps either.

The water cleared nicely as I got below the 40s.

We did get a ton of the winter Whiting between us which RodBreaker loves.

The humble Whiting. "Great bate and good on the plate."

We did find this little chap, he is about the size of a quarter and looks just like a sea been. If you flip him on its back, it spins in circles and then flips into the air trying to land on its feet. It flipped itself a good 12 inches high.

Quite a bit of Sea Whip is washing up on the beach. The stuff will trap birds and is a strong as fishing line. It is not a plant.

Sea Whip info from Google. "Sea whips (and their relatives, the sea fans and gorgonians) grow very slowly. In some areas, fishing trawlers snag and destroy many sea fans in their nets—some trawled near Nova Scotia were over six feet tall and 500 years old! And, because sea whips and other slow-growing deep-sea animals provide shelter for young fishes and other organisms, removing the sea whips can affect many other species."

Sea Whip.

As the fog cleared in the afternoon it started to warm up and be more like PINS, water clear, little weed and driving fine.

We did find some Reds (two) in the 40s, Got them on cut Whiting at long distance, they were both 26 inch slots. You cant beat the back cast for putting big baits at long distance.

Regards Nickaway