Many thanks to Ward for pointing us in the right direction and urging us to continue further west than we fished last year.
Dan and I were much more confident this time around. The South Coast of England has had a much better winter and being further south still, in France, improved the outlook further.
We ended up further west than the submarine pens of Saint Nazaire in a seaside town that can only be described as LRF nirvana. A fairly long promenade featuring almost unlimited nooks and crannies, pontoons, fishing quays, and rocks. It was dark by the time we started fishing, but a number of artificial light sources made us feel that predators would be present.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before we saw some splashes signalling fish hunting on the surface. Although we never made contact with these surface fish, we located 7 or 8 Pollack in that area before retreating back to the warmth of the car. They were good sized fish (for us) and it was nice to get some action in February.
19th February, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
Are you using Fluorocarbon straight through or Braid for your LRFing?
20th February, 2015 @ 7:36 pm
I’ve invested too much in using braid. I keep trying but it feels wrong. I know I will have to go backwards to go forward at some point! You?
20th February, 2015 @ 9:25 pm
I have been using Fluorocarbon straight through in 2lb for my LRFing in and around harbour’s and 4lb for my Perch fishing, One of my reasons for using FC when it was windy there was to much kiting witch made it hard to get control over braid and in cold weather I did not have to tie on shock leader.
20th February, 2015 @ 11:21 pm
Makes perfect sense Sam. Gotta choose my moment.