tompot blenny
Reeling in to discover that you’ve caught a characterful Tompot Blenny is always a pleasurable experience. With it’s often colourful camouflage and a set of charming ‘eyebrows’, the Tompot Blenny has to be one of the most charismatic creatures you will encounter. An out-and-out ‘rockfish’ and a specific target for LRF.
CLFoff Tour
With the Cornish Lure Festival cancelled for 2017, Dan, Chris and myself decided to fish it anyway! And so we began our lure-only species hunt around Cornwall for a few days. More
Adam Kirby Gallery, July 0 ballan wrasse, black goby, corkwing wrasse, cornish lure festival, cornwall, cuckoo wrasse, cuttlefish, dragonet, flounder, giant goby, goldsinny wrasse, lesser weever, long spined sea scorpion, mackerel, pollack, rock cook wrasse, rock goby, sand smelt, sandeel, shanny, species hunt, tompot blenny, turbot, wrasse
Our Alderney Lure Festival 2016
The 3rd and 4th of September saw both local and visiting lure anglers congregate upon the beautiful island of Alderney for the annual Alderney Lure Festival. Hosted by Alderney Angling and its 4th year, it was great to hear the event was going from strength to strength, with a record turnout. More
Adam Kirby Notes, September 10 alderney, alderney angling, alderney lure only 24 hour species hunt, ballan wrasse, bass, competition, corkwing wrasse, garfish, giant goby, goldsinny wrasse, leopard spotted goby, mackerel, pollack, pouting, rock goby, scad, shanny, species hunt, tompot blenny, whiting
Swanage Tompot Bonanza
Dropped in on Swanage Pier for a few hours this bank holiday and bumped into fellow light lure enthusiast, Ricki Hill. It was really firing in places and it was painful when I had to tear myself away, all too soon. Pleased to hear that Ricki found the rare Baillons after I left. I did add Black Bream and Pouting to my yearly tally. The number of Tompot Blenny was staggering.
Adam Kirby August, Gallery 0 black bream, dorset, pouting, swanage pier, tompot blenny
Cornish Lure Festival 2016
While I won’t remember the 2016 Cornish Lure Festival as one of my finest angling achievements, the event once again demonstrated why it is a must-do competition on the lure fishing calendar. More
Adam Kirby Gallery, July 0 ballan wrasse, black goby, competition, corkwing wrasse, cornish lure festival, cornwall, dragonet, goldsinny wrasse, lesser weever, mackerel, pollack, sandeel, shanny, species hunt, tompot blenny
LRF Really Getting Going
Really feels like LRF is firing now. The water feels alive. Loads of mini sandeel and fry about. With it a huge amount of aggressive species. Good array of fish hitting non-flavoured lures. Nice to see the shoal bass have returned. Could this be why I didn’t catch a single goby all weekend? Or maybe just out-competed by the wrasse. More
Adam Kirby Gallery, June 0 ballan wrasse, bass, corkwing wrasse, dorset, pollack, sand smelt, swanage pier, tompot blenny
More Species Showing
Not getting much fishing in at the moment, but another hour here and there is at least keeping the species coming. More
Adam Kirby Gallery, June 4 black goby, gosport, langstone harbour, portsmouth, rock goby, sand smelt, tompot blenny