Searching for my Sole

Thought I would give the Ray fishing a rest this weekend, so with a pound of Ragworm and some Blueys I headed off to Fort Victoria in search of a Sole or Bass.
Arrived with Kierran and Lighty was already there. One rod for the sole with 2 hooks and worm the other a pennel rig and half a Bluey.
For the first hour there was some weed so fished in close, 2nd cast and getting a good rattle at 10pm the first target was in a slip sole.



Well we were in for a good night, the sole were about and it wasn't even fully dark.
Then it went quiet, the weed dissapeared and so did the fish, Lighty managed a tiny Pout, I had 2 pout and a silver eel and that was it, at 4am we called it a night.

Saturday with a load of worm left over decided to give it another go, this time Brambles Bay.
The weather was totally different, with a strong sw wind, arrived and was set up just gone 9.30pm.
1st cast and I had a double shot of pout, soon followed by another and shortly after a small Plaice, this all around Low water. But as soon as the tide started to flood the weed arrived. We ended up fishing just one rod but the weed didn't clear, infact got worse, so after another hour of hauling in tons of the stuff we made a quick pack up and went back to fort Vic.

There was weed here too, but it was just fishable. I was fishing Sole rigs on both rods, and after an hour got a good take and in came a Bass of 1.5lb. I then followed this with a slightly bigger one.
By 3am though the bites had stopped and after 2 nights fishing I was feeling tired so decided to go home, Picked the first rod up to find something kicking hard on the end and in came, finally a better sole, 1lb 4oz.



So that was it, had a few fish but was a long struggle for them, back to the rays I think next weekend, weather permitting.
All fish were returned alive.

That weeds a pain but well done for sticking at it. In Portsmouth next week for a wedding but I dont think she will let me bring the fishing gear.

you always put your heart and sole in to your fishing davey well done mate

Nice fish Davey

Excellent Photos as usual