Well the tides have come round again which enables Jeff's favourite Tope marks to be the target for a fish or two. The tide race at these marks is amazing ! Even on a small tide it rips through , and I would hate to fall in as you would be down tide with no way home in seconds ! But re reading a few articles and books on Tope the good spots have a tidal flow , so we are onto the right spot !
One issue for us this year has been the lack of Mackeral . So this trip was planned using frozen bait . One tip around using frozen bait , especially that frozen at home rather than blast frozen commercial stuff is that the bait can be soft , so a few wraps of baiting elastic on the bait first then hook into the elastic and bingo you have a bait that will stay in tact .
The circle hooks are real benefit in my view and and I squeeze down the barb on mine to assist in easy removal. All the fish were hooked in the corner of the mouth apart from a reasonable Tope of about 20lbs which gave me a real scrap and it was hooked in the pectoral fin ! I am going to drop down a size in the hooks and in the leader strength . I don't know why as the current rig seems to work !
On the subject of circle hooks I like mine to be attached with a loop to allow the hook to move through a full 180 degrees . I notice a lot of the writing about the use of circle hooks advocates the hook being " snelled" and fixed . Obviously worth some experimentation but this seems to work !
We had another great day with lots of Tope and a complete shoal of Cat Sharks ! Jeff also managed a giant sized Pouting on a half fish bait !
Another great fishing day on " Jupiter's Moon " . The fishing off Littlehampton is really something else . Don't tell anyone !
Great to be afloat !
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