On arrival I was greeted by quite a few anglers already on the beach and it became apparent whilst walking to a free spot to the right of the pipe that the small whiting and dabs were feeding and didn't fancy a session catching fish in the 15 to 20 cm bracket so decided to spend a few hours trying to winkle out a couple of decent fish and ignore the incessant nibbles, armed with whole sprats (top and tailed) on 2/0 hooks fished at distance on an ebbing tide, it was a case of sit and wait but I was happy to do that.
An hour later and a few decent dabs returned I had a really good bite which produced a whiting 36 cm and very fat (weighed at just over 14 oz), ten minutes later another really good bite and decent fish on (nice to feel a fish actually pulling after the weeks of tiddlers) then the line went solid on a snag which too me a while to free (turned out to be two full sets of gear) sadly by this time the fish had gone, only one other decent bite just before bottom of tide but missed.
End result 3 dabs and 3 whiting, all sizable and all to a single hook 2/0 clip down, the other rod armed with a 2/0 pulley rig did not hook anything in 4 hours despite same bait.
Enjoyable session although needed my beach buddy up as the cold southerly wind increased.
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