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Would have liked to fish the Breakwater, but the winds were too high, something like force 4 to 5 and gusting force 6 or 7 from the N/W.
As a result Karen and myself, decided to fish the Admiralty pier, in the hope of catching some codling. Walked towards the far end and started fishing (along with a lot of other people) around 8.30am or so......
Used clip-up / clip down rigs with 2/0 and 4/0 hooks, baited with lug (black and yellow tail) and tipped with squid. Like the Breakwater, the selection of weights makes a big difference in holding the bottom...... 8oz long wire graps a must if you don't want to make trouble for yourself.
I also used a single long flowing trace (6ft) with a 2/0 or 4/0 hook which I alternated with the clip-up / clip-down rig.
I set up a second rod to catch small pout that I could then live bait down the wall, using a 6/0 pennell for bass. In the end I alternated between pout and a whole squid, both set at about 9 to 12' down..........
Not long after we started the wind really started to pick-up, and although we had weighted down the newspaper that the lug was in, before we knew it on of the packs (with a score of lug) had taken off over the side of the wall...... luckily, the lug fell to the ground just before the paper was over the side..... only lost a few worms, but the air did turn a shade of blue c/o one enraged Whiting!!!!!!!
Had a few bites but no connections, once or twice the line came back with the 20lb hook snood bitten through..... we could see small teeth marks all around the break area....... as others were pulling up the occasional dogfish, I assume that these were the culprits!!!!!
Took a few small pout down the wall as planned..... but that was it for the majority of the day.... poor Karen had nothing at all. Either side of us a few small codling, and occasional dogfish and pout were coming out... but it really was rather patchy...... Had one big bang on the live bait, no connection, and brought up only half a dead pout, something big had just had the other half!!!!!!!
Around 3.20pm or so, just when we were thinking of packing up (you have to be off the Admiralty by 4pm on a Sunday), I pulled up a 1and1/4lb Scad..... not really the fish I was after, but proof if required, that we are still in that transition stage, between the Summer and Winter species (someone else had a single mackerel), not surprising really if you look at the sea temperatures.. around the 15 to 17 degree mark........ oh well, at least I know the cod are coming......
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