FOLKESTONE

Folkestone Warren 10th Sept.1997

Started fishing with Tony on the first apron around 4pm. Decided that the Warren would be a better bet to spin/plug for Bass than the Rotunda Beach area that we'd tried the day before.

The reasoning behind this was simple.... with the greater amount of rocks and weeds in the Warren, the Bass would potentially patrol shorter areas, whereas the more open beaches to the West of Folkestone Pier could well mean pot luck if you just happened to be in the right place when the Bass cruised by.....

Tony started off by using float tackle with a strip of mackerel..... he felt that as with the day before, the weather conditions would suit not only Bass, but also Garfish, and now being in the Warren maybe the chance of pollack. I decided to use an ABU jointed Hi/Lo coupled with the pike rod and Mitchell 300.

Got past the first Apron, and I decided to change lures.... Bass Bullet rather than the Hi/Lo....... Got tangled up with a miss cast, when Tony gave a shout.... a large bass (2.5 ft in length or so) was cruising just under our rod tips..... by the time I'd sorted out the tangle, the fish was gone. Four or five casts later however (around 5pm), the rod was bending....... small school bass.... weighed in at just under 2lb, photographed and put back for another day.

Tony swapped over to a silver Toby.... stayed for about 20 minutes or so, but nothing more. Decided to walk on up to the Nags Head (second high apron)... quite a lot of weed floating about (25 feet out or so) slowed things down.... Tony got snagged and lost the Toby. Changed over to a weighted RedGill (yellow)..... lost that as well but continued with the tactic. After a while decided to return to the first apron area.....'

After about 4 casts (6pm).. Tony gave a shout that he was in..... jumped down to the lower section to land the fish...... again a Bass of just under 2lb, photographed and returned. Gave it another hour or so, but no more fish, the wind started to pick-up, light fading, and Tony lost another set of tackle..... called it a day, but a very rewarding one.....

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