FOLKESTONE

Folkestone Warren 19th Oct.1997

Arrived at the Warren around 10.30am...... not an ideal time, but as the weather forecast was so good, I felt it was an opportunity not to miss..... I was prepared for a low catch rate but with the hope of enticing the "Big One".....

High water was around 1pm or so, with clear blue skies, a hazy mist and a wind of less than force 3......... The water was still warm, around 16 degrees, with a little weed, and some colour to it..

Started off by trying the rocks at the lower apron....... no joy, so I moved to the second high apron around 11.30am, as the tide had now come in sufficiently for me to be able to cast out in this area with out fear of losing the lures.

The main lures that I used, were the J13's in blue and firetiger, the J9's in the same, along with the CDJ11'S....

No joy around the second high apron, and at about 1pm the surf was overtopping the apron forcing me to move off....... so I walked down to the First apron and the buttresses, so I could cast along the wall where the bass sometimes patrol...... nothing.......

Around 2.30pm decided to move back towards the second high apron, casting out as I went...... just got to the last buttress, and I had a tug at the lure at last..... regrettably no hooking..... stayed a while with no further luck so I moved on...

Most of the second apron was still being swamped by the tide, so I moved to the far end to try the slipway / sandy area........ around 3pm I saw my first fish of the day, a small bass of around 1lb.... came straight after the J13, snapped at it as I was lifting it out the water....but it missed....... five minutes later the same thing happened although with a slightly larger fish.... very frustrating...... after some time and with no more contact, I moved back towards the Nags Head...... the water was relatively clear, I could see the lure, along with increasing numbers of bait fish..... but no sign of Bass........ then around 4.30pm, a small bass chased after the lure, but didn't strike home, just rolled over and dived away...... this happened on three other occasions, along with a couple of knocks.... but again no connection...... regardless of the size, or colour of the lures, indeed, my lures would seem to be the only thing to disturb the bait fish, but the runs at the lure were increasing as the sun got lower, unfortunately, both tide and time had beaten me, and I had to pack-up and go around 5.30pm...... oh well may get a chance next week when the tides are more favourable, but the weather may not!!!!!!!!!!

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