Folkestone

Folkestone Warren  24th May 1998

Drove down to start fishing on the low apron, around 5.45am. The tide was less than favorable, with high water not until 11.30am. The wind was light, no more than force 2, with grey cloud and a little sun.  

Started fishing at the low apron, and around 6am saw a number of bass break surface, with their dorsal fins clearly visible. Unfortunately, as the tide was out, the draft was too shallow to work the plugs without hitting bottom, and I had no joy with the toby lures either...

By 6.30am and with the tide starting to rise, I was forced to give-up working this spot ....... I decided that I would wait for the tide to rise (which I estimated would be an hour or so), and start fishing off the second apron. I used that time to walk the length of the Warren, up to the point where Samphire Hoe is visible, and look for future marks ...... saw one other person, a chap that I've bumped into on a number of occasions, who also spins for bass, on his way to and from collecting winkles.

Walked back to the second apron and started fishing off the slightly subsided end, until the tide forced me to retreat, and I moved off to the Nags Head...... in all that time, I saw no fish at all :-(

Used a wide range of Rapals in both size and colour, but nothing ..... around 9am, I started to notice small fry rising to the surface..... at 9.50am I was playing with a bronze toby lure, when I had my first bite of the day...... 60cm garfish .. landed, unhooked, and returned......

At 11.00am decided to move off, and have a go along the wall at the end of the first apron ...... no joy...... left for home around noon.....

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