Last knockings joy
Combination of a conversation at my local tackle shop and great tides meant I booked some time off to fish todays tide. Pulled up at my favourite daytime venue and made the long slog to my mark. Conditions were lovely apart from the slight offshore wind which wasn't ideal. I was soon fishing with half a mackerel on my old set up comprising of a 9ft carp rod and new braid on a 4000 shimano. Felt so much better than the heavy gear I was using during storm Amy. When I say new braid, I reversed the braid on the spool so the stuff not used was now at the top. Hopefully that will reduce the recent knots I've been experiencing. Well it was really slow going. Painfully slow and despite a couple of small schoolie runs nothing was on the incoming tide. A lure angler later walked past having caught three micro bass and it all started to look like one of those trips. Then out of the blue a proper run appeared! No messing around as it ripped off around ten yards of line, I engaged the frees...
