Chesil Beach Monday 23rd July

Summer has arrived at last...27degrees no wind...a trip to Chesil is on!! Left home with Bella the dog at 1pm and stopped off at Mum and Dads in Budleigh on the way for a couple of hours then had a tortuously slow journey along the coast through Lyme Regis and Bridport (why do holidaymakers drive so SLOWLY?) to arrive at Abbotsbury by 6pm. Walked the mile to dragons Teeth and the sea was a glassy flat calm and the dog was hot and thirsty! Feathered for a while and got some mackerel for bait and had a few scad too, then cast out the long rods. As it got dark i put the usual fillet of mackerel in close and again as usual had a tremendous bass bite on it which i didnt connect with...i will have to rethink how i present this bait as my hookup to bite ratio is crap...currently use running leger with pennel 3o hooks...maybe a light lead is the answer. Had the ususal dogfish and pouting after dark and that was about it. However it was a FANTASTIC night and when i switched off my headlamp the stars in the sky were probably the most intense i have ever seen...saw a few shooting stars too.