Blagdon Lake 15th Sept

Chris and I headed to Blagdon at 3pm and arrived to find conditions perfect! Overcast and warm with light SW wind...but how often does it transpire that "perfect" conditions mean you struggle? And thats what happened. Began on Cheddar water but nowt so moved to Butcombe shore...Chris missed 2 pulls and it wasnt until 6 that i had, and missed my first offer. At 7pm i managed to get a 1.5lb rainbow on a cruncher shortly after missing another pull, but the lack of trouty activity meant a move back to Cheddar where it was by now flat calm but with only the odd fish moving and little hatch of fly. I got one more fish (pic) on a cruncher again but despite us both trying dries for the occasional showing fish we headed home beaten!

Plantation Lakes 14th Sept

Had a few hours to kill yesterday so threw the coarse gear in the landy and drove 20 mins to Kingston Seymour. Havent fished coarse for a year or so. I only had a few bits of kit...very basic. I set up with float rod and centrepin reel fishing 2 rod lengths out with corn or spam on the hook. Had a very enjoyable session from 12 to 4pm...end result 3 carp to 8lb, a 2.5lb tench, numerous skimmer bream and roach.Made a very nice change. Off to Blagdon with Chris in a few hours...will let you know....

Brean Beach Monday 10th Sept

Went with Bella to Brean beach this morning...i wasnt expecting much to happen as it was one of the neapiest tides of the year...8.3m only which is not good. Struggled to dig any lug but managed a few and cast out at 11am.(high water was 2pm) There was a steady 15mph SW wind which helped give some optimism. Got drenched in thunderstorm and had small whiting and at 12.45 had nice bite which resulted in 2lb bass above which was a great result!!!

Chesil Beach 4th Sept

Me and Chris arrived at Abbotsbury 9pm, greeted by strong N wind which flattened off the sea. We fished through the night for 6 dogfish, a pout and a silver eel which was not great, though we did see a big shoal of fish in close via the headlamp which were either bass or mullet. At 6am i decided to lure fish with a surface lure called a Xorus PatchinkoII which sits in the surface film and makes a great commotion when steadily retrieved. I had two mackerel straight away and then the bass came on the feed! In the next 45 minutes we had numerous follows, boils and takes and landed 6 bass from 2 to 4lb...great fun! The only downside was me getting a treble hook embedded in my left thumb way beyond the barb whilst trying to unhook a bass in haste> There was blood everywhere and i had to prise it loose using pliers...one of the most painful experiences of my life. Life lesson...always use pliers to unhook them in future.