Shore Fishing.
I tried chucking a 110g stainless steel Dexter wedge between the chiringuito and start of the rocks on Macenas beach. I didn’t see a fish I’m afraid but at least this time the dogs stayed reluctantly by my side.
I can tie a mono leader to braid mainline but 100 casts takes its toll on the knot and in the end me and my wedge parted company. There is a very special knot for this purpose that is only possible to tie if you have three hands or a useful little tool that I know the tackle shop in Villaricos has, so it’s off there soon for me.
As I’m not doing too well shore fishing I thought I might have a go at spear fishing, but then again! I think it might be a pain in the a—e.
See photo.
‘London Bill’ caught another sea bass from Macenas rocks, again on a small silver spoon. He also fished at Garrucha and caught various small bream and wrasse species, all too small to eat.
Boat Fishing.
‘Pugwash Pete’ went out with his son ‘Landing net Joe’ and they positioned themselves opposite the Repsol garage where they caught lots of pickerel, mackerel and red snappers.
I went out with ‘Orca Steve’ and was joined by ‘Chef Jeremy’ and his mate ‘Mojacar Peter’. The wind was off the sea but not too strong and we managed to drift fish for most of our trip. Drifting from 90 to 40 feet it was at 70 feet each drift we hit into massive shoals of small fish, mainly pickerels, pandoras, tiny weavers and red snappers. Steve caught a nice saddled bream and I had two octopuses.
One I think Jeremy hooked a few minutes earlier but it fell off as he brought it to the surface, he wasn’t impressed. Jeremy also wasn’t impressed when after mentioning he has never caught a trigger fish one came to the surface, no doubt following the baits to see where they were coming from. It was interested in the plastic bead on my line and so I reeled up quickly and presented it with a choice of hooks baited with raw prawn.
After it stole the first piece of prawn its confidence got the better of it and it took the 2nd hook. Within two seconds it was in the boat for a quick photo and not only because it was a bit small it caused so much name calling from Jeremy and satisfaction on my part it had to go back like the two octopus before it.
Jeremy was chuffed to catch a new species, a wide eyed flounder.
See photo of me with one of my octopuses.
It was nice to see a couple of dolphins between the harbour entrance and the Repsol garage.
Coarse Fishing.
Remember ‘Dangerous Brian’ who used to live in Mojacar? He’s kept on with his fishing hobby and is catching some nice carp in the UK.
‘Puentes Ray’ made a visit to Puentes on Friday with his friend John and it was a lovely morning, very warm with the water still dropping. They fished Ray’s favourite spot and tactics was swim feeder with size 14 hair rig and sweetcorn as bait. John fished a Polaris float using a 12 foot match rod and they started getting good bites within 10 minutes.
By 11am they had 32 carp in the net and lost lots due to snags and John had one nice carp around 5lb. The weather continued to be warm but comfortable so there was no need for a brolly. Things slowed down during the afternoon but by 7pm they ended up with 57 carp and 2 barbel. Fish were generally in the 1-2lb range which is smaller than usual from this spot but nevertheless a great days fishing.
See photo of John with the lake in the background. I have never seen so much water in this particular lake and know that although it looks great I know most of the water covered area you can see is smothered with bushes and trees on the lake bed.
This week’s ‘Rods and Reels’ competition was again held on the Embalse de Pedrera as the rivers are still unfishable where water is still being pumped in at an incredible rate. At the Abbey Angling match yesterday and the match today, the water level rose at least 2-3 inches and overnight by some 6 inches.
Considering the lake is an inverted pyramid it therefore needs a greater amount of water to keep filling it up. Dave Hoare’s personal view is they will fill the embalse back to the level it was last year thus eliminating fishing from this area. The pegs they fished this week will be underwater in a fortnight.
In saying all that and with a greater amount of area to fish the weights are getting better as can be seen from Terry´s report and this one.
Top Rods on the day
1st Dave (Yours Truly) Hoare fishing the feeder using maggot with 71.14lbs.
2nd Stan (The Man) Roberts fishing the pole using maggot with 28.1/4lbs.
3rd Jim (The Chairman) Rouse fishing the waggler using maggot with 21.1/4lbs.
The ‘Abbey Angling’ match was also fished again at Pedrera as explained above.
The lower access to Barbel bay and Barbel point is now underwater with the water still rising, the work has ceased at present where the water runs into the lake and it is no longer running down the concrete gulley but down the natural bank which has eroded a deep gulley and depositing silt which is washing into the lake and colouring the water.
The fish are still taking hemp and tares along with other baits and the weights continue to improve.
1st Stan (The Man) Roberts with 39lbs fishing the waggler using hemp and maggot
2nd Ian (The Wizard) Dalzell with 37.1/4lbs fishing the feeder using hemp
3rd Andy (The Web Man) Stevenson with 33.1/3lbs fishing the feeder using sweet corn
All details are available on the web site www.abbeyangling.com or from the Match Secretary Terry Screen on 965328368
The Albox fishing club meets every two weeks or so at Bar Wassy. For details of the next meeting tel Sid 634 313 650.
Latest license information.
There is now a loophole for those wanting coarse fishing licenses for Andalucia who don’t have NIE documents or/and don’t want to do the 24 hour course in Spanish, see me for more details. The only loophole left for fishing the beaches and boats in Andalucia without an NIE document is to make a trip to Murcia.
I’m pleased to report the Beachcomber’s three web cams are working again and the other good news is they work on both 32 and 64 bit systems and on any browser so checkout Mojacar’s weather and Mediterranean Sea conditions here. www.beachcombermojacar.com/beachcomber-webcam/
For up to date information on any of the above see John at the Beachcomber Bar Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or tel 950 473 099. In case of difficulty reaching me (Probably out fishing) ask staff for my mobile number. You can also contact me on Facebook @ ‘John Beachcomber Mojacar’.
Tight lines, Beachcomber John.
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