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15/04/2000 - Gorran Haven
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Fishing time 14:00- 21:00
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| Conditions | A bright sunny day - still cold night. Sea state : nice swell |
| Tide |
10:30 low water - 16:23 high water - 20:48 low water - 04:45 high water Medium tide 6.9 m-1.1 m Sun rise 06:26 - Sun set 20:15 |
| Bait | Frozen commercial bait mackerel, sand eels and live rag worm. |
| Tackle |
Two rods, an old Daiwa Moonraker with an Abu 6000c (30 years old) and an Abu Atlantic with a Abu 6000. Main reel line 15 lb with a 30 lb shock leader. Single 2/0 blue hook on a short 8 & 12 inch trace (two rods!).The trace was 3 feet above the gripper weights (4.5 oz and 6 oz). |
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Coalfish
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One tiny specimen, just how it swallowed the bait is a mystery- for the record, on rag. |