Arrived at Rods house bright and early at 6.30am and headed off to the first mark. Half hour of covering various points and steve hooked into a fine 4lb 6oz pollock. From the shore, this is a great catch!

A very respectable size pollack from the shore on lure!

Nothing much more going on here, so bacon rolls and a cup of tea, then off to mark number 2. Fished the bay for half hour but the N/E wind started picking up so we moved around to the next bay, slightly sheltered by a huge cliff but still nothing showing.

We discussed various options for the next mark, arrived at chosen location but completely blown out and un-fishable! Doh! Thinking cap back on, then off to our final mark of the day. Arrived at 4pm, started fishing the flood when half hour later I hooked into my Bass. Measured 53cm on the ruler, but when weighed on Steve’s digital scales the fish took it down to 4lb 14oz :-) happy days, biggest of the year so far!

Hooked it on the Duo MOAB (mother of all baits) – 120 MA32

Arnies best of the year so far!