I fished with Stuartdv and another friend from Seafishing.org, Paul (who uses the nickname Bread online) at the Bird Reserve end of St Osyth beach. High tide was about 6:30pm and we met up at the mark at about 4pm after the hike from the car park, about a mile away. The weather was rather pleasant with only a gentle breeze but although the sea was very calm there was still a bit of colour in the water which we hoped would encourage the fish to feed.
After a good bite on Ragworm early in the session I opened up the scoring with an undersized Schoolie and had hopes of a good afternoon. Unfortunately that was it for me for the day and I didn't have another bite for the rest of the session. Stuart fared much better, with two Eels and three undersized Schoolies, all coming to Ragworm on the Ebb tide and just to rub it in, Paul managed three undersized Schoolies which also came to Ragworm. It really wasn't my day so far as the fishing is concerned but that's showbiz, I suppose!
After a good bite on Ragworm early in the session I opened up the scoring with an undersized Schoolie and had hopes of a good afternoon. Unfortunately that was it for me for the day and I didn't have another bite for the rest of the session. Stuart fared much better, with two Eels and three undersized Schoolies, all coming to Ragworm on the Ebb tide and just to rub it in, Paul managed three undersized Schoolies which also came to Ragworm. It really wasn't my day so far as the fishing is concerned but that's showbiz, I suppose!
This beach can be plagued by Jet skis in the summer so we were pleased that they didn't put in an appearance to ruin the fishing. However, this section of the beach is well known as a nudist beach, frequented predominantly (it seems) by gay men. While I'm not a homophobe some of the goings-on behind us in the dunes were, to say the least, a bit off-putting. At one point I very nearly spannered a pendulum cast when the out-swing of the lead drew my attention to a "gentleman" dispensing what Stuart would call a "hand shandy" in full view of everybody on the beach. The obvious warning here is that this is probably not the place for junior anglers during the summer months!
