Post by richi on May 31, 2009 20:56:18 GMT
Had planned going offshore this weekend but the unpredictable weather made it too much of a risk. 
Decided the only thing to do was to target the inshore Smoothies.Phoned Allans where I normally get my peeler..........sold out
So a crabbing I did go
managed to find plenty almost all hardbacks.
Arrived at the launch site around midnight and was rigged and on the water for about 1am.
Paddled out to a depth of 8-9ft and straight away was into loads of solent weed
Decided to head east and inshore to a depth of 5ft to try and avoid the worst of the weed
I've never seen anything like what I experienced on the paddle,there were fish jumping all round the yak.
Anchored up in my chosen spot and within 5 minutes it was game on
After a spirited fight the smallest smoothy of the night was in the yak
On the light spinning rod coupled with an abu 6000 it put up a great fight.
Didn't have to wait too long for number 2,bigger this time
I had 5 altogether,absolutely fantastic sport,Smoothies on spinning gear are like tope on boat gear
Paddled back happy at HW and with a beautiful sunrise whilst swearing at the weather forecasters
Decided the only thing to do was to target the inshore Smoothies.Phoned Allans where I normally get my peeler..........sold out
So a crabbing I did go
managed to find plenty almost all hardbacks.Arrived at the launch site around midnight and was rigged and on the water for about 1am.
Paddled out to a depth of 8-9ft and straight away was into loads of solent weed
Decided to head east and inshore to a depth of 5ft to try and avoid the worst of the weed
I've never seen anything like what I experienced on the paddle,there were fish jumping all round the yak.
Anchored up in my chosen spot and within 5 minutes it was game on
After a spirited fight the smallest smoothy of the night was in the yak
On the light spinning rod coupled with an abu 6000 it put up a great fight.
Didn't have to wait too long for number 2,bigger this time
I had 5 altogether,absolutely fantastic sport,Smoothies on spinning gear are like tope on boat gear
Paddled back happy at HW and with a beautiful sunrise whilst swearing at the weather forecasters
