February 25th Cardiff barrage
With a few of the 'Danglers' nursing hangovers from the previous night in
the pub watching rugby, we needed an easy to get to venue.
We decided to try out the barrage even though we hadn't fished it before.
We got there around 10ish with high water about 12.
With lots of anglers already fishing we sqeeezed in and set up. Our baits
for the day were frozen black lug, squid, mackerel, ragworm and mussels.
Very quiet for the 1st hour although some small whiting were showing.
Barrelreef dropped a trace baited with mackerel on size 4 hooks down the
side of the barrage wall. After a few minutes the rod gave a little rattle and Barrelreef wound in to find a double shot of
whiting, one a decent size and the other small but more than welcome and returned unharmed.
Another whiting quickly followed to the same tactics.
Barrelreef then had 2 more whiting on his other rod which was baited with a lug/mussel cocktail
and cast about 70yards.
Next into a whiting was Teggy who was very happy as he had caught using his new rod,
this fish was a nice whiting probably pushing 1lb and had taken a mussel/rag/mackerel cocktail cast as far as teggy
could get it!
Teggy then landed another 3 whiting including a double shot.
By this time Blackcat had struggled for bites and resigned himself to blanking, when his
rod gave a little rattle and in came a small whiting, quickly followed by another 2 on successive casts using ragworm
baits.
One of which was a keepable size.
All in all a tidy day at a clean, easy venue with a few fish being caught and returned. After
a chat with a local angler it seems this mark can also throw up some good bass in the summer so another visit later on in
the year could be on the cards. Also met and had a chat with 'Kermit' a fellow WSF forum member.
Not to Blackcat - better to clip your trace to the leader after you've put it through
the rod eyes!
Barrelreef - 5 whiting
Teggy - 4 whiting (including the biggest)
Blackcat - 3 whiting