Chapter 13 and the journey continues……
We go through lows n highs in life and there are many people on this blue orb that we call home , that sadly have many demons in their heads and many still rely on drugs to get them through the day .
I , for one , do not profess to be a great humanitarian , that I leave up to my lovely wife , who is almost always helping the “lost” , she will truly be blessed or rather is blessed…
OK…onto us fisherman , and here I must add , Ive yet to find a “troubled” fisherman , I mean , troubled when he/she is NOT catching OR frustrated that they cannot get to the water < but for the most part , fisherman tend to be a solid bunch , with a fairly healthy state of mind , no matter what life throws at them….
No herein lies the jist and crux of this chapter…..
As in life we go through highs n low in fishing and in 2017 had a little incident off of the rocks and sought of took a back seat with my fishing as I had lost my “lucky” fishing hat and my inner self felt lost without that hat and its mojo …hehe
Laugh , but its true!!!....since then its been a push me pull me to go fishing and then in March 2018 I had another incident , this time while out on a morning run and took about a month or two to get my head around that one AND then the really bad cycle of conditions hit our part of the coast line …so much so that for almost 10 months for every weekend , just about on the trot , the sea and surrounds were just plain nasty!!!
All this while I am getting my fishing stuff and mojo together and wearing in a new hat etc etc …AND Ive always believed a passion a really TRUE passion for something , never really dies or goes away , especially like fishing …coz fishing is something one can DO to a good ole age , being you keep reasonably fit ….
Im always watching the weather systems and over the last 10 months Ive got accustomed to the k*K coming our way all the time that when , last weekend prior I start to see systems along the South Americas that really piqued my interest and boy oh boy …was my viskoors HIGH!!!...
NOW…all this
, gets to me that ole theory of mine ..WORK your spot and work it until your know it blindfolded…jumping around and following stories will not land you tons of fish BUT possibly make your wallet light and the fuel companies richer!!
Its at times like these doldrums , as fisherman we find ourselves in , that WHEN all of a sudden conditions change for the better we REALLY then need to visit those spots we know like the back of our hands…why??..you may well ask….
Well its simple really , by fishing your known spot(s) when the conditions hit good after a long bad spell , you optimise you catch percentage and this then in turn motivates the hell outta you and then you feel all amped to go try that newer spot you’ve been eyeing …instead conditions turn good and you hit the new spot and get frustrated coz you losing tackle coz you don’t know the spot etc etc….
Point in case , last weekend and the weekend before …conditions were spot on…hit my local local fave spot and boy oh boy were the kobbies ready to play…BUT ..only the chilly water stopped them from committing to the hook 100%...
I would say , for any fisherman who only really has a weekend at any given time to fish , should not have no more than three spots that he knows back to front and I tell you what…you WILL have success..
One small thing that many do or do not take note of is washed up bait ..ie worm casings…rock bait and especially crabs …take note of these and of course the sand , whether its shingle or sand sand…if there is drastic change in the “look” of the spot …why??...is there more litter than one would normally find …what ocean going debris is laying about…more bird life than normal…why are the oyster catchers suddenly now more than they used to be??..
ALL these signs tell a story , and yes , while you can just go down and moer n soek , that too still beats sitting on the couch BUT…its not really that productive way of fishing…
Many fisherman comment and say ..joh so n so knows his tuff ..he is always catching …OR joh so n so knows all the TOP spots…BS…there is no such thing as THE secret spot….YOU need to work out the code for YOUR chosen spot and there is NO Google for that …it takes observation…watching the sea NOT looking and of course taking note of the weather conditions etc etc…..
Well Folks that’s all for now and I hope you get your mojo ON!!!...
Till next time ….
