![]() Richard Salter aka Devon Lerfer – on YouTube and on Facebook. It just goes to show it’s not all double figure tallies with our fishing, some days are tough! Getting out there was worth it though, if only for the wildlife.Īs ever thank you for taking the time to read my blog, here are some links to more fish and lure filled goodness. Richard finished on 5 species and me on 4. Richard certainly had the better day, finishing off with a usual Brixham staple – a corkwing wrasse. My Grandad was a big fan of these beautiful birds and seeing it took me back to my childhood days, to hours spent walking the coastline around Looe trying to spot one. That is a great northern diver, a seabird that migrates to the UK in winter. ![]() This terrible quality image (zoomed in 50 times in my phone) is one of my favourites of the day. Hunting must be difficult in the murky water. Nothing large but at least we weren’t blanking! The grey seal surfaced only a metre away from Rich, obviously looking for an easy meal. The fishing was steady but not spectacular Poor cod, pouting, pollock, what next…? It had to be whiting, the winter quartet was complete. Of course small pollock had to join the wintery party. The winter species were out in force, pouting were regularly attacking our banana coloured worms. Rich was first to catch, a very silvery coloured poor cod. We decided to fish ugly with snooded dropshot and Carolina rigs, baited with big chunks of XL yellow Isome, cast up current and fished slowly along the bottom. We found ourselves at the end of the breakwater and things were getting desperate. The shags were active and these two were quite tame, standing only a few metres away from us as we fished. ![]() The beach, despite is proximity to the Fishing boat docks, and the old harbour is clean, and attractive and near to the facilities. We were fortunate enough to view the powerboat racing, which was both exciting, and equally confusing. I caught this while working a Carolina rig across the clean ground, in the hope of something a little larger to be honest. pocket sized beach just between the long breakwater and the Shoalstone pool. I always enjoy trying to make these tiny fish look as dramatic as possible, Brixham harbour does make a good backdrop. My first fish was a monster, a sand goby. I particularly enjoyed seeing them hauled up on the unused pontoons. That’s me in the distance getting grumpy already at the lack of bites… One of the real highlights of fishing Brixham are the local grey seals, they are everywhere. Rich is a huge fan of Brixham and he had the first bit of luck, finding some willing rock gobies. It was clear that the day would be tough. This sight welcomed our arrival, not the conditions we expected. It turned out to be a really tough day, with only inches of visibility and a deep swell, not ideal LRF conditions! This is a gallery of how we got on. We had a cunning plan to avoid the mud pit that the Plymouth Sound has become recently and head to Brixham, in the hope that it would be more sheltered and clearer. Rain, bloody rain! Autumn has been a washout but would that stop me and Richard Salter lerfing? Of course not.
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