After being blown off the rock marks in East Dorset and Portland by some unexpected 20 mph plus winds, I ended up doing a bit of impromptu LRF – or lerfing – around Weymouth this weekend.
While the fishies were abundant, it was definitely a case of quantity over quality, with none of the more ‘exciting’ species making an appearance, despite covering ground and switching between jig heads, chebs, isome worms, and small metals through the day.
My only real target (well, as serious as an LRF target can be) was a somewhat mythical creature – a Weymouth Weever – but it eluded me on the early morning high tide. Maybe it’ll be one for later in the summer, or somewhere else… But wading around in the shallows was good fun all the same.
The micro pollock and pouting were ravenous, as they usually are this time of year, and the wrasse species surprisingly localised. The harbour, of course, delivered a few black gobies, male and female, but again – nothing of particular note. The nooks and crannies below Nothe Fort yielded a handful of shanny, or common blenny. The highlight of the day was catching a dozen or so ballan and corkwing wrasse, all on dropshotted EcoGear Aqua Mebarus to the right of the stone pier. They were sitting in barely two feet of water over low-lying weed – it was real hit-and-hold stuff on the HTO Tempest 7g tubular tip with a 1000 size Shimano reel.
… Great fun!
Where I’ve stocked up on LRF gear this year:
