We got back from a long weekend on the boat this afternoon.
As I’m doing the last of the bbq food (whilst Mrs cleaned), the family of swans paid a visit. They always hang around waiting for scraps. Only this time they had some friends in tow. I just happened to look down to the water and noticed circling under the swans, 4 or 5 LARGE bass. And when I say large I mean big. I’d say 9-10lb easily. Things always look a bit smaller when in the water until you lift them out, and these looked large IN the water.
I quickly grabbed my new spinning rod which normally will have a small Jelly or mackerel feathers on for running under the pontoon as the ebb gets going. Only this time I’d been using it in bembridge harbour and had a patchinko 125 rigged.
So I quickly deployed the lure with a lazy Chuck just 2m to the right of the bbq area, and it hit the water, quickly to disappear as fast as it had surfaced from the drop. Fish on, my rod bent over and I thought the “not breakable” boast was about to be put to the test.
But, in my rush and the excitement I forgot to set the FS reels clutch and yes, the 8lb line snapped without effort.
Bang goes the bass and bang goes my prized 125 ☹️
School boy error of the highest type!
Gutted on two/2 fronts…