I wasn’t even planning to go fishing today.
Lochlan is off school for half term and I’m off work so we spent the morning down at Seaburn pottering about in the rock pools, finding crabs and quite a few really big butterfish.
He then started telling me he was going to try and catch a Bass (out of a rock pool mind you). I asked if he fancied going out fishing for a couple of hours in the afternoon for Bass and he was keen as mustard, so after an ice cream at Minchella’s, a jaunt back home to pick the gear up and a dash to the shop for his mandatory tube of Pringles we were on the mark early afternoon.
With a lazy swell running and murky water I wasn’t all that optimistic we were going to catch much so instead I spent a bit of time working with him on his casting. Pleased to say he’s finally at the point where he can cast himself, and while it only tends to go 10 yards his form isn’t too bad – he’ll be a grand little caster one day.
So for a few hours, in between Pringles, we took turns casting out all manner of soft and hard plastics with no interest. He got really excited when we spotted a small pod of dolphins just offshore. They were chasing something but unsure what it was.
Come tea time we were about to call it a day when I clipped on a white feed shallow for a few last chucks. 2nd cast and it got slammed in 2 foot of water and we were finally into a Bass!
Lochlan was absolutely dancing all over the place, ecstatic to finally see/hold his first Bass. He’s seen all my photos of Bass I’ve caught before and has been going on about wanting to catch one for ages. Genuinely the most buzzing I’ve seen him.
So I reckon that’s him coming lure fishing a lot this summer 😂
We stayed for another 20 mins to see if there was any more but with time getting on we reluctantly called it an evening. Looking forward to taking him out again.