Post by mark8 on Apr 1, 2014 18:03:10 GMT
The Teign is a blast from my past. It used to be known for its record breaking flounders and I spent many an hour standing on its shores hoping for a big one. I haven’t fished this venue since I was a teenager and then never from a kayak. The last time I fished it was next to Coombe Cellars on a freezing February stood up to my knees in mud hoping against hope for a flounder. These days in similar conditions I’d be sat in Coombe Cellars with a pint watching the idiot fishing out of the window.
Today was a different story. I only had a couple of hours to spare so was looking for an easy launch.
And they don’t get much easier than that. To start with there was a lot of fog so I just tied off to a buoy and dropped down some worms. I soon remembered another problem with fishing here – the vast numbers of bait robbing crabs. They were all over the bait within seconds of it hitting bottom. Luckily the fog soon cleared and I paddled downstream to Coombe Cellars intending to drift slowly back to Shaldon with the outgoing tide.
Nothing much was happening except for catching the odd mussel and crab. Just as I was giving up hole I had a bite and the first flounder was on board. No record breaker but a welcome catch.
This was immediately followed by a smaller one. Then the rest of the drift back to the bridge was uneventful but the target was achieved.
An easy landing and then the three hour drive home…
Today was a different story. I only had a couple of hours to spare so was looking for an easy launch.
And they don’t get much easier than that. To start with there was a lot of fog so I just tied off to a buoy and dropped down some worms. I soon remembered another problem with fishing here – the vast numbers of bait robbing crabs. They were all over the bait within seconds of it hitting bottom. Luckily the fog soon cleared and I paddled downstream to Coombe Cellars intending to drift slowly back to Shaldon with the outgoing tide.
Nothing much was happening except for catching the odd mussel and crab. Just as I was giving up hole I had a bite and the first flounder was on board. No record breaker but a welcome catch.
This was immediately followed by a smaller one. Then the rest of the drift back to the bridge was uneventful but the target was achieved.
An easy landing and then the three hour drive home…
