Scorpion Central

Went out today initially hoping to pick up a few wrasse
arrived at the mark with a heavy drizzle but a very light
swell so i tried for around a half an hour of so for a wrasse
with no luck while waiting for a mate of mine to arrive.
The wrasse are proving a bit elusive this early in the year
I'm sure they are there just need to find out what stage of the tide
they are feeding at and what they want.
He arrived and was wanting to try for some of the mini
species which he had never caught before in particular
long spined scorpion fish and it wasnt long before they
began to show the tide was flat out and we fished right along
the low tide mark into various the holes and gullies that had been
exposed by the tide it turned out be a great session with a total of
40-50 fish between the two of us most of which were long spined
scorpions with a few blennies thrown in for fun
The scorpions were all sorts of colours ranging in size from 3" to a
massive 8"
It was a fantastic session and great way to introduce my mate to LRF
which he is now hooked on and is going to get his own setup in
the near future
I also tried out some jacks lrf nanobite lure which had no problem
in picking out a fish or 2

Here are a few of the fish we picked up today

I also tried a little bit of underwater photograhy the camouflage

on these fish is fantastic and they look even more impressive
under the water than they do out of it

Of course not all the scorpionfish were small we did manage a few over 6" and even one monster just about
8" in length we didnt weigh any of these fish but the biggest fish was a real beast the photos do it no justice
whatsoever I actually thought it was a short spined scorpion fish at first because of its size. I hadnt seen a
a long spined fish that big or as heavy before

 Anyway it was a fantastic session and its been a great start to the year so far.
I'm back to work this week so my blog posts will without doubt become a little
less regular than they have been of late but I will try my best and keep you
all up to date with my angling antics.

Tight Lines

Jay