White Light is alright!

A great result from an easy option…

Gareth Griffiths fished from the popular White Light mark in south Wales yesterday and enjoyed a real mixed bag of fish. Gareth, who fishes for the White Waters shore team, opted for an easy session after spending many hours travelling to far flung venues in search of his favourite species, tope. As anyone who has been on the tope trail will tell you, tope fishing is a long game with many hours spent standing by a rod with minimal action, so it is always good to take a break every once in a while and wet a line on a mark where the bites are easier to come by. After a slow start, Gareth noticed a small tug on the rod tip. As he stood and watched, it suddenly pulled over hard and he was forced to grab the rod before it took off over the side of the railings. What ever was on the other end gave a good account of itself and Garth tells us that his first instinct was that it was a stray smoothhound but only when pal Daniel Crump climbed down to land the fish did they realised it was a pristine bass!

Gareth Griffiths- new PB bass

After some near misses with the boulders below, Daniel expertly landed the bass and duly presented Gareth with his bass which  weighed in at 8lb 4oz- a new PB for Gareth.

This beautiful bass is out there swimming again.

The fish took took a strip of Ammo launce on a Varivas Saltwater Super Match hook and was released, in accordance with current legislation, as soon as these wonderful pictures were taken. Gareth went on to add a couple of respectable thornback rays to his bag before the trip was out- not bad for a few hours on an easy mark in the sunshine.

A ray to end the day

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