Good day Folks , well this weekend was most interesting indeed...water colour , temp and tides were absolutely spot on , only thing niggling the back of my head was the barometer ,...it was dead dead steady , no movement at all and this i have learnt over the years , not conducive to hooking kobbie on spoon...
Saturday mornin I was at my spot 05h30 with a high tide at 09h02 ...boy oh boy did it look good...
First off i saw no Jonnies hanging around and then as I walked/waded through the shallows to get to my pinnacle , saw no bait fish to talk about , so was a bit disappointed , but the tide and water was still in my favour . and then as I got to the waters edge , I could see there was no fizz in the water....
I throw for about an hour and a half and then call it as i had to head off to work...
At around 15h00 I notice the wind still has not picked up and the baro had risen by 3 points , I decide to go down at 16h30 and get my dpot on the push...
Im about 20 minutes into the session and the shad come on ...THICK!!!...every second throw is a shad and the light is now getting to that late arvie kobbie after glow time...I have now hooked my umpteenth shad and have a short drinks break...
After about five minutes i am back in the mix , by now the fisherman that were to my left and right had packed up and mooched off....
As that light is just on the water I get my first SOLID enquiry...NOW . my toppie always said when you on with spoon and kob , start counting , I get to 5 , so thats roughly 5 seconds , kob off...
So , Ive worked through the shad and the kobbies are ready to do business!!....I have another two SOLD enqiries , also around 5 odd seconds and then off. as the dark arrives I smile and count my blessings and leave the kob idling...
Sunday arvie i am back at my spot and as that water gets that late arvie shimmer ONCE again , ....KOB ON!!!..this time I count to 11 , one head shake and off...
NOW..all the years i have been doing this , I have always womdered what makes the kobbies NOT commit at times like this...to date , no answer , BUT..I console myself with the fact that the barometer is this or that ...coz I firmly believe in the baromter for kob on spoon...
Sunday arvie i leave the kobbies idling once again and THIS morning I am back on the low tide as she turns , baro is dead dead at 1022hpk for the last 12 hours....As that water turns silver with the first light I get my first rattle , kobbies are ready for some breakfast...
4 throws later I am ON!!....my count gets to 8 and off....
At 06h45 I smile , count my blessings and once again leave the kobbies idling...
Kob can be very wary If condition are not 100 percent to their liking and will hunker down and not commit fully to the strike...
A most entertaining weekend ...
Stay tuned..