Fishing in Andalucia

And so the fishing,

I have already tried a bit along the Atlantic coast at Barbate estuary (Cadiz) and to Mediterranean coast at Estepona and Marbella (close to Malaga). All fishing done whitin 2 hours of high tide. It desn't matter much for Mediterranean coast, but is very important for Atlantic, where the question is there is water or not at all :). I have managed a small Seabass at Barbate and not much more. The next time I have tried at Conil de la Frontera 2 hours before high tide. Plenty small seabass at the estuary itself and some bigger once at the very entrance to the river.

Fishing the Atlantic is not that easy. You need to constantly change your spots due to changing current. Wind is always present and can get very disturbing. But the fishing can be very rewarding.

19 May the Seabass Saturday.

Last saturday the 19 May, we are out for a sea session.
It is a good seabass season this time of the year.
As we have heard from other guys the fish starts taking after the sun is up.
We decided to check out a piece of rocky beach next to Netanya.
So we had a cup of tea and started to walk.
Jimmy was fishing with spinning rod and topwater lures and I was fishing a fly.
We find the first current, I have started with tandem of olive clouser no.6 hook and a small BMS fly above it.
A good bite and first bass comes to visit.
We have tried to catch some bream, without much success.Many bream are present, but we could not convince them to take a fly.
On our end point is another good current, and the waves were starting to get a bit high to walk on the reef.
2 good size bass one after another take my olive clouser.
An we are on our way home.
This is One great day...

A morning bass

So I just went to the reef to see what's up with those bream, I took an UL rod.

At one of the strong streams I tried the ZBL fakie dog for a couple of casts.

And here it is the summer bass,a small one, and so it's not over yet this year.

I found those sea bream later... though it was very hot already at 08:oo am.

Rough Day

We did not look at the weather report the evening before, otherwise we would stay home watching BassMaster...
We found ourselves at Michmoret beasch at around 5.00
setting up our ultraligt gear (we even were clever enough not to take a little heavier rods).
The sea was high and the western wind was strong, and we could only throw our lures, all with magnetic system, to no more than just in front of the reef. But usually it is enough for the bream, but at the beginning not even a sign of those guys.
After about an hour Shai takes his first bream.
And 15 minutes later he pickes up a tiny seabass on YoZuri SeaFox minnow 50mm.
I fished the shallower area picking up some tiny fishes, and a baby Seabream.
At the end of our 5 hour walk Shai catches a huge Bream.
And another one on his way back.
At around 11.00 we packing up because the heat is just enormous.
Ok I will meet my bream the next time ....maybe