We had a change of venue and launched the Kayaks a couple of miles further up the coast at Calshot. There was a fairly strong southerly breeze and it made fishing from Lepe unsafe. Calshot on the other hand, offered a bit of protection from the wind if launching from the main slipway and heading in the direction of the power station.
We spent an hour or so staying close to the shore and fishing the deep water less than a 100 yards out. Tim caught a nice little Whiting but that was all so we moved to the shallows looking for flounder. We didn't get any but we did catch a few small Bass. So, the fishing wasn't great.
Being so close in to the shore we were able to get very near the bird life that frequents this area. I have found that if you approach these birds from the shore they have gone before you get a good look at them, from a Kayak it is very different. They tend to look at you with curiosity but don't take flight. It is at this point that you start thinking that the camera that you are carrying is far more important than the rod. My little Pentax has been a bit disappointing of late and I have been looking at Tims photo's with envy. I now have an Olympus Tough 6020 the same as his. With the Pentax Optio I have found it very difficult to keep the lens clean as it has no lens cap or cover and that is a problem with salt water. With the Olympus you have the lens cover and the added benifit of an image stabiliser.This will hopefully improve my photos, if it doesn't I guess I'll have to blame the photographer. No photo's of bird life this time but maybe next time.
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| Launching from Calshot |
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| Calshot Castle |
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| Tim in the shallows |
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| Calshot Castle |
