Looe Cornwall - Giant Goby’s and Gobemouches

The 5p sized lure, tiny jig head and hook shows just how light the set-up is I use for rock pooling. I had plenty of follows and grabs last time but they were almost nibbling at the end of the lure rather than gobbling it down.

So a small inch long worm replicant reduced in size I was hoping this change would bank me a few more fish. Ok not the beasts I was after but at least the braid might be tickled even though it might not be pulled.

As I mentioned before we ventured down the costal path then a small steep and precarious route to a rocky area. The weather although mild was mixed in with the odd sprinkling of rain so a walk rather than a beach day was in order.

I'm not complaining though I get bored of beaches even though the kids still enjoy it till this day Limmicks Rocks was deserted and was probably one of the best places for skimming stones I've seen in a while. 

The rock pools were not the best but than I'd imagine anything that lives here would see less pressure and that may be a good thing. Half an hour down though without even a show of anything I wondered if it was wasted effort but then out of the blue WHAM !!! something shot of from under a rock and nailed the lure within a split second and then returned when it came.

At first I tried to get it out using the rod but I was worried I'd snap the light fluorocarbon hook link so in the end I teased it out from under its getaway using fingers and thumbs 😁

A proper beast of Giant Gobi which was about 10 times the scale of anything I'd caught from a rockpool before. It didn't like that it had been caught either and after all the blanking a most welcome sight I must admit.

A stunning creature and mad something this size lives in such a small rock pool. The more I fish these you can almost work out where the fish are going to be laying up.

I managed another one soon after but not as big but certainly the land of the Giant Goby’s a scale above the usual rock pool humdrum.

Even the Wife and kids seemed impressed which to be honest is rare when I target fish like this. The short lived stone loach quest being one of them !!! WHY ? if you have to ask that then you don't know the mind of an angler, some of us live for this !!