Another compound report about this entire week - was it not for the brilliant photos I made, I probably would not have bothered to do this entry, as there is nothing major to report or note!
It seems in January all the fish disappear from Altura, Praia da Alagoa - they are all GONE! the surf is empty. Several days ago, high tide was perfectly timed around 17, so I went to the Praia da Alagoa with three rods and high hopes. I could catch one hour of dusk before high tide and another hour of dark with outgoing tide - in my mind this spelled fish, and lots of them! Well... All I can say is in 3 hours with 3 rods I did not get so much as a nibble - I had to throw away the bait I had put on the hooks when I arrived and leave! Still... Nice, calm weather, and a nice, evening photo.
So, next day, in the evening, not willing to admit defeat, I went to the Praia da Vila Real de Santo Antonio – and again, the same story. Not a nibble!!!
The following day I had something to sort out in Tavira, so on my way back, I stopped by the Ria Formosa in Tavira, right across from the island ferry boarding platform. Here, there are loads and loads of small seabream. The rod would simply not stop quivering – and the hooks were stripped of bait in no time. Over there the only sensible thing to do is fish with a piece of cuttlefish, or a piece of octopus – everything else is a joke. And indeed, I am gearing up to trying that one evening, for persisting on Praia da Alagoa, makes no sense at all. Anyhow, I did manage to catch one small seabass – not even half kilo… and of course, another lovely photo
