Trying to catch both

Late spring has been busy. It's a good time for Bass and the Smoothounds start to show up too. I want to catch both and with the long hours of daylight and a bit of juggling I've been able to give it a good go. It takes a bit of effort and a bit of thought, I try to make the best of the time available and make my decisions on the tide and conditions. I don't always get it right, maybe it would be boring if I did? Another daytime tide saw me arrive at my least favourite beach thinking I was likely to be surrounded by anglers and bothered by Dogfish all day. But if I want to have a chance of catching a Hound I have to fish where I’m most likely to catch them and if the beach is busy, try to ignore everything around me and put up with the Dogfish! Fishing is quite simple really, it’s me that often over complicates things. With high tide due at 1448 I was fishing by 1215 with two rods fishing pulley rigs and baits from the freezer. The day was a mixture of sunshine and cloud with the…