Imagine a day out.....

[Rob]

 

I caught a ride with Paul Frey on Imagine today (what a great boat).

 

We headed out to beat the Friday rush at 07:30!!

 

After a couple of changes we found Bream, halfa dozen keepers and a few smaller \ females bursting returned.

 

We found the odd mackerel then hit a spot where they were plentiful. Nothing sounds more like summer than a mackerel flapping in a cool box!

 

Whilst feathering we were treated to a pod of dolphins passing by on the surface, two headed straight for us and did a "Red Arrows" split and dive to just go under the boat on their flanks - amazing! (and much much bigger than I thought!). After breaming we were treated to an arial display from them in the Swash, no that's a day out!

 

Thanks Paul - same again next time please!!

 

Rob

[Paul J]

Magical - what a treat, Dorset certainly does rock

 

PJ

[pirky]

Magical - what a treat, Dorset certainly does rock

 

PJ

Magical, Dorset rock !!....is that a new mark PJ......???

 

Dave

[Brian]

Magical - what a treat, Dorset certainly does rock

 

PJ

Magical, Dorset rock !!....is that a new mark PJ......???

 

Dave

Yep, looks a bit like this

[Sinbad]

Thanks Rob, your welcome anytime...!!

 

There seemed to be a reasonable plan - to fish over the last of the ebb on the patch, and head over to peverill for the slack for a few drifts, then settle down for the Bream on the flood....

 

It was cold and lifeless on the first attempt on the patch, and the fresh wind was numbing to say the least.

 

Luckily, the second part of the plan was better, the wind dropped for a good few hours and in the sunshine we had early summer jumbo mackeral and our own sealife Dolphin display... fantastic creatures... Rob spotted them making their way up from Durlston due to the cloud of seagulls overhead.

 

They did a good job of rounding up the mackerel, then shot under the boat, leaving us to get back to feathering up the remains of the shoal

 

We then anchored up in the chosen spot, and fished for the Bream for a couple of hours. Rob was first in, with a decent fish of around 2lb... the first of a dozen fish, a mixture of blue 'boys' and some 'dont knows'. We kept some of the larger ones, and the rest went back...

 

Then quite suddenly, the bites dried up, maybe the tide had just slackened too much. At any rate we were keen for an early bath, so we headed back in, pausing for the dolphin show in the Swash... jeese, I hope these guys dont play here in the summer with all the boat traffic!!!

 

Paul