Swanage and Ballard or Kimmeridge?

[lofty]

Im up at the crack of sparrows on Saturday to take the yak out and hope to catch a bream after reading all these reports.

I can park at swanage and kimmeridge for launching but have never gone from either . Any advice ?

I think the weather is favourable for Kimeridge but Graham at the meeting reccomended a drift along Ballard.

What rigs fish best for bream?Smaller hooks?Also going to troll for bass?

I'll take all advice and should be on the water by 8am when I,ve decided where to go.

I'll be on 6 if any poole boats spot me,come and say hello. Cheers. Lofty

[great white]

There should be fish in both locations LW poole is about 0830 so you will be paddling at slack

 

You should be able to launch off the beach by the small ramp at Swanage about half way accross the bay, where the beach road starts to go uphill, so an easy paddle to ballard

 

if drifting i would use a 2 hook pat rig or even baited feathers

 

Tight lines

Charlie

[lofty]

Leaning towards Swanage.Cheers Charlie.

 

[lofty]

A glorious but strange day for me.

In the water at 7 at Swanage. Fished ballard looking for bream. Blanked.Spoke with others out there and all were having a slow day with only Wrasse nicking the worms.

Paddled away to feather for mackeral in the bay and wham.A cod(ling) just under 5lb on a black Hokkai. First one ever and a cracking looking fish.Must be getting soft because I let it swim off out of my net. Lovely colour though.

Finished the afternoon with a few macks and whiting by the ledge bouy in Swanage bay.A pretty productive spot just west of that bouy.

[niggle]

Well done on finding a cod some of us do loads of miles and still don't find one

Nige