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Solent 02/07/11 - in search of Stingers


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Met up with Lozz & Richie Saturday afternoon for a voyage of discovery, don't you just love the expectation of a new mark? Launched around 18:00 from Tanners, barely an hour later, after a 4nm paddle was ashore on the Isle of Wight chatting to a local fisherman and collecting Crabs.

 

The spot looked perfect, we'd spied an interesting area of sea bed approx. 400 yards offshore and investigated that first. The seabed ranged from 20ft to 50ft in a small area, combined with the building tide resulted in surface disturbance and eddies, looked very Bassy.

 

Unfortunately, weed made it all but unfishable, moved in shore, anchored in 5ft over a reef and a fair tide. First cast, a small Starry of 3-4lb, retained for the pot, second cast and good Common, launched itself out of the shallow water and tore off down tide. Came to the Kayak quickly, bit too quickly as put-up one hell of a fight when aboard, bent a rod ring, head butted me, lobbed it back in to calm down a bit before round 2! Nice sized fish:

 

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Had a small Bass of 2lb as sport faded into darkness. We headed closer inshore in search of our intended quarry. More shallows, FF going crazy, confused by sea bed weed fronds to the surface, paddle confirmed depth at 5ft. First cast at the new spot resulted in this fella:

 

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Looks bigger than it was, probably on the limit so returned. This followed by a succession of small Bass on the Stingray rod, one around 3lb, sadly nuisance value only. Around 23:00 and the tide appeared to be on the change, so we set-off homewards, didn't fancy visiting the Needles, although it was a perfect night conditions wise:

 

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Invaders from the East coast? Richie:

 

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Enjoyed the trip, the mark not quite living-up to expectations this time, great winter potential, or when the Solent weed subsides. Thanks for your company guys, quite a workout for me, Lozz was out earlier in the day and Richie had paddled another 2 miles to collect bait before we started, so a good distance covered all-round.

 

Cheers

James

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