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Today I had a free day so for a change decided to try Christchurch bay in the search for something for the table. Plaice, turbot etc.

Arrived at Steamer a Point carpark(£7all day) and just squeezed under the 2 metre high barrier.

Loaded up and down to the beach before sunrise.

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The plan was to drift fish with a spoon and rag and a Portland rig with maccy sliver.

I dropped the sabikis in and within 1 second had two maccy.

Then the sun rise

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Pretty quickly realised that drift fishing was going to be problematic.

The seabed along there is weedy, not sandy. It's akin to the solent instead of Poole bay.

Later when I pulled my anchor it was muddy.

The maccys were also fussy

They didn't take feathers, or tinsels, only the sabikis?

During the course of the day I had two dozen, but singles and doubles.

The scad on the other hand came through in schools and I had several full strings.

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At anchor I was getting dogs, topelets but mostly junior smoothys taking everything and anything.

I was hoping for a gurnard or something on the rag for my species hunt, but the smoothys dominated.

The sea was most peculiar. According to my tide table it should have been pushing through but there was slack water for several hours. Maybe I'd found the centre of a swirl?

The sea state became mirror calm and with no breath of wind it was like being on a pond.

A school or about a lb fell to a Dexter wedge while looking for a gar.He went back.

Then a maccy fillet was taken and I'd guessed it was an undulate.

It turned out to be a thorny. I had my scales with me and he was 8lb. It surprised me, I'd guessed heavier.

 

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The day was rounded off by a 55cm bass that came home for dinner.

Once again I was surprised by the weight. I'd guessed about 4lb

Turns out it was 2 lb

 

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Got two good fillets out of it though so happy days

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It was a good little trip today with 7 species, but I didn't enjoy the weed at all.

Cheers for reading

Lofty

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