alun j. Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 ...........with about 40 other boats !!! ........ sometimes well spread out, other times quite bunched up ......... and a few close encounters [of the careless kind!]. Shame about the Trailaway being postponed, pity they didn't move it to yesterday, then they could have met up again with the Burnham bunch who made over a dozen of the boats out there! I was really excited , looking forward to a good day's fishing after recent 'lean' trips. Conditions seemed ideal [ sun, calm sea, light winds north going round to west, small tide ........... and a bucket of Poole's best rag to load the baited spoons.]. Third trip there, now have the knack with the drag weight and adjustments...so soon got the drifting sorted...... but most boats were just 'free-drifting'. Saw a few boats bringing in a plaice or two ......but most seemed small to very small ............ but we hadn't had a bite !! Picked up a few launce ; so put one on as bait....... 20 mins later, our one and only bite of the day ......... a beautiful 5 lb. 2 oz. turbot....... for my mate Dave. ........not counting one other , a lonely dogfish. A lovely day to be out .......... and the turbot for supper was fantastic !! Cheers, Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 nice to hear you got out i would love to catch a turbot, nice to hear the burnham guys were down hear they were going to come down sunday but must have seen the weather. tight lines sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Hi Alun I to was out on the shambles yesterday on dawn raider. we started of good, with my first ever drift on the shambels produceing a 3lb 15oz placie! followed by a plaice a drift for the next 4 drifts(all around the 1 1/2lb mark) then it all went a bit quiet with only 2 more for the rest of the day . but the weather made up for it ,a cracking day all in all. Lovely turbot Alun, we to tried launce, but no turbot for us James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 James, Well done.......with the plaice. Perhaps we were a bit late starting and missed the best flattie action. The turbot had 4 or 5 sandeels in its stomach......... much smaller than the launce. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Alun, Did you fish the launce whole/live or did you use a fillet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted April 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Paul, Launce was a dead, frozen one from previous trip [one of the smaller ones] and a lump of mackeral on the other hook .......... that caught the turbot. ..........I was using a live one on a baited spoon rig .......... with no joy !! Amazing how robust those launce are......... still alive after an hour in a cool box; then an hour or two being whinched up and down through 20 m. several times and travelling several miles of drifts !!!......... and swam away at the end . ......... unlike those in turbot's tum ! Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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