duncan Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Having worked the logistics out in detail I picked Dave (now a member!) up from the Quay at 0800. Heading out to the forecast blustery day we thought we would head West on the basis that some bigger fish have been caught, but not in the numbers found on the Patch, Ledge and Ballard. Battling round we stuck down the hook ona mark a few yards from Shelia Marie and played with the mackeral rods until the off. Fortunately we caught a few as it help keep the mind on things and off the boats motion!!!!. 0930 and the bream rods went down with Dave into a fish at 0933! However it turned out to be a doggy..... Having given it an hour, the best bit of the tide that day too we thought, without even a nibble, we decided to move to quieter climes......tossed around and catching is fine, even bites!, but enough was enough. Passing the boat parking lot formerly known as Peveril Charlie gave us a call and invited us over for lunch so we dropped the hook where instructed and chucked out the rods......... I went forward to double check the anchor before cutting the engine and saw my rod bouncing around in the holder as I returned - action at last!!! Stopping to kill the engine I then grabbbed the rod and was clearlyt into a decent fish right off. After a great tussle lasting long enough to have thoughts of fame I suddenly realised I had a double shot of bream which, unlike the more stupid mackerel, were swiming in perfect unison and giving the impression of a single fish. Both fish went 2lb. Hetic sport for an hour or so then the tide made it hard to drop baits back on light leads and we had to move up a notch on tackle to hold bottom. Eventually decided to relax and chucked down some decent mackerel strips on the bream traces ( ) just in case.......sure enough Dave was sooon into a nice ray that bought a smile to his face. Smalll Eyed at 8lb 12oz. At the end of the day we had had around 25 bream with 12 at 2lb or better. Unfortunately the largest only went 2 4 and the next best 2 1. Amazing how they were all the same size! A good day despite the weather, and great to see Dean pick up his prize and the pool back at the Mariner. Now onto plans for next weekend - shame Lulworth are fireing as that scuppers the original one completely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Nice report Duncan Glad you had a few fish, it looked busy from where we were. I had not fished it on the ebb before but probably will again while the bream are about. Typical we call over another Club boat and watch them catch the bigger fish. we mover to the patch when the light tackle was struggling to hold bottom and heavy weights were just getting snagged every drop. In fact I had the best fish of the day there, but only 2lb. Wet and Breezy but still enjoyable. even if we called it a day at 3 due to Sam getting a bit damp through his old waterproofs. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted June 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Yep the weather was certainly a pain - have noticed that everytime it rains when out there we are anchored wind over tide and the rain blows back into the wheelhouse! At one point we even considered popping below for lunch (a first!) but decided it was a silly idea when out fishing in those conditions really............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Well done on signing up Dave it's a pity you couldn't wiegh him in although like me he's hardly specimen size Paul J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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