This weekend

[great white]

Anyone thinking of braving the big tides and cold weather to go out this weekend. Thur, Sat or Sun

 

Alfresco has not been out for a while, so am thinking of going, to give her a spin. But it would be good to think others are about just in case.

 

I would not be going far on those tides, and have space for crew if anyone is interested.

 

Charlie

[sparky]

Out tomorrow Charlie,  gonna give boat a run after 6 weeks at mooring.

Got some worms and gonna see whats about harbour / swash area.

Be on Ch6

[Tarlach.]

I'm out tomorrow. Solo cod hunt !!
Good luck for your trip!


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[Greg]

 

Wish I could, working 7 days a week for all of January 😒

[biggcol]

We are planning for Fri, and Sunday fishing the RNLI open flounder comp.

[Greg]

 

Anyway, Bit difficult for our boats at Cobbs to get out at the moment as the Twin Sails Bridge is permanently down due to damage and repairs. So I could not get out if I wanted to.

 

Good luck to everyone else 

 

Greg

[Maverick Martin]

Same here Greg but its not the bridge giving me trouble exiting Holes Bay, I would need a big puddle to fish in as Madness is on the hard

[plaicemat]

Min-y-mor goes under and is available at reasonable rates. 

 

Terry. 

[sparky]

1 hour ago, Greg said:

 

Anyway, Bit difficult for our boats at Cobbs to get out at the moment as the Twin Sails Bridge is permanently down due to damage and repairs. So I could not get out if I wanted to.

 

Good luck to everyone else 

 

Greg

Not sure whats going on Greg.

Speaking to someone from PHC today and they were just letting a big lifeboat out.

Whether its only emergency lifting I'm not sure ??

Might be worth a chat with them.

Will ask bridge control tomorrow and let you know the answer

 

 

 

[lofty]

I’ve got some worms and going out from Branksome for a few hours in the morning

[sparky]

The twin sails bridge had both sides up 30 degrees this morning at 9am, both down at 2.30.

Couldn't get an update as answer not known !

Be aware that the harbour is about 300mm higher than tide book with all the rainwater about.   I couldn't get out till 9.30 whereas I should have been able to get out about 8.45 according to tide book.

 

[sparky]

On 1/18/2023 at 4:04 PM, Greg said:

 

Wish I could, working 7 days a week for all of January 😒

Well someones gotta keep  you accustomed to the lifestyle you lead Greg !!😉

[Greg]

Thanks for the update Mick

BTW “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”

Not rally much of a lifestyle at the moment trying to keep up with the cost of living !!!!


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[sparky]

55 minutes ago, Greg said:

Thanks for the update Mick

BTW “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”

Not rally much of a lifestyle at the moment trying to keep up with the cost of living !!!!


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Know that feeling Greg !!!

[Jim]

Yeah us poor pensioners are REALLY struggling.

Do 8 days a week Greg so you can pay some more tax to help us along ! 👍 

[Greg]

Nice of you to be so supportive Jim 😔

[Steve S]

Hoping to go out Sunday 🤞. No plan as yet.

 

 

[Gummage]

Thinking of running Endeavour down on Sunday .Out of Baiter. Not really looking forward to having to wait for enough water to get her off again an hour or more after dark🥶🥶 but my crewman is game.

How do you catch whiting anyway?

[plaicemat]

14 minutes ago, Gummage said:

How do you catch whiting anyway?

Set of largish feathers baited with mackerel chunks.

 

Terry.

[Gummage]

On the bottom?

[Greg]

Alternatively Martin

Strips of squid work equally as well

And yes on the bottom. I use a one down and two up rig.

Good luck


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[plaicemat]

13 hours ago, Greg said:

Strips of squid work equally as well

I would say take both, I was in the position two years ago when I couldn't even get a bite with squid on a mark where I knew there were fish. Alun told me to swop to mackerel and thereafter it was non stop action. And yes, on the bottom.

 

Terry.

[Gummage]

Thank you both. My plan is to spot a boat that looks like it knows what it’s doing and fish near that. 
If that’s your plan too I advise you not to follow Edeavour 3.😉

seriously I’m thinking of going 2 or3 miles SSE of old harry and drifting on the 2knot tide in the earl afternoon.

Any comments or better ideas?

[plaicemat]

19 minutes ago, Gummage said:

Any comments or better ideas?

Not that I've tried this year but 50/50 banks seem to be producing.

 

Terry.

[Greg]

I believe drifting for Whiting is not very productive.

We fished the outer Sadler Banks and caught more fish than we could cope with at anchor.


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