Slight potential weather Window Saturday

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Hi all

 

I am keeping an eye on a slight window on Saturday and hope to get my first trip of 2026 in.

Probably 50 50 area or a ray mark.

 

Please get in touch if you fancy joining me

Charlie

[great white]

Plan changed a little to go on Sunday, in calmer weather with Mick.

 

Plenty of room if anyone else wants to join us. First trip of the year for Alfresco

[great white]

Thanks to Mick for joining me yesterday, even though the forecast showed a lot of rain possible and the tides were on the large side.

 

0800 at the boat and off we go to see what the sea state was like, it was a bit better than expected so we pushed out, to make the most of slack tide in 27 metres of water. For my first trip of 2026.

Even though the wind was light there was still a big swell.

 

We had a variety of baits out and it soon became apparent that most of the whiting had gone, while the weather was rough. The ones we did get were small and went back. 

The usual species started to nibble. Whiting, Pout and a few congers, then Mick had a couple of Blondes. Well done on getting them up on your whiting traces and 18lb traces.

 

After the swing of tide I joined in with a nice Undulate that bounced the scales between 17lb 2oz and 19lb. I am happy to take the lower weight.

At the end of 2025 I tried several places to get one of those, with no luck.

Yesterday I had two.😁the second one weighed 9lb 8oz

 

after three hours the tide beat us, [as expected] and we moved in.

we tried half way to Swanage, but even though we were getting a few fish, the tide was ripping.

Big weights are not really Micks thing so we moved again. finding a calmer spot on the edge of Swanage Bay.

 

The usual doggies were about but no sign of the rays I had hoped for.

One more move to the secret ray mark also proved fruitless.

By 1600 it was lines up and run for home in fairly heavy rain.

 

For Feb it had not been a bad trip.

Great to be out fishing again and in good company, even on a very damp day.

 

lets hope for better weather and calmer seas next time.

The de humidifier is running hard today, trying to dry the cabin out.

[Mal Thomas]

Any pictures that is probably the biggest undulate for a couple of years, well done on getting out.

[Greg]

Well done Charlie and Mick,

 

Sounds like a great day's fishing. I was so close to going out myself but decided to jet wash and clean the boat in stead!!

 

Marlin is coming out of the water tomorrow and trying to clean the boat's cabin on the outside, I would be taking my life in my hands on the hard standing. Too old for that sort of thing now!!.

 

Roll on the spring.

 

Any whiff of a Bream Comp date yet?

 

Greg

[sparky]

Cheers for the invite yesterday Charlie, a good day out.....apart from the weather !!

Some very big swells going through but we still caught some fish .......hopefully all the pictures I took for you came out for your other species comp.??

You forget to mention that HUGE whelk I struggled to land on the SRM 🤣🤣

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Colin-58]

Well done Charlie and Mick, I would have loved to have joined you but couldnt, an opportunity well taken ,the weather not fully co-operating you done well ,and  the undi a great result for you Charlie. Apart from the rain it must have almost been a fun day😄.     If it's any consolation the weather is pretty crap inland as well.😄                                     Hopefully the weather will soon improve, but it looks like a que of low pressures for a while.                                                                               Colin.

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23 hours ago, Mal Thomas said:

Any pictures that is probably the biggest undulate for a couple of years, well done on getting out.