Swainiac Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 We had our monthly Police Trip out on Due South, with a view to some end of season bassing and maybe a few rays........was it pooh or what? Weather wise, we couldnt have wanted better, although the 5kt breeze did stiffen up later in the day. The main hassle was the weed, for outside the Solent, it was awfull. Anchoring on top of the Bank, allowing us to fish both sides of the tide, we began by getting LSD, a couple of stary Scad, Jumbo Mackeral on the bottom, then as the tide slowed up a little, we had two Ray, a small eyed of aroung 5lb, and a tiny, but beautifully marked spotted. One of the guys lobbed out an uptider, we were only sat in 40 feet of water, and had a steady bite, lead bouncing back in the tide steadilly. Hitting the fish, a decent ray was hooked, not landed as the mono must have clipped a braid line behind the boat. 2 o'clock came and the fishing was poor to say the least, so we had a few drifts farther up the ridges, bad weed, slow drifts.....below the magical two knots, although it was interesting to hear Mike say that you dont need that drift speed over this mark. We headed around the bridge,and back inshore, to tuck in on some rough ground in about 60 ft of water. Much better sport ensued, taking Bull Huss, late bream, huge pout, LSD, and a decent Ballan. Tally for the day, boat wise, was Spotted, Small eyed, LSD, Tub Gurnard, Scad, Mackeral, Bull Huss, Pout, Bream and Ballan Wrasse, so with ten speices aboard the boat, it was bad for this end of summer/start of winter fishing. Looking forward to the whiting and cod days......Tight lines, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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