john c Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Planned to get to the Needles on Sunday. All kit put in car Saturday night as I'm so efficient. It did'nt occur to me that the L in LCD meant liquid as I loaded the stuff into the boot after scraping the ice from the lock. Lovely morning. 8am @ Ridge. Hooked up all the electronics and started the engine first turn. But whats this. The screens on my GPS units where very strange colours. Now the L in LCD means ICE. It took 20 mins for the screens to defrost and start working properly. Note to self, leave the electronics in nice warm hallway overnight next time. Motored through Wareham channel flat out and on to the entrance. Some boats presumably trying for Herrings in the main ship channel opposite the lagoon. Make mental note of that. Out of the entrance, down swash and hang a left at the historic wreck bouy heading due east for the needles marks. What looked very promising had us asking serious questions about half way accross. The slight easterly wind seemed to be making more than slight waves. As various internal organs became detached and it was impossible to eat the sandwhiches we decided that as we fish for enjoyment, we were doing something wrong. About turn and headed for the Spoils off Swanage. Lots of boats there but all seemed to be rolling heavily. After our earlier battering we decided to hunt for Herring. The serenity of the harbour at last. Pulled up near to Jigabyte in the main channel and trolled about untill we spotted a huge shoal of something on the sounder. Down went the feathers of various type but no fish. Chased the shoal up and down for half an hour or so but they could not see our offerings. Off to Wareham channel and out over the mud. The double high tide coming in very handy at this point. Dropped the hook near some sticks. On with some worms and caught some flounder. It was fun on a 7ft spinning rod with a woolworths plastic spinning reel. Caught 5 in all approx 2lb ers. Saw Overdraught on return up the channel who looked nice and comfortable tied onto a channel marker. The flounders took our worms readily but the only food they had before that was loads and loads of small crabs about the size of a 5p piece. Flounders full of roe but the meaty side is very thick. I'm glad we did't battle on to IOW as we had a very pleasant afternoon right on our own doorstep. John C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Nice one John, you have to do what you have to do and being comfortable is definately a + Martin PS the wind did drop off in the afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Hi John,you must have been in the same water conditions ,out toward the needles on sunday,as Andy and I. we thought it would be almost glassy flat ! how wrong can you get, but no-one else seemed to notice...us sensative souls will have to stick together,against these "macho" sailor boys ! . jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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