Sinbad Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Myself and Alun J, went out with the chaps from my Workplace, seeing as they had arranged a charter for the saturday, with the prospects of fishing a new area, or further out than I normally do. Weather at start of week looked 12mph plus p@@** down all day. Saturday eventually turned out dry, but with horrible swell - the Skipper abandoning his plan of south of needles after taking a report from another charter who was already on his way back in. We headed out past the shingles bank from Lymington - but after seeing the impressive rollers crashing over the gravel, made for a mark off Barton, which had only 8FT of swell After a few hours of Dogs and Pout, and a number of different spots tried (although we were a bit limited by the weather and ebb tide) Alun had a rod bender on for 10 minutes, until the trace parted. Only real excitement all day. Amazingly the huge swell was dropping all the time with the wind, so the expected wind over tide episode didnt take place. Nice to be out though. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DommyBoy Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Any idea of the what the Rod Bender was? Dom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Thanks to Paul for inviting me to join him on the charter trip, not been on one of these for many decades. Quite a different experience, fishing with seven other anglers..... first priority after keeping a footing on a heaving deck, was trying to avoid tangles. I suppose the convergence of about 5 different charter boats onto a small area, after having tried spots further out or up in the Solent either meant this was the best the conditions allowed .........or the response to the radio call mentioning the catch of a single whiting. The weather improved , but not the fishing..... a few good pout [more fishcakes tonight??] amongst the dogs...... one went to 3 lb. 5 oz. The one bit of excitement [ probably a conger ] dragged my tackle backwards some distance before wrapping it around something on the bottom. Agree with Paul, 'twas good to get out ..... on a day when we wouldn't have been in our boats.........I wouldn't have fancied launching in Poole harbour with a strong southerly blowing in the morning. As Adam comments, next weekend looks calm [er] ??......... but I bet it'll be changed many times in the forecast before then! Tight lines, Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 sorry to hear about the rod bender that got away - I'm beginning to think you have anti conger traces carefully designed to land bass and cod but give way to 'those damm' congers! 3.5lb pout eh - nice fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Ah Just remembered two conversations with Alun re Conger... "You dont need anything more than 50lb for COD", fair comment on clean ground. And.... "I dont like Conger"... so just as well the trace went at the hook, however all of us would have liked to have had it what ever it was on board, even just to wish it Happy New Year, such was the general level of interest !!! The only other bit of excitement which had me ducking under the rods and lines on the end of the boat, and crossing over to the starboard side (was fishing the port side at the time) was the tangle I got with myself, only I'd managed to get the weight up on the port side, and the rest under the trim tabs on the back of the boat. I'd left one rod on port, dived over to starboard to free the line on the other rod, and was busy reeling in, when the weight from the port rod arrived under the keel and popped up with me on the starboard side...???? The only thing stopping my favorite rod ending up under the boat, was you guessed it... Alun hanging on firmly. Was trully grateful for being rescued from my own mishap. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 seems to have flooded ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Ah and again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Ah and yet again. Problems with remote logon (manchester tomorrow!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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