JIMBOB Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) well Ive only just recovered. I think I took the 48hour comp a bit seriously! as I fished the whole 48hrs (nearly). Day 1 I had promised two friends a day out on the bream so Friday saw me head out in the morning for the ledge, hoping not to snare a Bream or two once on the mark the bream came thick and fast and we boated about 70 fish most over 1lb up to 3 1/2 lb. I( had both of our 3lbers one at 3lb 8oz before the comp started. and a 3lb 4oz at about 6pm. Then it was back to the quay for a crew change and back out to sea for a night time ledge conger . passed Paul D on the way back out waving his tiny little bream about we settled in to the old favorite mark and soon after dark my crews rod bent double and was shortly followed by mine and we thought it was a double hook up....but it turned out our lines were tangled and my hook was in the conger's mouth and a bit of a lump at 44lbs that was it after a couple of missed chances but a 100% specimen on the boat. Day 2 Another change of crew and it was off to kimmeridge, for the rest of the comp with my only hope of beating Paul's "tiny" bream I thought was a huge conger and I know where they live The first part of the day saw us waiting for the slack to have a go for the tope,so I found a good looking bank in about 85ft and sent down the tackle and before long I had a 9lb thonback.That was a good start then it was 7miles south for the tope . No monsters but good fun 10 on the boat the biggest to Kev at just over 20lbs and my best went 19lb 8oz. Day 2 night We then headed in to st Albans to a spot I fished last year to settle in for the night ,it was a bit slow to start with but we were catching plenty of "bait" including a whiting!!! ...............in June Ive got a photo just to prove I wasn't dreaming!! it took till after dark to hook the first lump a bull huss of 9lb 14oz then that was it until 3.45am when the drag on my heavy rod started screaming ..and after a very odd fight ( I thought it was a tope due to how fast the fish was running)up came the fish I was waiting for a beast conger it was just about light so we just left it in the net,bagged anothers hours sleep then headed into the beach at chapman's pool for our BBQ breaky Then after an onshore weighing and photo shoot we let the eel go. she weighed in at 48lbs. Day 3 Both exhausted we just wanted an easy day so we found a nice bank south of kimmeridge.Then after an hour or so I the preceded to loose THE BEAST Thought to be a very good ray ,but ill never know! and Kev had a 35lb conger,all in all a super trip,I dont think Ill fish quite that hard next year ,but I will be back to the conger hole we bagged 3 almost 4 100% specimens and 16 species! those being ray tope conger bream huss dogs pout mackerel scad gar poor cod red gurnard wrasse launce pollock and a very unseasonal whiting! ............................roll on the species comps Edited June 6, 2006 by JIMBOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 James, Well impressed with the time and effort you put in and if it is any consolation I actually felt a little guilty in beating you ( but not too much ). I shall have to try to repeat the feat in the species comps now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Well done James Tell me how do you weigh a large conger on the boat? Do put it in a sack or use a large net and weigh it in that? Coddy Edited June 5, 2006 by Codfather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Coddy The easiest way to weigh a conger is in the net , I do have a carp sack also, but dont use it much as they cover it in thick slime . I used to just hook the scales on to the gills of the fish but its damages the eel and you can barely get there tail off the deck James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 Nice one James as I said when you reported in, well worth all the effort Just shows that you do not have to fish 48hrs to win though. Paul phoned me on Friday while It was still light to say he had the winning fish and he was right Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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