Mike Fox Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Left the berth for the 7.30 lifting bridge at Poole, and motored straight for our offshore reef getting there slightly after our planned start time of 9.a.m. (it's a long way at 6 knots!). The place was quiet, just a couple of charter boats nearby, but our mark was free of them for a change. We did half a dozen drifts on the last of the flood, holding over the favoured spots at slack water. As soon as the ebb started, we lobbed the 5kg "lunchpick" just uptide of the mark, veering 50m of warp, hoping we might hold (after snapping a double cable-tie last weekend), and getting a good grip first time. As soon as the anchor bit, we were into the bream, getting bite after bite on mackerel strip, rag or baby squid. Carol and I bagged up quickly on the bream, but George was plagued by poor cod, and the occasional pout - despite using similar tactics. We eventually decided that his 1oz (casting weight) ultra-light spinning gear might lack the strike power to hook the bream when at anchor in tide, and a trip to the tackle shop may well be on the cards soon! We lobbed groundbait over, to create a surface slick for mackerel and garfish, but George could only grab a couple of mackerel on the float before the urge to re-join the bream fun got too much to resist. Carol decided to change tactics, and went for the smallish pollack we know are around, and bagged up on those too, to add to her Pout and Bream bags, and got a maximum 4 there too. Eventually, the tide got a bit too much for George's light gear, and we up-anchored, and drifted the length of the rough alternating over rock and smooth ground, risking tackle accordingly. The hardbacks couldn't squeeze out any smoothhound, the joeys refused to find any bass, the mackerel flappers were mangled by something that kept taking chunks (first one fillet, then the other), but not the hook, and the Wrasse Queen drew a most uncharistic blank! Evenutually, I managed a couple of wrasse to prove they were there, but drifting was grim! We eventually decided to try for doggies closer to Poole where we had 3 yesterday, but they were probably reserving their seats for the football. We then had a drift on the Patches to see if Carol and George could get wrasse, but that blanked too. Eventually we tried a mark in the harbour we knew might produce different species for us all, but with a big ebb scouring up all of the weed, it was near impossible. Eventually, I managed a fish, but it was back to the small, spiny and ineligible...a Tompot Blenny, and then the 7 hours was up! Great day out, despite the showers and frustration in failing on the drift, and a fair bag of fish with 49 eligible ones, plus the others. Mike, Carol and George Edited June 25, 2006 by Mike Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Nice report Mike, unfortunately iy sounds as though you fared better than Rocky and I, things didnt quite come to plan, after a cracking start bagging max points on three species in just under 40 minutes!! We struggled for mackeral,.......................wheres wedgers magic smell when you need it most????? We didnt bag a Gurnard, my wet and dirty feet got wet and dirty collecting peelers and hardbacks for nowt, as the Smoothies didnt want to play, the bass stayed firmly in front of the box, awaiting our historic 1-0 victory, no macky = no tope, drew a blank there, but after fishing half the allocated time before recovering to Baiter, I think we managed a poultry six species, which is dreadfull for this time of year. Just happy with my Ballan squeaked out early doors, sent in to the mags, hoping for a catch and release prize maybe, or just the chance to get the mugshot into print again............Gay Bear Beware!!!!!! Off to fish for my title down in Weymouth now.......species hunt on lures only, hopefully it wont be hero to ZERO, as defending champ. I think I'll get out those old rusting handcuffs and cuff BB to the handrails so he cant fish!!! If we do change the format of the comp, a 10% plus ballan for me please Martin!!!! Wake up all....I'm off west!!! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Nice to hear that a few were getting rewards for chasing the species I look forward to the reports /score sheets so I can send on to the BFM Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Only managed 5 species. 4 wrasse 4 bream 4 mackeral 4 pollock 1 pout Couldn't catch a dogfish for love nor money, nor any bass or mullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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