alun j. Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Holidays give you the opportunity to be more flexible and pop out when it suits! This week looks set to get breezy......so a little lull today seemed too good to miss. Overslept a bit this morning ......so kicking myself as it seemed blissfully calm [ if a bit chilly] at 6.30. Got my act together and down to Mudeford before 7 and surprised to see a few 'growlers' on the horizon. Shortly after leaving the Bar the keen NE wind became evident and I was having second thoughts about taking my little 4 40 into bigger seas [all the forecasts said it was going to drop.... so I continued ..slowly........going around the Shingles buoy, rather than over the bank!] I got to the Bridge just after 8 and found the Island was giving a bit of shelter. First drop with the shiny things brought a full string of small mackeral and these stayed alive for ages in my big 'Hippo' bucket [ 30 - 40 litres] with the odd flush. Last of the flood produced one fish.......a 5lb 4 oz bass with a huge stomach, looking like she's eaten a couple of big crabs [ you could feel the hard lumps]; then I missed one that took off like a rocket [ silly me forgot to do a fluorocarbon / trilene knot.......and the hook pulled off the line DOH !!] All quiet over a long stand of water........but I was getting more of a 'feel' of what's going on with this method. Another strong hit.......and just like last week.....fish lets go. As the ebb picks up so does the wind.....now from the SW........and recreating the short - chop wind-over-water........but another good bite. Hooked in the scissors this one goes some and a plump 5 lber. comes to the net. Wind and ebb both push harder and some swells start piling up, so time to go and get in the Run. Thoroughly enjoyable trip with two lovely bass in the coolbox......... On cleaning that ' lumpy' fish........... it wasn't crab in her stomach......but a great big stone !!...... bigger than a computer 'mouse'. T o compensate for the ballast, the fish had pumped up its swimbladder, adding to its rotundness. I'll be back soon.......... fishing here is quite different........very active, very absorbing and such a calibre of quarry!! Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 You'll need a few more stones to break the club bass record ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 That's an interesting one. So, if this fish was weighed-in at a competition, I assume the stone would count towards the weight??? Not knowing that it had a stone in it, of course. Try explaining that one... BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Just in case I do weigh in any fish at a comp, all of the fish I caught are stuff full to the gill with mackeral....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 (edited) Ha! I've sussed your plan. You going out and practicing before inviting me down again. Well done,that's a better day and 2 for the pot in a relatively short time. I'm now waiting for some parts to come for the brakes on the trailer and will be completing that before a return match. Just watch everything go bananas. Terry. Edited August 9, 2006 by plaicemat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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