alun j. Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 As I lay in bed at 5am listening to the woeful forecasts, I wondered how long PJ and I would be able to stay out....if at all. With the frost washed off the car, we headed to Lymington and first light showed the ominous red sky...... but a beautiful calm morning. LW at the slip but still enough water to launch. I had a plan but was wondering what the charters were planning [ I thought they would have cancelled with that forecast!]... as they set off for the Needles. Flat calm on the Solent so opened Gastronaught's little throttle. Loaded up with lots of big leads , bait and lots of rods, we still got up to 23 kts. and nearly overshot my mark ! ........ because someone has taken away the nice big buoy I had been using. The little wreck isn't quite where it says on the chart but found it in a few spiraling circles and anchored well uptide. PJ had his bait in the water within seconds and was soon into bites........good old LSD everywhere. My first bite was much more substantial, with a hefty line-taking pull that was no doggy; too much 'spark' for a cod, up comes a nice bass..... just a whisker under 4 lb. The next good bite, tearing line off the uptider, had us both thinking of 'lunker' bass as it banged and ran with and across the tide. Even leaning into it a bit more than normal with the heavier tackle for me, this fish took a good 10 mins to get back to the boat......... and up comes a conger , not my favourite fish, but I was impressed how well this one of about 15 lb ?? scrapped! The wind was starting to freshen by 11 but the fishing went quieter, save for the doggies. A switch to using up some big fat rag.......brought another screaming bite; bass or cod ??.......no!....... another conger!, bit smaller than the first. By 1 pm most of the waves were getting white tops so a careful trip back across the Solent with the dodger up and we kept dry . Some of the swells were pretty roly-poly; I wouldn't have fancied the trip later when the ebb would run into the gale! Thanks PJ for the company, skill with the T bar and crewing; lets hope for a whiting trip over the hols. Alun. PS On the slip, charters were just returning...... no cod, just a couple of conger behind the Needles..... it must have been very bumpy out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well done both! There was me thinking I had snatched a one-day weather window, and you went and grabbed two days, catching fish on both. Dead impressed that you were catching conger on rag...unless a pout got there first, and the conger took that? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Alun, You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Alun, Really enjoyed the day out mate Thank you PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Mike, There might have been a bit of squid left on the hook........ but dwarfed by my Poole 'Snakeworms'. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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