Afishionado Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 What a lovely day. I hope you guys that got away out to fish had a splendid time. After the last couple of weeks windyblow and rain it must be marvelous out there today. For those of us stuck at home for one reason or other please fill up our minds with tales of humongous fish and fabulous exploits. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Mike, Youre right!! However having been fooled by the small weather window last week, my plan today was to go piking instead. I spend a lovely relaxing day sat by the lake at Broadlands. I managed 2 pike, the best just into double figures. Made a nice change! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Good call Adam, 'Twas lovely in the Solent first thing.........but the breeze got up , against the tide, by late morning........so was rock and rolly to catch dogfish by! I'm trying something different next weekend! Alun. PS> It was good to be out in the sun; company was good, with 4 club boats out together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Nice to be out on the water again and considering how lumpy it started to get in the Solent today I was glad that we weren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl/overdraft Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Overdraft left the mooring at about 7 45 after bad start at home finding the bait freezer had been accidently switched off and 4 boxes of squid and 6 packs of mackerel not smelling to good. So a quick call at the Quay for fresh supplies and off we went. Out past Old Harry and a bit of a swell but not bad at all, anchor down and straight into a channel good start, but thats all it was, 2 hours later pout, pout & pout. Moved 1 mile in and bang 32 channels upto 2lb 12oz. and a few Lsd. Grandson was well pleased with the new rod (and floatation suit thanks Martin) so we headed off home in a rather cheery mood and wait for the next chance too have another go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Moore Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Thanks for a great day out Gordon, good company, my first time on a Raider 18 and I have to say an impressive boat, and due to some precision anchoring my first cod of 2007 and by 6.00pm the FPO and I had scoffed the lot Great to get out again, roll on the next window Thanks again Gordon Gordon M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Thanks to Alun and Gastronaught for a pleasant day out. You will notice that my report doesn't end with "and the FPO and I scoffed the lot for tea". Although it was great to get out again in this extended period of gloom, wind and rain, the fish decided not to come out to play. Apart from a few lsd's and pout which at least kept up the interest there was nothing for tea. Still great fresh bacon and tomato butties on homemade wholemeal bread with cups of hearty, spicy celeriac curried soup helped to keep the wolf from the door. That's my lot, I think, until the spring fish arrive. Roll on the good weather. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Dean and I were out and fished the slates from Poole. Well it was fairly rough out there and the fish appeared to be Awol except for one lone Smoothy of around 6/7lb Nice to get out and give he boat a proper run though, we are well chuffed Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Fished with Simon on board Cimarra, with Peter, launching from Lymington with other club boats. My first time on a Raider 18 as well, and was impressed at the stability, speed, space, and a superb set of electronics! We fished with Gastronaught, Fugazi, and Neo at a mark in the Solent, and were encouraged by the radio message of a cod to Gordon M (nice fish Gordon!), but were doomed to a session of doggies and pout. When the wind picked up, we up-anchored and tried the island side of the Solent, having a slowish trundle over Hampstead Ledge to see what was there, and made a point to return for a tackle-risking session if our second mark failed. We fished a mark near Yarmouth that looked very promising. I had a good take on my first drop, and after lifting it clear of the sea-bed, it was thumping away in a most unusual manner then it all went slack. I pulled in, and there on my 7/0 was impaled one of the bluish-black smaller feeding claws from a lobster - still moving. I went back down, and tried to get the rest - but no joy. We had a much better size of pout, and Peter was connected to something large that seemed to be a decent conger, but it broke him up. We all had similar bites at times, but nothing we could get over the side. As the sun went down, we hammered back to Lymington at 35 mph (startling!) and a great day on the water was had. Shame about the lack of cod, but Gordon proved they're still there! Thanks again Simon, for a brilliant, and eye-opening trip! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hopefully, a couple of photo's from Sunday. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 And the Cimarra crew. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Ditto. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Cheers Terry, Looks almost like a summer's day [ and it was early on ]; an hour or so later you could hardly hold the camera still ......... and cooking the second round of bacon sarnies was a bit more tricky! Alun. PS, We enjoyed our pout fillets pan-fried in lemon olive oil [ a real 'find' for fish cooking]...... how was your calamari pasta ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Dilys is dishing it up as I write this. I had it cooked ready for her return from School. Bl@@dy hard working these Prmary School teachers. Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Nice to get out too. Got to Lymington and met up with Alun J, Terry, Simon, Mike F and his crew. Speedy launch from Lymington and steamed to the mark along with Gastronaught ( apart from nearly ending over the other side of the Solent as I wasn't concentrating too much on where the mark was ! ). Nice and flat to start - rougher later but then calmed down again. Evidently I anchored the mark accurately based upon Gordon "precision anchoring" Moore's applause as they arrived Fugazi once again though managed to be anchored alongside Neo and then haul up a couple of cod(LING) whilst all we could do was watch in awe Myself and PJ had one bite each which we both managed to fail to connect and I caught the solitary fish on the boat ( a doggie ). Decided to return around 2 PM to get back in time to watch Reading and hopefully wind up Mark B ( not today though ). Was good to get out though and good company as usual with PJ Definitely going for an annual pass for the lymo slipway now that the man collecting the launching fees is somewhat more efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Only takes 3 or 4 Mudeford launches [ April - Oct.] to make the annual pass worthwhile...... whereas you need to exceed 8 at Lymington. What's the score at Baiter? On balance, and esp. if autumns and winters turn out to be as windy as this year's been, ......... I'll also be looking at the extra season ticket. And if the cod fishing continues to decline , I'll be exploring the flounder marks inshore and save the bumping about. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Mike, please fill up our minds with tales of humongous fish and fabulous exploits. It was a wonderful day but any tales would be very tall ones PJ AJ and Terry in the am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 a few minutes later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Simon and crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Nice pictures, partic' the sunset one. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 sunrise Mike ! Earlybirds...............missing the cod! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 sunrise Mike ! Earlybirds...............missing the cod! That's a time of day no mans hand should ever set foot on!! Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Photos via a photo enhancement prog Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Photos via a photo enhancement prog Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I like that Mike... What is the program? Is it available FoC over the web?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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