Mike Fox Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 (edited) Frisky Fox left the mooring for the 7.30 lift of Poole Bridge, and trundled out towards Swanage, making our best speed of 6 knots (plus a bit for tide), in time for our 9 a.m. comp start time. Dropped the hook in 50 foot or so at our Spotted Ray spot (cheers Mad Mike!), not realising that it was going to be like Crufts down there. Dog after dog came over the gunnels to George and I on mackerel chunk or squid, but Carol persevered with rag, and was rewarded with a small Spotted Ray of 2lb 11oz on our new digital scales. I also had my first Black Bream of the year...but a small female so it was returned. We also saw AWOL powering past on the way to a distant mark. George got his best doggie of the day here at 1lb 13oz. After convincing ourselves the dogs were just too voracious we moved out to the Whitehouse Grounds, and did a long drift from there to Anvil...but at over 2 knots it was too fast, and our displacement boat took too long to recover ground. We tried another spot in Swanage Bay, hoping to duck some of the now fiercely ebbing tide, where I had my best dogfish of 2lb 1oz. After this, we tried off Ballard for the Bream, the wreck of the Leny for something interesting (but just found pout), and a spot we know inside Poole Harbour for the bass on the way back, seeing as we saw them chasing sandeels. Not being sure of their size, and not being really rigged for bass, we flicked squid strip and rag at them, and managed 5 schoolies of up to about 14" - all returned - before the shoal vanished. Great to see! Overall, 28 fish, total 5 species. Now, how do we go about recording these monsters for the comp again? Mike, Carol and George Edited April 15, 2007 by Mike Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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