Paul J Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Had an enjoyable Day showing Crezz the delights of Christchurch. His first experience of the Run didn't live up to all the stories he had heard as it was perfect conditions and high water. after a slow start we eventually had 6 Bream the best going to Crezz at 3lb 8oz. A lovely day to be out with many friends close by PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 6 bream - we had a solitary one and lost one in the rocks. The boat to the side of us had around 50 odd..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Hi Paul, Glad you snared a few ......we had 15 and lost about 5 more....all on the ebb......not one fish on the flood... Great day though........The Run was like a pussy cat today............bring your mate back in January on an ebbing spring Tide... and a force 4 Westerly>>>>Then he can have the adrenalin rush!!!!! Tomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Tomo, Thanks for your help today and you Coddy Pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 (edited) PJ, If Your fishing next to me next time could you put in a bit more Risto mix for both of us.....I really must get a bait dropper!! Edited April 15, 2007 by TOMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) "Borrowed" a used stock boat with my colleague, Martin, yesterday to go and join the gang off to the East of Poole Bay. Very high expectations after hearing lots of good reports and after loading up our gear we headed into a beautiful rising sun. What a balls up we had! 1) Aimed to arrive at the start of the flood, forgot BST and got their an hour early 2) In our excitement to get going I left the car not just unlocked, but the doors wide open (what a muppet) with some VERY expensive sunglasses sitting in the glove box which was also wide open. 3) Forgot the landing net 4) Forgot any safety gear at all (idiot!) Without any real idea of where we were going we arrived in the general vicinity of where we wished to be and steemed passed Aquafresh on our starboard side with our attention fixed firmly on a fishy looking mark showing on the plotter. The fishy looking mark began to look less fishy as I looked beyond Aquafresh to see a plethora of small boats about a mile away in the mist and not a sausage on the mark I was aiming at. Swinging the boat South and passing Aquafresh a couple of hundred metres away I could see that one of the guys looked like he was in to a fish as a healthy bend was in his rod. The main area where all the boats were didn't seem anything special on the plotter. One or two contours of slight interest, but typically somewhere I would have steamed over. Lots of club pennants were proudly flying and so I guessed we must be where the fish are, these guys are all experts. Trying to find a spot not in someone's tide line was easier said than done, but eventually we anchored a likely looking mark about 20 metres to the side of a line of pots. The last of the flood dribbled away and the constant sound of engines as more boats arrived kept us busy being nosey seeing who it was. At the busiest point we counted 28 boats within much less than a square mile! This many boats gave us a quiet sense of confidence that we were at least part way in the right place! Nothing happened over slack apart from several Pout and a tiny corkwing Wrasse and then the tide swung us round so our stern was facing towards Swanage and I mentioned to Martin, "Another 15 minutes". Bang! Fish on! The familiar jag jag jag screamed Bream and the little spinning rod screamed it was a good fish.... it was about now that it dawned on us we had no way of landing these fish and I jokingly shouted over to Dave.S onboard Sammy about borrowing a landing net and I wish we had as a clonking Bream easily pushing 4lb began crash diving back towards the bottom. Once on the surface, Martin did his best to belly the fish out, but the ultra fine wire hooks were having none of it and simply straightened out and an unintentional "catch and release" ensued. Apart from a lack of net, our confidence was boosted even further now and we settled in for all the action. A boat 100m to our left was in constant action and the odd fish could be seen coming to a couple of other boats, but aboard "Miss Daisy" the tumble weed was well and truly rolling along the deck. Even the Pout had had enough and not a single bite was coming our way despite some magic ground bait. It seems we weren't the only ones. A few boats repositioned and several more headed off to pastures green including Aquafresh which roared past half a mile south at what must have been WOT. It was impossible to say where anyone was going as they quickly dissapeared into the sea mist, but it was clear that on the whole, unless you were bang on the numbers you were not going to be overly successful. A quick conflab and we hauled the anchor and headed in the direction of Poole to try and find a spot on the next mark and once again lots of boats signalled we had arrived. Within half an hour the tumble weed rolling down the decks again said we were bumming out. The tinest little bites were coming to worm baits, but not even a Pout or Doggie wanted to play so the third and final choice was down towards Swanage. The same story here. Nothing but a couple of Doggies to the hooks and a facinating 10 minutes spent watching a Cuttle fish swimming in our chum trail. He was clearly excited by al the tit bits floating past as he was constantly changing colour and coming and going to check out a large mackeral bait that Martin had hung over the side of the boat. None to soon (it was a beautiful day, but by now I was bored out of my mind) it was time to head in. An absolutely duff day on the water. Beautiful weather, good company and all the right tactics, but from getting out of the car to the last cast of the day, if it could go wrong it did go wrong. As we ran up the Swash channel Martin opened his lunch box and pulled out two yellow things one was offered in my direction. "Banana?" Tom PS: For those that don't understand the significance, ask Roger Bayzand about bananas on boats! Edited April 16, 2007 by TomBettle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 As you say Tom, you had to be on the mark to find the fish and we too were out by a number of yards. As you say it was good to be out but unless you get amongst the fish it can get boring. Saw you shooting past towards Swanage when we were sitting near Mike's new purchase. You should have kept your shirt on and the sun might have burnt off all that mist! Coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 PS: For those that don't understand the significance, ask Roger Bayzand about bananas on boats! What's it with banana and skippers? One Lymington skipper starts the day with 'Do any of you have banana? If you have, eat it now or if I catch see any out there, they are going over the side.' P.S Tom, you can really write long essays, I bet you were a grade A student at engish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 What a balls up we had! 1) Aimed to arrive at the start of the flood, forgot BST and got their an hour early 2) In our excitement to get going I left the car not just unlocked, but the doors wide open (what a muppet) with some VERY expensive sunglasses sitting in the glove box which was also wide open. 3) Forgot the landing net 4) Forgot any safety gear at all (idiot!) hmm! that sounds organised compared to my trips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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