alun j. Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 .... on all counts! A leisurely start, that could have been more so........as there was no water in Christchurch Harbour an hour and a half after LW ! When we did get off the slip, the Run and Bar were fine with plenty of water for a tiddler like Gastronaught. Looking for a bream mark, there was already quite a flotilla out towards the end of the Ledge ........this spot has become sooooooooo popular. Not being a sheep, I was sure there are good bream in many other spots, so we dived right and went to one of my other fancied spots to fish a flooding tide on the Ledge. At anchor , the wind seemed much more benign, and had little effect over the tide pushing us nicely in towards the rougher ground. To groundbait or not groundbait ? ......that is the question!! First drop.....bites; mine's only a pout but Adam's into a 'steamer', that's stripping braid off his little reel with his 'bendy wand' have little impact; this can't be a bream! Down to the last few turns on the reel and the fish has stopped, on the bottom, some distance downtide. Boatfishing technique number *** required [ buoying off the anchor]; in fact we got away with all but.... by paying all the warp, we'd gone downtide an extra 60m, enough to get level with the fish, and Adam was back on scraping terms.... and a few mins. later netted a beaut. of a bass of 6lb 8oz........such a fat fish .......and what a good start! It took some time before any bream showed.........not in numbers, but good size. The action slowed as the wind increased and tide slowed.... so a change of scene. As we ventured out, the tide over the Ledge was a bit bumpy and big swirls of plankton coloured water going by made me reconsider the plan..... Back inshore, it was much nicer and the coat could come off! On one of my summer spots, the action soon got going again........ some nice bream amongst the doggies, pollack [small], wrasse, pout, gurnard.........and a monster cuttle for Adam....and a couple of brown crabs [that will be lunch today!]. I used up the groundbait ........but still not convinced of its efficacy ???? I suspect that if you are 'on the bream', you catch.........and not sure you can 'bring them to you' any better than having several baits in the water putting a scent into the tide. Thanks Adam for coming along........for the good company, gastronomic discussion, insightful comments about inexperienced folk with their new boats [messing up big-time!]....I thought they'd all come to watch us fishing until the Lifeboat turned up! ....and thanks for standing by when I messed up [i'd left the trailer clamp key at home and had to dash there and back]. Best laugh of the day......... for Adam, it must have been watching his cuttle squirt me with about a litre of inky water ! ....for me, watching a gang of novices trying to launch their new RIB forwards down the slip! Well stocked with fish for this week's menu, variations on a theme of fresh bream! Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Heard the boat in trouble out there yesterday. Was it rope around the prop or something like that ? Interested now if you were on your "summer mark" or the earlier mark when we spotted you out ? Myself and Helen popped out for a quick blast as well. Only fished for an hour or so and Helen had her first bream of the season. One doggie for me. Launching with the new trailer is now such a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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