Mike Fox Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 (edited) Left the boatyard for the 7.30 bridge on Saturday 9th June, and arrived off Dancing Ledge just before the charter boats. Picked our spot with care, using the new twin frequency sonar to check out ridges, holes and ledges. Anchored 50m uptide of a nice cluster, and settled in for a long wait, deploying groundbait in batches to the seabed. Took a while for the fish to show, but were they good! We had more 2lb fish than ever before, with all of us catching quality fish on squid heads on 1/0 hooks - and the odd one to No2's The best went 3lb exactly on digitals scales, and we all hit PBs! We also had spider crabs, with George taking a nice one for his tea - a firm favourite after our French travels. We did keep a few males for the pot, and released well over 20. A few dogs as well, but mackerel were scarce. We tried a couple more marks in the area too, but the first one did it for us! Also saw new club member Alan and crew on Marcel, who anchored nearby, and seemed to hit some good fish too. Fog was grim, with visibility down to less than 50m in the afternoon. The new plotter did it's stuff, and got us back to Swanage Bay where it lifted, where we saw Rob and Jo on "Jo-Jo" on the edge of the banks, where we had more smaller bream, and a specimen diver! Charlie Chapman popped by too in a borrowed boat - good to see you afloat! A great day, giving the new electronics a real test ! Just need a few decent waypoints now. Mike Edited June 10, 2007 by Mike Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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