Sinbad Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) I took my son out for his first fishing trip of the year (mine as well for this season!) Went out about midday, after the early rain had passed - towards the patches - expecting to see loads of boats. I wasnt disappointed - there must have been 30+ boats - sitting out there!! We opted for the outer patch, and had this to ourselves, and found a nice looking spot in about 14m. Soon as the rods were down, we had plucks on the rod tips, and then one screeming reel resulting in this rather nice 3lb Bream, ably hauled in by junior, and netted by yours truly. we had a few more bream then called time and had a few drifts over by old harry which produced the first mackerel of the season for us, and headed in. Pity we couldnt have stayed out longer, but had a good day and Alex got his bream at last! Managed to miss the tide for the mooring, which resulted in an enforced stay in the marina and a wonderful fish and chip supper afloat. A great end to the weekend! Paul P.s Saw alfresco just arriving home to PYC, but no big trail of seagulls after her.... Edited May 5, 2008 by Sinbad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 well done matey, thats a cracking bream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 yep that's a beaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Good Lad. Welld done. That's a " Good Un " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Rob Francis & I, aboard Star Turn were there somewhere nearby! We pulled up to the popular area about 11.40 and using the sounder found a spot on the western edge of the group. Turned out we had picked a spot between Stargazer and Overdraft! (Note for next AGM- Make Wedger's club penants compulsary for social identification reasons!) Our first bit of excitement (if you can call it that) of the day was when a total 455hole in a big gin palace went through the whole pack of boats at about 30 knots, actually passing between Star Turn and Overdraft, and we were only anchored about 15 metres apart. I took a photo but sadly the boat name is not legible. The boat was drawing loud shouts of all sorts of language that would make a navvy blush, to which the erstwhile crew of ST joined in. Don't tell our Mums. The 'pilot' was so brain dead that he thought all the shouting and jeering was us showing our appreciation of his amazing boat handling skills and wallet size, to the extent that he grinned and waved. If only I'd sorted that roof-mounted GPMG on my boat... Although he was by far the worst, he was by no means the last of the day. How the drivers of these hulking great motor cruisers can think it's acceptale to pass right through such a closely packed group of anchored boats, at such speed, in an otherwise unoccupied bay is completely beyond belief. WTF do they think we are all parked there for?? Is there anything that can be done about it? Anyway, within 10 mins of dropping a bait Rob was into the bream with a nice male specimen for his score sheet. He was 5-0 up before my rod-tip started dipping and before long I'd just about caught up. A new experience for me at least, there was no let up for us all day. This was partly because when things were quieting off we deployied the Burley Bomb loaded with our secret recipe "Frannear Burley" which soon brought the fish back to us. Rob even had to drop bare hooks so that he could eat his sarnies! Various boats including Prodigy passed by on their way to other waters during the course of the afternoon and Stargazer was replaced by I think another club boat, a John Dory(?) but the name slips my mind now... Rob started showing off by playing a rod in each hand and catching 2 bream on each rod at once!! With a couple of Garfish and a lone mackie to add to the cool box we called it a day about 17:00 with a respectable catch of bream up to about 2lb, and having returned all females and number of smaller males, along with a dogfish. Somehow we caught a couple of blennies too... I am finally getting out there and fishing! (Note to self: Need to invent a machine to de-scale and gut fish...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinbad Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 (edited) Charlie Yep, we saw that git on the flybridge go past.... later on we were in the swash channel running back, and another one came past at 30 knots - considering there was little breeze, all the yachties were trying to sail in, and to have this thing thundering past, was un-believable. I think the maggot catapult will have to be deployed, or the boiley launcher with a 1oz bullet... Glad you got amongst the fish - I didnt bother to call on ch6 -we were too busy clinging on as the boat rolled back and forward though 60 degrees!!! Paul p.s - how did the new horse power improve the trip ??? Edited May 6, 2008 by Sinbad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Nice one guys we have not tried the breaming yet Nice to get the young ones on the fish It certainly helps get the fishing permission when you take the kids well done Alex Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Charlie- your secret recipe burley was definatley working ! When we came back later in the afternoon and anchored just downtide of you it was Bream city.... I would be interested to know what was in it if you want to send me a pm ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Chris, The Patent Pending "Frannear Burley" is a concoction of allsorts of stuff - we find if we put it down boats around us catch, I think the smell scares them off!!! Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Some nice bream there. Last year had the same effect with groundbaiting ( as in the boats downtide of us started catching ). Also recall sitting watching Tomo on Just Purfick catching bream after bream when he swung over our groundbait as the tide turned - oh how we laughed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 I havbe to say I did enjoy my first trip out on Star Turn - Thanks Charlie. She is spacious and a nice stable platform for fishing adventures. Plenty of shade too to keep the beer ice cold!!! Though I must admit running in an engine is slightly tedious and 8kn is very slow! But as Charlie mentioned we had plenty of time to play with a bucket load of sensor readings and dials on the plotter from the Smart craft gizmo. The only disconcerting thing was that the oil pressure was readinf zero - but having dicussed the merits of a 2smoke (sorry) stroke we concluded quite quickly that there was no oil sump so no pressure to be measured!! (Actually smoke and noise wise I was very impressed, not like my 2003 Johnson on my previous boat - every second word was "WHAT?"). Next time though I'm sure Charlie won't hold back as ST felt like she was rareing to go!! Cheers mate - we shall no doubt strike again soon. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overrun Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Lovely Bream there chaps, might I enquire as to the tide strength on the patch, how much lead do you use to hold bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 We were using 3 oz and just holding. We fished the ebb from 12:00 till 16:00. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Tide not much of an issue really in that area unless its a really big one, 4oz of lead ( casted downtide) was plenty. On my uptider a 5 oz grip did the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overrun Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Thanks guys, might be visiting, we'll be downtide of your position Need to do something about those Gin Palaces though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 the issue is a combination of autopilots and you sitting on a direct line between Poole and the western entrance to the solent. get the same issue with yachts - wind permitting they make the one tack ; straight through the fleet. generally even those that do think twice will not see any obvious route that clears all craft so ....... please note that none of this is in anyway judgemental - just pointing out the obvious. oh - and the autopilot issue is that if they go of course to go round 1. it starts beeping 2. they can't reset the course easily as they haven't read that part of the manual so they try to avoid course changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 imho, autopilots on fast powerboats,,, big mistake... just think of the car alternative!!!! yachts is a bit different, doing sub 10knts the horison doesnt change that quickly Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 imho, autopilots on fast powerboats,,, big mistake... just think of the car alternative!!!! it's called 'cruise control' and apparantly many many people use it I am not one despite most of my recent cars having installed as standard. I am certainly not against autopilots - I was just proffering an explanation as to the 'how come' question raised here. The patch falls bang on a straight line between Poole and the solent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Nothing at all wrong with autopilots on power craft although there maybe something wrong with some of the helmsmen using them The old adage a poor workman and his tools springs to mind. I used one over our Alderney week-end and found it to be a boon. Using it made helming the boat less stressfull, tiring and intense but also allowed for the helmsman (me)to take more notice of his surroundings instead of constantly looking at the compass and XTE on the plotter. For these reasons I feel autopilots should at least in theory make travelling in a fast boat safer Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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