BigMac Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Weeks of excited anticipation were at last at an end and Rupert and I headed towards Portsmouth for an eagerly awaited day out with Terry, aboard his boat, for a crack at a plaice or two. We rendezvoused, (rendevoused? rende............) MET, good friends Eddy and Paul en route (multi lingual me!)And it was 6.30 sharp as we trundled up the berth to be greeted onboard by Terry and son, Carl. We loaded tackle bait and food and were soon underway heading out of harbour. Bait for the day was 450 prime, hand dug ragworm and 2 5lb boxes of sqid for "tipping off" Just passing Clarence Pier, 2 minutes after opening the throttle, the engine began to overheat and Terry quickly hit the stop button. Lifting the engine box revealed a totally shot fan belt Superstar Terry was carrying a spare ;D and it was no more than 20 minutes before the 6 of us were heading for Terrys mark of choice. All manner of rigs were clipped to mainlines with beads of all colours and hues, spoons, some small some big and rotating blades from tiny to far too big much in evidence. Plaice fishing does seem to bring out the creative side of people and today was no exception!! By the time we arrived at the mark (8.15am) the sun was blazing and the sea oily smooth. Terry set the boat for the first drift and worm baits tipped with squid were chucked out and fishing began in ernest. The last of the ebb was pushing us eastwards at less than a knot and 2 oz of lead controlled the end rig perfectly. Terry remarked that it might be a bit slow until we find the fish and his rod tip began to rattle : A slow lift of the rod saw it hoop over and a couple of minutes later the first spotty of the day was in the net 5 minutes later and young Carls rod registers an enquiry and another beauty of 3lb odd is netted. Terry has another a hundred yards on, almost a twin of the first and as we come to the end of the first drift, I manage to snag a 3lber of my own. 4 fish on the first drift!! What a start ;D The action continues in the same vein on the next drift, and the next one and the one after that and by 10 o'clock we've boated over a dozen good fish,only 2 under a pound and a half and up to a best of 3lb 8oz to Rupe As the tide slackens and then stands still, so do we. The fish keep coming every 15 or 20 minutes with flurries of double hook ups and even at one time a treble hook up! Stangely, a lot of the fish caught during slack water were only very lightly hooked which resulted in a 2 hour period where we definitely lost more than we boated As the tide starts to move , Carl has 2 lovely fish of 4lb 2oz and 4lb 1 oz in quick succession, the former having some of the biggest, brightest spots on a plaice we had ever seen. What a stonking fish!! As the tide pulls more strongly they feed with more confidence and the stream of spotties continues. Nearly all between 2 1/2lb and 3 1/2lb with a 4lber thrown in every so often. At 3 o'clock my rod hoops over as an obviously better 'un takes the bait. A tremendous scarap has my barbel rod bent to the butt as the fish dives for the bottom half a dozen times but a few minutes later its scooped up in the net by Terry and proves to be the biggest fish of the day at 4lb 9oz, in prime condition and a new pb for me by 1lb 1oz ;D ;D ;D Ther was virtually no let up in the action which made it tough to stop for something to eat, something to drink or even for a pee. Dehydration had not caused the p*ss taking to dry up though and the stick was relentess all day with no one safe from persecution Aint laughed so much for a long time Very few other fish interrupted our hunt for flatties with maybe a dozen dogfish, the same number of pout, 20 or so small bream, half a dozen wrasse and a single thornback of about 6lb being the only invaders........... curiously, during the hottest part of the day, there not 5 yards off the bow was a good size thornback swimming right on the surface, wingtips breaking the surface in the calm. By 5 o'clock the tide had started to push at over a knot and a half and Terry thew the hook over for an hour or so and only one more plaice came to the boat, at 6 we decided to call it a day and what a day it had been!!!!!!! Between the 6 of us we had boated a total of 70 plaice We had 10 under 1 1/2 lb, 42 between 2lb and 3lb, 12 between 3lb and 4lb and no less than 6 over 4lb to 4lb 8oz!! Without doubt in my top 10 days fishing ever resulting in more plaice than I've ever caught in one day (14) and 5 fish over my previous pb ;D ;D Awesome, totally awesome!!!! Thanks fellas, Terry, Carl, Eddy, Paul and Rupe... it was a privilege ... ;D ;D Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 What a fantastic day and a superb report. I must persuade my friend in Portsmouth to take me out for a spot of plaice fishing, although I suspect he may struggle to have that sort of success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overrun Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Cracking report and congrats on the new PB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Al What a stonkin day, well done and thanks for sharing Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 awesome............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well done !! Talk about knowing your spots !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Well done !! Talk about knowing your spots !! talk about puns.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Nice one Guys what a great day Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 What a fantastic day fellas. Great skills. Looking forward to putting on a day soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 well done fella's, great report. Danny btw, isnt it about time you stopped reading these posts eddie and joined in haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Sea Dean Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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