Rob Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) I made a last minute call to head out today as I have not had JoJo out seriously fishing for some months. I headed to Mudeford single handed meeting Les with Manatee enroute at the petrol station. I had forgotten how much longer it takes to launch etc when on own! The sea state was horrible, nasty swell and 9kn + of westerley wind. I met up with Manatee looking for mackerell but there were failry patchy and a little thin on the ground (unless they are hiding in a new spot?). I managed half a dozen great bait sized Joeys and a couple of eaters and headed to the ledge. First drift nothing so chnaged completely to an interesting feature on the chart - bang fish on - the bait runner went off! A nice plump nearly 4lb bass in the net! My first ever on a livey! I found that using a drogue I could slow the drift slightly and keep the boat much straighter, just got to remember to bring it in before moving off!!! Half a dozen drifts later with nothing more and I headed in, back in time for lunch and to before the rain. Yesterday I plumbed in a permanent live bait pump through and exixting skin fitting and all seemed to work very well and in much neater than previous solution. Cheers Rob Edited June 20, 2008 by rob francis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Nice to get a fish for your efforts well done Rob Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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