AHoy Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 With some forecast reasonable weather I am planning a late season cross-channel jaunt (Cherbourg or CI), out this Friday and return on Saturday. As the "cruising crew" has agreed in principle to a bit of fishing is anyone else likely to be out and about that we might meet up with (or home in on for a good mark ) Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Hi Alan and good luck with the trip The tides look much kinder than they were when we went in May. We are not available this weekend but dependeing on what type of fishing you have permission for I am sure that the mid channel wrecks would be worth a look. some of which were visited in May. If I was going I would probably have a look at the area around the RIPs as well to see if any cod are still about , a bit East of track to the CI but not far from the course for France. I would probably be taking the fishing more seriously but I think perhaps wrecks one way and RIPs the other would be my plan If its just a bit af angling in the CI that you fancy why not check out Marks lastest reports on Alderney Angling or give him a call. We had great fun on light gear for pollack. a mile or two from Braye in the eddy out of the tide. Very tight lines Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHoy Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Well the French wine and cuisine trip (with bonus mid-channel fishing) changed to a beer and pub grub trip! The steady F3 to 4 SW winds mid week had increased to F5 by Friday and as expected had fetched up a bit of a snotty sea, with the channel buoy showing 3.5ft waves at 8 sec interval. With Cherbourg as the destination and a Plan B in hand we decided to check out the conditions in the Channel. We had already decided to postpone any channel fishing until the return leg . After 40 minutes motoring out from Old Harry, with decidedly lumpy head seas and speed down to 9 knots, we decided we didn't want to repeat an earlier 8 hour trip in such conditions and Plan B was actioned. We turned East and we ran off down wind to the quieter conditions of the Solent . Lunch was taken at anchor in the calm of Newtown Creek, although the wind was registering F5 on our anemometer (in the the creek ) and the channel buoy was now showing 4ft waves at 7 sec intervals (obtained via my son's Blackberry device). Decision justified we felt. We carried on to Cowes then up the Medina to Island Harbour for an overnight stop, with the beer and pub grub obtained at the Folly Inn The moorings and pub have changed somewhat since I used to have moorings there in the 1970s! A lazy start on Saturday waiting for the fog to clear gave us time for the "Full English Breakfast" before locking out of Island Harbour and making our way back to Poole. A lunch stop at Totland Bay set us up for a slack water run out through the Needles Channel and the run back to Poole in good conditions in time to join a large queue for the 16:30 bridge lift. No fishing action for us and not a lot of other angling boats out that we could see, one boat on Lymington Banks, a couple visible through the mist south of the Needles and two or three boats on the outer Poole Bay marks. Thanks for the tips Charlie. If the late season good weather keeps showing up then there may be another opportunity to follow them up. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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