djredrupp Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Left poole around 10,30ish today, with the intention of fishing on dolphin sands, after dropping the lobster pot on poole patch. First mark was right on the top of dolphin, where we waited,, and waited,,, and waited,,, and waited..... not a nibble from anthing!!!! After about 3/4 hour we decided to move to the edge of the sands, in a gulley ranging from 18m to 13m. More luck in here, catching about 7 whiting, of which 4 were kept for the pot! however as the tide slowed, so did the fishing, with the whiting easing off, and only a couple of pout biting the hooks (god there annoying....). With the slackening tide, we decided to move inwards towards Xray, as we had been having no luck with Mr Cod! Got there a bit too early (around 2 ish), and ended up sitting in slack water waiting for the tide to turn, so nothing happening on the rods! In the end we started to pack up around 3 - 3.0, leaving one rod over with fresh bait as we filleted the whiting and packed up the rest of the stuff. Just as its being reeled in, we get an ALMIGHTY pull on it, of something well hooked. After about 2min, its still pulling line off with a lot of drag, neither me nor the fish making much ground, but a big kick in it! Unfortuately, as you can guess by the title, the 60lb leader snapped / bitten at the hook (not the knot pulling through, as ther was no 'curley' bit) , leaving me with a gutted face and an empty line! ahh well better luck next time! Dan oh and the weather was amazing! flat calm and not another boat in sight! 26knts all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Possibly a raymond ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 possibly, but was kicking, rather than the dustbin-lid persona i have had with a ray before,,,, we were thinking conger,.. though its hardlyh the ground for it! the trace ( i wrote leader earlier... oops!) had parted very close to the hooks, as the glowing muppet i was using was still on the line! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Hard luck Dan good decision to move to the slightly deeper water, that is where the whiting tend to be. It may well have been an eel or a large Blonde both tend to move about a bit on these tides. I am sure you will be back to try again. It certainly has been two days of good pre Christmas weather. Merry Christmas Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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