Sinbad Posted January 24, 2010 Report Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) Lovely day to be out, which turned out sunnier than expected.... Fishing all round was slow judging by the chat on Ch6. We arrived at our chosen mark shortly before Joint Venture, but as we have seen before....boats started arriving.....Craig and jackie on Gas and Colin and Bobi... joining in.. We forgot to say that this mark was only 100m across so fitting 4 boats on it wasnt going to work! Nothing doing here, only one pout and a small codling after a few hours, and whilst the flood had been going for an hour or so, we went in search of bigger tides and a feature. We found our next spot on a bank south of the Needles, and the tide was moving much stronger here- we were quickly up to 1 1/4lb leads, but the bites started coming steadily -first a Conger to me -so neatly hooked in the mouth, it came off on the surface at the back of the boat -this was arround 20lb..then a small blond ray... whiting.... then a slightly larger thornback, then crunch.... a good bite and its staying deep, and up comes a lovely Cod of 10lb 6oz - its stomach hard with crabs and full of roe. Then its Alun, reaching for his Rod.. he's into a good fish on the baited feathers rig.. and its a prime Bass - so fat and in good condition...almost 11lb, followed shortly after with another Cod of 5-6lb. Conditions were a little bouncy for weighing fish!! (until we got back to the marina). Maybe Alun will report the true weight.. So a really enjoyable day, some fish to show for the effort, and a good start to the species hunt. Paul Edited January 24, 2010 by Sinbad Quote
Paul D Posted January 24, 2010 Report Posted January 24, 2010 Thought I saw JV followed by another boat steaming over from the South. From the pic of the Bass I assume it was you two. Quote
Sinbad Posted January 24, 2010 Author Report Posted January 24, 2010 Yep Paul... Adam had Craig close behind, we were further west.. well done on yor Cod - we heard you over the radio -proves you can never give up... Tomorows tea and a few meals to come... Quote
pirky Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Well done lads .......sounds like a good day was had by most even if it was a bit slow at times Dave Quote
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