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Similar story here. I was near the Spoils and had blondes, conger, whiting pout and one mackerel. The fish were mostly at the start and end of the ebb but it went dead in the middle. Interestingly nearly everything took frozen mackerel and the expensive californian calamari I paid a small fortune for hardly got touched.

With the weather not looking too bad Chris invited me out,tides weren’t right for the sharks but we would still give them a go. Out we went to the same bank with bottom baits for rays and whiting,it was slow going and not one doggy all day……that’s a plus. Usual replacement for doggies plenty of strap congers and blonde rays but the whiting were slow to show.When the whiting did they were all of a good stamp and ended up with more than enough to take home. On my toothy critter rod with a whole Mac the ratchet had a brief bite and a cleanly bitten bait…..our closest encounter. We had quite a few blonde rays to keep us busy and my largest one kept us guessing until it came into sight with an unusual fight,great fish at 23lb12oz Thanks Chris for yet another cracking day with awesome grub and lots of brews Until the next time when the right tide and weather let us hunt the Poole Bay monsters Nigel

Well I finally managed to get out on a beautiful calm sea. I got the 07.30 bridges and managed to arrive at the Spoil ground at around 08.30. The slack water was just ending and it was action from the off. Congers, doggies, pout and small whiting. But, the strong tide soon ended that and I made a hasty retreat to the Sadler Banks. it looked liked everybody else did too. It was then very slow with only doggies for the next 4 hours !!!! I went in further to a slower tide, but that did not show anything either. At 13.30pm I made a last minute decision to go back out the the outer Sadler Banks as the tide slackened. Got the rods back down at 14.00 and then all hell let loose. Once the whiting had got the sent, then bites were coming thick and thin along with the whiting on board. Only a couple were keepers so I have posted a photo of it's size. Being on my own I did not want to stay out too long so I lifted the hook at 14.45 and headed back to Cobbs. As I was on my own I called up the Hengisbury Head NCI and they plotted my positions every time when I called them. Very reassuring. Note to Self, do a bit of homework on the tides before planning a trip. However, it was a great day to be out.

Went to the 50's area with Yan and Frank Morris. Arrived around 10 am. And left about 2 pm. Four rays including a 9 lb Small Eyed. Good number of Whiting with the majority of fish between 1.25 lbs and 1.75 lbs. Three over 2 lbs and a single clunker at 3.5 lbs. Other bits and bobs included Dogs and Congers Saw quite a few boats including Bobblin who joined us for a short while. A successful short session. It was nice to be able to see clearly through one eye again. Looking forward to the next one being done. Will try and put up a few photos that Yan took.

Ditto. I only use frozen Mackerel when fishing for Whiting. Whiting will take squid, but if Mackerel is on offer I believe it is their preferred bait. However, when fishing for Cod, then I have only caught Cod on Squid. I even caught a Cod on an actual frozen whole squid once!!!

I had a tangle once on a cast many moons ago off Dartmouth. Water so clear I could see it for ages, was my reel, but mates rod. I also lost a rod and reel to tuna several weeks ago, not that went off like a train! Remember to loosen the drag as soon as you put rod in rod holder, lesson learnt. Also proves, they will take a wire trace! Anyone got a uglystik gx2 20/30 in good nick the way to pass on. And a daiwa Slosh / sloshX ? Need these so my pairs of rods/reels feng shui is restored. R

Looks like he's been eating mince pies too !!!!😃

Thanks Nigel Keeps us all interested

Colin, did Yan send you the "Wish you were here" wind up photo of the big cool box wither the fish in It?