With a forecast improving for the afternoon Mike(lovesdoggiesnturbot) And two of my mates left mooring at eight and set off for the ledge.With no marks and my electronics not upgraded yet we went for looks good here.It wasn't ,just several dogs,Huss and some wrasse so with the wind holding us sideways to the tide I called a move(so I could play )
Dropped hook at Poole patch where we had just one bream more dogs,one mackerel and pout.
Wind was fine for a while then it got lumpy but worse no bites.....so we moved
Tried a drift by Brownsea Castle but wind was blowing us onto to the island so we moved
A drift for plaice further in the harbour and bingo Mike caught one within minutes,but after numerous drifts just a small bass so we moved
Drifted down the west of Brownsea just weed and Mike caught loads of limpet So we moved
We intended to go out to the patch again but it had kicked up quite a bit(xc was wrong)so a drift by Bournemouth Pier then anchored by Boscombe pier and only produced small dabs so we moved
Back to the Ledge and it looks good here?..just pout n dogs so we moved
Of to a mark of Mikes where he's had quite a few Turbot from the beach and guess what.................
he caught another one today,only small about 2lb that went straight back.
Left that mark at 6.55pm and boat washed and in our cars at 7.50
Long day,saw lots of club members,done a few miles,caught 12 species,drunk lots of tea,didn't use much fuel Not the best day for action/amount of bites but we made the best of what were awkward conditions..........and I got to give my boat some stick ...love it
Can't Wait To Get Some Proper Electronics,even sounder doesn't work!!
Nige