Hi Guys
Managed to get out on Yamabuki Blue yesterday for the first time this year, with my mate Dave ( pirky) as crew.
We left Baiter in poor visibility for an uneventful run out to the far end of Hook Sands in the hope of an early Plaice or two.
The first drift was very encouraging with two plaice to me in quick succession. Unfortunatly that was to be all, despite several drifts over the same area in the next couple of hours. Tried further along the bank to no avail apart from seeing a Plaice hurriedly swimming past the stern just below the surface in very clear water.
With the wind now rising and compromising the drifts, we moved inshore to the edge of the East Looe channel for a further drift on the now flooding tide. Still no takes! So then moved inside to the area on the edge of the channel between the Ferry and Brownsea Castle for further drifts this eventually produced a strange looking fish for me that neither of us could identify.
It had a squarish looking body with rows of boney protusions along the length of the body, a flat belly and the back was covered with what looked like parts of tiny worm casts as though it had been sitting in the mud for sometime.
Can anyone identify, please.
Pictures to follow, courtesy of pirky.
Regards to all Alan