Gnasher

probabbly the quickest fishing trip ive ever had. Claire had to go to christchurch to get some shoes for the kids and i had the time it took for me to drop her off at the shoe shop, buy some shoes and meet me at the slip to catch a mullet. Half an hour tops. i was just walking along the bank with one rod and 2 slices of bread looking for fish. When it comes to mullet, i dont need half an hour to catch. a few mins later, a mullet just over 3lb, then a few mins later another of 3lb 13oz. Only a couple of babies, but on a quiver tip rod with a 1oz tip, size 16 hook and 2lb line, they give a nice scrap. Minute bits of bread flicked in front of them catches without fail.......Out at Lymo next week for a proper one. Dom also took Gnasher out today from Mudeford, and i look forward to his report as he got among some decent fish....Gnasher is on a role....well done today Bruv. Pic of smaller mullet of the two landed below...

hehe, even i know what hes talking about Tom...........

whats the advantages of float fishing? As i havnt bass fished b4, my plan was just to drop a maccy to the bottom with a lead and just drag it along............ive much 2 learn..... Also when free lining.......will the maccy bait dive right to the bottom with no weight attached to the line? Or is it best to have a small weight attached?

thats a pb dom...........get it in the book...haha

sorry bruv, i will top up the fuel tank 2moz ....dom, go 4 the stingers instead. Good luck.

yes please Dan

yer paul, ive been doing fairly well considering ive not been out much, but its just time to break my 12oz bass pb now, i think i will need a boat to buddy.............know any1 who can put me on the fish paul hehe

whats the combined age

ive sold loads in the last couiple of years, they always start, and even after standing up for 20 years, just clean the plug, drain the carb, prime and after a few pulls shes running. They are very heavy, but wont let you down, even the larger models are normally only about 4hp. If you need spares,pm chris, (thats_a_biggun) and he sells bits aswel as whole models nearly everyday(cheap). PM chris would be handy if you need spares.... I would rather have a seagull on the back as it will never let you down then oars any day.

PB ray

I sneaked out for a few hours this morning. As fathers day, I thought id do a family thing, and took out my Dad, aswel as my four year old son Lewis. Launched Gnasher at mudeford with no probs and headed round to towards the bar, getting shallower and shallower, until i manage to get grounded. 3 others follow and that makes 4 boats stuck. I jump out and push her through the gravel- prop still intact though. Head out towards Xray, mirror sea and fish dimpling the surface everywhere, aswel as bass exploding on the top and feeding on the bait fish, a sight Ive not seen before, about halfway between mudeford and the head. Anyway, found a few fish on the sounder and I rigged my boy up with some feathers. His rod is a 4 ft ice pike bright orange thing that I got for a fiver from the market. He drops down and up come the maccy, a great sight watching him bring up his first salt water fish. Once we got enough bait, we head just south of xray. Because the boat is tiny, with 3 on board (well 2 and a half) we decide to only fish one rod each. Both me and my dad drop down whole maccy baits, with just a few slices in the side and my lad drops down with a small rag bait. 5 mins later, the 4ft orange wand is bent over, after a struggle, up pops a suprise starry. Only small, but im well chuft for him, as the tackle is so light. 2 mins later and hes in again, another decent scrap, and he lands a tub gurnard. Ive never even landed one my self. next drop and a bream of about a pound and a half. All this whilst both mine, and my dads rods remain still. Just as im thinking my boy is out doing me, i have a couple of vers small pulls on the whole maccy bait. As i hold the rod, it continues to pick at the bait for the next 10 mins. Complaining the doggies are hammering the bait, i decide to hit the next rattle. As soon as i hit it, line pours from the spool as a good fish makes in the flooding tide. 20 mins later on light gear a ray apears 30m down tide on the surface. Even worse the fish wraps in the trace and im now pulling it in backwards. Eventually in the net and a thornback at an ounce over 14lb lays in the net. A new PB for me. After that, a couple more bream to my son and my dad gets his maccy bitten clean in two by a tope. On way back, i also saw a mad swimmer, in the run at the harbour end where its 17ft deep, and bad currents....Plonker Anyway Great fishing, a great pb ray, and even greater company. Rock on Gnasher Dan P.S, Sorry badger (im no n**rider, haha), i will have to call u in next couple of days to sort out a stinger bash, not 2nte as im out, hope weymouth went well and plenty of bass were caught. Lewis's starry

great result mate, i was watching u come in as i munching on a bigmac in the car park. I was going to wait to see what was caught but the missus was whinging

pm mike

they both come in a posh box

Bonjour

whats david beckham and a diamond ring got in common?

still a decent session though, a mixed bag with a few decent fish. Where were fishing?

Rich, I start a new job 2moz, and depending on my shift pattern(i find out the shifts in next couple of days), i may be out later in week. If Doms not going and im not working lates then il let u know, a mullet session could be bang on.

Ive seen had a couple of odd sightings, firstly a flamingo in Lymington marshes whilst out with the missus, and Dommy had aslo spotted it a couple of days previous whilst in the same area. Dommy also had a seal in his swim whilst barbel fishing on the stour and he also has seen them in muddiford run.....ive never seen a parrot though.

a hard fighting doggy, and a small bream???? is that a pb for both

nice report rich. I read a report in the anglers mail, a mid 40 stinger was caught your way on peeler(maybe out of leap), so i would of thought you would be out looking for them soon.

wasnt there a report of a yellow fin tuna caught off Barton.....

well penned mike, sounds like you had some enjoyable fishing. The smoothies do pull back a bit, i remember my first a couple of years back, convinced i had a double figure fish, up popped a smoothie of about 5lb. well done mate, and a few bevvys to make the trip even sweeter. Dan

Paul, a cracking result mate. well done. No wonder you were looking smug in the harbour when i saw you yeaterday..haha.......i will varify that it was a cracking fish, even when i saw it gutted in pauls fridge, it still looked huge.

probabbly right badger, but as i dont really like wrass, im not too bothered. it looked a proper lump anyway.