Minters Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Due to Lockdowns, boat servicing and a very windy May I haven't been out since before Christmas so I was delighted to get out on Saturday the 29th. It was a spring tide so we kept fairly close inshore , apart from a brief , ill advised attempt to fish at Boulder where the tide was hammering through. We left Chichester Harbour just before midday in order to fish the tide down. We caught a solitary mackerel on the dropoff outside the harbour and then headed off to the east end of Bracklesham bay. I was hoping for bream so was armed with various pop up rigs and plenty of groundbait of rice, fish oil. Halibut pellets and mashed squid - how could they resist? Well resist they did - we caught plenty of dogfish and I lost what I think was a bream - but overall not a great deal to show for our efforts. In the distance we did see a steady stream of smoothounds being caught on a Charter boat. Just to complete proceedings we nearly lost our anchor , and I seem to have completely forgotten how to berth my boat - causing some amusement amongst the punters at the bar at Sparkes Marina. Still it was great to be out on such a lovely day and hopefully I will have something more interesting to report on my next trip Saintly Fish, JonC, Andy135 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Nice one Minters. I bet it was just a huge relief to be back out on the boat again after such a long time. Unlucky with the fishing , but who really cares. You were on the water right !! 👍🏻 JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Minters said: Due to Lockdowns, boat servicing and a very windy May I haven't been out since before Christmas so I was delighted to get out on Saturday the 29th. It was a spring tide so we kept fairly close inshore , apart from a brief , ill advised attempt to fish at Boulder where the tide was hammering through. We left Chichester Harbour just before midday in order to fish the tide down. We caught a solitary mackerel on the dropoff outside the harbour and then headed off to the east end of Bracklesham bay. I was hoping for bream so was armed with various pop up rigs and plenty of groundbait of rice, fish oil. Halibut pellets and mashed squid - how could they resist? Well resist they did - we caught plenty of dogfish and I lost what I think was a bream - but overall not a great deal to show for our efforts. In the distance we did see a steady stream of smoothounds being caught on a Charter boat. Just to complete proceedings we nearly lost our anchor , and I seem to have completely forgotten how to berth my boat - causing some amusement amongst the punters at the bar at Sparkes Marina. Still it was great to be out on such a lovely day and hopefully I will have something more interesting to report on my next trip Sounds like a perfect day out. My pontoon is in front of the marina bar, which has just reopened with new owners and is always nice and busy when I move my boat. It definitely adds a competitive element to it. Geoff, suzook12 and Saintly Fish 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, JonC said: Sounds like a perfect day out. My pontoon is in front of the marina bar, which has just reopened with new owners and is always nice and busy when I move my boat. It definitely adds a competitive element to it. Yeah but if they laugh you could always toss a lead at them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Good report Minters. You did better than us yesterday, because we couldn't even find a mackerel 😭. Bet it felt good to be on the water, even if it was a bit challenging at times 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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