Popular Post mike farrants Posted June 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2021 Saturday 19th June looked like a bit of a short trip out as 10-12mph East/SE winds were forecast from lunchtime which usually makes Weymouth bay a little uncomfortable, but as the wind was non existent first thing we thought we would at least head out and try for some fresh mackerel for the BBQ. We left the marina at 7.45 to near perfect conditions, and headed to Portlands north entrance, i had a mackie on the first drop, but it was slow going, the charter boats werent exactly hauling them in either, - Phil got a full sting of keepers and also got a lovely grey gurnard - all on sabikis - i had a few more on my daylights - in an hour we had enough for the BBQ, and some for bait, the weather was looking fine so we decided to anchor up close in so we could head back if needed. we settled for a mark off Portlands east entrance, where we had had conger before. Phil immediately started pulling in dogs, so at least we were catching! I had no luck on mackerel strip so thought i would bung a fresh mackerel head down and set the ratchet, while I set up a bream rig on another rod with small hooks and squid strip. wasn't long before the ratchet started clicking, and bang - my PB Conger - put up a great fight and was a right grumpy sod in the boat - couldn't weigh it so lets call it 20lb+ - was knackered so went back down with half a squid instead - hoping for a smoothie. before long the bream rod rattled and up came my first ever red gurnard - a nice surprise! then the other rod went and bang - target achieved - a nice smoothie! the bream rod then went nuts, and snap - off came the bottom hook - i assumed conger as the snood was roughed up - re-hooked and back down. then my main rod went and up came another lovely (greedy) grunty 1lb Red Gurnard new PB! then the bream rod again, and snapped off the bottom hook again. (still no Dogs for me) - Phil was laughing at the chaos - as no sooner had i put a fish back the other rod went! Next up for me was another conger, not so big - this one spat out my distinctive yellow hook from the bream rig - confirmed my assumptions. things then calmed down, midday came with no wind so we checked in with our "Heads of Fun & Finance" to see if we could stay out longer - permission granted - so we decided to stick out to high water at 2pm (which is when the wind picked up) I then had 2 dogs and another decent conger, - phil had a quiet time - payback for when he out fished me the other week! on returning to Weymouth we heard a mayday in newtons cove - less than 1/2 mile form our position - lad with his ankle stuck in prop - seeing a string of ribs & fast boats make their way and knowing it would take us longer to get there than the lifeboat we continued our journey in. Casualty was recovered and transferred to ambulance by a training rib on scene. cracking day with mixed results - and the mackerel was delicious! GPSguru, Geoff, jonnyswamp and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 GPSguru, suzook12, Andy135 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Phil with my 2nd conger! suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 What a top mornings fishing. The spur of the moment trips can be a nice surprise and very memorable sometimes. Mike you’re putting us all to shame mate!! Andy135 and mike farrants 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 what i love about this place is the variety of fishing - turbot on the shambles, Rays on the adamant shoal, bream on lulworth ledges, smoothies, conger, tope, spurdogs in open water etc but the best bit is there are very decent fish very close in! was a great days fishing! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Good report. Must admit I'm feeling a bit envious! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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