Popular Post mike farrants Posted August 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2021 Seeing as i had a fishing mad friend (and his son) down for a week - and its been windy all week - on his last day we had to get the boat out - I was working from home so couldn't get out until the evening - 5pm was around 15mph Westerly - the lightest its been all week - but with a confused sea (wind over tide, SW swell, and Westerly wind) we set off for a mixed ground mark that i knew would at least hold a dogfish or two. (also hoping for conger, smoothies, bream or gurnard) We anchored up in a rolling swell, wind seeemd to hold us almost broadside the swell - just off portlands east entrance - didn't want to waste unnecessary time travelling too far as we only had a few hours until sunset. with fresh mackerel from the other day and frozen squid as bait it wasn't long before we were into the doggies! switching to squid did indeed immediately find the smoothies - although small. we finished the day with a conger of a couple pound. Me - 4 doggies (including a very pale, non spotted one which i first thought was a smoothie) Shane - 3 doggies and the small smoothie the teenager out-fished us again....... 5 doggies, the decent smoothie and the conger enough to put a smile on the faces of my visitors! the teenager who at the beginning of the week hadn't touched a fish was now outfishing us and dreaming of catching something huge! GPSguru, Dicky, Geoff and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Quality report! Well done on finding the fish for your guests. Bet it won't be long before the dad asks you for another trip out for him and the teenager 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 yeah - real shame the weather didnt play ball - i had last Thurs and Friday off too - we could have had 4 full days out on the banks/ledges! we did manage 2 sessions from the shore, one on the pier, some kayak fishing (no fish), some wading for bass (no fish), and 2 trips out on the boat resulting in total Many wrasse, many pout, 9 mackerel, 1 scorpion fish, 1 tub gurnard, many doggies, 2 smoothies, and 1 conger, so all in all a pretty good week! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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