Popular Post Andy135 Posted November 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2021 Some weeks ago a plan was hatched for @JonC to venture south to dangle a line with @Saintly Fish and I, aboard Tarlach Too. The target was the ever elusive cod. We had lucked out massively with the weather; flat calm with no swell at all. Hopes were high that we'd see a bearded unicorn grace the decks. We had enough bait on board to sink a small battleship and we were double-patting with spare rigs baited and ready to go to maximise our chances and keep the scent flowing. Jon opened his account with a succession of pout on his uptider. While Neil and I persevered with our downtiders, pondering a blank, Jon pulls another unique and rarely seen Solent species out of the bag. A lesser spotted glove-fish! Neil and I were really feeling the heat now, with no catches to our names after the first several hours of hard fishing. But just as the tide started to turn, my downtider gave a hard rattle that turned into my first fish of the session. As you can see I was delighted to have dodged a blank, and clearly Neil was just as pleased for me as he minced over with T-bar in hand. 🤣 A few more eels followed, and a couple of table-sized whiting, before we made a move further east and settled in to fish the next tide into dusk. Still no cod, but another decent whiting for Neil and congers all round after dark. Before long the skipper called time and we headed back to the Hamble in the dark. So no cod but plenty of action (and laughs) nonetheless. Big thanks to Neil for hosting us and to Jon for making the long, early drive south from deepest Essex to the Solent. 👍 thejollysinker, mick, GPSguru and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Neil was just as pleased for me as he minced over with T-bar in hand. I was hoping that that would get past you! Fucker. Mincing, whatever next. We told you it wasn't THAT kind of trip. I'm so glad for my blank saving whiting, never had it felt so good to catch a mediocre fish. It was a great day and plenty of jokes made about @mike farrants!! Thanks Pugwash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Nice haul there jonc 🙄🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I'll have that glove back at the next meet please........ Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Great report, what area of the solent did you head to. I mostly fished from Hamsted ledge towards the Needles. Looking cold already over there, in saying that I was up in the mountains catching trout a few days ago, with hard frosts and still some snow remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 3 hours ago, JDP said: Great report, what area of the solent did you head to. I mostly fished from Hamsted ledge towards the Needles. Looking cold already over there, in saying that I was up in the mountains catching trout a few days ago, with hard frosts and still some snow remaining. We started off at East Lepe, then moved to South Brambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: We started off at East Lepe, then moved to South Brambles. One of my fishing buddies who fishes with me here is a pilot boat skipper in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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