Popular Post Andy135 Posted January 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2022 Sunday morning bright and early @JonC travelled over from Essex to plunder the Solent with Thomas and I on Jersey Girl. Full of optimism for a great day's dangling we leave the marina at 8.30am and head south to the Fingers, just east of the Nab. A couple of other boats were already on the mark and a couple more turned up after us. Although the wind-speed was only forecast to be 3-4mph, the wind over tide conditions had produced a nasty swelly chop that just wasn't pleasant, so we gave it an hour and headed in to the more sheltered water of the Solent. Several other boats had the same idea as us - we were all pulling anchor at the same time, so clearly no-one else was enjoying it much either. We headed round to Browndown to fish the rough ground by the buoy. Bites were frequent for the first 30 mins, with strap conger, dogfish and a solitary whiting to the boat, but they soon died off as the tide dropped to slack. We re-anchored to get a better lie on the mark as the tide and wind had pushed us off, but this didn't produce any better results. A very average day I'm sorry to say, and definitely not worth the effort Jon made with his very early start. #skippermusttryharder suzook12, Josh, thejollysinker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 still better to be out than home - we found the wind much stronger than forecast - especially in the morning - both days it backed off after lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 @Andy135 your genius is noted!! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 15 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: @Andy135 your genius is noted!! Don't be sad, your master plan is working out a treat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Maybe Andy should have had a different crew! It sounds like a sad day for you Jon - not even a mention of a pot noodle. It was still far better to be out on the briny than being stuck at home watching Catherine Cookson or whatever. Well done both of you for getting out. Geoff. ☺️ Edited January 24, 2022 by Geoff Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, Geoff said: It was still far better to out on the briny You outed @JonC? Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 39 minutes ago, JonC said: Thanks for the day out Andy, I’m sure you get tax relief or something for taking people like me out anyway. We fished the same area as half a dozen boats to start with and as you said they all upped anchor about the same time as up. The pissy tide didn’t help us- there was very little run all day which is never good. And air pressure was wrong. And wind direction wasn’t ideal. It was a bit overcast too. I should have had different bait. You should have had a different skipper 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Andy135 said: You should have had a different skipper 😔 All part of the learning curve mate. Don't be too down about it. Next time you'll most probably smash it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: You outed @JonC? Somebody needed to, but now edited. Geoff. Edited January 24, 2022 by Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Geoff said: Somebody needed to, but now edited. Geoff. After all I think that most PN lovers are a bit queer - I mean weird of course. Geoff. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Better than a day at the office... Andy135 and JonC 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 53 minutes ago, Malc said: Better than a day at the office... This was Sunday. Solicitors and other legal wallahs live in a world of their own, and do not work weekends like the real workers have to (or did until retirement). Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Well done for getting out, we had very much the same on Saturday, 6 miles off St Catherine's and it was lumpy, should have been 5-6mph NW but was more Westerly and well over 10mph JonC and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 11 hours ago, Geoff said: This was Sunday. Solicitors and other legal wallahs live in a world of their own, and do not work weekends like the real workers have to (or did until retirement). Geoff. Ah Sunday! Twice in the last seven or so days I've had to ask what day it is, hopefully it is not dementia and just part of having been retired for over ten years 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, Malc said: Ah Sunday! Twice in the last seven or so days I've had to ask what day it is, hopefully it is not dementia and just part of having been retired for over ten years 😁 Every days a weekend for the retired!! Im not jealous though. Malc and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: Well done for getting out, we had very much the same on Saturday, 6 miles off St Catherine's and it was lumpy, should have been 5-6mph NW but was more Westerly and well over 10mph Interesting. It certainly felt closer to 10 than the 3-4mph that was forecast on Sunday morning. I knew it would be a bit bumpy with wind over tide, but certainly should have been manageable for us in the Nab area. Anyhow, thanks all for your words of encouragement. @JonC is welcome again any time - hopefully he'll give me another chance to put him on the fish, or at the very least, boil him a pot noodle. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailfish Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 We came out about 12.30 and anchored in "The Browndown Hole" to fish the West Run because there was a blue boat in my spot. We had several whiting mostly small in the first hour and then it went dead when the tide started running. I then moved very close to shore where the whiting were biting and we finished up with 4 keepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Sailfish said: there was a blue boat in my spot. Looks like you two have met then! Sailfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailfish Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) @JonC Predator 165 called "High Hopes" Edited January 27, 2022 by Sailfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, Sailfish said: We came out about 12.30 and anchored in "The Browndown Hole" to fish the West Run because there was a blue boat in my spot. We had several whiting mostly small in the first hour and then it went dead when the tide started running. I then moved very close to shore where the whiting were biting and we finished up with 4 keepers. Yep, that was us! Second time we've met on the water it seems. Last time was at the Fingers if I remember correctly. 👍 Glad you found some keepers. I was hoping for one or two for a friend but none turned up on the end of my line 😖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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