mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Weather for the weekend was set to be cold but fair - with winds mostly off the land and under 10mph - so me and my mate Tim decided to head out both days in his boat - Anteres 710. Saturday (after failing to get mackerel in the entrances) we headed to a new mark east of Portland, in about 100ft of water over what looks like some interesting banks - however the easterly wind over tide chop vs the SW swell made it quite uncomfortable beam on, so after half an hour, one Doggie, and Tim somehow snagged a scallop on a 8/0 hook, we repositioned to a known mark a bit closer in. the day was slow - but produced a nice thornie for me and we both had dogs whiting and pout. It flattened right off and the wind dropped - it was glorious out there in the sun. we decided to pack up as the clouds were gathering and on the run in found it to start snowing! half hour ago we were basking in the sun! madness! - i took the scallop home, chucked and fried within minutes of getting home - fried with Bacon garlic and Chili! Sunday we had 3 of us and we heard rumours the bream never left lulworth ledge this winter - so that was the plan - target the bream, on light gear and put a big bait down for something flat or snakey and we weren't disappointed. A 1hr steam Straight to the mark and we were fishing by 8.30am - with the target species on board before 9am. I had a lovely spotted ray on 1st drop, Tim was into the bream, and so was i soon after, Tim also had a nice thornie the last of the ebb produced most of the fish - we ended on 20+ bream between the 2 of us, many keepers. they were spitting up these tiny crabs with a cross on their back I also had a couple of congers, Jason and i both hooked into a conger each at the same time - they got us onto a right mess - coming up together tangled! we had to stop fishing while the tide turned - as we kept getting snagged. the start of the flood produced some more bream, and plenty of dogs, Jason likes to fish big with mackerel heads and had a stonker of a thornie at 14.7lb, and lost another at the boat. the day was glorious, bitterly cold at times, but lovely in the sun - after the tide turned the wind veered to the SW and picked up so we called it a day. plenty of fresh bream for tea! I kept the scallop frills as i hear its good bait for bream - but as they were so happy with squid - i've frozen the frills for another day (gilt head day maybe) - anyone had any experience with scallop frills? Edited April 4, 2022 by mike farrants Geoff and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 from this ^^^ to this - snow on the way in! and sunday at Lulworth suzook12, GPSguru, jonnyswamp and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Two good sessions! Very envious indeed. Nice fish too. Interesting that the bream are still around - I heard of some keeper-sized ones coming out in the east Wight area this weekend too, so I reckon you're right and they never left this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Sounds a great weekend, good news on the bream staying around all winter too, cracking fishing on light gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 59 minutes ago, mike farrants said: a stonker of a thornie at 4.7lb Great report Mike. Just one thing however, this is not a stinker size!! 🤣 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Great report Mike. Just one thing however, this is not a stinker size!! 🤣 ahem...... 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Nice to see into the future !😉 mike farrants and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Great session 🙂 11 dogs for skate bait, a huss and happy spaniel for me yesterday. Nice to get the roads out. Now the real fishing starts 🙂 (pollack, wrasse, tope, mackerel, sharks, maybe a cod) mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, mike farrants said: ahem...... 🤷♂️ Ermm..... stonker....😩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 fixed - 14lb is much better! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 30 minutes ago, Malc said: Nice to see into the future !😉 @mike farrants, it's April, right? mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 36 minutes ago, Malc said: Nice to see into the future !😉 haha i'm having a mare - thanks - edited to April....... Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 hours ago, mike farrants said: they were spitting up these tiny crabs IIRC those are real baby shore crabs. mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 apparently its a "Long clawed porcelain crab".... every day is a school day! Geoff, suzook12 and JonC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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