Popular Post mike farrants Posted May 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2022 So the plan was to head over to Lulworth again for the Bream on Tims boat - but as he was returning from a trip out the day before - he glanced over at a charter boat and saw someone pull in a red band fish - with the mark noted - we had a slight change of plan! we decided have a go on them before we head to lulworth - we've never seen one let alone caught one - but do know that Weymouth and portland is known for them! They like small baited hooks/sabikis so we grabbed some rag and headed to the spot - 2 of us had fish skin sabikis and jason had tinsly ones - he dropped down first without bait and literally in minutes had one - Wow! a red band fish on his first drop - then he had a 2nd on his 2nd drop and you guessed it a 3rd on his 3rd - we all tried for an hour but only Jason got them in the first few minutes - on his unbaited tinsly sabikis. I did manage a mackerel though on mine! we soon headed over to lulworth, anchored up and settled in for a day of drizzle - flat calm - almost eerie. I had spotted ray, conger and dogs, Tim had bream - one monster 3.5lber, a grey gurnard, dogs and 2 mackerel, cant remember what Jason had - thornie rays i think. we tried for the red band fish again on the way home but only had a few more mackerel between us. good that the mackies are showing up and great targeting and seeing such a rare fish as the Red band fish - wonderful purple tinge along its fin edges - pictures dont do it justice! and Tim gave me his bream for tea! Epic day out! GPSguru, Andy135, Malc and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Blimey you've made me feel hungry. Great day out, and I love those red band fish. Very weird things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Top dangling Mike! As usual... 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Those red bands look like they cook up well Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, mike farrants said: they like small baited hooks/sabikis so we grabbed some rag and headed to the spot You don't need baited hooks, just small tinsels will do the job, just dragged along a muddy bottom, to entice them out of their mud burrows. We catch loads of them here. Looks like you guys had a good day's fishing 👍 Edited May 3, 2022 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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