22nd May - bream on lures and bait

[Andy135]

A 5am start this morning to make the run down to the marina to meet @Davemc for a bream trip. Dave had been up most of the night luring for bass at the top of Pompey Harbour so how he looked so chipper when we met in the marina car park is beyond me!

Setting off into glamour conditions saw us making smooth progress out of the harbour and past the Solent Forts. We spotted a flock of seabirds between No Mans Land and St Helen's Forts so we paused to drop some lures over the side. First fish came to a small slow jig

But that was all for this spot, so we kept going. As we neared Bembridge we saw a bank of fog rolling in.

We cautiously proceeded at a sensible 11kts, following my track from the previous week.

Eventually we made it into Sandown Bay and set to fishing proper. I was using my go-to bream rig, a two hook flapper with pennelled snoods and floating beads, baited with squid strips. Dave was using a selection of soft plastics and slow jigs.

A few drifts later the first bream fell to squid.

Dave had a couple of missed bites but persevered with lures.

We scratched another couple of smaller bream before deciding on a move further into the bay as the fog lifted. This proved to be the right call as we found a patch of large nests on the sounder. Dave switched to a heavier Slow Blatt jig to get down quicker and this paid dividends almost instantly, with a lovely male falling to the slow jig.

I was quickly into another bream too, and on subsequent drifts we had double hook-ups, which made for some frantic unhooking with only one net between us.

While I was gutting the keepers we'd taken I left my rod to bounce on the drift, which quickly attracted a savage take. I looked up at the sound of the ratchet whizzing to see the rod bent round and the line being taken under the hull. This was the culprit.

Before we knew it, it was time to head in. We had each boated several keeper bream and had returned several more, including both bass. The conditions were perfect as we made our return at 26kts back to Gosport.

I'll put up some videos of the day later tonight.

Thanks Dave for a top morning's dangling and proving that bream can indeed be taken on lures 👍.

[Davemc]

What a fantastic Morning , Thank you so much Skipper . As always excellent fishing skills Andy !

[Saintly Fish]

Well done @Davemc for your fishing and showing Andy how to catch bream. Shame he didn't reciprocate by showing you his killer LSD tactic.  

[GPSguru]

The original slow Blatt is still a highly effective jig and I often use them in the larger sizes on the wrecks. These were one of the first slow jigs to come into the uk market around 2015.

A lot of today’s combo jigs are still based on the blatt.

well done on catching the target species, and especially well done to Dave for what looks like a master class in lure fishing. TBF all of the Bream I have caught in the last few years have come to lures, mainly 70 & 115mm Red Gills.

[Davemc]

2 hours ago, JonC said:

Is this the same Andy? 

Although "The Skipper" did drop a slippery bream spikey side down that managed to puncture my foot through my shoe 😁

[Saintly Fish]

Just now, JonC said:

Funny how these little ‘accidents’ happen. 

It's the spite creeping through again. 

[GPSguru]

17 minutes ago, JonC said:

Funny how these little ‘accidents’ happen. Lucky he wasn’t out with @GPSguru, that would popped the tickler🤣

I very much doubt it. Hyperlon is extremely tough, you have to do something serious to puncture a tube.

PVC tubes are a different ball game, nowhere near the durability of hyperlon, but hyperlon is almost twice to three times the price. 
 

A new set of tubes for mine is £6-£8k

[Andy135]

Some vids from this morning

 

 

[Saintly Fish]

16 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

Some vids from this morning

 

 

Hmmmn, no Guy Richie movie!  

[Andy135]

Passage back to Portsmouth past the anchorages at Bembridge at 26kts.

 

[Andy135]

1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said:

Hmmmn, no Guy Richie movie!  

🖕 let's see your effort then...

[Saintly Fish]

1 minute ago, Andy135 said:

🖕 let's see your effort then...

 

[Andy135]

1 hour ago, Davemc said:

Although "The Skipper" did drop a slippery bream spikey side down that managed to puncture my foot through my shoe 😁

That'll teach you for catching too many good fish... 🤔🤣

[Saintly Fish]

Looks like you had a great day though. Shame I couldn't make it.

[Andy135]

Just now, Saintly Fish said:

 

I think you'll find that was my effort too 🤣

[Saintly Fish]

Just now, Andy135 said:

I think you'll find that was my effort too 🤣

No, I just edited it to make you look good. As a good skipper does. 

[Andy135]

Just now, Saintly Fish said:

No, I just edited it to make you look good. As a good skipper does. 

No, a good skipper drops a spiky bream on your foot, as @Davemc can confirm 🤣

[Saintly Fish]

13 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

No, a good skipper drops a spiky bream on your foot, as @Davemc can confirm 🤣

A Wally does that! 

[Andy135]

6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

A Wally does that! 

I'm sure @Davemc can confirm that too.

[Davemc]

1 hour ago, Andy135 said:

No, a good skipper drops a spiky bream on your foot, as @Davemc can confirm 🤣

I think I'll never walk again

[mike farrants]

cracking write up - well done!

[jonnyswamp]

That sounds like a great day out, love Bream fishing

Top skippering 

[Andy135]

@Davemc just sent me this pic of one of his bream from yesterday. Looks flippin' amazing!

[Davemc]

They were absolutely delicious !

Thanks again Andy