Popular Post Andy135 Posted June 21, 2022 Popular Post Posted June 21, 2022 @Saintly Fish and I headed out on Tarlach Too yesterday in search of stingrays. An early start saw us leaving the Hamble at 0730-ish and made progress across flat water, despite the forecasted windspeed of low teens. About an hour later we rolled onto our first mark, in very shallow water within casting distance of shore. The wind was blowing us off the tide throughout the day which made for some "interesting" line management throughout, particularly whe combined with heavy weed, which required removal every 5 mins or so. 😖 After a couple of hours with no bites the stingrays were clearly not playing ball for us, so Saintly skipper moved us back up the Solent a few hundred yards to search for some bream. Another hour or so later with still no bites we moved again, this time to a reliable mid-Solent spot. Despite the weed and lumpier conditions, it wasn't long before I had a decent tap on the rod and wound in a strap conger. A fish at last! Neil's turn came next, as you'll see in the video below. Please excuse the poor quality sound of the background music - it was on in the background and clearly lost some fidelity between the speakers and the camera microphone 🤣 After this the bites dried up, so we tried one more mark on the way home where the conditions couldn't have been more different from the lumpy, bumpy mid-Solent. This time we found ourselves in calm, hot, almost tropical conditions in which to avoid catching fish. Neil rigged up a float rod and managed to winkle out a schoolie bass on ragworm which promptly dropped off before the net, but sadly that was all the action we saw at this mark, beautiful though it was. So, with at least a fish each and some sunburn, we called time and headed home. Here's a gratuitous wake video taken as we passed Bramble Bank. Thanks Neil for a lovely day afloat - it was great to be out on Tarlach Too again after so long. You're the only skipper I know who can make blanking almost as fun as catching 👍 Geoff, Malc, captin slows old outlaw and 5 others 7 1 Quote
Saintly Fish Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Andy135 said: You're the only skipper I know who can make blanking almost as fun as catching 👍 I'll take that, and it's probably the nicest thing you've ever said to me!! Oh.......btw you forgot about the other fish that was caught........ my lsd ?? Quote
Saintly Fish Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 Just now, Saintly Fish said: I'll take that, and it's probably the nicest thing you've ever said to me!! Oh.......btw you forgot about the other fish that was caught........ my lsd ?? Good as ever to have you on board. Shame the stingers didn't play ball though. Andy135 1 Quote
Andy135 Posted June 21, 2022 Author Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Oh.......btw you forgot about the other fish that was caught........ my lsd ?? Didn't forget. Chose not to mention. #welljell Quote
Saintly Fish Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Didn't forget. Chose not to mention. #welljell Oh, dog fish envy. The ugly side. Quote
Andy135 Posted June 21, 2022 Author Posted June 21, 2022 Just now, Saintly Fish said: Oh, dog fish envy. The ugly side. Believe it or not I've yet to catch a dogfish this year so far. Having withdrawal symptoms. Quote
Saintly Fish Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 Just now, Andy135 said: Believe it or not I've yet to catch a dogfish this year so far. Having withdrawal symptoms. Didn't you take a lovely photo of the one I caught? You could post it here and then return to yearn at your hearts content. Quote
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