mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 With the wind forecast to pick up to near 20mph westerly from lunchtime we chose to try a new mark close in to portland - Balaclava bay, under the shadow of the Verne and hopefully tucked out of the wind. As we left the marina at 7am we were greeted with mill pond conditions - beautiful flat seas a light breeze and glorious sunshine! we went for mackerel in the 1st portland harbour entrance, on some of @GPSgurus recommended Snowbikis and they did the trick alright - plenty of mackerel, scad and pollack - Tim got a keeper pollock of about 3-4lb (which he promptly gave to me for tea). We moved up to the 2nd entrance (checkers) and got more mackerel - plenty enough for what might be a short day. by the time we anchored the wind had picked up - and had a lot more south in it - meaning we had a challenge with wind v tide - not choppy - but the boat wouldn't sit right and was almost right angles to the anchor warp. we both fished one big bait and also had some lighter gear on 2 hook flappers - Tim had a decent smoothie on the light gear - and we both had plenty of pout - the big baits were getting stripped (by the pout) and we found fishing 4 rods from a swinging boat meant tangles and snaggs so we dropped down to just the one rod and continued with nothing but pout. we soon lifted anchor and chose to go drift close in over sand and then over rough ground with ragworm baits nothing on the sand but the rough ground produced a steady stream of small whiting, corkwing and ballan wrasse. the wind did pick up but the sea state didn't too much - although all the commercials and charters seemed to be doing a half day - we called it at 3pm a good days mixed fishing Mackerel, Scad, pollock, smoothie, whiting , corkwing, Ballan, and a fresh pan fried pollock and avo wrap when i got in!! Andy135, thejollysinker, GPSguru and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 A good day’s fishing Mike, excellent.👍 Yes, if there are Mackerel or Scad around, the snowbiki’s rarely fail !😉 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaByte Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 What are Snowbikis like, I've googled them but can't find anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 they're a small tinsel feather- made by tronixpro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaByte Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: they're a small tinsel feather- made by tronixpro Thanks Mike JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Top dangling as always! Well done - nice pics too. Jon will be pleased 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 34 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Top dangling as always! Well done - nice pics too. Jon will be pleased 😁 Not really- I was in a queue at an online catalogue type tool shop at the time trying to sort an order out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 should of used the App Jon.... no need to queue! GPSguru and JonC 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, mike farrants said: should of used the App Jon.... no need to queue! There wasn’t a queue, that’s why I went in. Strangely there was a lot of people queuing over the road at Toolstation, I guess their service and prices are worth it🤣 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, JonC said: Not really- I was in a queue at an online catalogue type tool shop at the time trying to sort an order out. hmmmm ok, well the queue at Toolstation is simply because they have to buy it from us, then they slap on their profit and sell it to you...... Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Sorry for the confusion, the queue was at the desk dealing with returns and fuck ups, there was no queue to order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 was probably toolstation customers thinking they're in a toolstation - since they copied us and all that........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 anyway - did you like the pictures of my fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 minute ago, mike farrants said: anyway - did you like the pictures of my fish? They’re all old ones, I remember them from last year GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, JonC said: They’re all old ones, I remember them from last year dammit - busted! suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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