Popular Post mike farrants Posted November 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2022 With a small window in the weather we just had to get out - plan was early start for the squid - then anchor up on the adamant bank for whiting and rays. i naturally woke just a few minutes ahead of my 5.30 alarm - and was down the marina for 6am. heading out on Tims boat Seadog we pushed out at first light and were squidding before sunrise. It was slow - well for me it was - i had one rod for squid and one feathering for mackerel - I had noting - luckily Tim had 3 squid and Jason had 3 as well which was his first ever. we were joined by a succession of local boats - 3 of which i knew they seemed to find it slow too..... after an hour or so drifting for squid we pushed on to the adamant bank - about 8 miles out, anchored up on our own. i wont lie - fishing was awful - Tim and I were fishing 2 rods - one big bait, one flappers with squid for the small stuff - we fished the flood up to slack even when we turned the fishing didn't really improve. we were using mackerel, squid or Gar for baits. I had a total tally of 3 dogs for the 8 hours of fishing. devastated. especially after 8 weeks of being blown out. but was nice to be out all the same! heres a pic of the sky as instead I did have tims dog to keep me entertained Tim did much better - but still poor by adamant standards. he had a couple of dogs, a black bream, but he also had 2 joey mackerel - one went back down as a live bait and did nothing - he flappered it off at the end of the day and sent it back down - and that landed him the only notable fish of the day - and it was a stonker of a tope - it put up a great fight! no whiting - maybe not cold enough yet. The adamant seems to be all or nothing - in the past we've had tope, smoothie, spurs, Blondes, spotted, small eyed, undulates, whiting, turbot..... just wasn't to be. The others we know went to lulworth and the shambles and 'Get Reel' had more luck on lulworth bank - bagging up on bream with Huss and conger too. Yet to hear how the shambles was for the other 2 - but i expect they did ok. until next time - whenever that might be! Saintly Fish, thejollysinker, GPSguru and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, mike farrants said: no whiting - maybe not cold enough yet Same here, and the water is still almost 14c, so I guess it need to get colder. It was still a good days fishing which ever way you look at it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Unlucky Mike, just goes to prove you are human after all !! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Good to be out, and you still caught a few fish, so all good in my book 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 oh yeah zero complaints - better than being sat on the sofa!! Geoff and Malc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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