Popular Post mike farrants Posted January 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2023 After such a long spell of windy conditions we were keen as mustard to get out at the crack of dawn - however a high spring tide meant we had to wait till the 8am bridge lift as we wouldn't fit under - a lie in compared to usual! After defrosting Tim's boat "Seadog" we headed out into the sunshine - straight to Portlands entrance where we had heard of plenty of mackerel and we weren't disappointed - a mix of monsters and joeys, and we soon bagged up with strings of 3 or 4 coming over the gunwales! I had a lovey Tub gurnard and Tim also had a Herring and a small pollock. 4 species in the first hour! Once we had enough bait for the day and a freezer top up we moved off. off to a mark not too far out as the tides were huge - we anchored up and settled in - light breeze on the bow meant we weren't in the bitter wind all day (thankfully) with one rod on a 3 hook flapper for the whiting, and one with big baits for the rays we settled in for the day I had plenty of Whiting (some keepers) pout, poor cod and fiesty black bream on the small gear and just Doggies on the big gear Tim also had whiting, pout and bream on the small gear, and he had 3 thornies (to double figures), Conger and dogs on the bigger set up. total of 11 species Mackerel, Herring, Pollock, Tub Gurnard, whiting, pout, poor cod, bream, dogfish, thornback, conger. Nothing big - but happy to be out and getting such a mixed bag! And i had bream for dinner - baked with chilli flakes and cajun seasoning thejollysinker, Saintly Fish, Geoff and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Sounds like a great day Just a tip regarding the food, less salad, more butter on the spud Apart from that it looks tasty Andy135 and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 41 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: Just a tip regarding the food, less salad, more butter on the spud Apart from that it looks tasty we actually had a butter shortage - i used too much with the bream! as for the salad ..... its just for show! jonnyswamp and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Well dangled as usual Mike. I'm looking forward to the day you post up a blank report. Just for a bit of variety, you know... mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Nice day out Mike, sounds like a lot of fun. couldn’t get out on my boat due to other commitments but we wangled a chesil trip to bexy for doggies, pout, straps and a single small codling. 😊 mike farrants and Dicky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 👍🐳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 looking good, show us up again keep it up mate looking forward to your next wright up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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