Popular Post suzook12 Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Me and the lad set off 2 hours later than planned for a leisurely drive to Poole. Because of the lateness and being due to meet up at 7, wasn't that leisurely either, but crossed country without and issues, didn't want to face the M4 tailbacks likely due to school hols and people getting away. So we checked in the hotel, threw the gear in the room and legged it down to rancho's. Despite the restaurant trying their damnedest to annoy us, a solid night out fueled by the odd bevvy or 5. Finally retired to the room around half eleven (that wouldn't have happened a few years ago!!) ready to meet the alarm clock at 6am....... Self service breakfast, a stock up at Tesco's express, backwards and forwards to the car park as kept forgetting stuff, and before ya knew it, we were on Ocean Runner and heading out...... Despite the gloomy skies and the cold breeze, conditions weren't too bad and we were soon on our first drift just off Bournemouth beach. With no joy there, we steamed off toward the isle of Wight where we had our 1st anchor up. Several strap eels were caught with Andy having a nice one, but despite several moves, the dogfish king really struggled, and it wasn't til late in the day he landed his first doggy of the day. There were a few small pouting boated and I had a pb that came home, a couple of smoothound pups. The lad thoroughly enjoyed himself despite succumbing to feeling ill after all the ginger biscuits Neil fed him and Leo..... Ryan the skipper made the best out of poor days fishing for the time of year due to unsettled weather, but that didn't really matter, we were out and having a laugh. another 4 hour plus journey home and that was it, weekend done. Great day out with some good company. Met Jon and Mike and Andy for first time, good people, good fun had by all. Pete had a good birthday, and of course, can't thank Neil enough for offering to fleece even more OAP's to completely finance the next one 🤣 Cheers guys, see you all on the next one hopefully 👍 Saintly Fish, Malc, thejollysinker and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 56 minutes ago, suzook12 said: can't thank Neil enough for offering to fleece even more OAP's to completely finance the next one 🤣 If I wasn't busy at work I'd come up with a proper decent reply to this!! suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Well dangled Steve. It was great to meet you and Mikey finally! I've added in those fish pics of yours. Here's another of the Essex Twins giggling like school-girls round the other side of the boat. It was great to meet @KennyPowers - quality banter and hilarity, and I'm glad to say no fish were molested on this trip! It was a great trip out, well done to @Saintly Fish for arranging the charter/bait/Pete's birthday present, well done to @JonC for bringing half a hundredweight in frozen squid. Well done to @captin slows old outlaw for turning 70 and well done to Mikey and Leo for not puking up 🤢🤣. Oh, and well done to me for finally catching a couple of LDS's. Was worried I was getting out of practice! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 looks like a good trip! nice one! suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, mike farrants said: looks like a good trip! nice one! Maybe next tyme you'll put yourself out!! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Well dangled Steve. It was great to meet you and Mikey finally! I've added in those fish pics of yours. Here's another of the Essex Twins giggling like school-girls round the other side of the boat. It was great to meet @KennyPowers - quality banter and hilarity, and I'm glad to say no fish were molested on this trip! It was a great trip out, well done to @Saintly Fish for arranging the charter/bait/Pete's birthday present, well done to @JonC for bringing half a hundredweight in frozen squid. Well done to @captin slows old outlaw for turning 70 and well done to Mikey and Leo for not puking up 🤢🤣. Oh, and well done to me for finally catching a couple of LDS's. Was worried I was getting out of practice! Sorry @Andy135, but you know @KennyPowerswas hiding up along the starboard walkway all day, well….he was trying but it’s not so easy with a strap. Saintly Fish, suzook12 and Andy135 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: . Well done to @captin slows old outlaw for turning 70 Well, I am disappointed, As I turn 70 in a few days and nobody organised a charter trip for me 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 I guess I will just have to put up with a trip to the skerries again targeting Turbot and plaice 🤣 Just waiting for the easterly swell to abate to see if I can get a double like last year 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Well, I am disappointed, As I turn 70 in a few days and nobody organised a charter trip for me 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 I guess I will just have to put up with a trip to the skerries again targeting Turbot and plaice 🤣 Just waiting for the easterly swell to abate to see if I can get a double like last year 👍 You should have said! If we'd known we could have organised a charter in good time, complete with complementary bar and strippers, but I suppose you'll just have to make do with a high speed ride on your tickler and maybe a happy finish from a turbot. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Andy135 said: , but I suppose you'll just have to make do with a high speed ride on your tickler and maybe a happy finish from a turbot. True, and I will certainly be happy. There are a few decent Turbot showing, so I am sure we will catch. Dave Mord has been and had a few, but no real size to them. pull’in your leg on the birthday thing (but I will turn 70 very soon) ,because as you know, being immunosuppressed makes mixing more difficult from my perspective. Last year I had a fish of 11lb, but I need to beat that this year. You guys knew about the skerries trip and the plaice ( this time last year) but not the turbot as I use AIS, and I have spent quite a bit of time locating the Turbot habitat ! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 When's your big day? We'll find some other way to mark it then if not in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Andy135 said: When's your big day? We'll find some other way to mark it then if not in person. Thanks, but no thanks ! I am not big into birthdays and TBH I would rather not be 70 (feck’in old) and certainly don't want to be reminded of it ! I will probably just go fishing for the day if the weather is in agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 33 minutes ago, GPSguru said: being immunosuppressed makes mixing more difficult Do you mind if @mike farrants borrows this excuse from you? He must be running out by now!! suzook12, mike farrants, Andy135 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GPSguru said: guess I will just have to put up with a trip to the skerries again targeting Turbot and plaice 🤣 Wouldn't mind a go at the myself tbh!! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Do you mind if @mike farrants borrows this excuse from you? He must be running out by now!! He is probably just a miserable old git in training . Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Wouldn't mind a go at the myself tbh!! Which is why I keep having dirty thoughts about a Takacat or F-Rib that I can keep down in Dartmouth and use to zip out to the Skerries. Only a few miles from Torcross or Beesands, which themselves are no more than a 30 mins drive from Dartmouth. thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 33 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Which is why I keep having dirty thoughts about a Takacat or F-Rib that I can keep down in Dartmouth and use to zip out to the Skerries. Only a few miles from Torcross or Beesands, which themselves are no more than a 30 mins drive from Dartmouth. The skerries are only 4 miles from dartmouth ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I can’t believe that @JDP hasn’t made this report all about himself yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 43 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Which is why I keep having dirty thoughts about a Takacat or F-Rib that I can keep down in Dartmouth and use to zip out to the Skerries. Only a few miles from Torcross or Beesands, which themselves are no more than a 30 mins drive from Dartmouth. Yeah but @GPSguru knows what he's doing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GPSguru said: The skerries are only 4 miles from dartmouth ! Yes, but there's hardly anywhere sensible to launch from in Dartmouth. The public slip is right by the Higher Ferry and with nowhere to park and unload it makes unpacking, inflating and launching a challenge. Then there's Warfleet but that's only available over high water, and still nowhere to park. At Torcross and Beesands there is plenty of parking and convenient access to the slip or the shore for launching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 nice report boys sounds like you had a good day even if not many fish caught Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Yes, but there's hardly anywhere sensible to launch from in Dartmouth. The public slip is right by the Higher Ferry and with nowhere to park and unload it makes unpacking, inflating and launching a challenge. Then there's Warfleet but that's only available over high water, and still nowhere to park. At Torcross and Beesands there is plenty of parking and convenient access to the slip or the shore for launching. True, but you can launch at dart marina and park you car. We have friends who have a riverside house in Kingswear with a pontoon, but it is actually quicker for me to go by boat from Teignmouth than drive to Dartmouth. It is a 20 (ish) miles trip for me, so 40 - 50 mins depending on sea conditions. Start point is 25nm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 58 minutes ago, GPSguru said: True, but you can launch at dart marina and park you car. We have friends who have a riverside house in Kingswear with a pontoon, but it is actually quicker for me to go by boat from Teignmouth than drive to Dartmouth. It is a 20 (ish) miles trip for me, so 40 - 50 mins depending on sea conditions. Start point is 25nm. Dart Marina never has any free parking spaces. And besides, they wouldn't like my scrappy Skoda rubbing shoulders with all the Range Rovers and Bentleys they seem to have parked up there 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Yes, but there's hardly anywhere sensible to launch from in Dartmouth. The public slip is right by the Higher Ferry and with nowhere to park and unload it makes unpacking, inflating and launching a challenge. Then there's Warfleet but that's only available over high water, and still nowhere to park. At Torcross and Beesands there is plenty of parking and convenient access to the slip or the shore for launching. During the summer we see a few honwave, small zodiacs, and excels out there, plus the odd yak or two. Both the boats you mention would be fine when motoring, but I am not convinced they would be good at drifting. It is a sand / gravel bank with very deep water on the seaward side and sometimes quite strong currents, so the sea conditions tend to change very quickly. I have seen honwaves etc shipping water and fighting to get closer inshore. Edited April 3, 2023 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, GPSguru said: During the summer we see a few honwave, small zodiacs, and excels out there, plus the odd yak or two. Both the boats you mention would be fine when motoring, but I am not convinced they would be good at drifting. It is a sand / gravel bank with very deep water on the seaward side and sometimes quite strong currents, so the sea conditions tend to change very quickly. I have seen honwaves etc shipping water and fighting to get closer inshore. This is helpful - thanks. Might swing the decision in favour of the Takacat with an open transom - e.g. nothing to fill up with water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Just now, Andy135 said: This is helpful - thanks. Might swing the decision in favour of the Takacat with an open transom - e.g. nothing to fill up with water. How about something like this? I’ve herd that they porpoise a bit but a jacking plate could solve that GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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