Popular Post mike farrants Posted May 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 The monthly boat comp came around quickly, and with light winds and sunshine forecast we were set for a good day afloat! However we woke up to thick fog - assuming it would lift as the sun burned through we all headed out of the harbour at 8am - to almost glassy conditions! The fog never really lifted and we never saw land all day until we got back - (we were less than 5 miles off) - quite disorientating - thank goodness for technology! The Comp is run on 4 categories - most points, most species, most fish and a species nominated on the day (largest wins) - this months was Bull Huss and was done on measurement. The points is for each species you earn 30 for the 1st, 15 for the second, 15 for the 3rd then 40 for the 4th. So variety and 4 of each is the main aim. Last month we moved location and lost time - so this time we decided to stay put all day. we'd had a good mixture of big and small fish from this location before include Bullys - so hopes were high. I drop down my 2 up 1 down rig - small baits up top for small fish and a medium fish bait on the bottom for anything else. not long in i get a bite - a heavy pull down - not much of a fight but up comes a very respectable Bull Huss - quickly measured and photographed - it went to 101.5Cm - at least i'm in the game! the fishing continued slowly all day not sure if was small tide, May bloom, or luck of the draw - we had Bream, Dogs, Eels, Rays to the boat - not one pout/wrasse/Gurnard. I had a lovely spotted ray, and very blue bream, Tim had a huge conger (t-barred off the side) could have been 40-50lb, a thornie and plenty of dogs and bream points wise we didn't do too well - as others moved marks and went to wrecks etc and got their 4 wrasse, 4 Pollock and 4 pout - putting them 300 points clear of us. but i did win the Nominated Species with my Bull Huss - so a share of the entrance money got me £58 - which i promptly gave to Tim for fuel - easy come easy go! a slow but successful day afloat! Malc, GPSguru, Geoff and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Beautiful looking bream, well done on the huss too! mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Nice fishing! And well done with your bull huss. 👍 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 A few nice fish there, well done 👌 lovely spotty, one ray species I’ve never managed 😕 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Loads of spotties round us - weymouth bay must be paved with rays - thornies, Blondes, Spotted, Small eyed and undulates - i'm still yet to get my first ever Undulate! thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: the fishing continued slowly all day not sure if was small tide Yes, it was the bottom of neaps 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 33 minutes ago, mike farrants said: Loads of spotties round us - weymouth bay must be paved with rays - thornies, Blondes, Spotted, Small eyed and undulates - i'm still yet to get my first ever Undulate! That’s why I want to live there! well one of the reasons anyway 🤣 Caught my first and only undulate in the Solent about 33 years ago now 😳 GPSguru and mike farrants 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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