Popular Post GPSguru Posted May 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) What a difference a couple of days make ! With Kyle at college, the crew for the day was my wife. TBH she is pretty damn good at the plaice and Mackerel, also it was to be her first trip of the year as she doesn't do winter fishing, or non sunny fishing, or temps below 15c fishing 🤣 , however, she does love to fish. We launched at 8:30am and the sea was reasonably flat I had to keep the speed down to an 'amble' as the wife likes to take in the scenery, and to be fair the journey along the south hams coastline is very scenic, so I 'ambled' along at a steady 25kts. On the banks there was a little wind over tide and being mid springs the drift was quite quick at about 1.8 to 2.1 kts. we did 4 very long drifts and only had 2 small plaice, which were returned to grow bigger. I am fairly sure that the May Bloom is to blame, as the sea claity was worse than poor, and on the steam down to the banks I noted large slicks of brown scum, which of course is dead algae. Also, we had no takers on the mackerel tinsels (apart from a small Gurnard), and as both Mackerel and Plaice are sight feeders the water clarity was not doing us any favours. At about 12:30 I put plan B into action, and set about dropping the anchor on the outer edge of the banks. Soon the boat had settled, we sent down the big fish baits, and we needed 10oz of lead to hold bottom. Quite quickly the wife had a bite and hooked into a fish that didn't want to move, but with some effort she got it moving in the water column, however, disaster struck when the reel seat broke loose from the blank (Tronix Aphex 12-20), and it is not the first time it has happened on Aphex's. So, I lent a hand in carefully keeping tension on the braid with a gloved hand whilst she did her best to keep the reel seat from turning on the rod. Eventually a decent Blond surfaced and was quickly netted, going a respectable 14lb. The Aphex will go in the bin and be replaced with a Kenzaki super braid. Then we had a succession of dogs (5), and just before slack water I hooked into another ray. This time it was a juvenile blond at 7.5lb, but if you didn't know, it looked just like a spotty ! All too soon it was time to get back, as we had other stuff to do late in the afternoon, but a gentle steam back saw us safely on the slip at 3:30pm. A pleasant day in the sunshine and the fish tally wasn't too bad, with 2 plaice, one Grey Gurnard, 5 dogs, and 2 blonds. A 14lb Blond A 7.5lb Juvenile Blond, with the markings of a spotty including the wing eye's Edited May 21, 2023 by GPSguru thejollysinker, Saintly Fish, Andy135 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Well done Ian, I just can't get my wife to fish. She loves going out on the boat, but the trouble in the Solent is all the big gin palaces that steam past at 15-20knts leaving the anchored boats to bob and wallow about after they've past. We have to frequently grab stuff and hold it still so it doesn't go flying everywhere. This kind of puts her off! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 As I said yesterday, you're on fire Ian 🔥. Another good session! Well done the pair of you 👍 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Another great day on the water and interesting about the reel seat, although I don't have that rod I might put some coasters in a tackle bag, you just never know. My wife is banned, far too good at fishing and she even got banned from shooting as she pasted 23 x 25 at her first time at the clays! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) Great day out 🙂 Em likes a bit of fishing, but only if they are small, good eating and have no teeth 🤣 She is starting to like sharking on flat days though Edited May 17, 2023 by Odyssey GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Wish I could persuade my missus to come out. She’s been once in 4 years. We had a pretty good day but she gets bored and doesn’t like the boat bobbing 🤷♂️ Nice to see you had a successful trip anyway, love those rays 👌🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 5/17/2023 at 6:51 AM, Saintly Fish said: Well done Ian, I just can't get my wife to fish. She loves going out on the boat, but the trouble in the Solent is all the big gin palaces that steam past at 15-20knts leaving the anchored boats to bob and wallow about after they've past. We have to frequently grab stuff and hold it still so it doesn't go flying everywhere. This kind of puts her off! What was that big arse ship that came past when I was with you? QE2 or something? That had about 8’ high wash 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, JonC said: What was that big arse ship that came past when I was with you? QE2 or something? That had about 8’ high wash 🤣 Yeah that was the https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/cruise-ships/queen-mary-2/9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: Yeah that was the https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/cruise-ships/queen-mary-2/9 I would have spilled my coffee had you made me one. Good foresight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, JonC said: I would have spilled my coffee had you made me one. Good foresight. Next tyme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 35 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Next tyme! @JonC I reckon that counts as an invitation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: @JonC I reckon that counts as an invitation! There's always an invitation. Just a shame it doesn't go both ways! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: @JonC I reckon that counts as an invitation! I don't know that Neil wants a RuPaul reject on his boat 🙄🤷♂️😇🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: There's always an invitation. Just a shame it doesn't go both ways! You are always quite dismissive about my boat whenever I’ve invited you, the textiles weren’t suitable and it’s two small for your liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Not a disaster Ian, you both got out and snagged a few 👍 We're booked for a Skerries trip in august, but I'll be looking for an individual day before then Ross (Spot on) does them quite often, so will probably do a couple after I get back off holiday which is the end of June GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 48 minutes ago, JonC said: You are always quite dismissive about my boat whenever I’ve invited you, the textiles weren’t suitable and it’s two small for your liking. I have no recollection of that, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/17/2023 at 10:13 AM, Malc said: My wife ........ pasted 23 x 25 at her first time at the clays! doesn't this worry you? id be sleeping with one eye open if that was my missus lool Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 great fishing Ian - maybe it is a spotty that hasnt grown into its wings yet 🤣 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: doesn't this worry you? id be sleeping with one eye open if that was my missus lool Nah, I gave up shooting 2 years ago, 2 CF and one rf rifles and a 3 1/2" chambered shotgun, that's when I kept the cabinet keys close by. suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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