finally got out - 24th Feb - Weymouth

[mike farrants]

well after about 5 weeks of wind we had a very small weather window - of only a few hours. 

Wind was set to die down Saturday morning to single figures and turn horrible again on Sunday morning so we made a plan.

6.45am at the boat and straight out squeaking under the bridge on the top of a 2.2m tide. 

Went in search of mackerel first and was met with more than forecast wind and very cold rain - hoping things would improve - we tried the first entrance, for a few drifts and got nothing, so headed up to the 2nd - where my sabikis found a few fresh mackerel to add to the frozen. 

soon steaming out to the 5 mile mark and got more than halfway when we took the decision to head back inshore= as we got out of the shelter of portland the latent swell from the prior week was big - about 1.5m - but with a cross chop it wouldn't have been comfortable. Swell from the SW, Tide from the NE, and wind chop from the NW - not a good combo.

we got to our inshore mark and while the swell was still there it wasn't anywhere near as bad - so anchored up - proceeded to catch Pout, Whiting, Thornies, Eels and i managed a nice smoothie. 

By lunchtime the swell had calmed down, the wind dropped and the sun was out so we pulled anchor and headed back to our intended 5mile mark. 

for about an hour it was glorious and almost warm. 

We boated more pout, whiting, eels and dogs, plus Bream and a lovely undulate.  steady fish all day. 

I took a bream home for tea and a whiting for freezer fillets. 

delicious - baked on a bed of Mediterranean veg - seasoned with mixed herbs, lemon and chilli

 

So glad to be out!

 

[Malc]

Excellent, seemed to be a lovely day eventually. 

[mike farrants]

20 minutes ago, Malc said:

Excellent, seemed to be a lovely day eventually. 

 wasn't too bad!

 

[Andy135]

Good going! And great to see a catch report being posted after so long. 👍 Weather has been atrocious lately.