Popular Post mike farrants Posted March 18 Popular Post Share Posted March 18 Forecast wasn't great - but it was the 1st Boat comp of the league with Weymouth Angling society. all week it was discussed do we go ahead or not, as the forecast kept changing - we decided to give it a go as Portland can offer shelter from the wind if SW as forecast. Its a points based competition by species - you get 30 points for the 1st of a species and then 15, 15 and 40 to a total of 100 points for 4 fish of the same species. its then done on most fish, most points, most species and there's also a nominated species on the day (thornback ray) - largest wins. boats leave the harbour at 8am and fishing commenced at 8.30, fishing to stop at 3pm and back tot he club for 4pm. it was a very lumpy day - with 18-20mph winds form the south in the morning moving to SW - but we persevered - on our 5 mile mark we had a huge amount of Bream - couldn't get past them - even taking the big fish baits on the size 10 hooks- we also had dogs, pout, rays, whiting, eels, Scad, wrasse we struggled to get 4 pout, eels, even dogs - at one point i was hoping for a doggie and getting frustrated by all the bream. we moved closer inshore onto the mud in the hope of bigger thornies and more pout - and did manage a few more fish. I ended on 240 and something - Tim ended on 491 and came 2nd in the points, but won the most species with 9. My 18" Ray and Tims 19" ray were dwarfed by the winner! so Tim won £40 something quid - and we all had a good day afloat. im feeling to today though! i didnt get any points for my Scallop - but it was tasty! not many pics as too busy holding on and trying to stay upright! Dicky, Sevans, daio web and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Good effort! Does look snotty in the pics - top dangling in spite of the conditions 👍 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Well done on getting out. I take it you didn't go out in Pugwash? mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Frustrated by bream! I wish, nice report mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 On 3/18/2024 at 6:49 PM, Saintly Fish said: Well done on getting out. I take it you didn't go out in Pugwash? no - would of got rolled over I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, mike farrants said: no - would of got rolled over I think! the colvics are good sea boats if you got rolled over its probaly skipper error 🐳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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