Weymouth 7th Sept

[jonnyswamp]

Brief report

Myself and 2 others made the journey to Weymouth for a days Bream/Bass fishing

2 others onboard that were camping locally for a few days down from oop Norf 

Tried for Mackerel in one of the Portland entrances, but nothing for us there, though one of the other charters seemed to be bringing a few up

Went on around the Bill to see if we could pick some up on route to our first mark

We found plenty, but not many sizeable ones, mainly 5/6 inches long

Anyway, first mark didn't produce and the second only threw up a few pout and 1 solitary Bream

We were stuck here for a while trying to retrieve the anchor.....unsuccessfully

Skipper cut it free and buoyed it off, hoping to get it recovered by an obliging diver at some point

The next few marks were better, I didn't have many drops without a fish, my 2 mates were catching fairly regularly and the 2 other lads struggled, only managing a few between them

I put it down to my choice of rig, a yellow and red pop up bead just in front of the hook, only one other was using beads and he also did OK

The weather forecast was about right, pissed down form about 10 ish all day

Didn't take any pics as it was too wet

We finished up with a dozen around 2-2.5lb mark that were kept and we returned probably 3 times as many

A good day with crap weather

 

 

[Malc]

Apart from the weather, not much to complain about there!

[daio web]

cracking report  bud 👍

[Andy135]

Well dangled. Sounds like the beads saved the day for you 👍

Must have been something about the date on Sunday as we had anchor troubles too. But that may have been down to user error. Possibly. 😳

[jonnyswamp]

1 minute ago, Andy135 said:

Well dangled. Sounds like the beads saved the day for you 👍

Must have been something about the date on Sunday as we had anchor troubles too. But that may have been down to user error. Possibly. 😳

Been using them for a few yrs and always seem to do OK

As for the anchor, there's been reports of a ghost net in the area where ours got stuck

C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁

[Andy135]

Just now, jonnyswamp said:

Been using them for a few yrs and always seem to do OK

As for the anchor, there's been reports of a ghost net in the area where ours got stuck

C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁

Sadly I was the user. Thought I was being helpful by motoring slowly uptide while he was up front on the windlass retrieving the anchor. Got the line caught between the pulpit GRP and the stainless edge of the bow roller, and we had to get creative to remove it. Took us about 10 mins of huffing, puffing and maneuvering before we worked it free.

[Saintly Fish]

26 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

Sadly I was the user. Thought I was being helpful by motoring slowly uptide while he was up front on the windlass retrieving the anchor. Got the line caught between the pulpit GRP and the stainless edge of the bow roller, and we had to get creative to remove it. Took us about 10 mins of huffing, puffing and maneuvering before we worked it free.

And you would have been helpful had I known you were going to do it!! But hey, you didn't get thrown overboard and we resolved the issue, with just minor bendage ! 🤣

[Saintly Fish]

36 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:

C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁

Charming.. nothing like jump to conclusions Nick!! 🥺

[mike farrants]

what charter were you on? 

we were out on sunday and had non stop bream all day (also using small yellow beads) but to be fair in Weymouth if the bream are there they become a nuisance!

sounds like you had a good day though! apart from the weather!

Edited September 9, 2024 by mike farrants

[jonnyswamp]

19 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Charming.. nothing like jump to conclusions Nick!! 🥺

I should've realised, a fellow gasman wouldn't make these school boy errors 😁

[jonnyswamp]

6 hours ago, mike farrants said:

what charter were you on? 

we were out on sunday and had non stop bream all day (also using small yellow beads) but to be fair in Weymouth if the bream are there they become a nuisance!

sounds like you had a good day though! apart from the weather!

Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7

There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear

Edited September 9, 2024 by jonnyswamp

[Saintly Fish]

54 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:

I should've realised, a fellow gasman wouldn't make these school boy errors 😁

100%

[Saintly Fish]

52 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:

Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7

There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear

5 + skipper sounds crowded on a 25 footer

[mike farrants]

1 hour ago, jonnyswamp said:

Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7

There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear

We saw Colin with 2 out on Sunday! Looks a nice boat! Sounds good too! 

[jonnyswamp]

On 9/9/2024 at 5:58 PM, Saintly Fish said:

5 + skipper sounds crowded on a 25 footer

It's good sized deck and he didn't really have to come out of cabin doorway as most of the fish could be easily handballed up and over the gunwhales

[jonnyswamp]

On 9/9/2024 at 6:47 PM, mike farrants said:

We saw Colin with 2 out on Sunday! Looks a nice boat! Sounds good too! 

It's got a 350hp CAT in it !

He doesn't take her much above 2000rpm and says it will cruise at 22kts doing 2200rpm