Geoff Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Just had a few days away in the part converted vw camper this week, so missed all the news. I hope all is still going well with your op Ian and that you will soon be making us green with envy reading about your trips/catches. Geoff.☺️ GPSguru and suzook12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 not going to say it, as i don't want to jinx it, im just going to say i really hope Windy doesnt change for this weekend....... 🤞 Saintly Fish and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Totally agree…. Friday I’m hoping to be coming back to Cardiff to steal all the cod off @jonnyswamp 😁😁😁 Andy135 and mike farrants 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I might go out to look at the whales and penguins if the wind stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 Anyone else eyeing up the settled spell coming through? Back half of next week looks mint on the south coast 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 21 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Anyone else eyeing up the settled spell coming through? Back half of next week looks mint on the south coast 🤞 Yes, most definitely 👍 Actually the sea forecast is very good for tomorrow, but the wind is in the South and picking up to early F4 by Midday, which will give a wind over tide situation here in Lyme Bay, so I will probably give it a miss. However, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday looks good, and as a bonus it is neap tides. If the weather holds (which is a bit of a lottery this time of year) then I will head out to the wrecks on both Thursday and Friday mornings. Andy135, Saintly Fish and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Tuna Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Anyone else eyeing up the settled spell coming through? Back half of next week looks mint on the south coast 🤞 There we go - that’s south coast Wrecking weather GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 12 hours ago, Andy135 said: Anyone else eyeing up the settled spell coming through? Back half of next week looks mint on the south coast 🤞 shhhhhhhhh - now you've gone and jinxed it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, mike farrants said: shhhhhhhhh - now you've gone and jinxed it....... Yeah probably. Just watch it get blown out. 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Thinking of tomorrow myself, MSW and weather forecast looks good Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Malc said: Thinking of tomorrow myself, MSW and weather forecast looks good Definitely looks like yakking weather. Fingers crossed for you 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 22 hours ago, Andy135 said: Anyone else eyeing up the settled spell coming through? Back half of next week looks mint on the south coast 🤞 Yep, Spurdogs will be the target, been itching to get out since xmas Andy135 and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 49 minutes ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: Yep, Spurdogs will be the target, been itching to get out since xmas I'll be blanking at the end of the week too! Scotch_Egg2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: Yep, Spurdogs will be the target, been itching to get out since xmas What sort of ground are you looking for in your area for spurdog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I shall hopefully be in Tenerife Saturday, but if Mrs Swamps covid pass isn't available by then (her 10 day iso period doesn't end until midnight Sat), I will probably take a trip down to Horseshoe rock, Ilfracombe If nothing much down there, will head up towards Minehead way and give that a try on way back up BTW, had my double figure Bass today out of Brixham, will do a short report tomorrow, knackered now mike farrants, Saintly Fish, Andy135 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: BTW, had my double figure Bass today out of Brixham, will do a short report tomorrow, knackered now Congrats! Looking forward to hearing more. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: BTW, had my double figure Bass today See, I told you you could do it. Look forward to the details. 💪🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: See, I told you you could do it. Look forward to the details. 💪🏻 Guess they know they're out of season then 🤣 GPSguru and jonnyswamp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, JonC said: What sort of ground are you looking for in your area for spurdog? More important is depth, we look for the marks over 70ft and then we're looking for the banks in those depths, we have quite a few. The Overfalls, Cuba plus Utopia (which is a long gulley known for Hounds and Tope) all of those produce Spurs, the problem this time of year is getting the small tides you need coupled with a weather window calm enough to get on them, I've been trying since end of October but it hasn't happened yet. Ray got out Boxing day near Cuba and had 2 very good takes on his Cod baits resulting in 2 clean bite offs, typically I couldn't get out with him else I'd have been on a wire biting trace JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) That's a shot of the Over falls as you can see many many banks, take your pick, spurs will move all over them Edited January 10, 2022 by Scotch_Egg2012 JonC and suzook12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I’ve kind of lost interest tbh…. Post covid I felt rough, I’ve been dogged out and ray’d out so I’m hanging up my gear until spring. Main sun is to get boat ready for summer, get her back to Milford and focus on early tope. Couple of weeks of fixing reels, making rigs, making chum and getting ready for the toothy critters me thinks! Hopefully March will see the pollack on the reefs or starting to appear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: More important is depth, we look for the marks over 70ft and then we're looking for the banks in those depths, we have quite a few. The Overfalls, Cuba plus Utopia (which is a long gulley known for Hounds and Tope) all of those produce Spurs, the problem this time of year is getting the small tides you need coupled with a weather window calm enough to get on them, I've been trying since end of October but it hasn't happened yet. same with the spurs and tope around here, the kidney banks off portland require very calm weather, and neap tides, then you are into 70ft with 100ft gulleys -thats where my tope came from - plus we had Spurs that day! (and double figure blondes) - only managed to get out there once last year - but it delivered. not sure on the plan this weekend - was looking at getting out both Sat and Sun - hoping for the adamant/shambles but theres a bit more East in it now for Sat which can kill weymouth bay - we might find some shelter off lulworth banks but im not sure what its producing over there. Sunday should be good for a mixed species day!! Scotch_Egg2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 scrap that - ive just checked windy and Saturdays forecast has moved into friday - Saturday now looks the best day! bring it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Went out today knowing that the wind would get up towards lunchtime so launched from South Shields yacht club ramp and headed out to the sandy muddy marks of the Tyne looking for some whiting, dabs and possibly a codling. I didn't know that a dredger would be working there though! Gave it a bit of time and found some rough ground that must have been scoured by one of the storms that threw hundreds or thousands of tons of sand onto the prom and roads. NADA, I couldn't see my bait if it was more than 6" under the surface. Peddling in there was a few people on the red groyne one of which were sat with a bit of rope in the water, then I heard the ILB contacting Tyne VTS to mobilize and 20 seconds later I see them head towards me from the opposite side of the river, putting 2 and 2 together I pointed to the end of the groyne and messaged Tyne VTS to inform the ILB by radio. Another 20 seconds later and they were heading back to the station at full speed, with emergency services sirens being heard from both sides of the river. Why no one on the peir flagged me down I don't know unless it was a body retrieval? Nothing on the local news or RNLI yet. jonnyswamp and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 9:22 AM, Andy135 said: Yeah probably. Just watch it get blown out. 😭 Blown out is probably not going to happen, BUT, on Weds, Thurs, and Fri, overnight fog which will be very slow to clear could be a major issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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