3rd trip in the Lady Rita

[Greenheart]

Met up with a couple of boat owning friends yesterday for a spot of fishing in the Weymouth bay area. We met up at the Sailing Acadamy on Portland around 9am & by about 10am our little flotilla set sail. As well as the Lady Rita, & my first mate Rita there was Wayne & his boat, the Sandy Jill...

And Trevor & his partner Elaine plus crewman Mike in a Warrior 150
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Trevors Warrior 150 & the harbour masters rib[/center]

At first conditions did not look ideal. To put it mildly, there was a slight chop on the water. But we decided to launch anyway & fish in the shelter of the harbour. But as we went out, the wind dropped & we ventured out into Weymouth bay.
First job was to find some Mackerel for bait. After two hours, Wayne had four mackies, I had one & Trevors boat had zero. Fortunately we had also come equipped with some fresh ragworm & squid, so it was time to try for some other species. Wayne & Trevor decided to head back to Portland harbour entrance & I thought I'd try a few drifts over a deeper bit of water off Church Ope Cove. Using rag as bait I managed a few small & one decent Wrasse at Church Ope.

Trevor & Crew wer,nt having much luck drifting over the wreck of the hood in Portland Harbour & Wayne was kept busy responding to a request for assistance from another broken down boat, which he eventually towed back into port.
As the bites had dried up at Church Ope & the tackle loss over the snags was getting expensive. I headed back into the harbour to join the others & we moved over another wreck site within the harbour. We had a few small wrasse, but nothing to write home about. Wayne decided to call it a day & Trevor & I moved to the harbour entrance to try a few drifts in the faster water. I had fished here before on Colin Pennys charter boat Flamer & recalled catching a few fish close to the harbour wall. So that's where I headed. Result.... A few better size Wrasse, a stunning cuckoo wrasse & some black bream. One of which was the tinyest i'd ever caught.....

A 2" Black Bream

A slightly Better Bream

Another better Ballan

A nice Cuckoo Wrasse

We called it a day around 6pm & headed home for a large Doner Kebab & a drop of cider....

[fishypaul]

well done ian some good fish there mate,those cuckoo wrasse are beautiful are'nt they ?

[headless]

Well done Ian, the fish look stunning

[vorny]

Great report buddy sounds like a good day out, great pics too m8, really do think that Wrasse have some great patterns and colour. one of my fave fish!
Tight lines.

[MRG2000]

Cracking day out Ian,followed by keeeeebab and cider ,sounds like you have it sorted..That boat of yours would look good with an inflatable sheep on the roof tho

[Fishing Forum Admin]

well done mate

[cuckoo]

Great report and session mate , well done

[geejayy]

i'm likeing the blu & yeller one.

can't think of a better way to spend the day

[Greenheart]

Originally Posted by MRG2000

Cracking day out Ian,followed by keeeeebab and cider ,sounds like you have it sorted..That boat of yours would look good with an inflatable sheep on the roof tho

You let me borrow your little black book of top GPS marks for the Cardiff bay area Mike & i'll get you a nice little sheep mate....

[MRG2000]

Originally Posted by Greenheart

You let me borrow your little black book of top GPS marks for the Cardiff bay area Mike & i'll get you a nice little sheep mate....

No good marks in Cardiff Bay ,unless you want to go Pike fishing !.....can point you in the right direction to a few outside tho ...its a rumour that there used to be good cod fishing in the Bristol Channel once ,long ago ,back in the mists of time ...