southbourne, 23rd june.

[geejayy]

i'd 1st planned 4 a turbot hunt along bournemouth but i also contemplated getting away early to dig some worm and hunt stingers at a few marks.
however a busy morning & an afternoon kip put paid to that so it was back to plan A.
the past 2 years i've been pretty lucky with finding a turbot for the specie hunt , nailing one at the 1st attempt.

this was last years



19.30 found me set up at southbourne hopeing 4 turbot ,bream, ray. and what ever else may be about

it was calm warm and dry with a few people on the beach swimming & dog walking but i saw no other anglers.



baits were fish & squid as i'd slept through the bait dig opportunity.
i made a start with a 3hook flapper bream rig and a bomber rig on t'other rod

size 6 hooks on the flapper for bream/weavers + any other sml beastys that maybe about,
size 2's on the bomber.

i caught a couple of small spiders b4 seeing a fishy bite, 2 nice little drop backs onthe sandeel baited bomber.
not much of a fight but something there



i need a definitive fish id though please***

turbot or brill ?? this one was smooth skinned & looked much more oval than usual.















well thats 1 for the hunt , just not too sure which

as darkness fell i swopped the bream rig for a pulley with a size 2 hook,
a single strong pulldown which i thought - bass-shyte- missed it
i held the rod for a while case it came back, then watched it closely in the rest 4 3-4 mins b4 checking my bait.
i had to pump in a heavy dead weight but what ever it was threw the hook in the surf line, massive spider? or a ray?- i dunno , i'll call it a spider coz thats less depressing
while rebaiting that rod i noticed that the other had pulled over & had a wee battle with a nice ray on the bomber rig.



the piccy shows me looking a bit manic as i was still p*ssed at the one i shook off , it felt twice the weight of this one, but it WAS only a crab so it don't matter.

i swopped the bomber rig for a 2/0 pulley on a mission for a larger ray but shortly afterwards the lightning started off in the distance and marched across the channel toward me, some went left to the isle o white some went right to the purbecks with still some coming at me
i didn't bother contemplateing whether the carbon rods would draw the lightning or whether john holden had tested the beach buddys with 'faradays cage' principle in mind,i was a little jittery but mainly i just didn't want to climb the bloody hill while getting soaked by the rain i knew should be coming
and so left for my car at the top of the cliff.
i couldn't be bothered to find a venue where i could fish from my car so left for home early,
while the radio told me of the death of michael jackson,
a bit of a sad note to the end of the day

[BaggieRich]

Well done Gord. Haven't got a clue about the brill/turbot ID as I've never caught either, but can totally relate to the the missed ray/crab. We call anything missed a doggie round here! If it felt like a good fish then it's a double shot of doggies! It makes thinking about it later much less painful.

A good session mate none the less.

[mithrandir]

nice session there, and good to see Southborne is still producing.

[pingu]

nice one gordon, again not sure as never had
sweet ray as well
sorry about the missed double shot of dogs

dave

[Greenheart]

Brill....iant report Gordon (sorry, could'nt resist that) Great read & pics. Pity about that monster spider crab, but at least you caught a few. Well done on the points...

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Cracking read mate and well done

[cuckoo]

Cracking report gord , well done mate