turbot hunt 2, southbourne thurs 26/7

[geejayy]

that was the plan anyway till me and ashley took a look over the cliff, it looked a tad lumpy.

wind was wsw, gusting force 3-4ish maybee,pretty much dry but the odd shower threatened.
sea was a little choppy & there was a little weed about in small clumps but not a big problem.

high tide was for 21.30ish & it was a nice spring with no moonshould be good, but i'd like it calmer.

baits - pealer, sandeel, mackerel.

fished 19.30ish-0530.

ash was 1st in, winning his £ on the first fish with a tub bernard on frozen mackerel.



this cheered me up somewhat because the worm bait i had was well past it and i could do with a gurnard my self for the hunt and so in short order i captured one my self, albeit a smaller specimen.



ash went ahead again 1/2 hour later with a bass just under msl



not to be out done i drew even on the numbers game with a mackerel on the retrieve, which i renamed BAIT.

then went ahead with a school bass of my own.

by this time the tide had started to ebb and it went quiet for quite a while, to be honest we both nodded off , ash was getting bored .
i woke feeling refreshed & heaved out some fresh baits which was rewarded with a good knock , after a brief scrap i hollered ashley awake to photo shoot my prize.



not good piccys but you get the idea,- small smuttly est 2 1/2lb.

20 mins later i woke him again for a slightly better one , est 4ish lb.



i was all fired up now and fished hard through to dawn and low water but that was the last of the smuts , the sun was well up by 5am and i found washed up on the low tide mark probably the smallest mackerel i've ever seen



i was just about to quit when i noticed a bite , the last fish of the session 05.20 at low water was def something special for me as i'd not caught one of these before, not big but something i know pingu will apreciate-





spotted ray,

just luvin southbourne

[pompy.bass.man]

wow cracking report gord, brillaint fish well done

[Spahill]

Well done Gord - nice mix of species - good for the hunt.

[BaggieRich]

That's a hell of a sesion Gord, well done mate. Damned sight better than x hours sat on Seaton eh?

And that Ray is a stunning fish. What bait did it fall to\weight did it go? If I remember correctly, it looks a fairly good specimen isn't it?

Nice one mate.

[Greenheart]

Well done mate. Great report & a cracking mixed bag of fish.....

[fishypaul]

very well done gord,love that ray

[pingu]

nice one gordon

lovely little ray ( yep I'm jealous)

dave

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by BaggieRich

That's a hell of a sesion Gord, well done mate. Damned sight better than x hours sat on Seaton eh?

And that Ray is a stunning fish. What bait did it fall to\weight did it go? If I remember correctly, it looks a fairly good specimen isn't it?

Nice one mate.

only a couple of lb,

i'm told its a blonde and not a spotty so its nothing like a specimen

[cuckoo]

Deffo looks like a blonde gord , quite difficult to bag from the shore so well fished mate