| #1  09-03-2010, 09:36 AM | ||||
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| southbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this weeks trip was strange to start with then something real weird turned up. firstly i was gonna take my dad out for a wee dangle somewhere around southampton , but then i got dragged kicking and screaming into work for a pointless and rediculously short evening shift in devizes dad won't fish at night any more so that put the mockerz on that. Hartley and his mate wanted to start early, i wanted to fish milford bank but work and tide times conflicted and so we ended up along bournemouth , i went to meet hartley under the grange hotel - no sign of him , fished it anyway. he had got lost and fished by the pier. i had hoped to meet him for a source of ragworm but he didn't get any so that was that. the tide was ebbing by the time i got there , there was light easterly winds and a good bassy surf running . squids/sandeel/lug & mackerel were the baits i had and i fished them at all ranges on 2/0 pennel pulleys and size 2 flappers. thing were very slow. there was one other angler along my section and he said that he had caught some smoothy pups, school bass and sole + a butterfly thornie. the sole was music to my ears as thats what i had plannned on targeting , if i'd gotten any rag it was blankingly tedious till the other angler left about midnightish, then my hopes got a boost coz i managed to scavenge the last few ragworms he left behind. even this didn't improve my lot , and shortly afterward i started nodding off between casts, at one point wakeing to find the rod nodding a little differently in the waves. eventually i raised the enthusiasm to retrieve it and was shocked to actually find a fish on the end it had taken the last 2 rag, but more than that it was abit like catching that 3 eyed fish out of the simpsons, well weird, has any one else seen a simalar one?? poor piccys due to crap camera but you'll get tha idea.    i got my target of a sole , but its bloody nigh albino , both sides white bar the patch on the dorsal side of its head. the beast was returned , and it will be interesting to see if it gets recaptured, the morning dragged on with just a lonely schoolie to squid tipped lug to break the monotony, i gave up at 6am. hartley blanked at the pier apparently __________________ beer so many venues, so little time.     |
| #3 09-15-2010, 03:23 PM | ||||
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 Re: southbourne  Weirdest looking Sole i've ever seen mate. Probably takes his holidays at Hinckley Point or Dungeness. Well done though.... __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... |
| #4 09-15-2010, 09:54 PM | ||||
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| Re: southbourne Catches like that gord are better than a pb what a unusal sole __________________ If Everyday things are getting you down & stressing you out, Think like a Dog, If it cant be Eaten or Humped, Piss on it and walk away.. |
| #5 09-16-2010, 06:16 PM | ||||
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| Re: southbourne Sure I replied to this one already Gord but maybe not.... Weird looking fish mate.. I've never seen anything like that before.  __________________ Right then, checklist: Rods. Check. Reels. Check. Speckled Hen. Check. Bait…… BAIT! Sh*t, where’s the bait? |
| #6 09-16-2010, 07:25 PM | ||||
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| Re: southbourne as baggie thought i had, must be gremlins did it taste bland as well ;-) weird but memorable  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
