charmouth 11/3/11

[pingu]

well with the P word in my head from hearing tales of plaice from chesil. i was off eastbound this afternoon
blagged an hour out of work so game on had been warned with the wind that chesil wouldnt be worth it, so i dropped by Charmouth to see what like down there

there was a steady surf but not too bad and water seemed cleanish, ok stop here then, paid the £4 parking and away stopping just past the old landslip to fish the clean ground,was there by 1.30 , cool 2 hours to low then back up
a steady onshore wind was giving the paragliders fun but was definately brisk, there were also 100's of dog walkers

for info that old slip has now slipped even more with a slurry river down through it as well







weather stayed ok till 5 ish when heavy cload came in and a strong southerly as well, when tide turned the water coloured quickly and to be honest the chances of anything in the chocolate were now slim


so unfortunately the fishing was poor with only 4 rockling, gave up eariier than planned as doing extra shift tommorrow and knackered( must be getting old ), but def better than being at work

and good to hit my favourite beach atlast this year


dave

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[cuckoo]

Great report and pics dave , shame no more than slugs showed for you

[MRG2000]

Looks like a cracking spot Dave ,good old slugs save the day ......

[fishypaul]

unlucky mate,love the spot

[blackwater]

Smashing looking area, unlucky on the fish front, although 4 rockling is better than a blank!

[Portland Pirate]

Myself and Chesil Chucker are going to give Chesil a go on Sunday. Will probably be Cogden or West Bexington.

[Jolly Piscator]

Good read , at least it wasn't a blank . Lovely spot , Must get round to fishing it one day . What's the best time of year down there would you say ?

[Spahill]

Unlucky Dave, could have been worse - like the surf in Japan.
Just seen pictures of shop staff trying to hold up the shelves up in the wine & spirits dept in a supermarket.
Strange world.

[BaggieRich]

Good effort mate. Bet it was good to be back though... I did think about ya whilst I was working my a** off in a stuffy office yesterday!

JP - In my opinion, the tail end of the summer is the best time at Charmouth... When them big Bass come a crusing. Dave might tell you different though.

[scottish_and_mental]

good effort Dave .. i read that and for a minute thought 'cload' was one of your west country worzel terms
2 years since i caught a rockling !!!