| #1  07-04-2007, 07:21 PM | ||||
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| Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun Hi all Report for w/c 23rd Jun… apologies for the delay Mainly fished Blue Anchor over tides varying from very small to touching the wall. I would not recommend very small tides as you will only be fishing in a few feet of water  , live & learn.Wind blew in all week from W or NW straight along wall & it wasn’t a gentle Zephyr. Saturday 1 little doggie - bait used Mackerel strips. Sunday 1 baby tope & few little whiting (I think) – bait used lug & Mackerel strips. Monday might of blanked this day  .Tuesday – Lynmouth & a tour of Exmoor in the rain. (Lobster, prawns, big prawns, massive pink shrimps, mussels, other shelfish, anchovies, salmon, something white smoked & crab claw). Other half had Cod & chips. Wednesday – went to Porlock Weir for a change fished 1 hour down & 5 up caught a better doggie over low water, then nothing till near the end when 3 small whiting and a small pouting attached themselves (Squid & Mackerel bait) Thursday – back to Porlock 2 down & 2 up (lose less tackle catch less fish), blanked. Friday – went out on Mary Ellen or Edwin John from Minehead (the one without the cabin)  . Caught lots of doggies, a pleasure after the 6 days before, a few strap congers & a couple of 6lb ish thornies. Saturday – went home happy & was stuck on M4 for an hour 1 mile from my exit junction  .Won’t bother anyone with pictures as they all look like they were taken at night, though all were taken during the day. I will recommend the Sheep Stagger cider from the cider farm between Williton & B.A. lovely drop  .Hopefully another week in the autumn, until then just the odd days out here & there. __________________ Spahill I usually catch 3 different sorts of fish small pout, tiny pout & no pout 2008 - Sessions 41; Blanks 17; Species 16     |
| #2 07-04-2007, 08:43 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun hey mate, pity the weather stopped us meeting up for a fishing session.  i'm glad you had a good time though and the boat trip sounded good to. __________________ 2007.doggies,black bream,bass,turbot,congers,silver eel,tope,whiting,mackrel,wrasse,blenny,weever,pout ,pollock,garfish,brill,dab,dragonettes fishing is a pleasure,to catch something is an added bonus |
| #3 07-04-2007, 08:57 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun at least you made the most of it and didnt just retire to the pub, good luck for the next time. __________________ Poor prep= Pathetic Performance |
| #4 07-04-2007, 09:31 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun  Always appreciate it when someone goes to the trouble to put in a report.Certainly got my attention, especially that cider , til I reread the name of course . __________________ Just remember, not all the heroes died. www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
| #5 07-05-2007, 07:19 AM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun Sounds like an eventful week ! Were these all caught from a boat or shore - Thinking about the tope ! __________________ SUPPORT THE RNLI - click : www.rnli.org.uk ... every little helps ! PLEASE REMEMBER & GIVE A LITTLE .... http://www.poppy.org.uk/ |
| #6 07-05-2007, 09:31 AM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun Sod the fishing stick to the zider !! __________________ So near yet so far - Wembley 2008 - Zideered Right Up ! |
| #7 07-05-2007, 01:13 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun nice report dave __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0 |
| #8 07-05-2007, 07:56 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun Nice report mate.... I agree with Rob though, tell us more about the tope! __________________ Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that god intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as we do taking care of the lawn - Chuck Clark |
| #9 07-05-2007, 08:15 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun hi. i cant answer for spahill but i have had two little topes from b.a over the last few weeks, only about 12 inches long but quite agressive! they must be breeding somewhere close maybe __________________ 2007.doggies,black bream,bass,turbot,congers,silver eel,tope,whiting,mackrel,wrasse,blenny,weever,pout ,pollock,garfish,brill,dab,dragonettes fishing is a pleasure,to catch something is an added bonus |
| #10 07-05-2007, 10:14 PM | ||||
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| Re: Minehead area w/c 23rd Jun Cheers folks. Tope caught by missus from shore, a foot long, no weight, bluey grey colour, looked like a tiny shark, I think Lazarus posted a picture of one a couple of months ago. Quite a few have been caught from B.A. recently. Only went on a boat on the Friday - rest came ffrom shore. Will try larger baits from shore next time, no makerel strips on 1/0s ...1/2 a mackerel & whole squid on a big hook instead. Cider was 7.4%, they do a stronger one called Tornado at 8% but it was just that tad too dry. __________________ Spahill I usually catch 3 different sorts of fish small pout, tiny pout & no pout 2008 - Sessions 41; Blanks 17; Species 16 |
