| #1  08-17-2009, 06:37 PM | ||||
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| spinning down west Had an 8 o'clock start yesterday morning...after a heavy night on the black sambuca.....boy was i feeling special with that in mind my mate johnboy (aka clumsy barsteward) decided to take me to one of his spots sorry he don't want it published....dunno why...you'll understand later got to the spot...well the cliffs above the spot and by this stage my rusty bullet hole was twitching like a nervous rabits nose as i'm not the best with heights...especially those that tend to lure suicidal people!! 20 minutes later and we made the bottom. great now all i have to do is concentrate on fishing and not the doom impending climb back up after a couple of hours.... anyway - the fishing...........blanked, tried everything shallow divers, poppers, dexters, bass bullets......nothing happening today, may have been the wind, may have been the small tides, may have been any number of reasons but thats fishing and its better than getting bed sores from lying on the sofa with a hangover. i did find this little critter in a rockpool....haven't got a clue what type of jelly fish it is...portuguese man of war sprang to mind but we don't get them up here do we???   __________________ 2012 targets - 180 yard measured cast, 10lb bull huss, 12lb blonde, 10lb hound, 8lb small eyed, spotted ray any size     |
| #2 08-17-2009, 08:58 PM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west Unlucky with the fishing mate.  With regards to the Man O war, I think that's exactly what it is. We've seen a few down here the last few weeks (Well, not me personally) and all the photo's I've seen look exactly like that. The council have put notices up on Exmouth sea front and asked that any sightings be reported. It goes without saying that you really need to stay away from these things. They pack a nasty punch.  Edit: Leigh found a BBC news story a while back. Cheers Leigh. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8185667.stm __________________ Right then, checklist: Rods. Check. Reels. Check. Speckled Hen. Check. Bait…… BAIT! Sh*t, where’s the bait? Last edited by BaggieRich; 08-17-2009 at 09:04 PM. |
| #3 08-17-2009, 09:26 PM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west unlucky john and yeah what rich said 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 |
| #4 08-18-2009, 07:10 AM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west Unlucky on the fish !.....dunno about mountain climbing at your age __________________ Mike.. Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints, Kill nothing but time Mike`s Fishing Photo Gallery |
| #5 08-18-2009, 07:13 AM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west Quote:
tell me about it...its a contradiction in terms lure fishing you travel light!!!! not when you've got to carry an oxygen cylinder with you it ain't!!!!!! __________________ 2012 targets - 180 yard measured cast, 10lb bull huss, 12lb blonde, 10lb hound, 8lb small eyed, spotted ray any size |
| #6 08-18-2009, 07:14 PM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west Yeah defo a portuguese man o war, been hundreds of them around the south wales coast the last few weeks, rough weather out at sea have forced them in or` something! __________________ __________________________ Happiness is a rod in your hand. |
| #7 08-19-2009, 09:09 AM | |||
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| Re: spinning down west thats wierd cause when i go out in my little canoe in pompy harbour, i see hundreds of them that look like that and there not small lol either. i got one on my our and it was a bit biger than my hand |
| #8 08-22-2009, 08:18 PM | ||||
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| Re: spinning down west We do get a lot of Man 'o' war around generally in July and through August and depending on which way the currents run and they seem to depend on weather we get them off west wales. We thend to have them in 7 year cycles for example we will get them for about 7 years then a few years of nothing. As for the south coast I can not comment. When they return the pap[ers start off on unusuall things around our coast as is the case with cuttles, trigger, leatherhead turtles and sunfish, which I am sure as fishermen know these are very common. |
