Andy135

You know her then?

Well, you've landed back on here with a bang... #noonelikesashowoff #welljell

Good reporting back @Ivan Tuna. Thanks. Although... I'm amazed that cod have even seen a puffin to know it's worth eating! 🤷‍♂️🤣

Plenty of fish there 👍

Just heard from GPS. He's had a lot on lately and may be focussing elsewhere for a while but with a following wind normal service should be resumed in due course. 👍

With fish like that, wouldn't you?!?!

@Ivan Tuna, in the unlikely even that you have any drop-outs for your future trips let me know. 👍

Cracking effort! What a trip!! Good write up too. Those fish look amazing. Well done 👍 @Saintly Fish.... for your 50th??

I know all those attending are already aware but for the avoidance of doubt, this trip has been postponed at the suggestion of the skipper. Aiming to re-book for tope on the 20th August instead.

What? No dogfish?? Ah'm oot! 😠

Very nice! #notenviousatall...much...

I got my email within 5 mins. Give them a prod or check your spam folder.

How long was the journey up? Sounds like it has potential to be nightmarish if traffic or ferries delayed etc.

Good luck Ivan! Send pics!

Sounds intriguing. What was there before??

Very envious Leon! Those are fantastic catches 👍

Believe it or not I've yet to catch a dogfish this year so far. Having withdrawal symptoms.

Didn't forget. Chose not to mention. #welljell

This is too serious to joke about.

Not my job. Was it your job? Anyone else's job it could have been??

I didn't see any when I looked on Google Streetview, but it could have changed since the Street view image was taken.

@suzook12, in case you haven't already sorted your accomodation, I've just booked a room here: https://www.poolequayhotel.com/. Ocean Runner picks up from outside the hotel and there's a hotel car park available that we can use after check-out for no additional fee.

@Saintly Fish and I headed out on Tarlach Too yesterday in search of stingrays. An early start saw us leaving the Hamble at 0730-ish and made progress across flat water, despite the forecasted windspeed of low teens. About an hour later we rolled onto our first mark, in very shallow water within casting distance of shore. The wind was blowing us off the tide throughout the day which made for some "interesting" line management throughout, particularly whe combined with heavy weed, which required removal every 5 mins or so. 😖 After a couple of hours with no bites the stingrays were clearly not playing ball for us, so Saintly skipper moved us back up the Solent a few hundred yards to search for some bream. Another hour or so later with still no bites we moved again, this time to a reliable mid-Solent spot. Despite the weed and lumpier conditions, it wasn't long before I had a decent tap on the rod and wound in a strap conger. A fish at last! Neil's turn came next, as you'll see in the video below. Please excuse the poor quality sound of the background music - it was on in the background and clearly lost some fidelity between the speakers and the camera microphone 🤣 After this the bites dried up, so we tried one more mark on the way home where the conditions couldn't have been more different from the lumpy, bumpy mid-Solent. This time we found ourselves in calm, hot, almost tropical conditions in which to avoid catching fish. Neil rigged up a float rod and managed to winkle out a schoolie bass on ragworm which promptly dropped off before the net, but sadly that was all the action we saw at this mark, beautiful though it was. So, with at least a fish each and some sunburn, we called time and headed home. Here's a gratuitous wake video taken as we passed Bramble Bank. Thanks Neil for a lovely day afloat - it was great to be out on Tarlach Too again after so long. You're the only skipper I know who can make blanking almost as fun as catching 👍