iowspence

Well done Josh, some decent fish there , but congers are not fish .............. they are the spawn of satin !

First trip out the mouth of the west side
after the last trip being improvised becuase of a bung plug situation.
newly done we headed out this Sunday out the needles
a First for me and a little nervy. was grateful to have a quicksilver  gunning its way behind then past me to steam through which gave me added confidence as the swell was quite up going through there. Which I did fail to account for with the previous days wind. 
 
anyway once we were through we anchored up knowing there wasn’t much tide left before slack then instantly into congers and then when we finally went slack we upped anchor and moved a little further west for the flood and continued with congers all day great sport best going 34lb. Live pouting or flappers as the ground was littered with them.
All in all a great day out came in the Solent to try for a cod for the last hour but not to be ! Always next time.

Welcome Alan...... I see you've met the kids already 👍

So why not say that then if that's what you meant? 🤣
Stalking you? No... just keeping an eye on you like a jealous girlfriend now that you've shacked up with Tadpole... 

Hi folks, my name is Alan and I live in north Essex. I have fished the Essex rivers and coastline all my life. As a kid, my dad had a boat at Wallasey Island so every weekend it was the Crouch that entertained us. Now my job takes me all over the world and I try to fish wherever I go. Covid has of course prevented me from travelling this year so I have fallen in love again with the essex beaches. I write a blog each week which is posted on a Sunday at www.essexanglers.co.uk
The fishing has been awesome to be fair but I would like to get out on boats again. If anyone needs a deckhand or someone to share the costs of a trip do please let me know
 
Cheers for now

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funniest thing I’ve seen all day!
We ALL know what your going to catch so how come you don’t?

Ah yes, the lesser spotted Mako Skark. Vicious little blighter that pops up when you least expect it!

Hmm ......... your list is not complete Spence .................
The short finned Mako Shark, (better known as the Mako skark, is closely related to the porbeagle and can lift its body temperature to higher than the water it is swimming in.
I have caught Mako's (NOT in thUK) and they are nasty unpredictable barstewards (a bit like a few on here 🤣🤣🤣) .............. so I reckon they are related to Congers !!!!!!

i allways whonted to go fishing, where the weather is warm and fish in abundance

As I was tidying up the boat after we'd got back I got chatting to two very nice gentlemen who were admiring Jersey Girl and who had visited Offshore Outlaws as guests (I.e. not yet joined as members).
In case you're reading this, I just wanted to say it was good talking with you and hope to see you on here in future 👍👍

Well, this was meant to be a report stuffed full of monster wreck conger and double figure cod... but clearly the fish and the weather missed that particular memo.
@Saintly Fishand I set off from Gosport this morning full of anticipation and enjoying the calm conditions to the east of the IoW.

But we arrived at the Camberwell to find a nasty 1m swell rolling in from the SW which made for a couple of very uncomfortable drifts. We gave up on the idea of anchoring the wreck and instead sought shelter in Sandown Bay. We had a quick chat with @iowspence on the way in and he suggested a mark for us to try (Thanks Spence 👍). We dropped the hook and within moments we had a pout on a worm bait, followed by several strap conger - blanks avoided!

Just as the mark seemed to be warming up the bites dried out, so instead of waiting it out, we headed back east to Dean Tail to a favourite mark of mine - I call it the Kennel. No sooner had our baits touched the bottom than we were into a pack of dogfish... I was in seventh heaven! 🐶
To punctuate the dogfish, and to our surprise, we both reeled in spider crabs, a few casts apart. Could even have been the same crab, as they both had two missing legs.

A couple more strap congers each and we called it a day. A bit underwhelming, frankly, but let's face it... a day on the water is never wasted.
@JonC, it was a shame you couldn't make it (he stood me up for a better offer), but you didn't miss much. We looked for you as we passed Blockhouse this morning but I'm guessing you were still tucked up somewhere snug with @Tadpole??

So... any chance of a catch report Spence? At least you had something nice and shiny to show off today 😉👍

Your not going to get a mako anchored in a car park are you @iowspence?

I knew David and it was a sad loss, in more recent times the skipper of the Madeline May out of Falmouth ............ David passed from prostate cancer in 2018 ..........
His website for the Madeline May still lives on ..................http://www.cornishsharkfishing.co.uk/about-us/

Unless he un invites me. 

Yes I will be Spence. 

Stunning....
Im still waiting for rods off stan. I’ve got one of his builds second hand just soooo slow. I’d go to Legacy next time or get the bits sent to him to finish off 🤣

He’s slow.........
 
Try angling ambition South Wales. Or legacy rods 🙂 

You know exactly who will post now about where they're NOT going, don't you 🤣🤣👍

Asks the man who measures masculinity in the quantity of soft furnishings bestowed on a boat........ 🤣

Not female really are you?
I know, you have to watch @Andy135 he has the lowest set of morals I've ever experienced. you'd be much safer with me. 

I don’t need to. Andy will just Nick your numbers and take me in his tub instead 👅

Anything that makes @Saintly Fish squirm gets my vote 🤣👍

Quicksilver pilot house 555 with a mercury 80 . 

My finger is hovering Spence and it’s getting heavy.