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Well after reading some of the reports about local fishing I thought it was going to be a waisted trip out,departed Haslar at around 9am only to leave the entrance to Portsmouth harbour into a wall of fog,made my way to one of my marks at the blocks at Southsea for a days fishing,the sun finally burnt the mist away and it turned out to be a nice clear day and we were the only boat there untill 2 others turned up later in the day,well that's enough on the weather😃now for the fishing,it did start a bit slow but we were soon into doggers (sorry Andy couldn't be bothered to measure them) and small whiting, then came the fish we were after I had a nice knock on the rod which turned out to be a nice plaice weighing in at 2lb 10oz,not long later a thornback of 5lb came onboard and was returned to get bigger,another period follewed dogs than twp plaice one after the other both weighing in at 1lb and 1.5lb, so all in all a good day. Must also give a shout out to Cosham angling as the ragworm was superb and at £16 per pound👍,I also took some frozen lug with me from my stock in the freeze but strangely only attracted dogs.

I think that is more than comfort,it looks luxury to me👍😁

Welcome aboard Andy,I'm sure some people will love the forthcoming pictures of the exotic dog fish 🐶😂 . Steve

I have much the same inside and out.

I have looked at the thread Show us your boats and Tarlach Too looks very nice,no pictures of the striped sofa cushions but I did notice the pink or peach curtains in the windows, at least there is something to wipe your hands on 😂

I thought all fishing boats had these sort of seat pads/cushions,easy to clean when you spill your tea or soup in the winter,fish blood and guts can be wiped up,only boats that have cushions that would be like the ones you have on the sofa at home would be the Russian oligarch's with there gin palace's and Im sure the last thing they would want on there silk cushions would be squid ink and mackerel guts.

Hope you have a good weekend session,what are you targeting,still not heard of any Bream about just yet.

Nice report Tony, still plenty of time to catch some plaice I hope,feel sorry for your mate,never suffered with sea sickness myself but have seen people who have so he has my sympathy as it's not nice. Steve

Not much to report really,another trip to Hayling Bay on Sunday in flat sea's we were the first boat there to drop anchor and it wasn't long before we had dog fish action I even managed the smallest dogger that I have ever caught which was just bigger than the palm of my hand (wish I had taken a picture of that lovely puppy for you know who🤣) we also had smoothounds,small whiting and at the end of the day I picked up a plaice weighing in at just over pound and half. Nice to be out there even though the sea's did get up a bit later in the afternoon and looks as if the winds will be about all week so that will stop me getting out midweek to try yet again. Steve

Good report at least you managed a few species as well as dogs and a nice smoothound for Neil 😃

If you think Plaice you will catch one😁....if you think🐶...well what can I say. Good luck for Sunday. Steve

I hope to be out on Sunday having another try for plaice, the blocks or hayling bay will be my destination. I have had worm from Dave's tackle in Gosport this year and it was good quality, I will be giving Cosham tackle ago as they look to have had some nice worm these last few weeks on their FB page and it's a new shop which has opened this year so will give it a try,they claim to be the cheapest in the area. Steve

I can understand your son being very excited, but who was holding it while the picture was taken and were you trying to steal all of the glory 🤣🤣

What does that mean you've seen a picture of one😁

For those of you that have boats in and around the Portsmouth area there are 2 new tackle shops in pompey (well I've just found them), one is Cosham Angling and the other is Fishon bait and tackle in Paulsgrove, good to see two shops opening after the closure of Allens in Stamshaw. Don't think they have websites but both shops have a FB page. Steve

Welcome Tony, also based in Portsmouth and keep my boat in Gosport as well, not sure if Andy is including dog fish in his species of the shark family as his target fish of 2021. I'm sure we may well see each other out there sometime. Steve

Always good to see the boat get put back into the water Martin,good luck with your forthcoming fishing trips. Steve

Welcome to the forum😀

Thanks very much for that info,just phoned them to update email address,I agree very helpful on the phone. Steve

I'm sure I'm using the same as the rest of the dozen or so boats that were around us on Sunday,a spoon with beads,one rod had green and black the other orange and yellow,both rods had a second hook with just beads. The plaice fell to the spoon with orange and yellow beads but it was most likely the snake like ragworm that attracted it 😂

Well this will not be a long report,after our trip last week to the blocks at Southsea we decided to try and give Hayling Bay a bash on Sunday for a day of plaice fishing,dropped anchor at about 6.54am and within 10 minutes I had one hooked although only weighed in at just over the 1lb and was returned to get bigger I was hopefull for some action for the rest of the day,but sorry to say that was the only orange spotted fish to hit the net,after that it was only doggers that took the hook,tried various baits,ragworm,lug and squid, I gave tipping the hook with squid as all that seem to do was attract the vermin, I did have a really good take on one of the rods which got me all excited,this was rigged with two hooks and only when reeled to the surface to find two doggers had taken the baits. Still good to get out as i think the weather will not be looking good for this weekend so will have to find some jobs to do on the boat to keep me busy. Steve

Well I'm not sure if I should have posted in the catch reports but here goes,fished the blocks at Southsea on Saturday as it was the first trip out since the boat was anti-fouled,polished and service on the leg and engine,beautifull day out but alas only I dogger ( which I believe someone would have been happy to catch) and 2 small pin whiting, counted another 14 boats fishing in the same area but didn't see any net action going on. A friend of mine fished Hayling bay with again approx 15 boats in the same area,he did have one plaice at the end of the day which I'm told weighed at just over the pound, tried ragworm and fresh lug for bait. Steve

I have a chest freezer in my garage which was stocked up with approx 12 x 5lb boxes of squid,10,boxes of mini squid,packs of herring,mackerel and bluey's 10 of each, I also purchase wire baskets to sit on the top which have had frozen lug, sandeels and crabs there was also plenty of room left for freezer blocks for the cool box on the boat. Hope this gives you a rough idea. Steve

I'll have 2 t-shirts and 1 hoodie please in grey and XL size,if Im not to late to place a order. Steve

Fresh mackerel fillet Tipped just over 9lb on my scales,still waiting to catch one in double figures