Dicky

Finally got the boat out for the first time in about 5 months. Club comp with a decent turnout of 7 boats. Lovely weather though the temp did start to drop around 2pm. Loads of fish from the off but all small, thornbacks, conger and dogs and a topelet. We did have a couple of eels which would have been over the 15lb minimum size but couldn't be arsed to try and keep them alive in a tub so t-barred them off at the side of the boat. Winner had a 26lb conger released alive after the comp. No cod caught and only 1 bass hopefully we will have a decent cod run this winter. No piccys as we didn't catch anything worthy. Hopefully out again this Sunday 

Fished on a charter out of West Bay on Saturday, the first day of their 2 day boat comp. I could only fish the first day but entered anyway (waste of £15 lol). We started off on a wreck around 8 miles out and caught small bass from the off, only 1 or 2 a drift. Another boat joined us and after a few drifts he decided to drop his anchor which messed up our drifts so we ended up moving off. Out of the dozen or so bass only 2 were keepers the biggest going around 6lb which i think was the biggest of the weekend. We then had a spell just drifting away from the wreck over sand looking for flats, i had a tub gurnard and a small thornback which i was hoping was a plaice on the way up nut no such luck. There were a couple of red gurnards caught but it was slow so we moved back inshore on the edge of a reef and had a spell at anchor. Loads of bream to around 2lbs, mackeral, pout, more gurnards a pollack and a cod. Unfortunately as the tide increased we swung in the tide over an old piece of rope or something on the bottom and with a few of the guys snagging it regularly and losing gear we had a few drifts over the reef. Slow again but there were a few bream, another pollack and a keeper bass for my brother. No prizes for us but overall a nice day at sea in good company so was happy after not getting out since June

Me, my bro and my son on Saturday out from BOS again for a 7 hour trip which is the longest I have taken Jack out for. Started off after a bass but a bit slow with dogs and small rays. Then my son had a nice hound 16-4 and I dropped a fish that felt like a bass. Fishing slowed so we moved further down channel to a coral patch looking for hounds. 1 to my brother on the last of the ebb and a few rays and straps but a bit slow.  Once the flood got going we had a further 11 hounds to around 13lb and thornies, dogs, straps and a baby huss. Not electric but enough to keep us happy and a long day with the travelling for my son but a visit to the kebab van on the way home kept him happy