Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 Not ideal conditions with 16 knt winds forecast and chance of showers, but not being able to get out last week made up my mind to give it a go Wind further up the channel was forecast to be less than the Cardiff area, so the plan was to fish local, then head up with the tide Just one other boat in the 7.30 lock for company and when we got out into the Channel, he headed down west and we made the short steam to the bottom of a large sand bar Anchor dug in and myself, Mark and Mike into fish pretty much straight away Wind was less then expected and conditions quite good Had a very busy few hrs here, with Blondes and Thornies to 10lb, Conger to 8lb, Dogs and a solitary Bass of around 46cm No real size to anything, but a good bit of sport (apart from the dogs, who just don't scrap at all) Low water was around 10, so we made our way up towards Portishead to see if the Bass were home Bit of a choppy ride up, but now the wind was with the tide and lessening, it was quite pleasant at anchor That didn't last long, a couple of heavy showers, a strengthening wind and only 2 small Thornies made for a decision to head back to Cardiff Was going to try another part of the sand bank we'd been to earlier, but wind against tide made a 35min trip into nearly an hour and the mark unfishable So pushed further towards Cardiff and dropped the pick on a bit of rough ground just wide of the foreshore Christ, wind speed felt at least double and wasn't a bit comfortable at anchor, with boat swinging all ways making uptiding impossible Stayed for 20/30 mins, picked up 1 small thornie and a heap of dogs, pulled anchor and caught the 3.15 lock back in Not a bad day by any means and nobody blanked Dicky, Geoff, JonC and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Excellent! Good day out in spite of the weather, and a good variety of species for your efforts. Top dangling the lot of you 👍👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Well done for making the effort to get out whilst the rest of us mere mortals coward at home. And fish too, a good result. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Nice fishing 🙂 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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