mike farrants Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 got the in laws staying again - so despite 15mph winds yesterday we decided to head out - the wind was mostly off the land, forecast to be dropping, and our friend (Tim) was already out - so we headed out about lunchtime for a few hours - plan to feather for mackerel for Tea and Bait and then anchor up close in for a mixed bag. Started off lovely - beaming sunshine, and relatively chop - Tim reported only one mackerel on his boat (3 of them fishing) having tried all 3 of portland entrances - so we did a number of drifts in shore of portlands first entrance - where i had caught before and before long Phil had a brace, I saw Tim steaming over to join us, and we had 6 mackerel - 3 for eating and 3 for bait. Phil also had a red Gurnard - wasnt bright red, but wasnt a tub or grey either (happy to be corrected if greys have red in them.) we figured 6 were enough with the frozen bait we also had, so we went off to anchor. Tim had gone further out than we planned - we could see him but probably 1/2 a mile to a mile further out - but now wind against tide produced a healthy slop but not too uncomfortable. after an hour he came back in stating "its F'ing rough out there" - so we were glad to have stayed inshore. fishing was slow but enjoyable - we ended up with dogs, phil had a 6lb Thornie, and i had a similar size conger. not the bream or smoothies I had hoped for. upon lifting the anchor the steering cable jammed/something came loose - so i had to navigate home "analogue" style - with a Tiller! - thank goodness pugwash had a back up steering plan! running fore and aft to adjust the throttle was interesting and coming alongside although a challenge went perfectly smoothly. Phils ray fell to a mackerel head - rather ambitious! Tim returning form the deeps - they had a 33lb conger - and a gurnard (plus doggies) Dicky, Geoff, Saintly Fish and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Some nice fish there Mike. Well dangled. Shame about the steering but as you say, great to have a tiller for back-up 👍 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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