mike farrants Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Have friends staying for the week from land locked Buckinghamshire - and wanted to fish as much as possible this week - following the 35mph winds of Thursday and Friday we chose to stick to beach fishing and having had a look at the swell pounding chesil we chose the more sheltered Preston beach - the east end of Weymouth bay. Armed with ragworm and bling for plaice (or anything flat) and a 2 hook flapper for anything else. We weren't expecting great things (although have caught rays, whiting, eels, and dogs here)- plus knowing its better at night we opted for the afternoon/evening. first cast at 3pm just as the sun came out - very slow but enjoyable afternoon - we fished until dark and i blanked - my mate however caught a lovely bass on rag and a spider crab! went home at 9pm to bangers and mash - a thoroughly enjoyable blank on a spring day! thejollysinker, Geoff, Malc and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 That's one grumpy spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Well dangled and well guided @mike farrants. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 A good back up venue when Chesil is evil. Shame on the blank 😬 my mate and I went to Chesil just after the hurricane in ‘87 and drove along the road behind Preston beach. We drove past a coach which was smashed to hell and full of pebbles and sand. I think half the beach was on the road 😅 when we got to Chesil, that was a different story again…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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