Popular Post Josh Posted June 23 Popular Post Share Posted June 23 (edited) So I arrived home from Turkey last night with an incredible forecast Sunday questioning do I ? don’t I ?… I should stay at home prepare for the week ahead ect… so anyway 1am came and I was on the road by 25past heading for itchneor slip lauched by 3.55 and heading through the harbour I was gunning for the slack at the Outer Owers to try for some bass and I was up against it time wise with a 15mile run from the harbour. So I stopped once and was lucky enough to pick up a small scad and one mackerel great some live baits. Then was disciplined enough not to stop again untill arriving at the mark. I actually got there before the slack had started so time wise I got more than I needed. fish wise not so good .. live bait down and feeding the float back on one rod and Dexter wedge off the bottom with another. no takes first drift second drift the floats gone down great! Wer on ! nope Wer off ! so I dropped the float back without checking the bait and bang I just picked the other rod up and the float was down again! Okay yes fish is ON…. well all went light float came up the bass even had the audacity to follow the the mackerel to the boat.assuming it was the same fish.. i forgot to say when I arrived and set up I put the tiny scad on which would of been perfect and as I threw it over it came off so that’s why the mackerel went on… heinsight I recon I should of sized my hook up a bit.. anyway back round and seeing a few more individual surface splashes now casting at them rubbers and dexters but no joy. by this point the mackerel was stiff so I flapped it set it out then & float went down again and I was properly on … however it wasn’t a bass it was a conger of about 8lb . So I was heart pounding for the net untill I saw it. after than I started following the birds and there were fish with them but no joy for me. A lot of baitfish under boat in areas. Not sure what it was I couldn’t pick them up maybe very mini sandeels. with a short day planned I shot into a tope mark that Iv had some incredible action in the past that’s pretty reliable and that was very quiet too. A small black bream and a few dogs . Amazing forecast saw some monster mullet in the harbour biggest Iv ever seen. So just sunsets & sounders today not even a poorly cooked sausage Edited June 23 by Josh suzook12, mick, GPSguru and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Ah, bad luck Josh. Sounds like a frustrating session, but top marks for making the effort to get out there. You must be knackered! Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogB Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Nice report and photos. I admire your dedication but lovely looking sea so I can see why you made the effort! Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Unlucky Josh. Looked mint out there though. A good way to unwind from a travel home from Turkey. Done that trip a few times myself and it's always knackering! Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 We were fishing on the skerries today, and the weather was quite the opposite. Although warm, the visibility was variable from 1/4 mile to 1 mile, it was supposed to burn off, but stayed all day. At lunchtime, I even had the Nav lights on ! AIS seems to work well in the fog / mist as we were called by a tug who was towing, in order we could identify our vessel type and take an agreed action (we stayed on his staboard side). Also we heard the CG calling a continual Pan Pan, for assistance to a 6.3m cabin cruiser that was dead in the water and anchored somewhere off Selsey Bill, so I guess you kept hearing that as well. Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 7 hours ago, GPSguru said: We were fishing on the skerries today, and the weather was quite the opposite. Although warm, the visibility was variable from 1/4 mile to 1 mile, it was supposed to burn off, but stayed all day. At lunchtime, I even had the Nav lights on ! AIS seems to work well in the fog / mist as we were called by a tug who was towing, in order we could identify our vessel type and take an agreed action (we stayed on his staboard side). Also we heard the CG calling a continual Pan Pan, for assistance to a 6.3m cabin cruiser that was dead in the water and anchored somewhere off Selsey Bill, so I guess you kept hearing that as well. Crazy how different it can be , That’s horrible when you keep waiting for the fog mist to burn and it just doesn’t. think we wer all out same day I put on here in October . When the visibility was down to about 5meters unbelievable. thats odd I didn’t hear that pan pan and I was right on selsey bill … unless I wasn’t paying a attention I did a radio check yesterday also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 10 hours ago, Andy135 said: Ah, bad luck Josh. Sounds like a frustrating session, but top marks for making the effort to get out there. You must be knackered! Thanks that’s it you gotta be in it for a chance . The last trip I lined up for there few week back I got in the car and bailed so it was a little breakthru session ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 9 hours ago, RogB said: Nice report and photos. I admire your dedication but lovely looking sea so I can see why you made the effort! Thanks @RogB yes pleased I went out😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 9 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Unlucky Josh. Looked mint out there though. A good way to unwind from a travel home from Turkey. Done that trip a few times myself and it's always knackering! Thanks @Saintly FishYeah that’s right flying I don’t find unerving it’s just a i find uncomfortable tiring experience . Poor us having to go on holiday 🤣 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Unlucky buddy but top effort as usual. We got out yesterday, i will report tomorrow, left at 6am home at 11am. Josh and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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