Popular Post Andy135 Posted September 8 Popular Post Share Posted September 8 @Saintly Fish and I hit the Solent yesterday I the search for an early season cod. A very early 4.30am wake up for me saw us depart the marina not long after 6am and out into a flat calm river and a lovely sunrise. We'd heard a tip from Neil's pet rumour-monger that a mile-long flock of seabirds had been seen working the Solent for baitfish recently, so our plan was to feather for fresh bait if we spotted any birds. The Solent was pretty flat as we left the river, but scanning the water for birds was disappointing - nothing doing. We headed towards our mark and made good time. Nearing out mark we saw some fish on the sounder and dangled some feathers, more in hope than expectation, but Neil comes up trumpa with the first Solent mackerel we've seen in ages! Marv the Mackerel was kept in a bucket as livebait, just in case. On to the mark and down goes the anchor. Strap conger and smoothounds, but no cod. The tide was ripping as we fished, requiring 1.5lb of lead to hold bottom. After a while it became clear that no cod were at home, so we headed to a new spot to see if that made a difference to the tide and made fishing any easier. In short, no. One more strap conger, lots of beam-on rolly wash and an anchor tangle later we headed off to a flock of seabirds that Neil had spotted in the distance. As we neared the birds the sounder cam alive with fish arches. Feathers down and they were hit by large scad, mackerel and school bass. Many strings later we had a bucket of baitfish for the winter. A mix of mackerel and scad. A productive way to end the session. Dicky, GPSguru, Josh and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 That's a productive day ! well done both No Cod, but they're getting like blue moons these days GPSguru, daio web, Saintly Fish and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 great report again boys i am hopeing on a better winter this year fingers crossed 👍 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Another gratuitous scenery shots from the day. Oh and one of Ginge and a hound!! And @Andy135 trying Tarlach Too out for size!! Dicky and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 32 minutes ago, daio web said: great report again boys i am hopeing on a better winter this year fingers crossed 👍 Yep, us too. We had a crap (and therefore boring) winter last year. Hoping for a few more of those lovely still winter days with hardly a breath of wind and no fog... Saintly Fish and jonnyswamp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 was lovely and calm this weekend - great that you did sunrise to sunset - that's a long day indeed! well done on the smoothies - i love a good scrap with a feisty smoothie! and good to get some bait for future trips too! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Great photos guys, great to see you on the fish 🙂 Saintly Fish and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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