Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted September 8 Popular Post Share Posted September 8 Brief report Myself and 2 others made the journey to Weymouth for a days Bream/Bass fishing 2 others onboard that were camping locally for a few days down from oop Norf Tried for Mackerel in one of the Portland entrances, but nothing for us there, though one of the other charters seemed to be bringing a few up Went on around the Bill to see if we could pick some up on route to our first mark We found plenty, but not many sizeable ones, mainly 5/6 inches long Anyway, first mark didn't produce and the second only threw up a few pout and 1 solitary Bream We were stuck here for a while trying to retrieve the anchor.....unsuccessfully Skipper cut it free and buoyed it off, hoping to get it recovered by an obliging diver at some point The next few marks were better, I didn't have many drops without a fish, my 2 mates were catching fairly regularly and the 2 other lads struggled, only managing a few between them I put it down to my choice of rig, a yellow and red pop up bead just in front of the hook, only one other was using beads and he also did OK The weather forecast was about right, pissed down form about 10 ish all day Didn't take any pics as it was too wet We finished up with a dozen around 2-2.5lb mark that were kept and we returned probably 3 times as many A good day with crap weather daio web, GPSguru, Andy135 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Apart from the weather, not much to complain about there! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 cracking report bud 👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Well dangled. Sounds like the beads saved the day for you 👍 Must have been something about the date on Sunday as we had anchor troubles too. But that may have been down to user error. Possibly. 😳 daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: Well dangled. Sounds like the beads saved the day for you 👍 Must have been something about the date on Sunday as we had anchor troubles too. But that may have been down to user error. Possibly. 😳 Been using them for a few yrs and always seem to do OK As for the anchor, there's been reports of a ghost net in the area where ours got stuck C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁 Andy135 and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Just now, jonnyswamp said: Been using them for a few yrs and always seem to do OK As for the anchor, there's been reports of a ghost net in the area where ours got stuck C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁 Sadly I was the user. Thought I was being helpful by motoring slowly uptide while he was up front on the windlass retrieving the anchor. Got the line caught between the pulpit GRP and the stainless edge of the bow roller, and we had to get creative to remove it. Took us about 10 mins of huffing, puffing and maneuvering before we worked it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 26 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Sadly I was the user. Thought I was being helpful by motoring slowly uptide while he was up front on the windlass retrieving the anchor. Got the line caught between the pulpit GRP and the stainless edge of the bow roller, and we had to get creative to remove it. Took us about 10 mins of huffing, puffing and maneuvering before we worked it free. And you would have been helpful had I known you were going to do it!! But hey, you didn't get thrown overboard and we resolved the issue, with just minor bendage ! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 36 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: C'mon tell us about the anchor, what did he do wrong 😁 Charming.. nothing like jump to conclusions Nick!! 🥺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) what charter were you on? we were out on sunday and had non stop bream all day (also using small yellow beads) but to be fair in Weymouth if the bream are there they become a nuisance! sounds like you had a good day though! apart from the weather! Edited September 9 by mike farrants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 19 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Charming.. nothing like jump to conclusions Nick!! 🥺 I should've realised, a fellow gasman wouldn't make these school boy errors 😁 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 (edited) 6 hours ago, mike farrants said: what charter were you on? we were out on sunday and had non stop bream all day (also using small yellow beads) but to be fair in Weymouth if the bream are there they become a nuisance! sounds like you had a good day though! apart from the weather! Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7 There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear Edited September 9 by jonnyswamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 54 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: I should've realised, a fellow gasman wouldn't make these school boy errors 😁 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 52 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7 There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear 5 + skipper sounds crowded on a 25 footer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 1 hour ago, jonnyswamp said: Celtic Warrior with Colin Baker, it's a small (25ft) boat and he only takes 6/7 There were just 5 on Saturday, which was fine, I think 7 would be crowded if everyone had loads of gear We saw Colin with 2 out on Sunday! Looks a nice boat! Sounds good too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 On 9/9/2024 at 5:58 PM, Saintly Fish said: 5 + skipper sounds crowded on a 25 footer It's good sized deck and he didn't really have to come out of cabin doorway as most of the fish could be easily handballed up and over the gunwhales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 On 9/9/2024 at 6:47 PM, mike farrants said: We saw Colin with 2 out on Sunday! Looks a nice boat! Sounds good too! It's got a 350hp CAT in it ! He doesn't take her much above 2000rpm and says it will cruise at 22kts doing 2200rpm mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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