Popular Post mike farrants Posted Monday at 09:32 AM Popular Post Share Posted Monday at 09:32 AM After a short hiatus (work and weather) - it was time to get out again. Saturday was the only day Tim could do this weekend looked sketchy all week as an easterly was blowing straight into the bay for much of the week and especially over Friday night. We 'um'd and ah'd' for a while then asked a local charter his views - he said it'll be ok on Saturday - so we trusted him. no issue for me as I'm local - but Tim has a 3hr round trip - so didn't want to travel unnecessarily. so we took a chance! We headed out about 7.30am - only to be greeted by a mate coming back in saying don't bother.... not a good start - but we thought we'd take a look ourselves - He has a 23ft smartliner and we were in a 7m Anteres - so we thought we'd make up our own mind. Our boat being a little bit more comfortable than his. We soon realised what he meant as a large swell was rolling in. We went to the shelter of Portland harbour to get fresh bait hoping it would calm down during the morning - only to be met with 6 or 7 other boats inc charters - some of the charters headed out offshore a couple of which came back pretty sharpish. our new plan now was to drift inside Portland harbour scratching around for all sorts. theres not much tide, and not many features apart from the walls themselves - its pretty much one big mud flat - 40-45ft deep - So we headed to the Sir Tristram - which is an SBS training vessel moored permanently near the south entrance - we figured there might be a bit more action round there - between it, the wall and the incoming tide pushing through the south entrance. We used baited feathers, Squid jigs, Long flowing traces, small scratching rigs the works and actually we had a decent morning - with half a bucket of mackerel, and some Squid, cuttle, Scad, Whiting, Gurnard, dogs, etc. Tim manged a surprise goby for his species hunt so he was happy! and an absolute kraken of a squid took his lure on the drop and hit it hard!! at lunchtime we stuck our noses out and had a look in the bay - the swell had subsided to a manageable roll and we know it would only get flatter - so we headed to a new random inshore mark on the mud/shingle. here we manged to up the tally to include Smoothies, Bream, gurnard and Conger - plus more dogs, mackerel and scad It was a lovely morning inside the harbour wall - but the waves were crashing over it. and Sir Tristram provided a moody backdrop..... and we came back in with a mate and got Tim a nice shot of his boat Seadog so.... 11 species and plenty for the table/freezer on a day when some people were heading back home - just goes to show you can always find fish if you adapt - even on the days you have to shelter inside. Malc, Mark82, Saintly Fish and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago (edited) Thanks for that. The last time I saw the Tristram was in Port Stanley Harbour and she was quite a sorry state! Nice report too. Edited 17 hours ago by Malc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago great report again bud👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Great report 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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