1 - Mike Fox (on another club boat, no Carol or George)
2 - Dave HH
3 - Martin B
4 - Ian Jones
5 - Alun Jones
6 - Bob F
7 - Adam F
8 - Dave Evans
9 - Colin F
10 - Charlie C
11 - Gary Austin
12 - Graham Little Sal
13 - Alf
14 - Sally
15 - Mick Barnes
16 - Cabin Boy - Brian
17 - Stuie
18 - Rory
19 - Dave S
20 - Alan Green
21- Craig White
22. Tony Deavin
1 - Mike Fox (on another club boat, no Carol or George)
2 - Dave HH
3 - Martin B
4 - Ian Jones
5 - Alun Jones
6 - Bob F
7 - Adam F
8 - Dave Evans
9 - Colin F
10 - Charlie C
11 - Gary Austin
12 - Graham Little Sal
13 - Alf
14 - Sally
15 - Mick Barnes
16 - Cabin Boy - Brian
17 - Stuie
18 - Rory
19 - Dave S
20 - Alan Green
21- Craig White
22. Tony Deavin
23. Nigel Allen
So ....I came back early...... I heard loads of you out there spread far and wide on the hunt for Rays ....tried to contact you but for some reason could not......coastguard and Dave on Sammy 2 ok.....but no-one else seemed to hear me !!
Result for me......target species but only small .......Plaice 7 oz
Fished with a non-member aboard...
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So ....I came back early...... I heard loads of you out there spread far and wide on the hunt for Rays ....tried to contact you but for some reason could not......coastguard and Dave on Sammy 2 ok.....but no-one else seemed to hear me !!
Dave
Maybe they're trying to tell you something!!!!!!!! ![]()
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I'll bring the VSWR meter down on Tuesday and check out your radio and aerial.
Small eye I would say!
We went to one of the offshore banks but its was not very successful for us.
I had a 10lb 120z blonde, Both Rory and Tony had much smaller ones I'll let them post the weights.
We did have a little flurry of tope and dogfish but that aside a very quite day
Martin
First ray is a small eyed ray.
I think the second ray is a Spotted Ray. ( Can tell difference between spotted and blonde rays because the spots don't go right to the edge of the wings. )
If you were fishing xray then never seen Blonde Rays caught from there. Had Spotted, Small Eyed ( mostly ) and Thornbacks from there.
I tried various marks and a 9oz plaice was the only one.
A hard day made better with a John Dory only small which went back strong after some pics.
Now if it had been a ......how many dogfish can you catch comp....I might of been in with a chance on one mark ![]()
Great to see some members today although I'm still rubbish at identifying boats,sat down tide of Boblin for thirty minutes until i noticed it ![]()
Was a cracking day to be on the water
Nige
I headed out with the intention of fishing my favourite ray mark but for some reason (and I have no idea what that reason is) I changed my mind about 300 yards short of my proposed spot.
A 2 1/2lB Tub Gurnard was a nice sight, followed by numerous tope and doggioes. A single 1lb 5oz turbot was our only recordable fish (but a welcome addition to my species list).
I was fishing Weymouth \ Shambles way today ......loads of boats enjoying the super weather.
Tides dictated a varied approach......... bassing in the Race to start, then on to bream mark.........before getting the big ragworms out for the plaice.
We got a good spell of action in the short tide-window; 6 to me , with best at 1 lb 12 oz.
Then on to the banks to finish the day looking for the bigger flatties; no turbot today, but I did get two brill, with the better one weighing 4 lb 10 oz.
Great day to be out....... Shame Adam was too unwell to join us .... and Bob didn't quite get his gear together !! [ but I'm not saying any more on that !!!] ....but he will be more focussed next week [if Open gets under way!].
Alun.
Alan & I went to a number of locations trying for flatfish & rays.
Alan managed to pull in a nice Turbot 0f 3lb 3oz and I managed to increase my boat species, which is difficult as this was only the third time out!
Red and tub gurnard, black bream, doggies, mackerel & Bass
No rays for us except some super sun rays! ![]()
Dave
So ....I came back early...... I heard loads of you out there spread far and wide on the hunt for Rays ....tried to contact you but for some reason could not......coastguard and Dave on Sammy 2 ok.....but no-one else seemed to hear me !!
Dave
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Maybe they're trying to tell you something!!!!!!!!
I'll bring the VSWR meter down on Tuesday and check out your radio and aerial.
Thanks Brian......on two fronts !!...... One for bringing the test gear
and two for suggesting that " it may not be the radio " ![]()
see you Tuesday !!
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Cabin Boy and I tried desperately for a ray in the Southbourne area without success - fortunately plan B came together - a 12 oz plaice for Cabin Boy and one of 1lb 3oz for me.
Another scorcher and nice to meet up with Boblin 2 and Wishin.
Stuart
Martin's Blonde was miles bigger than mine, so I didn't feel any need to weigh it and it swam away strongly. The Tope provided some additional fun, accounting for several traces along the way.
Thanks Martin (& Tony) for a great trip out, on a such a superb day weather wise.
Cheers
Rory


