Wednesday 27 May 2009
Monday 25 May 2009
RCSL Wales Coarse Fishing Event '09
Date - 21/05/09
My 1st attempt at coarse fishing!
With a day off work as a benefit - I decided to give coarse fishing a proper go for the first time. The venue was the match pool on Cefn Mably, and it was a qualifying match from work to see who would qualify for the National finals in August.
After quizzing a few of the experiences guy's, I was advised that sweetcorn fished on a feeder was teh method to use, and it wa sto be fished as close to the island as possible. I clipped my line so that I hit the same spot (about a foot off the island) everytime.
20 mins into the match - my rod arched over and my 1st ever coarse fish came to the net - a common carp of around a pound.
My 1st attempt at coarse fishing!
With a day off work as a benefit - I decided to give coarse fishing a proper go for the first time. The venue was the match pool on Cefn Mably, and it was a qualifying match from work to see who would qualify for the National finals in August.
After quizzing a few of the experiences guy's, I was advised that sweetcorn fished on a feeder was teh method to use, and it wa sto be fished as close to the island as possible. I clipped my line so that I hit the same spot (about a foot off the island) everytime.
20 mins into the match - my rod arched over and my 1st ever coarse fish came to the net - a common carp of around a pound.
Thursday 14 May 2009
Report - Anchorman - CSSC Wales Qualifier
14/05/09 - CSSC Qualifier - Anchorman III, Barry.
With a 7 am start, 10 CSSC Wales members boarded Anchorman, on what was another windless day, and headed West towards Nash Point, for a crack at the smoothound.
Minutes after the anchor was droppd - a pout was boated (the only one of the day!) and then the 1st dog of the day came over the gunnels (the 1st of 150+!).
Then I dropped 2 big fish in quick succession, that could only have been smoothound - they went off like steam trains! 3rd time luck and I managed to hold on to my 3rd smut - all 12lb of it, and a pb common.....
A starry soon followed the common, then I hooked into something different. I thought it may have been a full house of dogs, and some other peoples gear....but as it got closer to the surface - it woke up, and dived for the sea bed. It turned out to be a blonde ray of 19lb - another pb for me.
The tide eased and Dave thought it was time for a move to deeper water - where they had picked up some tope earlier in the week. Not long after dropping hook, I pulled in a strap on squid and crab cocktail. One of the lads boated an eel of 23lb which eventually took the pool for the heaviest fish. A fair few eels came to the boat at this mark.
As the tide increased the hounds came back on the feed, with a decent stamp of fish, along with the odd bull huss.........
At 4.30 Dave called lines up, and an end to the competition. It has to be one of the best days fishing I've had for a long time.
With a 7 am start, 10 CSSC Wales members boarded Anchorman, on what was another windless day, and headed West towards Nash Point, for a crack at the smoothound.
Minutes after the anchor was droppd - a pout was boated (the only one of the day!) and then the 1st dog of the day came over the gunnels (the 1st of 150+!).
Then I dropped 2 big fish in quick succession, that could only have been smoothound - they went off like steam trains! 3rd time luck and I managed to hold on to my 3rd smut - all 12lb of it, and a pb common.....
A starry soon followed the common, then I hooked into something different. I thought it may have been a full house of dogs, and some other peoples gear....but as it got closer to the surface - it woke up, and dived for the sea bed. It turned out to be a blonde ray of 19lb - another pb for me.
The tide eased and Dave thought it was time for a move to deeper water - where they had picked up some tope earlier in the week. Not long after dropping hook, I pulled in a strap on squid and crab cocktail. One of the lads boated an eel of 23lb which eventually took the pool for the heaviest fish. A fair few eels came to the boat at this mark.
As the tide increased the hounds came back on the feed, with a decent stamp of fish, along with the odd bull huss.........
Another move onto the side of a sandbank to target ray, proved to be frustrating with dogs attacking every bait. But Dave the skipper showed us how it was done, by catching a thornback and a spotted ray in quick succession. I managed to pull up a thornback and a double figure eel amongst the doggies, before another common smoothound totally ignored my crab bait and took a liking to squid on the top hook.
A final move to deeper water later on in the day proved to be fruitful for everyone on board, with even some of the less experienced anglers getting amongst the smuts. I added another 2 starry's to my tally, and then pulled in 2 bull huss on the same trace.
At 4.30 Dave called lines up, and an end to the competition. It has to be one of the best days fishing I've had for a long time.
We ended the day with 40+ smoothound, 20+ conger, 10+ bull huss, blonde, thornback, and spotted ray......and over 150 doggies.
I was lucky enough to win the qualifier, and will now travel with Mark and Simon to Weymouth for the finals in July.
Report - Poole Bream Comp '09
10/05/09 - Poole Bream Competition
Fished on Silver Spray today, on a mark called dancing ledge. I think that a lot of the other boats in teh comp had the same idea. As did the Weymouth boats, after rumours that the bream were not showing to the West.
Fishing was a bit slow on the ledge, but after all we were after the bigger bream. The quality of fish though was excellent with the majority being over 2lb.
Andy Herman managed the largest on the boat - at around 3lb.
Fished on Silver Spray today, on a mark called dancing ledge. I think that a lot of the other boats in teh comp had the same idea. As did the Weymouth boats, after rumours that the bream were not showing to the West.
Fishing was a bit slow on the ledge, but after all we were after the bigger bream. The quality of fish though was excellent with the majority being over 2lb.
Andy Herman managed the largest on the boat - at around 3lb.
Report - Silver Spray (Wreck & Bream)
The weather was again stunning for 2 days on Silver Spray, when Ellis & I travelled down South. The 1st day was a belter on the wrecks, with plenty of good quality fish about.
The second day was spent breaming to the East of Poole, where we managed to boat over 250 bream - I managed around 60 myself up to 2.5lb or so - along with wrasse, and pout.
The second day was spent breaming to the East of Poole, where we managed to boat over 250 bream - I managed around 60 myself up to 2.5lb or so - along with wrasse, and pout.
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