Maverick Martin Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Up at 5am on Sunday to get to the boat and leave Rockley by 6am so we thought! Got up ok loaded the boat with enough gear and food for the two day trip. Turned the key and.........................nothing. Tried the battery pack but this has been on the boat for about 3 months without recharging so not enough in that either. Luckily I had two fully charged batteries but they are in the garage so a dash home and back, install the replacement batteries and hey presto the engine burst into life. Next problem the AIS wasn't working and neither was the external satellite aerial so no fix on the gps. Luckily the plotter I have has an internal satellite receiver so after investigating the menu and working out how to use this instead of the external receiver then we were away. The original plan was to go straight to the shambles and fish inshore on day one but it was so nice Dean and I decided to go offshore and wreck hop our way down the English Channel. The fishing wasn't blistering but we managed 3 ling to 17lb pollock to 12lb with two many to count pout along with loads of mackerel. There were so many mackerel but of a very small average size. We then made our way inshore for a drift or two on the mussel beds to the west of the shambles. Here I had just the one cod around 3 or 4 lb's Off into Weymouth at around 5pm to get ready for the evening. Day 2 saw us leaving Weymouth on an oily flat sea. We had decided to fish the shambles today. Dean had a small Brill on our first drift. On about drift three I had a knock, started to reel in and could feel it was a reasonable fish weight wise but it didn't put up much of a fight until that is it left the bottom then it went ballistic stripping line on two reasonable runs. I am now thinking it must be a turbot. Dean gets the net ready whilst waiting for the fish to appear from the depths. It's a bl**dy humungous plaice shouts Dean and sure enough it was. When aboard it pulled the scales down to 6lb 11oz WOW The largest plaice I have seen for many a long year. Not a lot happened for us after that. We had a move to some broken ground a couple of miles south and had bream, bullhuss adn the inevitable dogs. We then decided to try St albans for bass but no luck there so trundled our way home. I had a cracking couple of days made all the better by that one plaice Will post a picture of the plaice later Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 New Club record Plaice! Well done Mr Vice Chairman!!!! 149% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Huge Plaice Martin, fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Good Work Mr & Mr Burt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsplace Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Wow what a fish! Saw you leaving Sunday, should have followed you! Well done indeed Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Wow what a fish! Saw you leaving Sunday, should have followed you! Well done indeed Jason You wouldn't be able to keep up! Not many can, the Burts are speed freaks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin ......... turbot - sized fillets !! That will be a record fish that stays on the book for a long time to come. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirky Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin ......what a fish ...... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesnr Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Fantastic! The fish of a lifetime. Petesnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin, nice report great spotty, and picture too!! No doubt that one fish made the trip after all your earlier issues. Just as well you hadn't thrown the towel in. Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Sounds a stunning few days Martin, and well done on that plaice! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Nash Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Very nice Martin ... well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin. Looking at the photo, Perfect conditions too. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 NICE ONE MARTIN!!!!Derek, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) What a fantastic plaice. Makes the membership cards obsolete. Edited July 12, 2011 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 lovely fish martin not much smaller than my biggest turbot lol nice one sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin - very nice fish indeed PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Plaicetastic Martin !! What a fish and truly fit for a club record. Well done and great fishing. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 A fantastic fish truly one for the record book. So, what fish are we having at the next Club Barbeque? Allan G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 So, what fish are we having at the next Club Barbeque? Allan G. Pout we caught loads of them BTW I am having plaice steaks tonight Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Thats a beauty of a plaice! well done Martin James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggcol Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Martin a cracking red spot, you wont be beating that pb for a while. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ospreyman Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 BTW I am having plaice steaks tonight Martin And for a few more nights to come i guess, well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Nice one martin you deserve it mw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seagypsy Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 That's a beauty Martin , well done, it looked a cracking couple of days fishing . . . Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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