Leicester Fisheagle Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 The weather window held and Dave and myself headed to a deep water mark for some late season bream. Fish were plentiful and averaged between two and two and a half pounds. We had hoped for a few larger ones, but it didn't happen. Two keepers kept and all others returned, so a good start. Then a few miles nearer to Poole. Dave had said he wanted to catch a small eye for his person species tally. The fish soon obliged with one each. A few mackeral had shown at both marks with the odd full string. Some reasonable fish, but lots of small ones. Having got Dave's rays, it was now my turn with a couple of new species for the boat. Namely, a grey gurnard and a humble dab. I hope the distinctive black spot on the first dorsal fin of the grey gurnard shows in the photo. A solitary plaice, a garfish, some small bream and lots of dogs until the pack tope arrived and the fishing died. A few drifts on the way home produced several undersized bass and some sizeable plaice for both of us with two being kept. A few wrasse, gobies and other bits and bobs while waiting for the bridges gave us16 species on day which was not intended as a species hunt. Reel Wizzard, rich185, Stuie and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel Wizzard Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 The weather window held and Dave and myself headed to a deep water mark for some late season bream. Fish were plentiful and averaged between two and two and a half pounds. We had hoped for a few larger ones, but it didn't happen. Two keepers kept and all others returned, so a good start. Then a few miles nearer to Poole. Dave had said he wanted to catch a small eye for his person species tally. The fish soon obliged with one each. A few mackeral had shown at both marks with the odd full string. Some reasonable fish, but lots of small ones. Having got Dave's rays, it was now my turn with a couple of new species for the boat. Namely, a grey gurnard and a humble dab. I hope the distinctive black spot on the first dorsal fin of the grey gurnard shows in the photo. A solitary plaice, a garfish, some small bream and lots of dogs until the pack tope arrived and the fishing died. A few drifts on the way home produced several undersized bass and some sizeable plaice for both of us with two being kept. A few wrasse, gobies and other bits and bobs while waiting for the bridges gave us16 species on day which was not intended as a species hunt. charlieannear, rich185 and niggle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 That could be a winning score for this Saturday Alan And thanks for the photo of the Grey Gurnard, Now I know what to look out for. Well done, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Greg There is another picture of a Grey Gurnard in the Gallery under Fish ID's as well as a long of other species to help members Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 The other ID feature is the pre opercular spine which is like as single spine before the gill cover ( operculum). It can just be made out on the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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