plaicemat Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Deteriorating by the hour. Bugger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Not looking good Sat and Sun now. As Dave says, fingers crossed! Is there a backup backup date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Oh the Joy of a Pre-Alderney week. Anyone care to Donate £1.00 to HOW for every time that you check the weather?? LOL Matt, Oli, Stuie and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 HOW would be able to upgrade from Kayaks to Sunseekers!! Kingfisher 126 and great white 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAD Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Looks ok from poole on xc but u look at Alderney and it's not good. Changing all the time BBC weather gives a low over Ireland with the isobars spread out but still gusts picking up over 20mph over the weekend. Either way it's not a settled high I was hoping for and looks uncomfortable. According to a few friends in Guernsey the tides are better next weekend for the banks and wrecking as they don't usually bother unless they have at least an 8m tide over their. With a few highs around to give hope of a settled period the long range is giving storms for next week. Ah well see what it's like on Thursday? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Tigerfish: Going to make a call on Thursday, currently improving forecasts with maybe one of the four days in port. No Alderney Angling to keep us amused , plenty of beer to be had . Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Tigerfish: Going to make a call on Thursday, currently improving forecasts with maybe one of the four days in port. No Alderney Angling to keep us amused , plenty of beer to be had . Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Glass half full Guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 We'll make the final call tomorrow too but as we were only doing 3 days anyway wouldn't want to lose one sat on the rock. Saturday looks pretty awful at the moment and Friday/Sunday only a bit better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 From Steve Porter on True Blue posted today on Facebook: "Update 17th May 2017 Just returned from our first four day trip to Alderney of the year during which challenging conditions at times tested the boat and crew. Our trip over on Sunday was in a forecast fresh westerly wind but the sea state was much less than expected and the skies were blue. The boat had no problem maintaining a 20 knot cruising speed throughout. The catch rate was below par, probably due to the May bloom which appeared to be everywhere. One wreck did provide a steady stream of Pollack, but we left that mark in search for what for us, seem to be very illusive Cod. Day two and quite rough conditions on the banks around Alderney. A fairly strong tide and at times fresh wind resulted in a consistently fast drift for most of the day. Just 13 Turbot and Brill landed but several nice Bass saved the day. Plenty of Launce on the banks. Day three and our best weather day. Light winds and reasonably warm, but the fishing was again below par. Just 10 flatfish landed, a couple of Bass and a bonus Sunfish. Day four and a lovely calm sea to travel back to Poole on. Sadly though, it rained for most of the day. Still, better to have rain than wind. Good fishing on our first mark which was consistent with plenty of Pollack, several Bass and one lone Cod. As we moved closer to home our catch rate slowed and we were only able to add more Pollack to the catch. The cod eluded us again. Overall though, a good day with more than enough fish that brought to an end a very enjoyable four days in some great company." Paul J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Finding this a tough one to call - seems to be improving... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 you should have gone this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 looks ok from their side: http://ipcamlive.com/53f3477a8ff5f great white 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted May 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Tigerfish: We are going for a 3 day trip leaving 7:00 from Lymington on Friday. Rob, Mal Thomas, great white and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wight Magic Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Reel Magic is going 3 day trip leaving Cobbs about 6 Dave Stuie, Kingfisher 126 and Rob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Good luck chaps Tight lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Good luck & stay safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Good luck guys, we're off up to Portland for the weekend so fingers crossed for the weather Mal Thomas, niggle and Stuie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Good luck all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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