Leicester Fisheagle Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Fisheagle hopes to get out for a short trip for a few Whiting. There are plenty out there. On Ch 6 and 16 as always. Jim, Greg and Colin-58 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Possibly see you out there. Terry. Jim, Leicester Fisheagle and Greg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Alfresco also hoping to be out May start off further out, and come closer in the afternoon Jim, Leicester Fisheagle and Greg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Good luck all those going out- stay safe Greg, Leicester Fisheagle and great white 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 I’ll be off Southbourne on my yak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Nash Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 have fun guys. Unfortunately work is getting in the way of my fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Well I finally managed to get out on a beautiful calm sea. I got the 07.30 bridges and managed to arrive at the Spoil ground at around 08.30. The slack water was just ending and it was action from the off. Congers, doggies, pout and small whiting. But, the strong tide soon ended that and I made a hasty retreat to the Sadler Banks. it looked liked everybody else did too. It was then very slow with only doggies for the next 4 hours !!!! I went in further to a slower tide, but that did not show anything either. At 13.30pm I made a last minute decision to go back out the the outer Sadler Banks as the tide slackened. Got the rods back down at 14.00 and then all hell let loose. Once the whiting had got the sent, then bites were coming thick and thin along with the whiting on board. Only a couple were keepers so I have posted a photo of it's size. Being on my own I did not want to stay out too long so I lifted the hook at 14.45 and headed back to Cobbs. As I was on my own I called up the Hengisbury Head NCI and they plotted my positions every time when I called them. Very reassuring. Note to Self, do a bit of homework on the tides before planning a trip. However, it was a great day to be out. Stuie, dicky, Leicester Fisheagle and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Looks like he's been eating mince pies too !!!!😃 Jim and Greg 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted December 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Went to the 50's area with Yan and Frank Morris. Arrived around 10 am. And left about 2 pm. Four rays including a 9 lb Small Eyed. Good number of Whiting with the majority of fish between 1.25 lbs and 1.75 lbs. Three over 2 lbs and a single clunker at 3.5 lbs. Other bits and bobs included Dogs and Congers Saw quite a few boats including Bobblin who joined us for a short while. A successful short session. It was nice to be able to see clearly through one eye again. Looking forward to the next one being done. Will try and put up a few photos that Yan took. niggle, boyscott, Colin-58 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted December 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 A few photos.Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Hooky, Brian, Colin-58 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyscott Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Similar story here. I was near the Spoils and had blondes, conger, whiting pout and one mackerel. The fish were mostly at the start and end of the ebb but it went dead in the middle. Interestingly nearly everything took frozen mackerel and the expensive californian calamari I paid a small fortune for hardly got touched. sparky, Leicester Fisheagle, Greg and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Ditto. I only use frozen Mackerel when fishing for Whiting. Whiting will take squid, but if Mackerel is on offer I believe it is their preferred bait. However, when fishing for Cod, then I have only caught Cod on Squid. I even caught a Cod on an actual frozen whole squid once!!! boyscott, Leicester Fisheagle and sparky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted December 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Colin, did Yan send you the "Wish you were here" wind up photo of the big cool box wither the fish in It? Colin-58 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Well done guys Great day to be afloat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-58 Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Not yet Allan, do you mean the box full Frank and I gave Yan and Mike when they stole a boat out of Cobbs Quay, think you may have been in frog land at the time! It did us a favour we got the boat back up to the plimsole line to sail safely home then 😂🤣😂😏 Leicester Fisheagle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I generally judge a Whiting keeper on it's size and what fillet size I would get out of it. The fish I caught illustrated above was just shy of 450mm. I got two reasonable size fillets off of it. Out of curiosity I searched the Southern IFCA minimum conservation reference size for a Whiting and it is 270mm. I think this is quite small and I, personally, would not go for anything less than 380mm. Just my opinion !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 For whiting size to take home, I put any possible takers in the livewell and then decide which ones to keep at the end of day. That way if I get quite a lot of big ones the smaller ones which on another day I might have kept get returned. There is only so many whiting you need IMO. niggle, great white, Stuie and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Thanks Steve It's always that dilemma (especially if you do not have a livewell) Do I keep or do I not keep and what would others think is a keeper size especially in the interest of conservation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I try to be good regarding sizes, only keeping some from about 1.5lb plus, Six is probably the absolute limit for me That said I have put a few of that size back at the start of a day for them to go off the feed later and only have a couple of smaller deep hooked ones to take home. Or have six in the box, then start catching much bigger ones at the end of a day. I should really keep the live bait tank onboard all year, and do as Steve does. Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I never catch anything so don't have that problem. Greg and sparky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 19 hours ago, Tiddler said: I never catch anything so don't have that problem. Do not need to worry about the bait tank then Jim.🤣🤣 sparky, Jim and Greg 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 I have a box of squid ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Tiddler said: I have a box of squid ready! Made the investment then! 😄 Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 Bought it for the FIRST date. Jackie wants the freezer space back or I'm a dead man! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wight Magic Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 He's had it years 🤣 Wedger, Steve S, sparky and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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