munterhunter Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 After postponing sun morning early start to 3pm sun afternoon for an eve session due to the weather. Set out for the inshore drift at 4ish and the sun comes out hoorah!. Passed Blue Warrior near the starting platform at Baiter and motored down to doscombe pier drifting the ebb had loads of mackerel, bream to 1 1/2lb and smoothounds to 3lb and doggies and a scad. Tide started to flood up so went to poole outer patch (first flat evening for months). Managed doggies and smuts to 5lb on worm/peeler baits. First drop on heavier gear with maccy fillet and 4oz of lead and a 8lb tope, 2nd drop and a 6lb tope 3rd drop and a 6 1/2lb tope while still banging in doggies/bream an smuts on light gear. Anyone heavy rod canes off and feels a bit more energetic and the fish surfaces about 30yds away (bass I think) and theres a bass (5 lb 14oz) with this tope estimated 15lb nipping him all the way to the boat. Land bass and there is white marks where the scales are missing and nips in his fins! Drop down again and manage a second bass of 5lb no tope following this time. Manage some more tope on heavier gear so decided to stop fishing worm on light rod and go to half a fillet and manage 2x4lb tope on 2oz lead a size 3/0 fine wire hook and a spinning rod with an abu 5000, now thats fun! Got back in before 1st high so unfortunately didnt get a chance to fish over high water for some straps! Final tally:- me 2xbass, 7 tope, 5 smoothounds, 8 bream, 15+doggies Nick:- 4 smoothounds, 6 bream and doggies Next mission:- 2oz float rig for tope/bass/conger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Talk about making the most of a session. Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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