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Adrian
Jacobs - Fishing Journal
This
is a record of my fishing experiences and catches, mainly around the Portland
and Dorset (UK) coast.
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Archives: 2001
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<TBODY>Where |
When |
Time |
Tide |
Weather |
Fish |
Bait |
Rig |
Comments </TBODY> |
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Southbourne (end of prom) |
Friday 3/1/03 |
4.00pm-10-30pm |
High 9.30 (springs) |
Overcast, light NW, slight
swell increase to moderate |
5 small whiting, 1 pout |
Ragworm, squid, mackerel |
Running ledger 2/0,
paternoster pennel 4/0 |
1 whiting on mackerel all
other fish on ragworm |
|
Warbarrow Bay |
Saturday 18/1/03 |
3.00pm-6.30pm |
Low 6.30 springs |
Rain and drizzle, F5-6 SE,
slight swell increasing to heavy |
1 rockling |
Squid |
Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Miserable conditions,
swirling winds, baits and hooks taken.
Gave up. |
|
Church Ope (right of
middle) |
Friday 24/1/03 |
2.45pm-midnight |
Low 5.30 high 11.00 mid tides |
Some clear spells, F3-4 SW,
light-moderate swell |
2 spotted rays both 3 1/2
lb, both male (same fish?), 2 bass 1-1/4 & 1-3/4lb, 1 pout, 2 fiddler
crabs |
Ragworm, mackerel fillets
(1 ray on mackerel, all other fish on ragworm) |
Running ledger 1,
paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Ideal conditions, no fish
in daylight (probably due to seal swimming around in cove). All fish in 3 hours from 6pm. All fish at
long range, nothing close in. Crabs
became a problem later.
|
|
Church Ope (right of
middle) |
Sunday 27/3/03 |
2.45pm-10.15pm |
Low 7.00 mid tides |
Cloud clearing, F3-4 SW,
light-moderate swell going down to light |
1 sole 1lb 9oz, 1 pout |
Ragworm |
Running ledger size 1 |
Virtually all baits came
back intact except for the 2 fish.
Adz had a pout.
|
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Sunday 2/2/03 |
3.15pm-9.45pm |
High 8.00 springs |
Mostly cloudy with some
rain, F5-6SW, light-moderate swell increasing with the tide to very heavy
swell |
1 very small poor cod |
Ragworm Mackerel |
Running ledger 1 Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
All baits came back
untouched until just after high tide when started to get few small
bites. |
|
Holes Bay |
Wednesday 5/2/03 |
7.15pm-10.15pm |
High 11.50 Springs |
Clear spells, calm, still |
Nowt |
Ragworm |
2 hook flapper |
Not a touch, not even any
crabs. |
|
Church Ope (started in
middle and moved to the right to avoid slurry) |
Friday 14/2/03
|
6.30pm-midnight |
Low 10.30 (near springs) |
Clear, F2-3 NNE,
light/moderate swell going to light/moderate chop |
1 small plaice, 3 small
pollack (all about 1/2lb), 2 sea scorpions |
Ragworm Mackerel |
Running Ledger size 1 Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Plaice and pollack on 1st and 2nd
casts. All others just after low tide One pollack on mackerel,
all others on ragworm.
|
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Monday 3/3/03 |
6.60pm-10.00pm |
High 7.30 (springs) |
Overcast, rain, drizzle and
fog, F4 E going to still, moderate to heavy chop with big swells |
2 small pout, 1 pollack
(1/2lb), 1 bass (1lb) |
Ragworm |
Running ledger size 1 Paternoster 2/0 |
All fish in 1st 2
hours (over high water), no bites after.
Bass on paternoster. |
|
Church Ope (right of
middle) |
Saturday 8/3/03 |
4.30pm-11.00pm |
Low 4.30, high 10.30
(neaps) |
Overcast, F5-6 SW, moderate
swell increasing to heavy |
1 bass (1lb), 2 pout |
Ragworm, mackerel and whole
pout |
Running ledger size 1 &
2/0, paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Bass 1st cast,
pout about 7pm. Huge bite at about
9.00pm (ragworm). |
|
Ham (by oil tanks) |
Wednesday 19/3/03 |
6.15pm-11.30pm |
High 8.00 (springs) |
Clear, calm, still |
2 bass (1lb and 1-1/2lb) |
Ragworm Lugworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Missed 4 other bass bites
(1 very strong). All on lugworm.
Casting towards Bingcleaves found cleaner sand and fish. Not too many crabs. All takes 8-10pm when
tide started to drop. |
|
Warbarrow Bay (just past
red rock) |
Saturday 22/3/03 |
4.15pm-11.00pm |
Low 5.50, high 10.30
(springs) |
Clear, F5-6 E (swirling
around headland) going down to F2-3 E, light swell |
1 pollack (1lb), few pout,
1 miniscule wrasse |
Ragworm, mackerel |
Running ledger 2/0,
paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Swirling winds made bite
detection difficult to start. Huge
bite about 8pm , took hook.
|
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Sunday 6/4/03 |
5.00pm-10.30pm |
Low 5.30pm (neaps) |
Overcast, still, calm |
Nowt |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 1/0 with and
without beads |
Not a bite all night! |
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Friday 11/4/03 |
5.30pm-11.00pm |
Low 8.30pm (neaps, very
little tide movement) |
Clear, F2-3 E, light chop |
2 small pout |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 1/0 & 1 |
Another disappointing
session |
|
Hayling Island (Eastoke car
park) |
Saturday 19/4/03
(Phantomfisher Easter Bash) |
10.00am-4.00pm |
High 2.00 springs |
Overcast, F3 NE increasing
F5-6 |
Nowt |
Ragworm |
3 hook flapper (with and
without beads, Pennel 2/0 |
Another blank for me, only
1 sizeable fish caught (a small flounder) |
|
Church Ope (right of
middle) |
Monday 21/4/03
|
3.30pm-11.30pm |
Low 5.30, high 11.30
(springs) |
Clear, F3 SSW going to
calm, light chop |
1 30cm plaice, 1 40cm (only
1lb 5oz, very lean) bass, 1 dogfish, 1 pout |
Ragworm Sandeel |
3 hook flapper with &
without beads, running ledger size 1 and 1/0 |
Plaice at about 6 o'clock
on 3 hook flapper with beads (middle hook), no other bites 'til 10
o'clock. All fish on ragworm, good
bite lost on sandeel.
|
|
Church Ope (right of
middle) |
Monday 5/5/03
|
4.30pm-11.30pm |
High 9.50, (springs) |
Ideal, light/mod swell,
F4-5SW going down to F1-2, mostly clear. |
3 bass (34, 36 & 44cm (2lb3oz),
2 dogfish, 2 pout, 1 edible crab |
Ragworm |
3 hook flapper size 1 (with
beads), running ledger 2/0 |
2 bass on different rods
(one on 3 hook flapper with beads) at 7.30.
3rd bass at 9.30.
Crabs became a problem later.
|
|
Milford (in front of White
House car park) |
Sunday 11/5/03 (fished with Ant. Dab, Mr
Cod and Mr Bass) |
6.00pm-11.00pm |
High 8.45 (neaps) |
F4-5 SW, mostly clear, good chop/surf, some weed in the water |
1 tiny smoothhound (only
one other fish caught, a pout by Mr Bass) |
Ragworm Sandeel |
3 hook flapper (before
dark), simple paternoster 2/0 after dark |
Smoothhound on
ragworm. Should have been some bass
around, but there wasn’t. |
|
Ham (next to oil tanks) |
Sunday 18/5/03 |
7.00pm-11.00pm |
High 9.30 (springs) |
F5-6SW, overcast, calm (off
shore) |
3 bass to 30cm, 3 silver
eels (1 about 1m and 2-1/2lb |
Ragworm (self dug for the 1st
time in years!) |
3 hook flapper with beads,
running ledger 1/0 |
Bass on 1st 3
casts on running ledger, no takers on 3 hook flapper. Silver eels after high tide (2 on 1
hook). Not too many crabs. |
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Sunday 25/5/03 |
6.00pm-11.00pm |
Low 9.50 (neaps) |
F3-4NW, clear, slight swell |
1 wrasse (1lb), 1 spider
crab, 8 dogfish |
Ragworm |
3 hook flapper with beads
(no fish), running ledger size 1 |
Only wrasse & crab in
daylight, dogfish on every cast after dark.
Gave up! |
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Saturday 31/5/03 |
7.30pm-12.30am |
High 8.30 (springs) |
Still, slight swell, clear |
1 wrasse (1lb), 1 spider
crab, 1 red mullet (1/2lb), 1 mackerel, 8 dogfish |
Ragworm Mackerel chunks |
Running ledger 1 and 2/0 Paternoster pennel |
Dogfish every cast again
after dark. Crabs took lots of
hooks. 1st mackerel at
Church Ope for a long time, must try feathers sometime. |
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Friday 29/8/03 (Finally found time to do
some fishing!) |
6.30pm-12.15am |
High 9.15 (very high
springs) |
Light + variable
winds, partial cloud, moderate swell
going to light/moderate (ideal conditions) |
1 Red mullet (1lb), 2 small
starry smoothounds, + a few pout |
Ragworm, mackerel fillets |
Running ledger 2 & 2/0 Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
All fish on ragworm between
8.30 (dusk) and 10. No takers on
mackerel |
|
Church Ope (left side) |
Saturday 30/8/03 |
5.45am-8.00am |
High 9.30am |
Clear, still, slight swell |
3 small bass + 1 small
wrasse |
Ragworm/lugworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Worth getting up early for. |
|
Haven (chain ferry) |
Sunday 7/9/03 |
7.15pm-10.00pm |
High 8.30 (neaps) |
Partly cloudy, light SE,
calm |
1 very small bass, 1 13oz
sole, 1 (mauled) pout |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Weed became a problem when
the tide started running. Dab Hand
fished too, with sandeel and squid, no takers. |
|
Studland (100 yds past
point) |
Saturday 13/9/03 |
6.45pm-11.15pm |
High 11.30 (springs) |
Clear, light E-SE, very
light chop |
10 bass to 2lb10oz, 2 small
starry smoothounds, 1 small wrasse |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Weed was a problem for
about an hour when tide started coming in.
Largest bass at 8.30, all other bass throughout session
|
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Sunday 21/9/03 |
6.30pm-11.00pm |
Low 9.30 (neaps) |
Cloudy and misty becoming
clear, light & variable winds, slight swell becoming moderate |
1 sml wrasse, 1 sml sole, 1
small red gurnard, 1 small poor cod |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 1 and 2/0 |
Disappointing with few
small fish, all just after low tide.
Fished with Dab hand who was using sandeel but no bites |
|
Church Ope (middle) |
Saturday 27/9/03 |
5.45pm-11.30pm & again
6.00am-8.00am |
High 8.45 (springs) |
Mostly clear, light +
variable winds, almost calm. Calm weather for the
last few weeks |
1 mackerel, 2 very small pout |
Ragworm, mackerel fillets
and large sandeels |
Running ledger size 1, Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Disappointing
sessions. Mackerel took whole large
sandeel on pop-up. Lost good fish,
probably bass, on ragworm well before dark.
Fished with Bob + Hard, just a couple of sml wrasse before dark. |
|
Church Ope (left side) |
Saturday 4/10/03 |
4.45pm-11.00pm |
Low 7.15 (neaps) |
Mostly clear, NW5 (light at
the beach), flat calm (again) |
Nowt |
Ragworm, mackeral chunks,
sandeels |
Paternoster 4/0, running
ledger 1 |
Complete waste of
time. Water very calm and clear. Where’s the autumn gales? |
|
Oil Tanks |
Saturday 12/10/03 |
5.00pm-10.00pm |
High 7.45 (springs) |
Clear, S-SE3-4, calm
(still) |
2 garfish, 1 mackerel, 1 dogfish |
Sandeel, mackerel, squid |
Float Paternoster pennel 4/0 |
Gars and mackerel on
float-fished sandeel, dog on mackerel after dark. Others catching lots of dogfish. |
|
Adelaide |
Saturday 19/10/03 |
4.00pm-7.30pm |
Low 7.30? (neaps) |
Clear, E F5, calm |
2 garfish, 1 mackerel, 1 spider crab |
Marinated mackerel,
sandeel, |
Float, paternoster pennel
4/0 |
Gars and mackerel on
float-fished sandeel. |
|
Greenhill (by the bowling
club) |
Saturday 19/10/03 |
8.00pm-11.00pm |
Low 8.00 |
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