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Adrian
Jacobs - Fishing Journal
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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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Church Ope (right side) |
Saturday 5/1/02 |
3.30pm-9.30pm |
Low 6.00 |
Moderate swell, calm air, overcast |
1 pollack 1lb, lots of pout |
Squid, ragworm, mackerel, Sandeel |
Paternoster 4/0 |
Pollack on squid at 5.00pm. Pout on ragworm. |
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Swanage Pier (left side of near end) |
Friday 11/1/02 |
7.00pm-10.30pm |
? |
Calm, overcast |
1 dogfish |
Squid, mackerel, sandeel |
Paternoster 4/0 Paternoster 2/0 |
Dogfish on squid at 8.00pm |
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Swanage Pier (end, left) |
Sunday 20/1/02 |
3.30pm-9.00pm |
? |
Calm, F5-6 offshore |
Nowt |
Ragworm squid, mackerel, Sandeel |
Paternoster 4/0 Paternoster 2/0 |
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Studland (100yards past point) |
Sunday 27/1/02 |
3.00pm-8.00pm |
Low 3.00 (?) |
Slight swell, F6-8 SW |
8 bass (½–1½lb) |
Ragworm Sandeel |
Running ledger 2/0 |
All bass on ragworm, nothing on sandeel. Bass taken throughout session. |
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Swanage (stone pier) |
Saturday 2/2/02 |
1.30pm-3.00pm |
High 3.00 |
Moderate swell (good surf), very strong offshore wind, drizzle |
Nowt |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0, Paternoster 4/0 |
Appeared to be ideal conditions but no bites. Moved on to: |
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Studland (100 yards past point) |
Saturday 2/2/02 |
3.30pm-6.00pm |
High 4.00 |
As above |
Nowt |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Wind too strong (reels coated in sand) gave up after couple of hours. |
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Abbottsbury (100 yds left of ramp) |
Monday 4/3/02 |
6.00pm-10.00pm |
Low 5.30 |
Calm, still, partial cloud |
11 dogfish, 1 pout |
Mackerel squid & ragworm |
Paternoster 4/0 and 2/0 |
Dogfish throughout session on all baits (including 2 on one pennel)! |
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Swanage Pier |
Friday 8/3/02 |
6.00pm-10.00pm |
? |
Off shore breeze, calm, cloudy |
1 pout |
Mackerel squid & ragworm |
Paternoster 4/0 and 2/0 |
Very quiet |
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Abbottsbury (by ramp) |
Tuesday 12/3/02 |
6.00pm-9.30pm |
High 6.00 |
East F3-4, slight/mod swell, rain |
9 dogfish to 3lb |
Squid & mackerel |
Paternoster 4/0 |
Dogfish throughout session. Preference for mackerel |
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Peveril Point Swanage |
Saturday 16/3/02 |
12.30pm-2.30pm |
Going out |
East F1-2, calm, overcast |
Nowt |
Sandeel |
Float & Spinner |
Too early for bass? Good location for the summer if it’s not too popular |
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Swanage (beach, 200 yds left of end of prom) |
Sunday 24/3/02 |
3.00pm-9.00pm |
High 6.00? (very little tide movement) |
East F1-2, nice swell, thin cloud |
1 small bass (1-1/2lb) |
Ragworm squid, mackerel, sandeel |
Running ledger 2/0. Paternoster 4/0 |
Bass on ragworm at dusk. No other bites, all baits came back intact. No pout. |
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Abbottsbury (100yds right of ramp) |
Thursday 28/3/02 |
5.00pm-9.30pm |
High 6.30 |
South east F3-4, clear, light to mod swell |
7 dogfish 3 pout 1 small whiting |
Squid, mackerel, ragworm, sandeel |
Float, Pennel 4/0 Paternoster 2/0 |
No fish on float (sandeel, rag). Dogfish throughout session, pout on rag. Whiting on mackerel. |
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Church Ope (middle) |
Sunday 21/4/02 |
6.00pm-10.00pm |
Low 9.00 |
Moderate to light swell, still, clear sky |
Nowt |
Squid, mackerel, ragworm |
Pennel 4/0, paternoster 2/0, running ledger 2/0 |
Appeared ideal conditions but only a couple of pout bites + crabs taking hooks |
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Abbottsbury |
Wednesday 24/4/02 |
6.00pm-8.00pm |
High 6.00 |
Light swell, cloudy, f2 SW |
Nowt |
Sandeel |
Float |
No mackerel (others took a few on feathers) |
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Church Ope |
Sunday 28/4/02 |
5.00pm-7.00pm |
High 9.00 |
Started with med/heavy swell, SW f6, then calmed, then winds came back and incredibly big swells! |
Nowt |
Ragworm squid & mackerel |
Pennel 4/0 & 2/0 |
Gave up because too rough after about 2 hours |
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Abbottsbury |
Wednesday 8/5/02 |
6.00pm-9.00pm |
High 7.00 |
Calm, overcast, f2-3 NE |
Sea Trout!! 2½lb |
Sandeel |
Float |
7.10pm, about 8ft depth, close in (others took very few mackerel on feathers) |
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Abbottsbury |
Sunday 2/6/02 |
3.00pm-5.00pm |
? |
Slight swell, f1-2 SW, overcast |
Nowt (lost 2 mackerel on feathers) |
Feathers Float |
Sandeel |
Others catching a few mackerel on feathers. No bites on float. |
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Church Ope (right of centre) |
Monday 3/6/02 |
5.00pm-10.30pm |
Low 6.30 |
Overcast, F4-5 SW, light swell |
Sml sole, sml Plaice, 1 Smooth hound, 2 spider crabs (one holding the plaice) |
Ragworm squid, mackerel |
3-hook flapper, paternoster 2/0 & 4/0 |
ALL fish on ragworm. Sole and plaice well before dark. Lots of crabs taking baits and hooks. |
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Oil tanks |
Tuesday 4/6/02 |
3.00pm-5.00pm |
? |
Sunny spells, F1-2 S-SW, light swell, clear water |
Nowt |
Feathers |
- |
Not a bite, no one else fishing. |
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Abbottsbury |
Friday 19/7/02 |
6.00pm-9.00pm |
Going out |
Sunny spells, F2 SW, very light swell |
4 mackerel |
Feathers |
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Tried mackerel strip on float couple of time but no bites |
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Warbarrow Bay (in rocky cove, LH side) |
Saturday 20/7/02 |
4.00pm-6.45pm |
High 6.30 |
Sunny, F4 onshore veered offshore |
Lots of wrasse to 2lb Pollack 1lb |
Ragworm Sandeel |
Float Float |
All wrasse close in and deep. Pollack on sandeel at long range (only tried couple of times) |
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Warbarrow Bay (in rocky cove, LH and RH side) |
Sunday 21/7/02 |
3.00pm-9.00pm |
High 7.00 |
Sunny, F4 onshore |
3 small wrasse |
Ragworm Sandeel |
Float Float |
Wrasse close in and deep. Tried more often with long range sandeel (both sides) but no bites. Note: RH side much better to fish from but difficult to get to at high tide |
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Oil Tanks |
Sunday 28/7/02 |
3.00pm-5.00pm |
High 11.00 |
Sunny, f2 onshore |
1 garfish |
Sandeel |
Float |
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Church Ope |
Sunday 28/7/02 |
6.00pm-10.30pm |
11.00 |
Sunny, f3 SW |
3lb wrasse |
Peeler Nothing on float (ragworm & sandeel) |
2/0 ledger |
Close to LH side. Bites on sandeel and pout on ragworm. |
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Studland (100 yards past point) |
Saturday 3/8/02 |
6.00pm-11.00pm |
High 8.00 |
Overcast with some rain and sun, calm, still |
5 bass to 1lb, 4 wrasse to 1lb |
Ragworm peeler crab sandeel |
2/0 running ledger |
Best on incoming and just after high tide, dropped off as tide started falling. Bass on ragworm and peeler, good bites on sandeel but no takers. |
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Church Ope |
Saturday 17/8/02 |
5.00pm-midnight |
Low 9.30 |
Calm, clear |
2.5lb bass, 3 smooth hounds pout |
Ragworm peeler & sandeel |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Bass just after dark, all fish on ragworm + 1 pout on sandeel |
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Church Ope |
Sunday 18/8/02 |
5.00am-8.00am |
Low 10.00 |
Calm, cloud |
Nowt |
Ragworm sandeel |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Waste of time |
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Church Ope |
Saturday 24/8/02 |
7.00pm-11.30pm |
High 9.00 |
Calm, some cloud |
1.5lb bass, 1 small plaice, 1 smooth hound pout |
Ragworm Mackerel |
Running ledger 2/0 and 3 hook flapper |
All fish on ragworm, bass just after dark. All bites stopped 1 hour after high tide. |
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Oil Tanks |
Sunday 1/9/02 |
6.00pm-10.00pm |
Low 6.00 (Very little tide movement) |
Calm, clear |
2 garfish Nowt |
Sandeel Ragworm |
Float Paternoster 2/0 |
Absolutely no bites on ragworm (due to tide?) |
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Swanage Pier |
Tuesday 3/9/02 |
8.00pm-11.00pm |
? |
Calm, cloudy |
1 pout, 2 crabs |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0 |
Very quiet, few bites, lots of crabs. |
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Church Ope (middle) |
Saturday 8/9/02 |
4.30pm-11.30pm |
High 8.00 |
Clear, F5-6 SW going down to calm, moderate to heavy swell going down to moderate |
1 spotted ray 4.5lb, 1 bass 1.5lb, 3 smooth hounds, 2 pout, 1 wrasse |
Ragworm |
Running ledger 2/0, paternoster 2/0 (all with grip leads) |
Only wrasse before dark (or
before high tide?), all fish except one smooth hound
on running ledger.
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Abbottsbury |
Thursday 12/9/02 |
6.00pm-8.00pm |
Low 6.15 |
Sunny spells, no wind, light/medium swell |
5 mackerel |
Feathers Sandeel |
Feathers Float |
No garfish |
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Studland (100 yds past point) |
Saturday 14/9/0 |
4.30pm-11.00pm |
High 6.30 |
Sunny, NE F2-3 increasing F4-5, light/mod surf |
8 bass to 1-1/2lb, 7 wrasse to 1lb, 1 pout |
Ragworm, sandeel |
Running ledger 2/0 |
All fish on ragworm, no bites on sandeel. Bass throughout session, mostly on flood, wrasse until dusk |
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Church Ope (right of middle) |
Sunday 6/10/02 |
4.00pm-10.45pm |
High 8.00 |
Clear sky, nearly still air, light swell |
1lb 1 sml pollack |
Ragworm |
Running Float |
All fish except pollack
taken 1½ hours either side of (very) high tide.
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Church Ope (right of middle) |
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