Bournemouth Spearos

[flyflicker]

Gaz: attach a small length of rope, then wrap it around a few boulders that will keep it safe. Mine has survived some real batterings, although it's caught now't worth keeping (yet) but I will keep going until I do!!

It's all to do with timing, you need to keep it there long enough i.e. a couple of days, which means you have to dive that spot whatever the weather to retrieve your pot... I wish you good luck...

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[Gaz D]

Gaz: attach a small length of rope, then wrap it around a few boulders that will keep it safe. Mine has survived some real batterings, although it's caught now't worth keeping (yet) but I will keep going until I do!!

It's all to do with timing, you need to keep it there long enough i.e. a couple of days, which means you have to dive that spot whatever the weather to retrieve your pot... I wish you good luck...

Interex Trading - marine equipment, lobster pots, fishing equipment, miniature fishing reels, fish traps, fresh water crayfish, prawn trap, shrimp trap, fish trap, interex international, crab trap catch, fishing nets, collapsible nets, fishing bait, this is like the one I have...

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John,

I actually ordered one like yours, but they were out of stock. I've ended up ordering a few different types now, and am going to trial which work best for me. Mind if I ask a few questions:

1. How long have you been putting yours out for?

2. Which areas have you put them in?

3. What have you caught in them?

4. Are you diving and putting them out, or using a boat?

Feel free not to answer these questions if you don't want to, or maybe PM me, if you want to keep it reasonably quiet. I'll let you know how my little adventures with these pots go in due course.

Nice to meet you at the BBQ,

All the best,

Gaz.

 

[flyflicker]

Eak so many questions!!
1. 2-4 days
2. local reefs - very quiet spots
3. had crabs and lobsters, but all too small so far - bait usually bass heads (they say the smellier the better)
4. diving - swimming out with one is no problem

Good to meet U 2 and your good lady

 

[Gaz D]

Eak so many questions!!
1. 2-4 days
2. local reefs - very quiet spots
3. had crabs and lobsters, but all too small so far - bait usually bass heads (they say the smellier the better)
4. diving - swimming out with one is no problem

Good to meet U 2 and your good lady

Cheers mate,

Gaz.

 

[Mr. X]

Dived Osmington last weekend. It was flat and the vis. was mainly very good, 3-4m easily. However, I saw only a handful of small pollock & wrasse. The water was still cold & it seemed a lot lower than I recalled from my last visit, a bit shallow for my tastes. Managed to find one large spider crab for the pot.

Visited Bowleaze Cove yesterday, hoping for some protection from this weekend's unusual constant easterly. Vis. was initially very poor 0-1m but cleared up to maybe 3+m in places further out. The weed and rocks looked promising but there were no fish to be seen beyond the size of a gold fish until at the extreme end of the swim out when a few mini pollock came in to sit at the end of my spear on aspetto (pretty shallow again). Although unusually, I did find a decent edible/brown crab hiding under a boulder which I managed to flick out with my spear (easier to handle than spider crabs). There were lot of small & tiny spider crabs around, but I managed to find a couple of bigger males, farther out.

On the return leg I noticed what appeared to be a modest mullet, as it took off at speed. It had seen me first & was too far away. I circled round once but never saw it again. I then started to notice shoals of tiny minnow & sandeels passing under me - often a sign of predation but perhaps just the mini pollock? Then a a large shoal (or perhaps 2 shoals) of good size, deep bodied bass (which looked surprisingly plump post-Winter) but they were wary and travelling at speed round me chasing sandeels, unfortunately they kept out of range of the little 75cm (should have covered over the 75 sticker on the side). In desperation, I dived down hoping an aspetto might draw them back (one of Scott's tips in the daily tip thread) & was surprised to see some of the bass come back towards me but never quite close enough. I'd caught 2 more spider crabs in my pot, as I returned to shore; decent size but not as big as the ones I already had, so released them. Still, good to see some decent fish & bring home a few crabs.

 

[Old Man Dave]

The May Fish of the Month voting only has 2 days left to run. Lots of good entries and the voting's close. Anyone who's a DB member can vote.
http://forums.deeperblue.com/uk-ireland/83094-may-fish-month-poll.html

The Hall of Fame has had a lot of new entries. Check it out, even if it's to see who this Shiny 1 is (featured catch).
http://forums.deeperblue.com/spearo-board/82043-deeper-blue-spearfishing-hall-fame.html

Dave

 

[hightower]

Went out last week at Boscombe pier. The fish life was pretty sparse. Saw a school of bass that were very brave, but they were undersize so let them be.

Went back out today - Friday. I checked the vis off the end of groyne's round sandbanks and it looked great but the tide was wrong. Went in at Boscombe and the vis was nowhere near as good. Could just see the end of the gun from the surface, but from the bottom it went up to around 4 meters. Saw quite a few wrasse and some good size crabs that I might start taking, but the bass were absent. I think it may be a couple of weeks early for the piers unless anyone else has done better.....

 

[Poolewanderer]

Hello Bournemouth Spearos,

I am new to spearfishing and have to admit to being more of a floater than a diver. I live in the Bournemouth area but generally set off to the Purbecks to spearfish or swim with a speargun. Here I can hide in the weed and amongst the rocks.

I have often thought about trying Boscombe pier as its a 10 minute walk for me but is it a good venue for a floater?

When in the purbecks I often swim along the ledges and mainly see Wrasse but never any Pollock. I know they are there, should I be going slowly and looking into the weed? Is there a best time for them? ie early morning..etc.

 

[foxfish]

Hi Poolewanderer, welcome to db.
A floater! well you can definitely catch fish from the suface but your best bet is to stealth through the stringweed, Pollock tend to hang around from mid water to the bottom & generally the big ones will be quite deep - 10mts+
Any reason why you dont go sub surface?

 

[Gaz D]

Hello Bournemouth Spearos,

I am new to spearfishing and have to admit to being more of a floater than a diver. I live in the Bournemouth area but generally set off to the Purbecks to spearfish or swim with a speargun. Here I can hide in the weed and amongst the rocks.

I have often thought about trying Boscombe pier as its a 10 minute walk for me but is it a good venue for a floater?

When in the purbecks I often swim along the ledges and mainly see Wrasse but never any Pollock. I know they are there, should I be going slowly and looking into the weed? Is there a best time for them? ie early morning..etc.

You might bump into some decent mullet using your method (especially in the string weed), or maybe even the odd bass, but you are better off heading down for the fish - especially the pollack.

If you are in the right place, lying still and relaxed on the bottom, they will come to you!

(P.S: only shoot the big ones)

 

[Mr. X]

....I often swim along the ledges and mainly see Wrasse but never any Pollock. I know they are there, should I be going slowly and looking into the weed? Is there a best time for them? ie early morning..etc.

Sounds like Kimmeridge main bay. If so, might be a bit too shallow - might be worth looking for lobsters though (they do say mullet & bass come right in their sometimes). There are often lots of mini & micro pollock about near the the Dorset shore - no point shooting those though. I shot my first fishes from the surface, including bass. Getting a weight belt & gradually increasing the weight made diving more comfortable and calm.

Re. time of day. You'd think dawn & dusk, when the light is changing would be good -- that's supposed to be best for anglers, as the fishes start feedling. However, I have done quite a few very early morning dives and rarely see anything. Middle of the day & early afternoon seems better - but perhaps that's because when I'm in later usually that means I've been in a long time (3-4+ hours) & therefore more likely to have seen fish (& the water is probably warmer and calmer). I think evening can be good (esp. night diving by all accounts) but I rarely get the opportunity to put that to the test. I think as the Summer warms up, more, bigger fishes will start coming in - at least that's how it seems to me.

Anglers often recommend fishing in bays on a high tide and on points/headlands on a low tide. That is probably good advice in general, and probably for Portland/Chesil but I have dived other places where the opposite seems to be true -- although it recently occurred to me that fish don't have maps and charts and might have a different perspective about what constitutes a bay and what constitutes a headland. It would explain a few oddities. It might also be a statistical trick e.g. at low tide there is not much water in the bay, so less fishes in the bay, therefore more fishes outside it. They say bass come in early in the flood tide and they hunt their prey as it enters the bay later - bit hard to tell round Dorset in practice though with that weird double low tide. Things vary week-to-week, day-to-day and hour-to-hour too. I never count on seeing a fish or not seeing a fish - your just never know.

 

[tonyiannu]

Hello Bournemouth Spearos,

I am new to spearfishing and have to admit to being more of a floater than a diver. I live in the Bournemouth area but generally set off to the Purbecks to spearfish or swim with a speargun. Here I can hide in the weed and amongst the rocks.

I have often thought about trying Boscombe pier as its a 10 minute walk for me but is it a good venue for a floater?

When in the purbecks I often swim along the ledges and mainly see Wrasse but never any Pollock. I know they are there, should I be going slowly and looking into the weed? Is there a best time for them? ie early morning..etc.

Hi Poolewanderer,
welcome to deeperblue :friday.

 

[tonyiannu]

Hi guys is anyone up for spearing tomorrow morning? Anywhere !!!
Please send me a PM or just gimme a call.
I wish a good weekend for everybody.
Cheers.:friday
Toni.

 

[Poolewanderer]

Hey Guys,

I have managed to snap the string on my speargun the part that attached the spear to the main shaft. Can anyone advise where I can buy a replacement string (and what the technical name is!? haha).

If there is a dive shop selling this near the Bournemouth area, even better.

Thanks

 

[scottie3030]

i think o'three in portland sale cressi spearing stuff! kite surfing shops sale braided lines you can use as your line or you could use mono from fishing tackle shops

 

[KWM]

The technical name is 200lbs fishing line. Get a big spool it will keep you going for years.

Kev

 

[Paul Smith]

Exeter & Wessex Spearfishing Clubs

Invite you to join them at Branscombe in Devon




for a combined club dive


on


Sunday 12th July 2009


Meeting from 9.00am – in the water by 10.00am




BBQ & Beer Afterwards...:friday




There is a pay-and-display parking close to the beach


All divers to have a dive float with an “A” (Blue & White) flag. There will be an inflatable boat covering the area during the dive as safety cover

Please let us know if you will be attending

Cheers Paul​

 

[Old Man Dave]

June FOM Poll. Please vote. http://forums.deeperblue.com/uk-ireland/83462-june-fish-month-poll.html

Dave.

 

[braddyboy]

Hi Guys,

I'll be making on of my rare pilgrimages back to the south coast tomorrow and will be bringing my scuba kit and spear gun (probably not for simultaneous use).

On my first trip out with my gun a few months ago I snapped the string that came with it and was wondering if someone would be available to show me the ropes (literally) when it comes to replacing it.

In fact I would be grateful for any wet or dry tutorial sessions and am free most of the time apart from Saturday evening and Thursday afternoon when I'm doing a dive from Swanage.

If any one's willing to show a new kid the ropes it would be very much appreciated and definitely worth a beer or two afterwards.

Please PM or call, I'll be staying in Christchurch but can come to pretty much anywhere in Dorset.

Cheers

Brad

 

[Gaz D]

Hi Guys,

I'll be making on of my rare pilgrimages back to the south coast tomorrow and will be bringing my scuba kit and spear gun (probably not for simultaneous use).

On my first trip out with my gun a few months ago I snapped the string that came with it and was wondering if someone would be available to show me the ropes (literally) when it comes to replacing it.

In fact I would be grateful for any wet or dry tutorial sessions and am free most of the time apart from Saturday evening and Thursday afternoon when I'm doing a dive from Swanage.

If any one's willing to show a new kid the ropes it would be very much appreciated and definitely worth a beer or two afterwards.

Please PM or call, I'll be staying in Christchurch but can come to pretty much anywhere in Dorset.

Cheers

Brad

How long are you around for mate?