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Dorset Spear Fishing 2011

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Nice bass.

How was the weather/visibility today? Any thoughts on conditions tomorrow? It's pretty windy here right now, and couple of weather sites are predicting heavy rain around 7am (BBC) / 6am-9pm (TWC - with "50% probability" :D).

Ooh, this one for Poole looks worse, heavy rain am-1pm.
Just started raining here now too...oh well :(.
 
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BTW re. mullet (seems to be what I see most these days), I try to deal with them quickly these day. Pull them in, make sure the flopper/barb is fully open, turn them upside down (seems to subdue them), then grip them through the gills & dispatch. Your mileage may vary...
 
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Too late for entry! Also not sure a 6lb bass could win fish of the month, especially with that shiny1 character about! :-).

Highlander, he was still twitching a bit so I dispatched him by breaking the blood line. Better safe than sorry plus less suffering for mr bass.

Thanks for comments. Will let u know if I spy anymore fishy action.
 
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Hello boys, some nice fishing going on still I’m glad to see.
Clive I would have loved to see those Dolphins, I bet your kids were well chuffed.
Great vid as ever Kev.
I’ve just got back from the Caribbean so just catching up.
Here’s a picture of a 5foot long something with a set of teeth to match its attitude, sorry the picture isn’t better but it came straight at me and all I had was the camera, ssoooo fast in the water I dam near s**t myself.
 

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Nice fish, at least you saw it coming, if it had tried to creep up on you...
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I don’t reckon that it ever creeps anywhere mate, the thing had NO fear, even with me there waving around with air bubbles coming out of everywhere...!:crutch:blackeyeroflrofl
 
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Out today with Cesar, we thought an early start would be good, so off we headed to RIngstead.
Seems like we had a north westerly so hopefully protected & a rising tide.
Got in about 8.30-ish & looked fairly calm, so headed over to the reef, it then stated to get a bit swelly(is that a word?), the vis was absolute pants, about 2m more or less.
Did I see any fish apart from the usual Wrasse? Not a sausage.
I might set up a new thread entitled Dorset Sausage Fishing.
Spent about 2 and a half hours out there & nothing, Cesar didn't get anything, didn't see anything.
Oh yes £5 parking, to come back with nothing arrghh.

Maybe the coming week will be more fruitful, well actually fishful, I am probably more accurate with fruitfull.

Anyway, happy sausaging .
;o)
 
I've been very busy since Thursday until Sunday - spent 25 hrs in the waters visiting 8 of my favorite sites in days and nights. I dove LC, Mupe Rocks, Worbarrow Tout, St. Aldhems Head (West side and I missed there 2 x 70cm Bass), Kimmeridge Bay, and three others I don't know names. Visibility was OK! from 3 up to 7m - but very poor result - only 2 Bass, 3 small, 40cm Mullets and 3kg of lobsters all together. Were is all the fish gone? I haven't seen much more then I speared. Only few Wrasse and small pollocks. Is it true about dolphins? Are the beast the reason?
 

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I've been very busy since Thursday until Sunday - spent 25 hrs in the waters visiting 8 of my favorite sites in days and nights. I dove LC, Mupe Rocks, Worbarrow Tout, St. Aldhems Head (West side and I missed there 2 x 70cm Bass), Kimmeridge Bay, and three others I don't know names. Visibility was OK! from 3 up to 7m - but very poor result - only 2 Bass, 3 small, 40cm Mullets and 3kg of lobsters all together. Were is all the fish gone? I haven't seen much more then I speared. Only few Wrasse and small pollocks. Is it true about dolphins? Are the beast the reason?

If Clive said there were Dolphins then there were Dolphins.
Still better then I’ve done lately Paul, well done sir.:)
 
Nice haul Paul M - you have been busy. Did you use a boat or just visit different places each day? (Any tips for finding/catching lobbies?)
 
There's lots of ideas on this one but the two that I have found to be the best by far are:

1. Go at night
2. Grab them
That's right! In dark time you can pick them up like mushrooms in New Forest.

[ If Clive said there were Dolphins then there were Dolphins.]
I know that there were dolphins along the Dorset coast but is it possible that small band of them can couse lack of fish for us? Or we should blame the weather or something else?
 
Fish Id.... Paul I reckon it was probably a barracuda although king mackerel and wahoo are also on the list.

You visiting the coast the weekend after next?
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