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Dorset Spear Fishing 2012
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Oh yea... That is true... And that is the most beautiful in spearfishing... That is an essence of it... When you lay relaxed on the bottom, hidden in the kelps, you don't count the time spent underwater and the fish is passing by totally unaware of your presence and you can point the spear acurately...
Ah... Why there is no visibility around now...
Hi to everyone,
As this is my first post, want to sey that im very hapy to join your boad, thats first of all
Second and last is that im from Lithuania so sometimes please dont blame me for some typos or anything else to do with grama and similar..
So, im going to portland tomorow, first time in this place, for a day, got all all my gear with me and wanted to do some spearfishing/freediving. But as we see there is stong winds all around. By any chance i still can manage to dive and see anything around there? Maybe some side of the island is better then another? Can someone advice me on that?
As this is my first post, want to sey that im very hapy to join your boad, thats first of all
Second and last is that im from Lithuania so sometimes please dont blame me for some typos or anything else to do with grama and similar..
So, im going to portland tomorow, first time in this place, for a day, got all all my gear with me and wanted to do some spearfishing/freediving. But as we see there is stong winds all around. By any chance i still can manage to dive and see anything around there? Maybe some side of the island is better then another? Can someone advice me on that?
Hi Antisbo and welcome.
Thats a tricky one at the moment with the Olympic security still in place for the Para Olympics, I will pm you some stops that may be ok with the winds due in.
Wolf
Thats a tricky one at the moment with the Olympic security still in place for the Para Olympics, I will pm you some stops that may be ok with the winds due in.
Wolf
Brown and windy at the moment.
Webcams around Weymouth (2nd one not alway working)
Just copy and paste into address bar
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
Weymouth Webcam and Portland Webcam
Webcams around Weymouth (2nd one not alway working)
Just copy and paste into address bar
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
Weymouth Webcam and Portland Webcam
The main bay, which has a marked snorkel course strikes me as unsuitable/unsafe for snorkeling, especially for kids - at least in the conditions that I have seen it in.
I wonder if the sign is legitimate? I encountered somebody down there very early one morning - when angling - who claimed to be a "warden" but who I was later told is in fact a local resident pretending to be a warden (creepy?). I met a guy, Julian, who owns one of the local manor houses down there a few years ago - not sure if he owns Kimmeridge Bay though. He seemed a decent chap, very keen on fish, fishing (with a net from his boat) and seafood.
Their bumf says:
Obviously they don't own the sea - just the land & parking. I believe the crown/Queen owns the land between the high & low tide lines - effectively making it public access for the most part (the Crown estate apparently owns rights out to 14 miles w.r.t. to wind farms though). So they can't stop you fishing if, for example, you boat, canoe, kayak or swim into the bay. However, the main bay is pretty rank anyway - and probably quite hazardous if you're not careful. It would be sensible to treat this area (and other) with respect. Attempting to ban spearguns on the Kimmeridge estate land seems unfortunate, unnecessary &, possibly, provocative.
The area they have marked as the voluntary reserve now appears quite a lot bigger, broader and a little vaguer than I recall. We should probably keep an eye on this.
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Just finished washing the kit from a really enjoyable dive. Expected very poor viz, based on the winds of yesterday, but was greeted by an incredible 4-5m viz. Met up with wolf diver in the water. I stayed in for about 4 hours. Nothing caught by me, but saw a small cuttlefish (my first), a couple of large bass (not fast enough to get the gun around and fast moving) and had a few shots at pollack, but my aim is rather lacking! Saw tonnes of really nice diddy fish and shoals of 3 inch bright silver fish (are these baby bass or?)...rather distracted at times by them! So much fun diving down and seeing them all in the bright sun.
And to top it off, an exit that didn't involve me being smashed about in 6ft waves - bonus!
And to top it off, an exit that didn't involve me being smashed about in 6ft waves - bonus!
Very interesting dive last night with Nic Wood.
Got in at around 9.15pm and swam for around an hour in the shallows. Didn't see an awful lot apart from little flatties, small gurnard, and little red mullet. Swam over a large flounder so popped that one on the stringer.
Eventually found ourselves at the edge of a fairly fast-flowing tidal channel where we started seeing some small bass and a few small plaice. We decided to drift with the flow back towards our starting-point which we could see in the distance marked out by a row of streetlights.
The drift was good fun, and I picked out a couple of schoolie bass and a plaice on the way. We eventually found ourselves in deeper water than we wanted to be in, so we headed in towards the shore. Or so we thought. But it took bloody ages! Still, the ground was good with a nice mix of seagrass and sandy patches. I saw a good size red mullet but it was right at the end of my breath-hold and it was gone when I went back down. Then I took a nice-size bass on the next dive.
We were in amongst some moored boats in around 2.5m of water over seagrass (or whatever it's called) when I heard Nic's gun fire. I shone my torch over to her and she said "I've got, er, something". So I swam over to find her holding up a lovely big bass! :waveTogether we strung it on her makeshift coat-hanger stringer and carried on.
Next I swam over a large lobster and went down to pick it up, but realised I had no way of carrying it so ended up leaving it there. Must get myself a goodie bag.
When we finally reached the shore I realised how far we had overshot our starting-point - it was quite a long way away and the streetlights I had seen were miles away! Oops. So we slowly swam back. On the way I shot one more bass to add to the stringer. Eventually we got out to find that it was 2.15am! Oops again.
A very interesting dive with some good fish: a plaice, large flounder, and 4 good bass for me, and a wonderful 5lb 2oz bass for Nic!
N.B.Lessons learned - don't do drift dives at night unless you really really know the drift. And take your bearings on your start point at night so you know what you're looking for on your return.
Got in at around 9.15pm and swam for around an hour in the shallows. Didn't see an awful lot apart from little flatties, small gurnard, and little red mullet. Swam over a large flounder so popped that one on the stringer.
Eventually found ourselves at the edge of a fairly fast-flowing tidal channel where we started seeing some small bass and a few small plaice. We decided to drift with the flow back towards our starting-point which we could see in the distance marked out by a row of streetlights.
The drift was good fun, and I picked out a couple of schoolie bass and a plaice on the way. We eventually found ourselves in deeper water than we wanted to be in, so we headed in towards the shore. Or so we thought. But it took bloody ages! Still, the ground was good with a nice mix of seagrass and sandy patches. I saw a good size red mullet but it was right at the end of my breath-hold and it was gone when I went back down. Then I took a nice-size bass on the next dive.
We were in amongst some moored boats in around 2.5m of water over seagrass (or whatever it's called) when I heard Nic's gun fire. I shone my torch over to her and she said "I've got, er, something". So I swam over to find her holding up a lovely big bass! :waveTogether we strung it on her makeshift coat-hanger stringer and carried on.
Next I swam over a large lobster and went down to pick it up, but realised I had no way of carrying it so ended up leaving it there.
Must get myself a goodie bag.When we finally reached the shore I realised how far we had overshot our starting-point - it was quite a long way away and the streetlights I had seen were miles away! Oops. So we slowly swam back. On the way I shot one more bass to add to the stringer. Eventually we got out to find that it was 2.15am! Oops again.
A very interesting dive with some good fish: a plaice, large flounder, and 4 good bass for me, and a wonderful 5lb 2oz bass for Nic!
N.B.Lessons learned - don't do drift dives at night unless you really really know the drift. And take your bearings on your start point at night so you know what you're looking for on your return.
Well done bud glad your keeping the girls feed well .Area sounds familiar was it?Schools fast approaching make the most of it !!HaHa?Don't you ever sleep?You have got to get a finds bag mate you can pick them up for two Quid on the prom in the souvener shop next to the Chinese at weymouth old pier.roll it up in a tight ball put a rubber band round it and hang it on your float till you need it. Well done to Nic! Very impressed.!
It was a great dive, although a little scary when we realised how far we had been carried by the current.
Forgot to mention that I saw lots of small bream too, but nothing that was big enough to take.
Really chuffed for Nic with her very excellent first bass!
Forgot to mention that I saw lots of small bream too, but nothing that was big enough to take.
Really chuffed for Nic with her very excellent first bass!
School starts on Monday, but I still go during term-time. My way of not being horrifically exhausted is this: I go out for a ridiculously late night dive knowing that I tend not to feel tired the following day, but rather the day after that. So I avoid that by getting a very early night the next day. Oops, that sounds confusing. Basically, if I go diving on Monday night I feel fine on Tuesday and then go to bed straight after my girls bedtime at 7pm. Then I feel ok on Wednesday. Seems to work alright for me.
That reminds me, it's bedtime. Night night :wave
You don't necessarily need a catch bag, I've taken lobsters without and just tie a Clive hitch knot and slip it over the tail and pull up around the body just before the tail. Holds fine whilst swimming along, just remember its there when you start bringing your float in or you'll get a painful shock. Well done of the fish tho mate, and well done Nic on the fish. That's a cracker
Hey Matt,
Did you learn the "clive hitch knot" from one of the CV crew!
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I am a lobster fan and always carry a bag & electrical tape for the claws.
Onion bags from ebay or the slightly better quality, filter bags are still cheap http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=onion+bags&_sacat=05 SHOURAI FILTER BIO MEDIA POLY NET BAGS WITH DRAWSTRINGS FOR FISH AND KOI PONDS | eBay
Onion bags from ebay or the slightly better quality, filter bags are still cheap http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=onion+bags&_sacat=05 SHOURAI FILTER BIO MEDIA POLY NET BAGS WITH DRAWSTRINGS FOR FISH AND KOI PONDS | eBay
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Haha stupid iPhone and predictive text. Cheers for highlighting my mistake tho mate
Back from another enjoyable dive. No fish caught, but that's par for the course! Saw two large bass, but I was on the surface at the time. Lots of the usual wrasse and baby pollack. In the water for about 3hrs and 2miles covered (swam out slowly looking for fish, then swam back at a reasonable rate to get back to waiting family).
Quick question... Pollack seem to 'hang around' in an area. The only bass and mullet I've ever seen have been travelling at a reasonable speed in one direction, so seen once and then they're gone. Do bass or mullet ever hang around like pollack or are they always on the move at a reasonable speed?
Saw two large bass, but I was on the surface at the time. Lots of the usual wrasse and baby pollack. In the water for about 3hrs and 2miles covered (swam out slowly looking for fish, then swam back at a reasonable rate to get back to waiting family).Quick question... Pollack seem to 'hang around' in an area. The only bass and mullet I've ever seen have been travelling at a reasonable speed in one direction, so seen once and then they're gone. Do bass or mullet ever hang around like pollack or are they always on the move at a reasonable speed?
Back from another enjoyable dive. No fish caught, but that's par for the course!
Quick question... Pollack seem to 'hang around' in an area. The only bass and mullet I've ever seen have been travelling at a reasonable speed in one direction, so seen once and then they're gone. Do bass or mullet ever hang around like pollack or are they always on the move at a reasonable speed?
If you see a shoal of pollock and can stay down long enough to wait bass or mullet often come in on the back end of the pollack shoal to investigate, and of your really still and don't make too much noise/movement they will often hang around also. Plus looking in holes/under weed you will find bass waiting around : )