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Guernsey 2007
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Came across this - interesting views. And cor la, that's a bloney big ormer!rofl
HEALTHY OBSESSION / Bob La Mar
HEALTHY OBSESSION / Bob La Mar
At last something to report. I look to go spearing most days but weather, tides and life getting in the way has severely restricted my activities. Recently I've even had to resort to trotting (longlining) off the beach but that's another story for another day.
At this time of year, with the early dusk, any chance on a weekday has got to be night diving. So in tonight but with a strong SW wind decided to explore somewhere different. 5 o'clock and it was fully dark, just an hour and a half after a low spring, tide rising, should be good. However, the 1 foot swell seen from the top of the beach turned into a 3 foot surf at the waterline. No vis out to 10 foot and a bit choppy but then the water cleared to a fishable 15 foot "smokey" vis.
An hour later and a long swim covering mucho seabed and I'd seen 2 small ray. It was now rough as guts, dark as the devils armpit, and cold as a witches tit. I left the reef edge that I'd followed out into the deeps and cut left over clean sand. Acres of clean sand. Acres of clean barren sand. Half an hour and nothing, not a thing. Started back to shore when a little shallower and few patches of sea grass started to appear on the clean sand. A few dives later I spotted a shape between 2 clumps of weed. On inspection it turned into a jumbo sole. A minute later it was on the stringer. Later my guess of 4+lb was confirmed. 10 minutes later and another sole met it's fate. Finally I headed in and was approaching the surge zone and now over clean sand again. A small patch of stone was just visible on my left and I detoured by it. Just as well as the first dive revealed a nice sole tucked up against a rock.
So 2 hours of not very good conditions had in the end produced 2 nice sized and one jumbo sized sole. Not much else seen but I was pleased with what I had and if you don't go you don't know.
Dave
At this time of year, with the early dusk, any chance on a weekday has got to be night diving. So in tonight but with a strong SW wind decided to explore somewhere different. 5 o'clock and it was fully dark, just an hour and a half after a low spring, tide rising, should be good. However, the 1 foot swell seen from the top of the beach turned into a 3 foot surf at the waterline. No vis out to 10 foot and a bit choppy but then the water cleared to a fishable 15 foot "smokey" vis.
An hour later and a long swim covering mucho seabed and I'd seen 2 small ray. It was now rough as guts, dark as the devils armpit, and cold as a witches tit. I left the reef edge that I'd followed out into the deeps and cut left over clean sand. Acres of clean sand. Acres of clean barren sand. Half an hour and nothing, not a thing. Started back to shore when a little shallower and few patches of sea grass started to appear on the clean sand. A few dives later I spotted a shape between 2 clumps of weed. On inspection it turned into a jumbo sole. A minute later it was on the stringer. Later my guess of 4+lb was confirmed. 10 minutes later and another sole met it's fate. Finally I headed in and was approaching the surge zone and now over clean sand again. A small patch of stone was just visible on my left and I detoured by it. Just as well as the first dive revealed a nice sole tucked up against a rock.
So 2 hours of not very good conditions had in the end produced 2 nice sized and one jumbo sized sole. Not much else seen but I was pleased with what I had and if you don't go you don't know.
Dave
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... then it's a baloney big ormer, as we would say over here!rofl
Not as chuffin' uge as Daves soles though. Well done Dave, getting in on the calm before the storm this weekend, by the look of it.
now thats what you call a sole! well done mate thats a awsome set of fishes you got yourself there!
Having been unable to get in the water this week, I'm thinking about an early morning trip tomorrow. I've managed a few dawn swims but never seen much about. Can anyone tell me whether to expect any fishes at dawn or do they all go to bed at sun-up?
Anyone want to join me? it's gonna be SW windy :-( so maybe in a bay on the NW/NE side?
Anyone want to join me? it's gonna be SW windy :-( so maybe in a bay on the NW/NE side?
Hi Jonny, am sure others will give their tuppence but in my experience dawn on the west coast is a no starter. Dawn on the east coast too. This goes against the grain when you consider rod and line folk but this is what I have experienced.
Might be something to do with not being fully awake but remember earlier this year realising that it is better to stay in bed.
Might be something to do with daylight too. Seemed to find that the places I went were better after 8am (with sunrise at 6am for example and first light at 5:30 etc)
Just my observation but all the Med people go at dawn and they have decent catches...
Trial and error I reckon and whatever fits in with your sleep patterns
Ed
Might be something to do with not being fully awake but remember earlier this year realising that it is better to stay in bed.
Might be something to do with daylight too. Seemed to find that the places I went were better after 8am (with sunrise at 6am for example and first light at 5:30 etc)
Just my observation but all the Med people go at dawn and they have decent catches...
Trial and error I reckon and whatever fits in with your sleep patterns
Ed