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Guernsey 2014

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Wow! Bin lid! Where are u guys finding these things!
Are these being caught in the daytime? Or are u guys putting in the hours at night?
Hi all,

Thought I'd share this nice fish caught today. Equals our local Club Apnea record, currently held by Jersey Mike. Plaice 2.525Kg or 5lbs 9ozs. I'm made up. Also two smaller plaice and a good sole. Looking forward hugely to the Deeper Blue 2014 members meet.


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Nice dive as always with Jonny250 this afternoon. Vis was ok but not as good as the weekend and we probably made the mistake of getting in an hour or so late for the spot we chose! (My fault I think)
Anyways we both left with a bass so happy days.:)
 
I found a few bass this morning in fact I saw about 9 or 10 but got two pretty much straight away!
So that is approx 25lb of bass in two days, good fishing by any standards!
Not the best vis over the high tide but I have not seen bass in numbers like this for a few years :)
I found a few bass this morning in fact I saw about 9 or 10 but got two pretty much straight away!
So that is approx 25lb of bass in two days, good fishing by any standards!
Not the best vis over the high tide but I have not seen bass in numbers like this for a few years :)
Well done foxfish, any pics?
 
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I do have a pic but very much the same as yesterday, one around 6.5 & one around 5.5!
No secrets, just found them in the lagoon, in the string weed over the high tide.
I cant see any other way to catch them other than spearing as the fish are deep in the weed & seem to be very relaxed, not feeding!
However I can tell form experience that this type of fishing is not consistent, but must be based on some seasonable conditions?
 
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I do have a pic but very much the same as yesterday, one around 6.5 & one around 5.5!
No secrets, just found them in the lagoon, in the string weed over the high tide.
I cant see any other way to catch them other than spearing as the fish are deep in the weed & seem to be very relaxed, not feeding!
However I can tell form experience that this type of fishing is not consistent, but must be based on some seasonable conditions?
Sorry I have just seen the pic from yesterday! Nice fish, tasty too I bet. :-)
 
Oh yes, tasty all right .. I pride myself in my filleting & preparation skills (done a few now) but it is the simple cooking for the right amount of time that makes for a great dish!!
 
Finally found some fish! Tried a new spot last night, crap tide, crap time, new spot,and saw probably the best part of 50 bass, 2 of which were I suspect double figures. One was charcoal black, the only reason it didn't get shot was it took me too long to work out what the hell
Kind a fish it was as all I could see at the time was a
Big black head.
Ended up with a nice bass for tea but no monsters, good to see they are there.

Hey mate, your post struck a chord, as a friend of mine once caught a fish he described as a dark coloured bass. It was returned, but after we did some digging it was identified as a shadefish (there are other names)

Here is a link; http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Drumfish.htm

It would be interesting, if you thought that might be the case or if indeed it was just a large dark bass? They are very rare in our waters, and would make for exciting news if you had seen one!
 
I do have a pic but very much the same as yesterday, one around 6.5 & one around 5.5!
No secrets, just found them in the lagoon, in the string weed over the high tide.
I cant see any other way to catch them other than spearing as the fish are deep in the weed & seem to be very relaxed, not feeding!
However I can tell form experience that this type of fishing is not consistent, but must be based on some seasonable conditions?
good fishing Mart.
I totally agree about the fish being asleep on the bottom, seen a few like that just recently, they arent coming in on the drops like i would have had last year. Had to ballast up and go back to stalking in the bootlace.
On a separate note, i just bought one of the omer weight vests - its too big for me so i'm thinking of selling it and going back to my old one or maybe bodging up a new one...
 
good fishing Mart.
I totally agree about the fish being asleep on the bottom, seen a few like that just recently, they arent coming in on the drops like i would have had last year. Had to ballast up and go back to stalking in the bootlace.

I'll be more than happy if there are some nice plump bass sitting asleep for me on the bottom ;)
 
I do have a pic but very much the same as yesterday, one around 6.5 & one around 5.5!
No secrets, just found them in the lagoon, in the string weed over the high tide.
I cant see any other way to catch them other than spearing as the fish are deep in the weed & seem to be very relaxed, not feeding!
However I can tell form experience that this type of fishing is not consistent, but must be based on some seasonable conditions?
Nice one Martyn, hope ur able to join the spearing at the "fish in"
 
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