South Devon report 2007

[glowworm]

Hey guys myself and Podge dived meadcombe on sunday and met several scuba guys there and only had friendly exchanges.

And for the record guy's i never miss fish i choose for them to liverofl rofl rofl

 

[scottwilson]

Ive been looking at the barrel for my speargun and reckon it cant be that hard to make a longer one. Does any one know of a local company that sells tubing ?

 

[tribs]

Tribs - I like diving at Budleigh but it is quite shallow - with all the cold rainwater run off where you are fishing it wouldn't surprise me if the fish had moved out deeper. I fished there three times last year and saw Bass on every trip - Pekka is the specialist and gave me some good tips. High tide seemed to be the favourite there with a drift around the reef - diving down to the bottom of the gullies and waiting with the current running fast over the top of you. Budleigh is not an easy dive. I found it hard last year with the current so fast I struggled to equalise fast enough with everything else going and screwed my ears up :crutch - had to lay off the diving for a couple of months - be careful.

Thanks James

Typical though that two obviously experienced Spearo's have given conflicting advice; one high tide under the fast tide and the other at dead low awater in the stringweed! Both probably worth a try on the right day.

Do you know about the plaice though? Will they retreat with the tide or will they stay fairly close and just move back again with the incoming tide?

 

[SurfnSpear]

Just my opinion, but I have had my best results exactly as described by Foxfish..I now quite often look for that time of the day to go poking around stealthily..

 

[James T]

Tribs - I am interested in how you get on if you do try low tide - I have never tried fishing Budleigh on the low tide - so cannot comment on it there - let us know how it goes.

 

[foxfish]

There is a thread somewhere that discuses tides & there importance regarding spearfishing, I seem to remember it became quite heated!
I guess different locations offer different opportunities, here in the Channel Islands we have the second largest tidal movement in the world! Obviously to try & fish in full flow would be just about impossible where as somewhere else in the world full flow might mean 1 knot.
Any way - no doubt it is possible to catch bass at any state of tide but spearfishing is more to me than just catching fish. I most enjoy hunting the shallows, I like to feel the adrenalin flow as I move through thick beds of weed. This is stalking, using stealth, creeping along never knowing when that huge grey battleship of a bass is going to appear.
I find under thees conditions I have no other concerns, no worries about blackouts, bust eardrums, bank balances or relationships just that battleship.
Best of all, as I am a great lover of seafood, I find stalking has over 30 odd years been the most productive method for me. I have never kept records of how many bass but there has been a few. All this might make stalking the easy option but you have to keep your cool, don't panic shoot, don't disturb the whole weed bed. You need a slow pulse & a degree of fitness to get you out to some of the more remote reefs. A great discipline.

 

[scottwilson]

Well said foxfish. I tend to dive low tide in certain spots and high tide in others as I stick to a few spots, i know roughly when and where the fish are going to be. I find drifting over string weed as still as possible has a great effect when hunting mullet. If you dont make any sudden moves they soon get used to you and come in closer

 

[spearheads]

Some of my spot are good at low tide but most the fish hole up or hide under the kelp.

Dived today 5 bass one lobster, biggest bass 7lbs. I would post a pic but i broke the lens on my camera. Going to cost £80 to repair.

 

[scottwilson]

spearheads is ur camera still under warrenty if so have you tried asking for a replacement , you will be amazed on how understanding some companys can be

 

[jimy286]

Hay foxfish spearing round your parts sounds a bit hairy?

 

[tribs]

Hi all

Is Torbay generally quite good for Bass? I look at the pictures of Babbacombe etc that are on the net and it all looks quite serene, little tide and deep water. Do you dive down and hunt them in holes and the weed or just get into a spot and try to lie in wait?

Tribs
out

 

[jwells1989]

does anybody know when this wind is supposed to shift i have not been in for three weeks now and its doing my head in.

 

[tribs]

Anyone stepping out on Sunday? Any recommendations? The weathers supposed to turn crap isn't it?

Tribs

Out

 

[scottwilson]

does anybody know when this wind is supposed to shift i have not been in for three weeks now and its doing my head in.

jwells I got in yesterday and had about 4 meters viz on high tide sometimes the wind is in your favour and sometimes not ,yesterday it was definitley in my favour total catch 2 bass and 2 mullet but I lost 1 mullet while trying to get it on the stringer:ko

 

[jwells1989]

hey scottwillson, well done on the bass and mullet, i live in brighton and the sea a brown colour and has been like it for the last 3 weeks, which is really annoying. probably due to the norterly winds.

 

[tonyiannu]

Hi Jwells,
you have to move around here the sea is better:friday .

 

[jwells1989]

i know i am really jealouse, you lot have been getting loads of fish and i have not been in for 3 weeks.:head

 

[deep thinker]

i know i am really jealouse, you lot have been getting loads of fish and i have not been in for 3 weeks.:head

Ha move to Cape Town buddy this summer we had a red tide that lasted about 3 months and that during the best diving weather, we were so desperate we ended up diving in a river one day as the complete coast covered in a 3 hour trip was covered in red water...:vangry

 

[jwells1989]

oh that would make me go crazy i think.

 

[jimy286]

I new that there were alot of sharks round cape town but why was your water red?