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  • 22/03/2015 Fishing Report by Rob Thompson on Phosphorescent 'WH1' (Lymington, Hampshire)

    22 Mar 2015 by Rob Thompson

    Report on-board Phosphorescent 'WH1'

    It's that time of year when us boat Anglers are getting ready for the season ahead. A hardy few will have fished through from Xmas until now and fair play to them....!

    With the first bit of real sun and warmth down here in the New Forest we have headed out a couple of times in the last weeks to try inshore around the Isle of Wight and Christchurch Bays.

    March 22nd - Individuals Ultralight Trip

    The plan for the day was to look in and around Christchurch Bay for some early season flatfish primarily Plaice, Turbot and Dabs. I had a mixed crew and for the first time I can remember more of the lads wanted to fish exclusively with lures rather than bait something unheard of several years ago. The conditions in Christchurch Bay were awful with the water clarity @ zero....! In fact it looked like the perfect cup of Tea. I spoke with a mate who was fishing in Bournemouth Bay and it was far cleaner so we pushed on round Hengistbury Head and headed to the known plaice marks off Boscombe and Bournemouth. To cut a long story short this was also dire. Several charter boats were already there and I saw 1 tiny plaice come aboard all those fishing. I headed back towards the Head and stopped a little mark where there is some structure hoping that we could at least pick up a wrasse or pollock for the guys fishing lures. Well that was the plan on the third drift Neil Perry had a hit on a tiny Savage Sandeel and his tiny LRF rod bent double. After several fruitless hours we were intrigued to as what he had hooked...the fish stayed deep and had a couple of little dives, certainly not a Bass, Wrasse or Pollock: probably a Codling. When after a couple of minutes a Turbot around 3lbs slid into the net Neil, myself and I think most of the other guys were ecstatic....only a small fish but a target achieved and with it being caught on a lure a marker to show that there is a change at foot in the way guys want to fish in UK in 2015.



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