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  • 25/02/2016 Fishing Report by Ian Dale on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)

    25 Feb 2016 by Ian Dale

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    At 0500 in the morning, the last thing you want is your alarm clock going off, that is of course unless you are going out to try and find some of those wrecks and ruins to gain you and your crew some nice pollock. Of course getting out of bed isn’t easy when it is -2 outside, not only have you got to dress up in all the gear and then de-ice the car, you then have to go and do it all over again to the boat.
    We steamed for around about 2 hours before reaching our first wreck, and we couldn’t moan and grumble as the weather was just perfect. Flat calm, sunny, and not too much of a breeze, we certainly were lucky. There were only 2 anglers aboard Kelley’s Hero, who were both as eager as ever. All their gear etc was ready before leaving the marina, now that is dedication.
    The first wreck never produced any pollock, we were hoping that this trip wasn’t going to end the same way that the last one did. So off we went to find another wreck, and hopefully some fish. The next wreck proved quite successful, we had a few takes and misses, and then as the tide died down, the fish started to feed. “Fish on” Kev shouts, “fish on” shouts Mark. Out comes the net, and welcome aboard 2 lovely pollock. We had a nice couple of hours and a nice few fish on that wreck, and then we moved on to the next wreck to fish over the slack water period, however this only produced a few pollock as expected.
    As the tide got away we welcomed a new addition to the fleet, we were fishing with 2 other boats on the wreck when this fourth one thought it would be a good idea to try and beat us to the start of the drift, but we weren’t having any of it, so in true fisherman fashion, we gave him a “TOOT” on the horn. To which he replied with a mighty “BLAST”, so of course, we let him go ahead of us, as you do.
    Now once we had our tea and biscuits, and the tide had turned, we headed straight back to the wreck from before and started drifting once again. It started slow, but once the tide got to a steady pace, the pollock started feeding again. They were a bit picky at first and were only playing with our lures, but as before, they soon started feeding. Even though there weren’t any real monsters this trip, we had a good stamp of fish running between 6lb-13lb. And as they say time flies when you are having fun. and before we knew it, it was 1645, time to head home.
    Tight Lines
    Ian

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