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  • 07/04/2011 Fishing Report by Paul Smith on Rapid Fisher (Poole, Dorset)

    7 Apr 2011 by Paul Smith

    Report on-board Rapid Fisher

    With calm seas and blazing sunshine Rapid Fisher headed yet again for the famous Shambles Banks. A steady 22 knots saw us arrive at our spot fashionably early!! With the boat set up for the drift a tell tale nod on Dave's rod meant we were in the right spot. Sure enough after Dave giving the fish time to take his mackerel bait he lifted into a solid lump. A short fight ensued and the net was slipped under a fine fish. The scales read 20lbs which was the biggest Turbot for both Rapid Fisher & Dave!

    More drifts resulted in plenty of missed bites until Paul managed to connect with a reasonable fish. Carefully playing it to the net we all thought is was going to be another 20lber but luckily for Dave Paul's fish only weighed in at 15lbs! Several more double figure fish were netted throughout the drift bringing our tally to 10.

    On the last drift a good 10lbers was netted when there was a shout from Gary saying he had hooked into a monster! Sure enough he expertly guided it to the waiting net hoping that it was a personal best. As you can see from his grin the fish indeed was a PB for both him & the boat weighing in at 23lbs.

    As we headed for home with coffee in hand there was time to reflect over a successful days fishing. A 12 Turbot tally with 4 over 10lbs, a 15lber & 2 twenties made this a day to remember.


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