Ray Day !!!

After a night of heavy rain, we woke up at 8:00 o'clock then made our way up to Chesil Bait 'n' Tackle to pick up some blast frozen squid. from there we headed back down to the boat and steamed out to the hood which from there we caught a few very nice mackerel.

Only another 10 minutes of steaming we had reached our chosen destination. After we had anchored up we made our rigs which consisted on the main line with a snap-sweivel(only through the eye) attached to a swivel which lead to a 70lb shock leader with a few beads and a size 4o hooks. 

Within he first 5 minutes we had hooked into 3 different species which were Garnered, Smooth-hound and dog fish. Then, which dad normally does, he pulled in a nice 12lb thornback ray, followed by another smoothie, taking the lead.

But, as soon as he weight was back on the bottom i had a very curious nibble upon my line. After a hard 10 minute battle i had made my fish come to the surface. It was a 15lb undulated Ray! 

As the day went on in the south-easterly wind, the fish slowly start to go with only 2 more rays and a smoothie being caught, then only going into Doggers. It fished better when the tide was running. 

Have a fantastic week everybody tight lines

James. 

Fathers Day Bream Fishing:) (By James Mckendry)

Coffee at 6:30on the boat getting ready for the day. We loaded up the boat with the gear and bought a couple of boxes of squid for Chesil Bait ‘n’ Tackle! Fortunately we had caught some mackerel the day before for some good, fresh bait for the day ahead.

Firstly, we steamed out to the Hood to try and catch some more mackerel, but did not catch any. From there we reeled up and made our way to Lulworth banks( Target Specie-Bream) . It was a North Easterly wind of about 15mph, overcast skies with patchy sun. We arrived at our Bream hot-spot at about 9.00 am ish.

The tide was a strong flood over the ledge we were fishing which meant we had to use 2lbs+ of lead to hold the bottom. As usual, a steady stream of dog were striping good baits, sure enough as the tide started to ease, the first bream rattle appeared with Dad landing a nice 2 and a half pound Gilthead bream! Shortly after Seb landed a small conger followed by a very nice 3lb Black-Bream!

Myself and Dan caught a few more Black-Bream which were put back shortly after being landed. As the ebb tide started to build, Dad hooked into what he thought was a nice Bream. After a nice play it turned out to be a fine 3lb Bass which was sent back on its merry way J

 

All fish were caught on a mixture of small mackerel/squid strips with smallish hooks.  Note: Having fished this spot previously, I think the Easterly winds had a effect on the fishing, mind you, and 3lb+ Black-Bream was well worth the sloppy conditions. Happy Fathers day!:)  

                                        A video of the day!

Henry Gilbey Lure Day At Chesil Bait 'N' Tackle.

For a few weeks now I have been pushing out the fact that Henry Gilbey will be visiting Chesil Bait on the 7th of June for the lure day accompanied by Richard Cake (Dorset fishing rods) , Adrian Jacobs (Wessex lure guide) and my self (Freestyle angling). I my self spent all day at the shop to help out with anything that had to be done while also filming the lures in the lure pool and chatting to customers when they came into the shop ! I have to say that it was a fantastic day with loads of people poring through the shops doors! There was plenty of things to do on this day. The number one thing to do that was on everybody's list was to meat and chat to Henry. Also on offer was chatting with Richard cake and Adrian Jacobs. I personally know Adrian and Richard and i know for a fact that they are both fantastic fishermen and well worth having a chat with if you get the chance!

In conjunction with these talks was a lure demonstration pool where Henry, Richard, Adrian and myself conducted lure demonstrations to customers that came thorough the shops doors. It was intriguing to watch the how the lures work in the water. You could see there movement so much better as they were being worked through a clear visibility pool. For once you could see up close what the lures do to lure the fish ! As i was watching the lures in the water i thought to myself that it would kick ass if i was able to video the lures working under water. I put my thoughts into actions and came up with this video -

As the day came to a close the people that bought raffle tickets were about to watch the draw! The prizes on offer were a  Top prise of a Major Craft Sky Road and second prize was a Savage Gear LRF rod. Other prizes consisted of fishing caps and soft plastic lures. The first prize of the Sky Road went to Dale Woolley. Second prize went to a young angler from weymouth called Oz Eastlake. As Oz had never tried LRF before I took him out for a session at Weymouth harbour the next day to show him the basics. With in a few mints of his ISOME touching the water he was into his first fish! Another one hooked on LRF I think?

I also got a chance to speak to Henry about photography as he is a professional Photographer ! I wanted to speak to him about photography as I a doing a GCSE corse in photography. He gave me some fantastic advice on photography and some excellent fishing tips too! I think that Henry is a top guy and and a fantastic person to talk to about fishing and photography as he  is happy to give advice in all areas in which the question asker is directing the question. I can't wait for the next time i see him !! I am also very grateful that Chesil bait was able to have Henry come down in the first palace. With out them I would not be writing this post nether would anybody of been able to have a overweeningly fantastic day! Thank you Chesil Bail !!!!

Also while I was in the shop I bumped into Ben Assirati. He had just recently came back from a fishing holiday in Florida. We went on the computer so he could show me what he caught. The best fish in my opinion was the hammer head shark! to check out his catch click on the link below.

http://www.fishthedream.co.uk

Now for the last two months I have been taking a selfie  every time I go fishing with the land scape that I fished in the background. I decided to put it into a short clip. Hear is the result !! -

NEWS !!!!!

 Now I like my blog and page to have a variety of fishing content instead of one genre of fishing. I myself don't cover boat fishing much as it is very expensive for a 15 yr old to go out on a boat every 1 - 2 weeks. So instead I have enrolled James Mckendry as the man to tackle the boat fishing side of the blog. James is a fantastic boat fisherman and my best friend. I could not ask for a better person for the job ! I have asked him to do this because his dad Fraser Mckendry owns his own fishing boat, that I have had the privilege to go out on. This means that James can get out to sea more than me. I have had some amazing times out with Fraser and James and caught some monster fish ! I hope that doing this will introduce a new audience to my blog and make Freestyle angling more diverse !!

Found something.

The other week James and I found a Lump Sucker in Weymouth. For my next post I will report on them more. Hopefully catch one on rod and line !!!

Video from the the last week -

                                               

JellyFish Portland Marina with James Mckendry.