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  • 26/06/2011 Fishing Report by Paul Wells on Ruby-D (Portishead, Somerset)

    26 Jun 2011 by Paul Wells

    Report on-board Ruby-D

    26/06/11

    after an early rise, 7 of us meet at 5;00am to make tracks to portishead from north devon on what we hope is a succesful fishing session,
    the journey up was very foggy, so fortunate enough we left early to account for weather and traffic, we arrive at the harbour at 6:30 and
    set out from the harbour for 7;00, first things first the skippers makes a nice early cuppa for us,for the journey to our first mark,
    conditions were slightly overcast with very slight breeze, we felt confident!!! we get to our mark withing 30 mins of leaving harbour,
    anchor up,and youve never seen people bait up so quick, and the fishing starts, first 30mins was very quiet but the cloud cover was starting
    to clear which bought a few smiles, then first fish of the day turned up, a thornback of around 6lb, great start. within 2 mins of releasng,
    bite number 2, up comes another thornie, funny enough it was the same fish we just released (he must have been hungry), then all went quiet
    for another 30 mins, bite number 2, fish tor off, felt a good one, up come the first hound of the day, weighed in at 13lb 7oz starry,
    we thought things were going to take off now,but unfortunatly not, couple of dogs that was it. so skipper decides to pull up anchor and move
    further out, baits go down, bites came more or less instantly, with a couple of doggies, then a strap eel, a nice codling next rose to the
    surface (yummy), with another cuppa going round the boat, things were starting to look up, weather was getting hotter and hotter, wind had dropped
    then the smoothys starting biting, with a total of 16 hounds been landed with the smallest being around 9lb, there was a 15lb 4oz common, 14lb starry,
    13lb 7oz starry, 13lb starry, 12lb starry, 11lb common, and a couple smaller. with several conger also landed due to the rediculous size baits being used,
    so by the end of the day had been a brilliant session, we had one last caSTand another codling decided to show, great way to finish the day. we must say
    that skipper and his crew done an excellent job with keeping us full of tea and helping with th netting and unhooking all of fish all day.

    booked up again for another trip later in the year, hopefully can repeat the session if not better it.

    Catch report:- Richard weston 15lb oz common, 13lb 7oz starry, 2 smaller starry, 1 codling, 1 thornback.
    Stefan jones 13lb starry, 4 smaller hounds, 1 thornback, 1 doggie.
    Adam sayer 4 eels, to low doubles, numerous dogs.
    Marcus horrell 14lb 9oz starry, 2 smaller common, several dogs and eels.
    John cardew 12lb common, 11lb starry, couple of dogs
    Graham harris lots of dogs
    kevin peach 12lb common, 1 smaller common, several dogs

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