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  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)

    21 Apr 2014 by Malcolm Collins

    Report on-board Just Mary

    Having returned from abroad visiting family and friends and with 'Just Mary' having completed her Annual refit and New 5 year COP Survey, 12 Passengers and 2 Crew, (60 mile Cat 2. COP), we are all set for another season afloat. The weather still hasn't totally settled down but the English Channel Sea Temperature, (according to the Met Office MAWS network), is now consistently above the 'magic' ten degrees celsius (10c). This bodes well for our Black Bream season just so long as the forecasters get their recent predictions right and we are in for a warm settled spell this Summer ! As I look forward to the first of these trips this coming weekend I'm not sure when this predicted weather will start ! Still, as Anglers and Skippers we are always eternal optimists and I'm confident that we will see better days, and forecasts (!) to come. My Commercial mates have endured a long hard Winter but in recent weeks I have seen for myself the quality of fish in Poole Bay. The Winter has been mild even though we have seen some terrible prolonged wet and windy weather. This has meant that species like Bass have remained in the Bay for most of the Winter months alongside other more usual fish like Cod and Whiting. Plaice and Sole have been caught recently and the quality and numbers have slowly increased. 2013 produced some good catches of Plaice on rod and line after the netters had given up due to the numbers of Spider crabs ripping their nets to shreds, hopefully 2014 will be another good year for us on the Plaice. So the season will be properly underway soon and I wish you all a good Summer, All the Best, Malc, 'Just Mary', Poole.

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