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05/2014
Fishing Report by Paul Smith
on Rapid Fisher (Poole, Dorset)
May 2014 by Paul Smith
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Rapid Fisher has completed her second Alderney trip with a bitter sweet tale to tell. Patrick Evans, a regular face aboard, booked the six day trip for his group a while ago but sadly Patrick was unable to make the trip as he passed away suddenly.
The weather conditions made for a tough crossing but with the hulls of the BW seacat we managed a respectable speed to the first of the wrecks en route. It proved unfruitful and the conditions made the drift difficult so we decided to forgo the fishing & head straight to Bray harbour.
Day 2 saw a swelly sea but we headed round to the banks to fish for the flatties. The guys on board had bought a reef for Patrick & decided to lay it at sea once the first fish came on board. The first drift produced a turbot & brill and the reef was laid and we all observed a minutes silence. The turboting was hard for the rest of the trip but we still managed 14 fish on one day with a nice double figure fish amongst the catch.
One angler had a shock when he managed to boat a potential british boat record blonde ray. Using 10lb class tackle, Bob Sutton, struggled to get the fish to the boat but did so expertly only for the net to be a bit on the small side!! After weighing the fish onboard the scales read between 35lbs - 41lbs but in the sea conditions it was impossible to get a confirmed reading & after 4 attempts it was decided to release the fish back as it was senseless to kill her for the sake of a bit of paper!!!
All in all a good trip & I'm sure Patrick was looking down with a smile on his face.
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