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  • 08/02/2018 Fishing Report by Les Jones on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)

    8 Feb 2018 by Les Jones

    Report on-board White Maiden II

    If you like a lot of weight on your rod then this was the trip to be on. On Thursday I rounded a crew of hopefuls that were on standby. We were fishing in a small tide which meant the lead weights never went over a pound but the fish were feeding extremely well. And they were all big and weighty. Nearly all of them went back to do their spring thing. Peter Hellyar caught a superb 29lb specimen Blonde Ray, a feisty 38lb Conger, a specimen 10lb 2oz Bass and a 10lb Thornback plus Whiting and more Congers. All these fish were returned except for the small Whiting which made very good live baits. Ian Hewett caught this lovely 17lb Undulate Ray plus a 12lb Blonde Ray and Congers. Mike Callus caught the cracking 23lb Blonde Ray and a 30lb Conger plus another Blonde Ray and smaller Congers. Devon caught the first and best Small Eyed Ray at around 7lb. There were also more Whiting, Eels and Rays caught by the rest of the crew. I was pretty knackered at the end of it because of all the weight lifting plus the sea state continued to build gradually throughout the day, before we made a run for the Solent to finish off in comfort.

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    Wed 12/11/2025 1 Space £85.00pp
    0800-1600 inshore max 8 £85pp 1 space ChrisSmith, BobClack, SteveBanks, GrahamCarter, PeteHellyar, DaveWest, BryanRicketts
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    Fri 21/11/2025 1 Space £85.00pp
    0730-1530 inshore max8 £85pp 1 space Booked on: RoyBurden+6 Bass / Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Thornback Ray / Undulate Ray.
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