Easter Monday at Christchurch Ledge

[richi]

Caught my first Bream of the year on this day last year at the Ledge so I was fairly confident of success

Arrived at The Needles Eye Cafe at Milford-on-sea in darkness and rigged up ready for the days fishing.Took 3 rods out,two for the Bream and one for the possible Smoothy.etc.

By the time I'd got ready and launched the sun was rising over a flat sea,it looked like a great day for it



I haven't launched from Milford to paddle to this mark before,I'd always launched at Mudeford and although the distance to the mark was a mile and a half further at 5.5 miles,it was an easier paddle due to the planned assistance from the tide.Reached my chosen mark and found a pot bouy right on it no anchoring for me today :catch:



there were a couple of rather smart looking boats fishing close to me



first fish of the day was a Bull Huss



angry b*ggers aren't they :crazy:



Sat there feeling good,never caught a Huss at the Ledge before only doggies,saw a big blue and white charter approaching



heard on the radio"wight rebel" what is that over there,Oh! one of those kayakers,bl**dy dangerous things! to which he was shouted"dangerous my a$$" followed by complete radio silence ;)then he sounded his horn and was given a friendly wave

cheeky old man has probably never even sat in a kayak before

wonder if I was on his chosen mark :win:

next up was the dreaded doggie



things were a bit slow,more boats had turned up by this stage ended up around 10 but not much was being caught.

I was getting no action on the Bream rods but the full Squid rod registered another bite,pulled it up to reveal a lovely looking crab



It was getting towards midday now and I unlashed from the bouy and began my paddle back with the last of the flood



all sorts of other craft out on the water having fun



I hope they had as much fun on the water this weekend as I did :sunny:

wonder if they did as many miles



:stoned:

[chris329a]

excellent report and pics - what a lovely day eh!

cheeky boat too........ :moon:

[pjl83]

you sure do get about a bit on that "dangerous" thing of yours richi. lol

you must have arms like popeye!

[cuckoo]

Cracking report as usual richi , well done

[bucketchucker]

A great report and some fantastic pictures shame about the reception from the charter chap. I hope the friendly wave included a few choice expletives.

[stingraymaster]

LOVELY CRAB ;D

[richi]

Apr 18, 2009 18:16:12 GMT bucketchucker said:

A great report and some fantastic pictures shame about the reception from the charter chap. I hope the friendly wave included a few choice expletives.

of course

My mate fishes one a charter regularly and he tells me his skipper(Savage)reckons they are dangerous too :ahhh: they probably think it's the best thing to tell the punters

I usually fish the Needles when they do and paddle a further mile or so offshore and anchor up :saint: