Weymouth in Dorset.

[Topfly]

Best of luck Mick, fishing against those southern softies should be easy ,just copy what they are doing but use double the bait. lol

[mick dunn]

Waymouth.

thanks to the organises at Dorset police.
I have a few pics to let you see.
This is our team on the first night in the local pub.Hello guys well i,m back. I have to say i really enjoyed mself and many

this is on the day of the compo i was on the Lady Godiva. 160 anglers took part on 20 boats so there was 8 on each boat.

On the way out i took a picture of another boat steaming out.

We went past Portland point and out to sea. If you can see the rock in the background some guys were fishing of there.The rock looks like it fell off backwards to make a bridge onto the outcrop.

The competition rules were different to the usual heaviest fish etc.
We were basicaly judged on a species catch. There was about 20 fish ranging from mackeral to Trigger fish. The skipper marked up the scores which incresed with the rarity of the fish.
I caught 3 Pouting on one drop which went something like ten points for the first one then 1 point per fish the next nine. Ten fish of any species was the maximum you could score on. This tested your angling skills.

I was given a tip how to catch Garfish the night before the compo. I used a float with some small hooks and mackeral.I caught one and this pushed up my score. There was only one other on the boat.

Bill one of our four man team caught this cracking Black Bream. It was huge. Under the rules though he scored the same as me when i caught a tiddler Black Bream.

To cap the few days fishing i won this in the raffle along with a Mustad rucksack.

Marvellous few days thanks again to everyone involved.
Thanks again to everyone involved in the whole competition.

Mick. (ps out of the anglers i was about 3/4 of the way down on the list form top scorer to bottom).

[KeithB]

Well done Mick, great pics, pleased you enjoyed it.

[alan]

Cracking report and pictures Mick,nice one

[bigpaul]

Cracking report mick well done mate.

[Norman]

Excellent Mick, well done mate

[The Great Wallsendo]

Nice one Mick...never caught a Garfish, ,maybe a species for next summer

[J.J.]

well done mate ice pics

[mick dunn]

totally forgot about catching the Garfish until the skipper said "Is nobody gonna try for Garrrfish".
I put the float on and three very small sort of small japanese lure things from a ready made up pack (6 on trace so cut in half).I put a bit of maccy on the bottom hook.(had got this method from another member on forums).
I had to cast underhand and fortunatly the tide took it away from the boat. Within a minute or so i felt something hit the bait.I struck and missed,but the skipper said next time let the fish take the bait.
Reeled in and put some mackeral belly on the rest of the hooks. Same again underhand cast and within a minute or two down the float went. I had hooked one when i reeled it in it got off however a second one also took some bait. This one i landed.
There was only one other lad on the boat with a float and he geared up and caught another. The other guys looked a bit cheesed off.
Because i had a new species which scored well i then had to make a decision. Carry on catching garfish at one point each up to a maximum if nine or try for another species.and score at least ten points for a new species. I had seen lovely fish caught such a cuckoo wrass which looked spectacular. A trigger fish, red gurnards,dogfish etc. The first of each species scoring well. So i decided to drop down on the bottom again. The lad next to me had a good late run with some nice pollack. Me i just blanked.
If i was to go there again i would use flourocarbin line with flowing traces. The more experienced anglers used this method and scored well.
Dorset won the competition but they were fishing in there own back yard.

[willywetegg]

Sounds like a fantastic trip mate especially with so many different species, great reading for anyone who enjoys fishing.

Jim.