Anchorman Charter Boat – Hythe’s Only Commercial Fishing Charter.

I am proud to introduce Anchorman Charter, Hythe’s only Commercial angling charter vessel.

www.anchormancharter.co.uk

We are working alongside Dave by supplying bait and tackle for his trips and we are also taking bookings for his trips.

Here is Dave’s welcome message to you all.

My name is Dave Mumford. I am the skipper of Anchorman. My aim is to take you out fishing in and around the Solent and get you catching fish!
Depending on the time of year, we might be drifting for bass from the Needles Bridge, targeting giant cod in 90 feet of water at the back of the Isle Of Wight or maybe even hauling in the black bream from Christchurch Ledge. In fact, whatever species are abundant at the time, we have the tackle and skills to get you into them.

Leaving from Hythe in Southampton gives us great access to a vast range of species in and around the Solent, the Isle of Wight and the world famous Needles. We are well placed to fish all year round as the summer species such as black bream, bass and smoothounds are within easy reach and the winter species such as cod, whiting and conger are only 55 minutes away. In fact, there have been various UK specimen record fish caught no less than 20 minutes from where we set off.


Having been involved in the marine industry for 25 years, I have run various marine ventures from power boat trips to Sunseeker experiences. I have also been involved with the lifeboat at Calshot for the past 8 years, so rest assured you will be in safe hands.


During your fishing trip, I will offer you hot or cold drinks depending on the time of year and you will also receive one of ‘Chef Mumford’s’ speciality hot snacks!


I will also be taking pictures of your captures to go onto our website and to send to you if you require a keepsake. Also, if you wish to take fish home to eat, your captures will be gutted on-board and kept fresh in our vast fish locker ready for the table.


On board is a brand new fully working toilet room situated at the back of the cabin for your comfort and convenience.


Top of the range rod and reel hire is available at a small charge of £5 per set. We can also supply bait on request for a fee, but you are more than welcome to bring your own bait if you prefer.


I look forward to welcoming you aboard Anchorman.


Many thanks,

Dave

For any further information on Anchorman Charter trips please contact Dave on or call into us and we will get you booked on. Alternatively visit Anchorman's websit:

www.anchormancharter.co.uk

Chesil Beach Cod.

I had the day off work today as I was supposed to be going on a boat trip but it was called off, so I decided to go to Chesil Beach to try for a cod. The alarm went off at 5:30am and I excitedly jumped out of bed, loaded my gear into the car and began the drive down to Dorset. I arrived at the ferry bridge car park at 7:30am. After paying a small fortune for parking I began the long walk down to the Bridging Camp the wind was not ideal at 17mph westerly’s but the sea was the perfect chocolate brown colour. 

 

I opted for my favourite Pulley Rig, one with a Squid and Lugworm fitted to a 6/0 Pennell hook set up , and the other had Blow Lug on 4/0’s. I started the ball rolling with a couple of good sized whiting around the 1lb 8oz mark, a good start I thought. I then reeled in a Hermit Crab, which when I cracked the shell had the biggest white Ragworm I have ever seen, living at the back of its shell!

The Hermit Crab I caught went straight back out as cocktail bait with the Black Lugworm. As I sat down in my shelter and began to eat a pasty, I noticed a couple of hard bangs on the Hermit Crab baited rod, as I got up to check the rod, the line went completely slack. I thought to myself COD! After tightening down and catching up with the fish I could feel slow heavy lunges all the way in. 

 

As I got it into the surf it turned into a bit of a tug of war, I won, and beached the fish.  As I ran down and grabbed it a massive wave soaked me. I dragged the fish up the shingle beach and the hooks fell out, I was lucky that I didn’t lose it! The fish weighed 8lb 12ozs and had 3 whiting in its guts.

 

After that Cod I had a number of decent sized Whiting. I left the beach at 3pm with a bag much heavier then when I set off, which isn’t that much fun along the shingle, but I’m not complaining!

 

Thanks For Reading, Adam Fadli.

Paul's Bass-Tastic Session!

We turned up at Calshot Beach private section at around 8pm on the 25th November, the high tide was not due until 11:20 so we fished the tide up and not a lot happened for the first hour, I managed to catch one Dogfish then a Whiting and a small Pollock, then at last the bass turned on for me.

I say me because Tim and Chris were still fishless, then for the next hour I had 3 bass around the 43cm mark then a nice one at 3lb 10ozs

 My last Bass turned out to be the best one of the session and well worth the wait! It pulled the scales round to 6lb 14ozs!

Chris missed 2 bites I think were bass but Tim blanked with not so much as a sniff of his baits, I did take much joy in showing my fish off to Tim who I think at this point was crying inside...and Chris was more than happy with the trip learning something new and even though he blanked he has now seen a new way of fishing and will be more prepared in the future.

  
My simple rig for Bass has proved to be very effective over the years. I use a running rig with a strong clear 28lb fluorocarbon hook link baited with Mackerel. 28lb sounds excessive but if you get snagged up fluoro lines can be quite brittle hence the high breaking strain.

The maximum lead I used on this session was a 3oz lead.