The
warmer weather has finally arrived and with it comes the summer species!
Where
to begin!?
We
have now finally found a very reliable supplier for Large Live Devon Peeler
Crab! We are selling them for £1.10 each and we are happy to post them out
overnight at a cost of £10.
We
have also started to stock Devon Frozen Baits, this bait company is producing
some very cool unique products that are proving a success with our customers.
Mini
Blueys:
Mini
Mackerel:
From
the Boats we have seen some great Black Bream catches from local marks such as
the Christchurch Ledge. The rocky ledge is perfect breeding ground for Black
Bream this time of year and they have arrived in there droves!
Lee
Woollon with a 2lb Black Bream caught on 'Lazy Daze' charter boat:
Steve
Perry with a 5lb Black Bream caught on 'Anchorman Charter' boat:
We
had also had a vast number of Bass move into the Solent and fish have been
recorded up to the magic double figure mark already this year.
George
Prodromou with a 4lb Bass caught on the ‘Lazy Daze’ charter boat:
From
the Shore we have seen Bass, Smoothhound, Black Bream, Spotted Rays, Sting Rays
and many Mini Species.
The
Bass have been showing on either Ragworm or Squid baits from Lepe, Marchwood,
Pagham and the Reclaimed Land Hythe. A lot of the Bass have been he early
season smaller fish with a few pushing towards the 5lb mark.
George
West with a 3 1/2lb Bass from Gypsy Lane, Lepe:
With
the invention of LRF we are seeing regular catches of mini species. This one is
a ‘Shanny’.
Chris
Bayliss supplied us with this picture of an LRF caught Shanny:
The
Smoothhounds cam in about 3 weeks ago and have been regularly caught since
using both Crab and Ragworm baits. Park Shore and Pagham have been to very consistent
spots for Hounds this year but we have had no huge fish reported.
Steve
Perry with a 13lb Smoothhound from Park Shore:
We
have also seen various species of Rays caught from the Solent recently. There
have been various reports for Stingrays from the boats fishing around the
Brambles bank and further reports of Spotted Rays coming from the shore from
marks such as Lepe Deep Water Mark.
Steve
Perry with a Spotted Ray:
Another
species that is trending well on everybody’s hit list is the Sting Ray. We have
had some colossal fish caught this year from Sowley near Beaulieu.
This
first fish was accidentally landed in a commercial anglers net at Sowley near
Lymington and weighed in at a staggering 43 kilos (94lb!) If this fish was
caught on a rod and line it would have beaten the all time British record of
72lb by an amazing 22lb!!
94lb
Sting Ray:
These
next fish are also from Sowley near Lymington. The anglers use large bunches of
Ragworm on long flowing traces.
Paul
Swainston with his 46lb plus beast!:
Steve
Perry with 2 fine specimens:
As
the fish get bigger this year we will of course keep you updated so make sure
you check back onto the Blog over the next couple of weeks.
Cheers
– Al.
