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30th June Beautiful weather yet again here, really sets the island off and it is a pleasure to be here. It certainly distracts from the fishing if it isn't too good but having said that its not too bad. Its not all doom and gloom as one or two are portraying but you do have to fish for what is there and at times it doesn't run kindly for anglers. Still a major problem but improving is the coloured water, this gave me problems last week when I was guiding. The first session last Monday I was teaching Peter Latham to plug for Bass and Pollack and to Mullet fish. The Mullet we spotted ok and got them feeding, had a few missed bites before they moved away so we went back to the plugging which previously we didn't do very well at. The second time we approached it we had phenomenal fun with Pollack and the odd Bass showing more than an interest. The Wednesday saw water conditions less tolerant and despite searching out half a dozen or more marks for Neil Heyer we couldn't get away from the chocolate coloured water. Sighting fish was very difficult and all we had to show for our efforts was a Gar and a Ballan (to plugs!) for our efforts. The good news is that Neil did land half a dozen different species through the week topped out by a Bass of 7lb caught on floated sandeel. Other shore sport has consisted of Garfish, Mackerel, Black Bream amongst others.
Boat fishing is where you hit a sticky wicket. If you hit a cloudy bit it will effect your results without doubt. Arthur Savage, Private Venture, gave his crew a better than normal day last week with more than the normal showing on the Brill and Turbot with some better numbers. Best fish I have heard reported were fish on True Blue and Tiger Lily who had fish in the mid-teens. Bass starting to show in numbers with Spring tides better than Neaps. The best Tope reported is this beauty of 52lb caught by Paul Watson aboard Lady Godiva.
One boat reported having Blue Shark around the boat and they weren't too far away from the island neither. Also there was something else playing havoc with the Pollack as they were coming aboard, a likely Porbeagle. Needs investigating! Black Bream are showing in better numbers, more Tope around the rock marks where you will pick up Bull Huss and Conger Eel. At the weekend the forecast was a force 4 so I opted out of going offshore in my boat. I instead went out in my Kayak! For those of you with good memories you will remember that I bought a Hobie Outback Kayak about 18 months ago, at a time when we had just moved the shop and house! My train of thought was that I wouldn't have time to go in the Raider but that I would find time to launch the Kayak for a dabble or two. How wrong was I! Anyway, now time is more available I had my first real test in it on Sunday. The Hobies have two ways of moving, with paddles or you can pedal them. The pedals drive fins that are supposedly shaped like Penguins wings/fins, (are they fins or wings, they can't fly with them can they so they can't be wings..........or can they be?). I found this aid fantastic as I was able to stem the tide with the pedals to keep bait in the same place, I was also able to recover potentially lost tackle by 'pedaling' back uptide to recover gear from a snag. It will prove to be invaluable when Mulleting and Bassing if you need to hang of the fish but keep hold of the rod. Another advantage is that I am pretty unfit now so four limbs are better than two! I did start rather cautiously. Nervously clambering in I was thinking 'Boy what have I done'. My first impressions were that its not as stable as my Raider and has 30" less freeboard! Once I gathered myself together I pushed away from land 400 odd yards or so and set about putting some baits on the bottom. One of the plus points is that I managed to organize all my gear in such a manner that I could get to it with ease, I felt that the last thing I needed to be doing was leaving my seated position in ANY direction until I had less than two feet of water underneath me. After a fruitless hour of dragging baits on the bottom I went for the easy option. Yep......out came the feathers and pirk and I pushed out to the edge of the tide for some Mackerel. One solitary fish came aboard which got thrown in to my 'fish box' which was the fresh sea water that comes up at the base of the pedals. Not having a priest I couldn't dispatch him and fed up with the constant throbbing I proceeded to put him out of his misery with a couple of bashes on the side of the boat...............then one more for luck.............and he slipped out my grasp over the side! A new priest went on my list of things required!! Feathers back down and he was soon replaced with a few more. Enough for a feed and with the tide slackening I moved out a bit further where Ben Barnes was fishing. Ben guided me to a bit of hard ground whereby I added a Pollack, then jealously watched him catch a Cod and a Red Gurnard. I stuck with it till the tide turned and then hey presto had two Red Gurnards of my own. Chuffed to nuts with those I then noticed the Gurnards were the same colour as my legs..............it was time to halt proceedings. I also added to the list more sun tan lotion!! I opted to paddle in rather than use the pedals. I guess this Yak is slower than most other Kayaks but I found the pedal system really useful. I was paddling at ease at around 2.5/3 knots but with the pedals I could do 4 knots easily. I did get it to 6 knots at one point which you could hold for a while but with no meat on my legs I couldn't hold out for long. I think at 7 knots she'll plane!! The stability feels good to. A local trawler came past me, big steel thing which created a bit of wash, I turned the nose towards it and went in holding my breath but everything was fine, no problem. I never took my chances side on as it wasn't necessary but she feels good. I did cast from it and on one time I got it totally wrong, some how the buoyancy caught the motion of my body leaning over and kept me up..................................on this occasion!! Lots of storage on her with moulded recesses for your bits. The down side, which will become an issue, is the lack of space to mount a fishfinder and/or plotter plus rod holder (to fish from, not for traveling, it does have the holes in to stick your rod butts in) due to the space in front of you taken up by the pedal system. Like all small boats though I guess you trade one of for another. Hooked now so I will be doing plenty more.
24th June Last year my mate Terry had four cancelled trips to Alderney due too weather. Having never done the 'Alderney thing' before it looked as though that run of luck was to continue this year as his first trip blew out, but then at the beginning of the month he made it in his 33' Aquabelle Searcher. With his crew of four it was very much a 'reccie' trip to survey for future trips to Alderney. Terry being a good listener and a very keen angler quickly grasped what was required and had a good trip. Determined to put this experience to good use he bought his son and two other mates back last weekend and between them managed 15 Brill and a Turbot. He also put another private boat on to some fish and they finished a poor week with a dozen of so fish on their last day.
Terry's son Carl and with a fine Brill, just over 6lb. Just to prove that I'm not the only tackle dealer that can catch fish, Lock, Stock and Tackle owner Justin Roulland with a Brill and Turbot brace. Love the facial expression of disbelief!
Shore sport much the same, even another decent sized Sole caught in daylight. this time just over 2lb!
19th June
John Mazey from Oxford with his 19.5lb Turbot. The fish was caught on a Launce strip on a 5ft 25lb trace and John used his 12/20 Kenzaki rod combined with an Abu 7000 to tame the beast! 18th June Its been a very long time since my last update and to those of you that log on frequently to read I do apologise. Quite simply we have been incredibly busy business and pleasure wise, and quite a lot of work has built up. I have to say a lot of the 'being busy' is fishing related all starting with a weekend visit by some mates of mine, Tim 'Big' Bird and John Deam from Teignemouth. They arrived for five days fishing fresh to the challenge of targeting some flatfish. Turbot and Brill haven't been abundant so my train of thought was to give them the first day on the sandbanks, let them suffer and then do what I wanted to do which was to fish for Bass and get on the wrecks as they had just started to come on! Unfortunately they never arrived on time due to fog so we only had a few hours afloat which they duly showed me that there were flatties about. This of course led to them being quite euphoric and wanting to spend the WHOLE following day doing the same thing. Owing them big time for some previous favours I obliged but not without plenty of grumbles. So off we scooted down to the Schole bank and on the Mackerel we blagged, and with them having never done this sort of fishing before, I had another lesson in the art of drifting for Turbot and Brill. Not many, but they had half a dozen fish to 6lb, I blanked...........totally............ for the second day! John managed the Alderney Slam as well, a Brill, a Turbot and a Bass in one day. Tim had tried to make the same claim but he did his in a 12 hour period split by the night! Day three I fancied wrecking, they fancied going for Tope. So of we went for Tope, we had a good feel for it as my last trip there was a bit manic to say the least. Unfortunately and despite the build up I gave Tim and John we never saw a run let alone a fish. The Tope had moved away, as they tend to do this time of year from where we aimed to fish for them, but it did seem unbelievable they would all move so soon. A complete change of plan saw us run back to harbour to pick up our live eels so we could go Bassing. Disaster when we arrived as the courge had broken away, so the only thing left open to us was to go Pollacking or on the banks for a flatfish. We had a mix of fish on the sandbanks, I managed to score as well but no flats. The last day we boat fished we decided to go for the Bass as the tides had got bigger, we quickly feathered in 50 odd eels and off to the banks we went. In deteriorating weather we managed half a dozen or so fish before calling it an early day.
The next day John and Tim finished with a shore session and during daylight managed a Bass which was probably just short of 3lb and Wrasse to 3lb. As they left journalist Simon Everett arrived for three days fishing. The purpose of the visit was to see how feasible Alderney would be as a fly fishing destination and to do a Flattie feature. It would be unfair to divulge everything here but to say I am more convinced about fly fishing than before would be a fair statement. Obviously a lot of fun when you hook up but the thinking that goes in to it is far greater than any other shore fishing aspect you can do. It is very adaptable too if you know your stuff and Simon certainly did. The boat article went well too. Features will appear before the year is out in Boat Fishing Monthly and Total Sea Fishing. Then from my point of view it was catch up at work which still hasn't happened as I muddle from day to day. Two other trips we have done though, one was wrecking where we had four Cod from 10lb to 25lb and a couple of boxes of Pollack. We took another local boat with us and they did fantastically well, having not fished a wreck before Alan and Jake Woodnutt out fished us Cod wise by boating 7 in that same weight bracket before steaming back home by lunch time.
The other trip was an attempt to find some Porgies on the bottom. Other than one Tope it was fruitless which was a shame but targeting the Porbeagles is something I had promised myself we would do on several occasions. Last year there was plenty of activity, unfortunately this year not so but I am sure through the Summer and then Autumn we will have more opportunities. Boat fishing for others has been hit and miss. Turbot haven't been prolific but one or two cracking fish still showing. Tiger Lily this week had one of 19lb 8oz. Catches and results have varied with boats on occasions getting to double figures. Two private boats over last weekend found a bit of Brill which seem to be showing in better numbers. One day Drifter managed 12 and Searcher managed 16 in three days, 7 off those in a purple patch of just a couple of hours. Bass are about in fairly good numbers on the Spring Tides, Tope have been doing some sort of magic act, here one day gone the next. Plenty of Bull Huss and Conger, Black Bream starting to show again. The first of the Couches have arrived as well, Ben Barnes had a cracking fish from his own boat Catch 22 of 4lb 4oz. One or two Ray have shown too. One last thing on the boat scene, I mentioned the Alderney slam earlier, well there is a tarts one now which was achieved by a visiting angler ....................................................................... a Brill, a Turbot and a Salmon! Now that's a proper one.
On the shore there has been a few bits happening. Not a lot is done at this time of year in the way of targeting Conger Eels, they tend not to move around too much until the Autumn but two local lads had a session one weekend and managed four from the Breakwater. They also had Doggies, Pollack and some other bits I have now forgotten. Last weekend there was a 3lb Sole caught in daylight! Bass to 4lb and Wrasse to 5lb plus have been falling to plugs. Bass have also come on the bottom to worm baits. Plenty of Gars, a few Mackerel and Pollack on float and spinning gear. A few Mullet about too, these are resident fish to around 4lb although I did see one shoal which looked as if it contained bigger fish.
10th June SHIMANO BUTTERFLY JIGS IN STOCK FROM £10.49. PHONE 01481 824884 OR EMAIL mark@alderneyangling.com FOR DETAILS. Long time since last report, extremely busy (mainly fishing!!), I'll update very soon! 28th May Just a quick update on the latest fishing, shore sport is good with plenty going on for the float angler. If Garfish is your game there has been some cracking fish up to 1lb 8oz. Caught on light tackle they can provide some excellent sport and contrary to many people beliefs excellent eating too. Plenty of Mackerel too and more Pollack are putting in a welcome appearance. For the plugger or spinner there is Bass to aim for with fish in the 1lb to 4lb bracket. Night tides have been producing yet more Bass, Pollack, Bream and even Red Mullet. Out in the boats plenty of fish showing on the wrecks on the way across, Pollack and Cod seem fairly easy to get, with Ling if you put a bait down at slack tide. On the banks Bass showing better on Spring tides as opposed to the neaps, more Brill than Turbot showing with fish in to double figures. As I've said before still enough around for them to be fished for. Tope action at times phenomenal, Bull Huss there ready to snaffle the baits if you don't put a big enough bait on. I never made the Kayak last weekend, I know full of promises! Weather wasn't as good as forecasted so I opted to save it for another day. Friends over for this weekend and of course they want to go fishing, cracking forecast so we will have bash at one or two things over the four days. 22nd May I think I've paid the price for gloating on here the other day about Pompey's win on Saturday. Our guests this week are from Southampton and one of them has been leaving his Southampton FC wash bag in prominent places.............the audacity of him. He is probably just thankful though that they'll be seeing some sort of kick and rush football next year after their scrape with relegation this year. I've got my fishing head back on now. Looking forward to the weekend as I will be trying out my Kayak at long last. I've done a paddle in it but not fished yet so we'll see how that goes, or not......... Boat sport comprising of a mix of species. This week there has been Bass to 10lb, best fish caught aboard Arthur Savages Private Venture. There has been Turbot and Brill showing too, not easy at the moment but still possible to fish for them. Plenty of Tope, Huss and Bream which provide an excellent back up for sport. Other species caught include Conger, Smuts, Gurnards and such. Plenty of fish on the wrecks too, Pollack the mainstay with Cod showing well in certain areas. Ling to 27lb too. From the shore it is Bass on the plugs providing great fun. Plenty of Mackerel over the high on the Breakwater, Wrasse, Pollack, Gars make up the rest of it.
19th May Fishing..............stuff the fishing, it was FA Cup Final time Saturday afternoon so let me as a supporter of an under rated and often under performing team bask in our time of glory. A glorious afternoon with tremendous support, as always, we won 1-0 in a game we truly controlled from start to finish. Rampant in the middle of the park we never really gave Cardiff much of chance, only occasionally allowing them possession so that the end of game stats didn't look to one sided. A cracking goal from Kanu which was superbly controlled and struck from the inside of the six yard goal area after the goal keeper parried a powerful drive from our right winger Utaka. That was all we needed before entering in a tactical game of stout defending as we gave the under dogs the feeling that they might get back in to it. It was a good afternoon and the above is an honest account as seen through my beer goggles. All beer was drunk at the Coronation Pub who done a fantastic job of decorating the pub in Blue and White of Pompey. £50 was raised for charity as well for the half time hotdogs. Roll on the Charity Shield ;-)
Fishing wise.............it is all slowly improving. Flatfish one boat over the weekend reported 8, although not in the numbers of the last few years there seems to be a few more around. Bass showing in better numbers and bigger specimens, these will continue to show in good numbers. A good weekend on the Breakwater with plenty of Mackerel about, lots of Garfish and one or two larger Pollack spicing things up. 12th May Its that Monday morning feeling again after a good days fishing. We fancied a days wrecking as the water is showing signs of clearing with good catches of Pollack and the odd Cod being reported but we opted for fishing closer to the island. Good choice because of the fishing we had, bad choice because the weather forecasters over gunned the forecast again, as they have been doing all week. Think I have mentioned before it is something we have to consider in our small boat. Traveling 30 miles with a chop on the water is no fun in our wee craft. Anyway armed with crab, jelly worms, rubby dubby all we needed was some fresh Mackerel. This we found with relative ease and before we knew it we were amongst some rocky outcrops (advantage of the smaller boat now) having a go for some Wrasse. Belting good fun but we never got the sizes nor the colours. I was looking for ward to photographing some really bright beauties, however all we could muster up were the green or gold rather drab looking fish. With the tide picking up it was time to get the spinning rods out with the jellies attached. Not much cop in the shallow water so we changed to small sandeels which worked a treat with Pollack to 5lb coming to the boat. Then we were off looking for some Wrasse, Cuckoos if we could. Failed miserably at this but we managed the odd Tope and Huss. As the Wrasse weren't showing as we had hoped and the tide slackening we up anchored and moved the boat a mere 100 yards or so and this had a dramatic improvement for the Huss and for more Tope. Using 12/20's they provided terrific sport, the Tope that is! I don't think Huss know the meaning of sport? Having just fished the slack the tide was now increasing so another move which was the best of the day. On this a particular mark the fish respond well to rubby dubby and it didn't take long before we were all in to Tope and over the next couple of hours to see all three rods bent in to action was fairly common. the fish were a little bigger too, running between 30 and 45lb and able to use the tide to good effect. There was more than one occasion we were throwing rods around the boat to sort out the crossed lines. As the rubby dubby wore off so did the activity, all except one solitary Bull Huss which was the best of the day at just short of 13lb. This did include half a pound or so of the rubby dubby! A great day, in amongst all this we did, or we think we did encounter some shark activity. We had some strange things going on at one particular time of the day, I learnt a fair bit and hopefully this is knowledge I can take forward to future sorties. Pictured below is Dave with a Tope of 35lb and Jamie with the best of the Bullies.
Over the weekend there were Turbot on the banks to 13lb, a few Bass around too which seem to be a bit better in size. Even on the outside of the Breakwater there have been Bass, Pollack, Mackerel and the odd Codling falling to pirks and feathers. There is a little bit happening on the shore. Some Mullet were caught at the weekend, they've been a bit sparse of late so hopefully this isn't a flash in the pan. Plugs have been working for the bass, fish to 4lb 8oz have been landed. Bottom baits proving a bit quiet other then LSD's reported from the weekend. Float fishing and spinning though providing a lot of fun from the headlands and Breakwater for Mackerel, Pollack and Gars. 6th May Big tides made fishing a little more difficult this weekend but the weather was kind which was a bonus. It meant us little boats could get out and about. I managed to squeeze in a trip Sunday and Monday. Both days centred around the same marks on the sandbanks available to us here and not surprisingly both days were very similar in what we caught. I wanted to travel well away from the island on day two but listened to the forecast wisely as away from the island it did turn out to be a bit bumpy. Over the two days we managed just short of 20 Bass, a Turbot and a Brill. Other odds and sods which the 'match' angler would enjoy but doesn't make good reading. Pictured below are good friends Dave Young and Gary Maurice with there flats on separate days. Dave is getting himself at it with his hat, STIK he is not as I burnt half a tank of juice less on day two when he wasn't there! (NOTE: I edited the above paragraph with 'good friends' after I abused him)
Elsewhere reports seem to be that there are a few, just a few more flatties reported so cross fingers they're yet to come up on the banks. We had half a dozen boats over from Poole Bay Small Boat Angling Club at the weekend. Terrific bunch they were too. Mixed results with there fishing but they seemed to find a few flats and plenty of Tope when required up to 43lb. One of the lads boated a nice 20lb Turbot which made the weekend for them all in fact, amazing the effect of just one fish. Also another 20lb came aboard Silver Spray ironically from Poole as well. Pictures below as best I could given the chop on the water.
One of the lads hooked in to what is likely to have been a Porbeagle which provided him with a minute or so of line stripping fun. Shore sport hard to guage at the moment. Some Golden Greys and Thick Lippeds about which the light line enthusiasts are targeting. Pollack are appearing in better numbers around the island. Bass still pretty frequent to plugs and worm baits but nothing like the 9lb odd fish caught a couple of weeks ago. 2nd May New page on my Mail Order for those of you looking for Roger Bayzand's Fishing Tackle or simply off wrecking and need some tackle for those lovely big Pollack and Cod waiting out there for you. Go back to my Home Page, Click Mail Order, then Bayzand tackle. 1st May An immaculate Raider 18 has come up for sale, not mine as I did say immaculate. It belongs to a very good friend of mine, its bargain given how well looked after it is.
RAIDER 18
2001. All new electronics in 2007 including
Nav-man 12" Colour Plotter/Sounder, Nav-man 7200 DSC VHF, MLR GPS system,
Ritche compass Tinted windows, cuddy extensions, two
berths cushions, two helmsman seats and pedal stools. Anchor and warp, 3 x 25 litre fuel
tanks, numerous amounts of rod rests. Full toneau cover. galvanised road
trailer. loaded with other extras. Possibilities
of delivering boat locally. boat
based in Hampshire. £10,750 ovno
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29th April Shore fishing on these recent 'dark' tides have been fairly fruitful. Reports of Red mullet still hanging around which may well indicate they will stay throughout the Summer, plus Bass falling to plugs and worm. Dogfish have made their presence felt on the sandy beaches, plus Black bream which wee thought had gone and of course the ubiquitous Pout. 28th April I got my fishing fix the weekend, Friday and Saturday we got afloat in fine conditions with my mate Lee and his son Ryan. The first day saw us having a go on the sandbanks. Plenty of Mackerel and Launce about, fluked a Bass but the flatfish eluded us. True Blue managed half a dozen or so, which showed us though that they were there, just not for us, I've told the missus I need more practice!
Saturday saw us heading out north wrecking, the first wreck we got too I've not visited for two years now and it looked significantly smaller than previous visits! Fish showed on the sounder but other than one pluck the Pollack weren't playing ball, searched a few more wrecks and reef close by but it looked as though the cloudy water was going to beat us. It seems that there are fish about if you can find clearer water but today wasn't going to be our day. We then opted to find some rough ground to anchor and had a hectic couple of hours with the Tope and Bull Huss, managing 7 Tope to 30lb and 10 Bull Huss. Missed lots of Tope though trying to hit them too early. True Blue finished there weekend with a nice Turbot over 11lb and a run of Tope to 45lb. Shogun managed to find Turbot to 12lb 8oz over the two days and plenty of Tope as well with his anglers opting mix the fishing up.
Certainly this April hasn't been the best for us like previous Aprils for a number of reasons but with the water showing signs of clearing hopefully the fishing will get better, and if the weather can settle down then maybe we can get to enjoy our fishing a bit more. 19th April We have had a terrible end to the week wind wise, worst I think in the UK with very strong to gale force Easterlies making fishing conditions unpleasant for both shore angling and boat angling. One brave soul up on holiday from Jersey made a good effort, although baits on the bottom proved slow he did do ok on the plugs. A couple of short sessions resulted in four fish to 4lb 8oz. Boat angling not the easiest obviously. Boats confined to shelter most of the week, finding plenty of Tope, Bream, Wrasse, Bull Huss and other bits I fail to remember! One boat caught Bream in huge numbers, 250 or so albeit small fish with the better ones around 3lb. This inspired a competition on the boat as to what obscure bait that they could catch one on. The chicken skin came out which worked, pepperami worked as well amongst others but if there was a runner for the top prize for the most obscure bait to succeed in landing a Black Bream it would have to be filleted jelly baby. Yep, a red one! There's been no reel rush to get my boat in due to the weather but with next weekends forecast looking good it could be time to get the bottom wet. Once in reports will be more regular as now the guesthouse is finished time will be more freely available. 14th April A nice surprise yesterday from the Breakwater. The first of my guided tuition sessions for the kids started at the weekend, and there was me thinking and worrying how to keep the children entertained due to the probability of a lack of fish, but no need to worry. The fish turned up for us on cue and gave plenty of excitement, especially to Monique (3 years old) and Ian who caught there first ever fish. The nice surprise was a trio of Mackerel which is the earliest I have caught them from the shore (actually I never did I??), one of them was a chunker. Left to right we have Monique, Ian , Lewis, Jordan and Luke.
A couple of pictures of anglers from the Littlehampton and District Angling Club who visited the island last week with Glen Cairns who skippers Valkyrie. Tough trip for them fish wise but the final day was good for the Turbot, Tope fishing however was phenomenal with fish to 45lb and plenty of Bream about.
12th April Thanks to Dave for supplying me a picture of his Bass caught on a plug earlier in the week. It went 9lb 4oz, cracking fish from the shore.
Flattie fishing improved at the end of the week before the weather turned for the worse. For the crew of Valkyrie it was a fine way to end a cracking weeks weather for them before a bumpy ride home on Friday. 9th April Another week just flies by. We're in to some cracking weather here which makes the fishing all the more enjoyable. Although it doesn't come any better than landing a 9lb 4oz Bass as Dave Sumner did the other evening when he was having a late session plugging. In fact it was only 10 minutes fishing! Other than that shore sport is quiet'ish with other Bass being landed to worm baits and plugs. Pollack, Gars and Wrasse on most marks. I had a go Sunday night down one of the cliff marks but only managed a couple of casts on each rod before I lost my 'bottle', wisely as I was on my own, due to a rather heavy snowfall. Anticipating it could last I packed up and got away with out even a bite registering. Might have been a blessing in disguise that, but who knows. Plenty of Tope about to 45lb. Smoothounds have shown amongst catches too as have a sprinkling of Bass, odd Codling and other bits. Turbot and Brill are about but there are good days and bad days of course. If you are paying a visit to us and you are used to seeing my mobile tackle store on the edge of the quay I just need to make you aware that I have been relocated due to work that is about to start on the quay itself. The quay is in poor condition so this work is vital, the quay will also be 10 metres wider and 10 metres longer once completed. I can be found above the inner harbour opposite Total Garage and close to the Chip Shop on your way to the boats. Any problems give me a call on 01481 824884 or 07781 130304. Last year one of the local commercial lads caught an albino Lobster, well this year another very unusual one has been caught but this time it is predominantly Royal Blue with a White underside. Caught by Nigel Reeves, who also supplied the photo, you can see how unusual it is. He/She? was donated to Guernsey Sea Aquarium where it is alive and kicking, and is currently re-arranging the tank to suit itself!
2nd April First of the UK charters have arrived this week on their anglers annual pilgrimage. Most are trying to fulfill that dream of catching a record breaking Turbot, others are here trying to cram as much alcohol as they can in to their blood stream and who can blame them. Fishing wise though it could be far worse than it is...........which means
its not brilliant. Mixed reports on the wrecking, one boat does particularly
well for Pollack to 17lb, and another blanks. The colour of the water is all to
blame and if your skipper can put you in to some clear stuff you'll do ok, if it
can't be found then you may well struggle. The banks are starting to show some
flatfish, the odd Brill but mainly Turbot. A couple of double figure fish have
shown too but again the recent high winds has left a lot of coloured water so as
soon as that settles we could se some good action. There has been a bit of Bass
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