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WILL RECEIVE FREE ALDERNEY ANGLING CAP FREE SPOOL WHIPLASH BRAID WITH EVERY ABU AMBASSADEUR 7000 REEL SHIMANO BUTTERFLY JIGS IN STOCK FROM £9.89. http://www.alderneyangling.com/plugs_lures.htm PHONE 01481 824884 OR EMAIL mark@alderneyangling.com FOR DETAILS. CHARTER BOAT £50 PER PERSON PER DAY NEW FOR 2009 http://www.alderneyangling.com/charter.htm TO ENLARGE PICTURES CLICK MOUSE ON PICTURE 1st July We're getting to that time of year when I find it increasingly hard to keep up to date on this page due to w busy we get on the island, every day just rolls in to the next one. Anyway, I have managed a couple of jaunts in the kayak after a 5 month break, one was just for the sake of getting out and trying the yak out again which I have added one or two new toys on, the best bit is a new Humminbird GPS/Fishfinder, a luxury you might think but it will pay dividends during the Autumn and Winter. Sunday I had a go to see if I could find some bass, I did ok with 3 landed and four dropped. Best fish for tea was 4lb, but one of the ones I dropped was bigger. I did have two hits on my first two casts so the session was buzzing. Had a rake of Pollack to 6lb too and with flat calm seas and sun shining it was a jaunt. Other than that I've been doing sessions with holiday makers and local children having a go at the Gars and Polack off the Breakwater. That's not been to clever so most sessions we resort to a bit of Wrassing which is a blast with fish to 3lb. Boats have been producing some good Pollack and Cod on the wrecks, sometimes it is hit and miss but in the main success is good. bass fishing is poor as it appears to be through out the Channel Island area and the western end of the English Channel. Think I have mentioned before the Turbot have gone off the boil but there are a few Brill to fill the gaps. Plenty of Tope and Huss on the rough ground marks and Bream to 4lb are showing in reasonable numbers. With the shore fishing it is hard to relay to you what is happening due to the lack of rods putting in the hours unless it revolves around flinging in some Mackerel feathers off the Breakwater. There should be Huss and Eels to go for if that is your game. The local lads that go plugging are finding Bass fairly frequently but keeping quiet on their marks, hardly surprising. Soon we should see Sole, Couches, Gurnards and maybe some Red Mullet all making an appearance. 21st June All this fine weather means plenty of fishing getting done which makes a real change from moaning about it eh? The shore fishing is finding it really hard to shift up a gear, Mackerel, Gars and Pollack all showing but it is hardly hectic. Plenty of Mullet about with some fish reaching 8/9lb in the shoals. Golden Greys around too with fish to 2lb 2oz being caught. bass to 4lb on plugs and soft lures. Other than that not much other fishing taking place.
Turbot tailing off in the boat as it often does now but normally replaced by turbo charged Bass, they are slow to show not just here but throughout the Channel. Maybe the pair trawlers have done what they were designed to do and decimated the shoals. You have to wonder, I'm normally the first to say everything has a cycle but you need to be wary of the greed of a commercial fisherman. Never happy till it's gone. Hopefully it is a cycle though and these armour plated silver bars will arrive. Plenty of Tope and Huss about, Tope make fantastic sport especially in the areas here where they can be tackled on 12/20's or even 6/12's. Black Bream starting to show in numbers with fish to 4lb. Wrecks are producing well now with plenty of Pollack at the weekend for our Daiwa sponsored Smuggler of Alderney, both days fish to 16lb caught. Cod and Ling being caught as well fairly close to the island.
14h June I have spent too long listening to all these fine stories of Cod being caught so given the fact I've not had a day off for weeks and there was an absolutely perfect forecast how could I resist? Only thing was my boat is out the water requiring some maintenance so I accepted a very kind invite to go offshore in Alan Woodnutt's rib. The day dawned and it was nigh on perfect so off we motored to a Cod wreck which I love and which hardly sees any boat action what so ever due to the nature of its location. There is never hoardes of fish but what is there is of a good quality. The morning fished better than the afternoon but who cares, being out there was brilliant and it was good to have a rod in my hand and fresh fish for the table again. Alan didn't have the best of days for some reason and I managed to collar most of what was caught but this happens to me all the time on my boat so I know how he feels. However he didn't use the excuse I normally come up when my crew rib me about my lack of expertise and that is too just mention all my efforts are concentrated on them having a good day! We managed 6 Cod with only one of those falling short of the double and two were around the 20lb mark. We tried as best we could to avoid the Pollack but still managed around 15 fish, no doubles which was surprising. Alan did get amongst the species, as a bonus he managed a Ling and a Conger on Twin Tails! When the tide turned and the fishing dropped away we got the feathers out for some Mackerel, 20 or so minutes later we were off home pleased with our achievements.
One other thing that did happen to us today which some of you might have experienced in the past is that a pigeon landed on the boat to take a rest. Now this isn't the bit that amazed us as this has happened to me several times with Starlings, Pigeons and even a Swallow although that was brief. This bird was quite comfortable in our tight confines with fish flying around, rods being poked about and two pairs of size 9's taking up the available space, let alone the steam up on the drifts which is always bumpy to us let alone to a small bird. After a couple of hours of this he (maybe she) did take flight only to do a large circle around us but only to return and then remained for the rest of the day. He even hitched the 30 mile ride back to Alderney at 30 knots, 18 miles of that I was holding him on one hand so as he didn't take a beating. We arrived in the harbour only for him to take flight and head for land............not so much as a thanks :-)
10th June Top boat yesterday for flatties was 13. The best story was an angler aboard Shande III, Don Makepeace, who managed to catch two flatties on some Gulp bait. There are some extraordinary stories surrounding this, well too me, a mythical bait. Now you are expecting me to say Gulp Sandeel or Gulp worm but no it was Gulp Crab.............. what?? This was also dipped in to some Gulp additive as an attractant. This is something that happens in America all the time but for us Brits it is hard to get our heads around it, well it is for me anyway! Don had one Turbot which went 10lb 3oz and a Brill which was smaller, fair play to him. The boats are finding Tope, Huss and Bream, but Bass still very strangely quiet, something that I hear off throughout the western end and middle of the English Channel. 9th June The trip advertised below now has only 2 vacancies, get in touch as detailed below if you are interested. It will be a cracker with plenty to aim at. Easterly winds and a drop in sea temperature appears to be spoiling the fishing at the moment. Turbot and Brill not around in such good numbers so you have to fish hard for them and listen to what your skipper is telling you! What you think might work probably won't! Bass not really getting going but there is a wee bit about. On the upside is plenty of Tope and Huss still, some Ray on the sandbanks, plenty of bait in the way of Launce and Mackerel. Black bream starting to show early with fish to 3lb plus. Wrecks are fishing well with Pollack to 16lb and Cod to 27lb. Shore sport not great, plenty of Mackerel but not much else to rave on about. A few Bass on the plugs, Pollack taking lures far better than float fishing methods and one or two Gars around as well. If you want sport and something to give you arm ache be patient and have a go for a big Wrasse with shore crab. 4th June 2 - 4 spaces available for a five day trip aboard Glen Cairns' very spacious and quick Valkyrie to join a group of 6 experienced yet young but serious anglers from September 14th returning September 18th. If you look back on my reports it is a very good time of year for a whole host of species including Turbot and Brill. Ring Richard Bloor on 07912 985099 or contact myself on 01481 824884 or mark@alderneyangling.com Fishing at the moment is ok with flatties still showing to around 14lb. The wrecking is particularly good with Pollack to 16lb and Cod to 25lb. If you are in to your Tope fishing then there is plenty of fish to 45lb. Black Bream starting to show, very early sign this and I have heard of some Red Mullet coming up on the nets, again very early but encouraging. Bass starting to increase in numbers with fish to 6lb reported this week. Shore sport, plenty of Mackerel, a few Gars and Pollack but no-one doing anything much else. 3rd June Blazing sunshine on one of the best days of the year and I've got an offer on Flotation Suits! Only I could think of that. Anyway, whilst stocks last imagine its biting cold and your trying to keep the wind out and worst still you need the suit to keep you afloat..........what a bargain we have here
2nd June Here is a picture of that monster Turbot. It went 27lb and the proud man holding it a loft is school teacher Daniel Rimmer from Gillingham, and it was his first ever Turbot!!
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