South Coast chesil

[geejayy]

28.02.25 trip 2.

chesil,
fished approx 1000-2130.

baits.- squids, blklug. horsemackerel. bluey.

rigs, two hooks flapping (short) . dropdown wishbone. pulley (2/0 circles).

weather , dry bright and cloudless, light northerly winds . warm in the sun . cold when dark.

tides,- hmmmn - high tide was for about 1930, the graph i checked showed a medium tide , but darkness showed no moon and the tide was bigger than expected but little pull

20250228_111655[1] by gordon underwood, on Flickr

i met up with a couple of m8's , they were the only ones fishing the beach as i arrived, Rob had caught a small strapp and later after a while jim caught a reasonable black bream.

i had set up with scratching rigs , and blanked over lowwater, just saw an odd knock and a pull round bite which was there then gone.
at about half tide my blank was beaten with a similar sized bream to jims, i had brought out the abu6500's hopeing for a change of luck but it made little difference.

20250228_162137[1] by gordon underwood, on Flickr

i fished and dozed through the afternoon, it was pleasant in the sun and quite warm where it had shone on the stones for a few hours. hopes were high for some action as dusk and hightide approached but it quickly got cold. a few more anglers had turned up.

darkness brought a few pout on the feed and another eel for Rob, a better one at 6lb before they had had enough and left.
i stuck it out for another hour or so before calling it a night , thought my heart might pop by the time i'd dragged my kit to the top of the bank, hate this getting old thing.

 

[Shirleycodlin]

Well done on the bream. Are they usually around this time of year?

 

[Andy1962]

Well done on the bream. Are they usually around this time of year?

Mid-April along my part of Solent usually start to see them, although dependant on water temp.
Looked nice down there Gord.

 

[flappy]

I have often wondered.. are bream a recent phenomenon in the uk.?.. don’t remember them being caught when I was growing up..

 

[chesilpete]

Nicely done Gordon love a bream

 

[Trampster]

Good report & photos Gordon.

 

[J Richards]

Lovely job mate. I headed down that end yesterday afternoon towards the cove, was pretty busy so i decided to head to Bexi…. Weong move, there was a match there so i went home. Lol.

 

[Mr Fish]

Well done Gordon and crazy there’s still bream around. Have seen a couple of better ones on Facebook this past month too

 

[geejayy]

I have often wondered.. are bream a recent phenomenon in the uk.?.. don’t remember them being caught when I was growing up..

late 70's early 80's when i was still a kid , dad and i used to target them off the inshore boats out of lyme so they were there then in the summer months but i dont remember catching them from the shore around the solent . but back then it was mainly flounder, eels n dogfish & pout around southampton plus a bass if you were lucky. though dock head could throw the occasional surprise, i cant remember how long ago the solent pirahna started turning up

 

[Wolf]

Great catch, good write up and piccys.

 

[J Richards]

Well done Gordon and crazy there’s still bream around. Have seen a couple of better ones on Facebook this past month too

The bream seem to have stuck around all year. Heard they have been coming out all winter, just localised.

 

[nearly70ty]

Great report and a tidy session with a suprise fish report and a bit of variety in the catch

 

[flappy]

the occasional surprise, i cant remember how long ago the solent pirahna started turning up

solent piranhas..?..
I don’t believe you.. it’s definitely not a thing..

 

[geejayy]

solent piranhas..?..
I don’t believe you.. it’s definitely not a thing..

Small 4inch bream that shred every bait.

 

[flappy]

Small 4inch bream that shred every bait.

Oh.. so not actually piranhas then..

 

[Andy1962]

Small 4inch bream that shred every bait.

Especially in August along Brownwich/Chilling fecking things