LRF

Met up with the White brothers and a group of others down at the harbour last night and fished La Colette. What a fascinating night seeing the lads using extremely light rods and lures. A number of fish were taken in the darkness.

It will certainly a great method to develop for Bass fishing next year, I think I will pay Mr Fish a visit and see what gear I need. I will not need a reel but a lightweight rod some low breaking strain fluro and braid and some small jig heads and soft plastics

Xmas Time 2010

No fishing at present with the weather cold and snowy, however we shall see what is about in the new year on the banks and some of the offshore reefs. I would expect my next blog will be in the New Year so Happy Xmas and Happy New Year

Autumn Silver

Out at Seymour today with Derek on a 31ft force 4 S/W wind started in the usual place and the first drift produced 3 fish all around the 2lb mark. Moved off to the offshore oyster beds where we had a few more fish. Most were being caught on Jersey wonders although Derek had a few on Senko Worms


 We moved to the offshore reefs where more fish were caught before moving down to the point although bass were seen on the surface and birds diving we could not catch them well apart from one Derek had one at around 3.5lbs. A total of 20 fish were taken

Another great trip

Well to round the weekend off Derek and I made our way to Karame where I took a fish of around 3lbs on a mother worm Then onto  Shearers run and to the reef further up into the lagoon. This reef has been fishing well just as it uncovers Today we had 7 fish there up to around the 4lb mark. All of these on Jersey wonder lures.

Moving onto the point about 40 minutes before low and took about 4 fish on the first drift the wind was making it very uncomfortable to fish. We took 27 fish over a period of time at the point and further away towards the big eastern rock. Derek had a fish of around 5lbs.

fantastic Weekend

I have been out with Derek during the last few days 37ft tides wind westerley 3-4 Yesterday proved great when we took 25 fish a number being caught at the point with the birds cirulating there The fish turning up around the low tide mark. Biggest fish yesterday was around the 4lb mark

Most were caught on homemade lures, Well today saw rain this morning but the wind was not too bad this time we had 39 fish the biggest being caught by me at 6.5 lbs whilst Derek had one around 6lbs We had 9 on a reef near the lagoon just as they were uncovering before moving onto the point where we took a further 28 fish The big ones were caught at low tide or just after whilst the others were caught off the point

Halloween Bass

popped out today on the high tide small tide but choppy. The wind dropping whilst we were out

The first fish fell to me and was around 3lbs it was caught on a snot green Jersey wonder in  towards Green island gutter.

Derek was not catching on his black shad so swapped to a white Jersey wonder and immediately took a fish around 2.5lbs.This was where we cut through from Greve D'azette to Green Island

He then took another one on the inshore reef at Greve D'azette

A pleasant Afternoon

a late decision saw us out for the afternoon on a beautiful afternoon. 32 ft tide slight northerly wind I decided that we should try some of the deeper marks and headed off the Demi where Derek had his 10lb fish

Derek was using a senko worm and cast out to hook a fish just over 3lbs. You could see another larger fish following the hooked fish up The next fish hooked was the larger fish taken on a white Jersey Wonder.

the fish weighed in at just over 5lbs I took a fish of just over 4lbs caught at twin peaks caught on a lime green jersey wonder Derek had one further fish of just over 3lbs

Bad weather and few fish

good tides and October should produce plenty of fish So Thursday I took a couple of hours off to go out with Derek.Despite a good forecast wind was southerly 4 with a heavy swell making it hard going even rough . We had 4 fish before giving up. Following day out with Derek at Seymour produced only 8 fish. I had a fish over 3lbs at the Oyster beds whilst there were a few in the Lagoon.

The Bass festival started yesterday with gusting force 7 winds making it difficult to fish. There is a report of a 7lb fish being caught.I have just received my bill for repairing my starter motor on my boat again. I do not know why it needs cleaning so often

Bad start to the day

arriving at La Collette to start a nice day fishing resulted in find that the engine would not start, more money. We then had to make do with our emergency boat or more correctly Derek's. Launching from Millards corner it was not long before I had 2 wrasse around the 2lb Mark. I then took a similar size bass at Micks cross through mark. I took another fish near Icho where I drifted onto rocks previously.

I think we had a total of 6 bass but a lot were small coming from the reef at he end of Green Island Gutter
This afternoon I have been making more lures this time a creamy green colour and  also a nice black one

Good Friday

Out once again with Derek towards Icho first light on a small low tide. The height of the tide being about 27ft tide

A number of fish came to the boat well 9 for Derek and 3 for me a lot of fish came near where I cut through to La hocq. The biggest fish weighed around 4lbs today witha few at 3lbs and a fair number of small fish, these were caught towards Green Island gutter.

 Most of the fish caught on homemade lures

Out on a quick trip

Thought I go out this afternoon a small tide which was falling with a stiff Northerly wind First fish was a wrasse of about 2lbs caught on a mauve coloured homemade lure caught at flat rock

Moving on to the back of Green island reef produced a small fish on a white lure

Moving on to where I cut through to La Hocq produced 2 fish weighing about 3.5lbs each

a further two fish came to the boat around the 2.5lb mark one caught at Gannet Gulley and the last was at the reef in Green Island Gutter

Another 11 fish on homemade lures

Wel another lovely summer type day with Easterly winds and temperatures up to 23 degrees Fishing mainly around Gannet Gulley resulted in 11 fish for Derek and I caught on white coloured Jersey Wonders weights ranged from 2lbs and 4.5lbs

Due to the fact that these lures seem to be working well I have made some different coloured lures which I intend to try out over the next few weeks.

Another great sunny day

Despite the forecast of force 4-5 easterly winds the sun shone on us today with a good 38ft tide. Mick ward was following us today but we could not find the big fish we had yesterday. Derek started the day off with a fish of around 2.5lbs and this was the average weight for most of the day.


11 fish came to the boat today well I had 6 and Derek had 5 most coming from around and near gannet gulley just prior and after low.All the fish were caught on homemade lures.We shall see what tomorrow brings

Homemade lures really do work

It has been a while and  the conditions wer not good with an easterly force 4 but a good 38ft tide. So out with Derek towards Sh*T gulley eventually resulted in a 6.5 lb fish caught on a white homemade lure. Moving onto the back of Icho near to SH*T rock resulted in an 8lb fish for me and quickly followed by a 6.5 lb fish.Not much more but a further small 1.5lb fish again took my homemade lure

4.5lb fish on my green lure

Out with Derek today lovely conditions but fish few and far between I took a 4.5lb fish at Karame on my lime green homemade lure. Derek had 3 fish on his swim senkos

Great Weekend

Out with Trev and Iestyn for the weekend, not much caught on Saturday the wind gusting force 5 Iestyn taking 2fish whilst Mick's boat took 8 fish mostly in st gulley. Yesterday Derek Trev and I had 9 fish (3 each) a lot in Le Hocq gulley ona variety of lures and soft plastics.

Choppy conditions

Out by myself today wind sw 4 swell making it very difficult fished all marks and found one fish only at twin peaks about 2hrs before low tide. Tide was 34ft. The fish took an orange home made Jersey Wonder.

Where have the bass gone

Out with Shaun today every spot tried on the south east coast but nothing. Had to move to St. Aubins for Shaun to pick up a 4lb fish on one of my homemade lures.I am told that a lot of cuttlefish are in the gutters maybe they are obsessed with squid

2 Fis in 2 Casts

out on the low tide a beautiful day flat calm 31ft  out to near the petit demi first cast a fish of around 5lb on a manns longtail worm then swiftly followed by a fish of just under 3lbs. Tide had just turned and the fish were up stream of the head

Home made lures do work

Well out today to try these home made Jersey Wonders and up the Southeast to Gannet Gulley where I took a smallish fish

Derek also took 3 fish the biggest being around 3lbs. Moving onto St.Aubins saw some bird movement but not enough. Having said that there were a lot of gulls of Icho but could not locate the fish. I also took a very small Gurnard at St. Aubins

Make your own soft plastics

Well I thought I give it a go and took the plunge and ordered some mold making gear from ebay then converted some sluggos and swim senkos into one and made a mold

tomorrow I will attempt to meltdown some old soft plastics and see what happens

Hard worms come good

Out today on the south east coast of Jersey not many other boats out as you could hardly blame them with  a choppy sea and heavy drizzle,

However we managed 7 fish , Derek having his only fish on his first cast a fish of around 3lb came to the boat on a swim senko from SH.t gulley, I then took two fish again around 3lb tucked in behind a reef which took my purple redgill just off the entrance to Gannet Gulley. Moving out onto deeper water I cast my 9inch Manns Hard nose with a curly tail up against a rock in about 25ft of water and a 3.5fish came to the boat. This was again followed by another slightly smaller fish which took the same lure.







The second fish on this lure has almost  devoured the lure.

I managed a further 2 fish to round the day off

Two dozen fish today

Yes Out this time at Seymour Jersey very choppy at first before the wind dropped as the tide dropped to extremely low levels.

No double figure fish today. The fishing was patchy but we managed 24 bass between us.A few fish at just over 3lbs more in the 2-3 lb range, and a fair number of smaller fish who were keen to attach themselves to our swim senkos and redgills


Concentration is required and is etched across Derek's face

Fish were caught at the point the reef and the offshore reefs

First Double for Derek

Well big spring tides and Derek Buesnel and I thought we might get a few but the trip started disappointing with two 3lb fish being taken on a redgill and black shad.

We moved onto deeper water where there was a fast current flowing between some rocks. Derek cast out with the famous black shad and bang hsi line took off, luckily his van staal behaved perfectly as line was stripped from his reel.The fish was quick to come to the surface and we could see it was a decent fish. Eventually being netted by an expert skipper. The fish was measured on the Bass tape and my boga grips it came back just over the magical 10lb mark.

The fish was returned back into the water to fight another day. Excuse the photographs but they have been edited to hide the exact location
The fish safely in the net
The first time I have seen Derek smile
We had 2 further fish just under 3lbs

I am not jealous it is nice to see an elderley fisherman like Derek catch a decent fish at last

Another Day Fishing

Out at Seymour today 36ft tide with the wind blowing a stiff westerley3-4, we had a total of 16 fish which varied between a nice 5lb fish and the smaller fish. Most caught on redgills whilst the larger fish were caught on black shads.

Derek had his larger fish at La Conchiere whilst other fish were caught at the point, offshore Oyster Beds, near seal rock

Fish being netted

13 Unlucky for some

Out in the area of Seymour tower today choppy again with that swell, This time in Derek Buesnels boat we were late out due to the rough conditions. We had a total of 13 fish the first few fish were caught on black couloured shads in deeper water. The fish did not want to know my white and blue redgill. The first fish Derek had was a fish of 4lbs



Derek with a 4lb fish

The following fish we had ranged from 3.5lbs, 3 lbs a few at just over 2 pounds and some smaller fish. The fish caught in shallower water were keen to take the lighter coloured redgills. Out tomorrow so we shall see what happens. Thanks to all my regular readers

Personal Best for 2010

Out again on 31ft tide headed towards icho but nothing at Twin peaks ,gannet gulley and henced moved back towards Green Island where Derek took a fish around 3.5lbs on a swim senko, Moved onto a reef off St Aubins which resulted in 2 fish around the 3lb mark

Fish being netted by Derek

Moved offshore to just off Bass Reef resulted in an 8.25lb fish and a 4lb fish noth on redgills at just past low tide

The fish being released

Swell Day

Out on a very choppy day swell so bad I could not get as far as Icho so fished Green island gutter where I cut through this resulted in 3 fish all around 3 lbs, we moved back to Greve where Derek had a further fish of a similar size. Moving west and towards B Rock in the middle of the bay we could see a large number of terns working the incoming tide.

We had a further 18 fish of different sizes that ranged from small to about 3lbs

Visiting Anglers

small tide today out on the high on 27ft tide fish were hard to find eventually found 4 in one place at the entrance to Gannet Gulley always at the same point. Biggest about 3.5lbs whilst others were just over 2. All caught on Redgills.

I have just been told that purple redgills are fishing well so I have ordered them to give it a go we shall wait and see

Bank Holiday

Out by myself as Derek was not allowed out, Saw Mick and Bob out had a good day with 2 fish around 2.5 coming from the moorings at Green Island, before moving on to next gulley where had another 2 fish. Nothing was caught at twin peaks.Moved onto western end of gannet gulley which produce another fish.

I moved onto western lagoon where I took a small fish, the last fish was a fish just over 4lbs caught at western end of icho gulley

Bright and Breezy

Force4  blowing up to force 5 N/W made it uncomfortable to say  the least on a falling 34ft however bright and sunny. I was determined to stop Derek beating me. But it was not to be with Derek taking a fish of 5.5 lbs and 4.5lbs at twin peaks with 2 more fish at the western entrance of gannet gulley.

I took one small fish at the lagoon near Rhino rock mostly all caught on redgills

Derek with his largest fish

Beaten by Buesnel

out with Derek in his boat a plaesant day cloudy with a light southerly wind but disappointing 7 fish only the biggest being around 2.5 lbs, most caught on the offshore oyster beds whilst a few more caught at the point and one near the lagoon.

Swim senkos outfishing everything else at present

Choppy seas

out on a small tide 27 ft choppy seas with a southerly 4 wind I caught 2 pollack whilst Derek caught 4 bass biggest about 3.5 lbs whilst the others were between 2.5 and 3.5 Mostly caught on redgills,2 near top end of gannet gulley whilst one was caught at icho gulley and one at green island

Redgills do the business

Out with Shaun Du V  39ft tide 4 Northerly wind, Drifted Du Val gulley approx 2.5 hours before low resulting tow fish at 3.5 lbs and 4.5 lbs to redgill and swim senko then moved over to end of gulley at icho resulted in another fish at 4lbs. Then went over to Gannet Gulley and tried rocks just off resulted in fish at 2.5 last fish taken drifting back from margaret rocks another 3.5 lb fish

Larger fish today

out wth Derek towards Icho on a huge 39ft tide and the tide dropping like a stone, fish found at Dereks reef bring 3 to the boat with an average weight of 3lbs and later after the tide turned 2 more caught west side of gannet gulley all on redgills

Finger rock

out with Derek on his boat I found the fishing hard yet using the same swim senko as Derek he had 11 whilst I had only 5.Most of the fish were caught at finger rock a few hours before low tide. The tide being 39ft with a 3-4 North west windy out tomorrow in my boat so we see what that brings

Not much luck more Dolphins than Bass

out with Stuart Gowland today expecting a good result for a 33ft but were disappointed tried most of the spots and had a few bites but nothing more. Dolphins playing around icho for ages in shallow water. Only one fish came to the boat outside edge of gannet gulley, about 2lbs on manns hardnose.Stuart had a nice Pollack plus a further wrasse and pollack coming to the boat.

Derek had 9 fish at Seymour includinga 4.5lb fish

The boat bass record went this weekend at

16lb 1oz I believe caught on live sandeel

A breezy day

out with Derek at ST nine fish came to the boat at offshore oyster beds and reefs nothing bigger than 3lbs as per usual.

Manns hardnose worm being very popular at present I wish I had ordered more from Tacklewarehouse

Out with Derek today 30ft tide with a westerley wind We had 5 fish one in the main gully at Icho followed by 4 more in Gannet gulley all on soft plastics.

Also had a nice Pollack of over 3lbs and some Mackerel