Josh Pickett

A rough result from a really rough day in Weymouth with Lee. We got up early and headed up together, both with certain goals in mind. Immediately, we found fishing to be tough! Very little was coming out on unscented, and we suspected that the hammering Weymouth got in the lead up days to the event, left many fish bite-shy. Though reliably we had plague levels of Pouting; at least 100 caught by myself alone. The extremely heavy rain ended up defeating us, as it had got underneath our waterproofs, so we headed home a couple of hours early. FUNDRAISER TALLY STATUS #1 Pouting Trisopterus luscus Slim Isome camo 20 Jul 2024 Weymouth #2 Pollack Pollachius pollachius Slim Isome camo 20 Jul 2024 Weymouth #3 Corkwing wrasse Symphodus melops Slim Isome camo 20 Jul 2024 Weymouth #4 Black goby Gobius niger Soft Isome pink 20 Jul 2024 Weymouth #5 Rock goby Gobius paganellus Soft Isome pink 20 Jul 2024 Weymouth Completely soaked through, this was mine and Lee's view for much of the day.   I di...

A long [sting]way away! Not much beats a road trip with a good mate… except if it’s a fishing road trip! Cal popped me a message to ask if I wanted to join him on a mission up country to target stingray. Let’s be honest, it took no convincing. I was completely down for this! With just four species in mind (and a few bonus species), we covered over 530 miles within 14 hours of driving! Armed with 3lb of ragworm from Reefers Fishing Tackle , we had initially planned to do the trip in a day, but upon realising it didn’t leave much time for fishing, we opted to stay overnight on a beach with the rods out, and head home the next day.  In the early hours of Saturday, Cal picks me up on the way, and we make the 2 hour drive to the first stop, Brixham, a location I had stayed before on holiday, but never fished. We both knew some spots for the Rockcook Wrasse, so after finding some parking, we moved over to the mark, with our LRF gear; though we weren’t fishing what I conside...