anyone been venturing out

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:53 am

just wondering if anyone has been out swffing lately ?
if not ,when do you intend on starting.think i will wait until begining of april
hopefully the water temp may be a bit closer to the magic 10.
heres hoping ,tightlines mick. happy

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:42 pm

Ventured out for the first time this year, last Saturday. Nothing to report except that it was VERY cold!

Good to 'loosen the arm up' a bit though!

Will be out again tomorrow, so praying for a bright sunny day to lift the water temps, and see if the last two hours of daylight bring any success.

Good luck to anyone else trying their hand this weekend.

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:57 pm

Nope - but it's only a matter of time !

Member Joined: Jun 10, 2009 Posts: 91 Location: Winchester

Have the geese flown North yet? Rich

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:55 pm

seen less geese around,just need the arrival of swallows to start my spring
.glad to here you have got the car back chris.

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:56 pm

I ventured out and felt the cold wind on my face,promptly turned around and went back behind the security of my front door.
Geese still here but they are gathering up to fly norf.
Cheers
Simon

Member Joined: Jul 22, 2009 Posts: 93 Location: Chichester

Not been out yet but mught do a little scouting this weekend. I will be out and about in the week of the 22nd. Guess we will see if the waders made it through winter and if they were cleaned properly and not rotted

Chris

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:33 pm

bassfly wrote:

I ventured out and felt the cold wind on my face,promptly turned around and went back behind the security of my front door.
Geese still here but they are gathering up to fly norf.
Cheers
Simon

lite weight happy

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:04 pm

nthendpompey wrote:

bassfly wrote:

I ventured out and felt the cold wind on my face,promptly turned around and went back behind the security of my front door.
Geese still here but they are gathering up to fly norf.
Cheers
Simon

lite weight happy

Yeah Bassfly...no pain no gain! smug

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:02 pm

bassfly is just a worse tougue

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:17 am

You mean a wuss crying

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:52 pm

Maybe Mick means that you're worse than a wuse confused

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:50 pm

cheers for the back up col whew!

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:19 pm

Spent a nice couple of hours yesterday tea time in the sunshine, fishing from low tide up, at the venue we started on this time last year. No fish, though my friend had a couple of tentative plucks, so we think their there, but the sea temps are still too cold for positive action. Lots of sea birds about including cormorants, all looking quite expectant so maybe we aren't too far away now. Anyone else make the most of the sunshine this weekend?

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:52 pm

Hi,
I managed to escape for a couple of hours today for a pre-season reccy.
Had a good walk along the shoreline at Chichester harbour at low tide.
Some dramatic changes to the shape of the shingle banks but the Winner looks pretty much the same.
There has been some extensive work carried out by the council moving shingle around and they have created some nice cusps right near the point.
Made some mental notes then trod in a dog shit

Cheers
Simon