[Davey61]

After hearing reports of rays coming from sandown Friday evening we decided to give it a go. Bait was sandeel squid and mackerel on clip down rigs fished at distance.
As just after low water I started to get a few bites on squid but couldn't connect, so changed rigs on one rod, smaller hooks and strips of mackerel or squid, after 10 minutes I was rewarded with this hard fighting black bream.


The evening wore on but bites were not forth coming, I managed a turbot of 1.5lb plus a Pout and my mate blanked.
no rays this time but a lovely mild evening and good company.
All fish were returned alive.

 

[Red Gurnard]

Nice bream, shame your mate blanked when there was a few fish around.

 

[makemineadouble]

Superb, and its anice surprise species, I do love a bream, welldone dave

 

[lighty]

Lovely bream there Davy, had heard there was a few being caught down there,
could get better as it warms up.

lighty

 

[MikeO]

Cracking Bream that mate, especially for early April. Nice one.

 

[petertheporter]

Top fishing Davy ...... nice spot on the island is Sandown Bay . Pete

 

[Poorcod]

Cracking Bream Davey - we fished up the other end of the beach and managed one Woofer and a piddly little Pout all Night

 

[chris mc]

Nice fish m8 im coming over to sandown Friday save a few for me

 

[Guest]

Nice one Davey, was expecting one of your usual Rays. Nice surprise Bream.