Sea Fishing in Dorset

Hi Gang

Well, I know it’s hard to do fishing in the winter, especially in the UK, but if you are prepared to put up with the cold, there can be some great sea fishing to be done.

Of course, you’re nearly always going to have success with boat fishing, but we can’t always aford to do that.  So, on a recent trip to Dorset, I managed to get some beach fishing done with my Cousin’s husband.

My mission was the catch a Dogfish, because for some reason, I had never managed to get one before.  This is probably due to the bait I had used in the past, which was normally rag worms, Dog’s tend to go for something bigger.

So I loaded up with some strips of mackeral which I had caught in the summer and froze.  Well, at first, I got the usual suspects, mostly pouting, but finally after about 2 hours, managed to get my first dogfish.  It wasn’t huge but still put up quite a fight.

The only problem is it swallowed all my bait and half of my tackle too.  Still, managed to get it out without too many problems.

After another hour, it was time to retreat, call us softies but it was getting damn cold, and we weren’t really prepared as it was a last minute thing.

Speak soon

Phil