Dorset seafood festival

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Anyone going to the Dorset seafood festival in Weymouth this weekend? http://www.dorsetseafood.co.uk/
I'll be there stuffing my fat grid with all manner of fishy stuff and also wetting a line and partaking in a few beers
I may even give Portland ledges a go for fishing, just lob a float from the pier, or bash a few feathers for mackerel from Chesil beach.
If anyones going and fancies a beer or some fishing give me a shout by PM. I'l be leaving at about 3pm on friday so won't be checking websites after that. Highly looking forward to it.
Oh! and as is the tradition with fishermen, I know a good spot for bass which I'm not going to tell you..............unless you buy me a pint or 2.
Anyway best wishes for the weekend whatever you're doing.
Not looking forward to it...........Much. Can't you tell

 

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I'll be visiting my nephew for a few days starting this weekend but won't be leaving here till Sunday morning on my bike, he lives in Somerset and I'll be having a bash at the fishing down there, takin' a couple of travel rods with me. Done Chesil a few times, love it.

I love Weymouth too, can't yer tell them I'm coming down and get them to stretch the festival another two days? I promise I won't rob anything just this once.

 

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I'll be visiting my nephew for a few days starting this weekend but won't be leaving here till Sunday morning on my bike, he lives in Somerset and I'll be having a bash at the fishing down there, takin' a couple of travel rods with me. Done Chesil a few times, love it.

I love Weymouth too, can't yer tell them I'm coming down and get them to stretch the festival another two days? I promise I won't rob anything just this once.

Do you mean motorbike or bicycle? that's a long cycle ride from Liverpool
Yes I've fished Chesil lots of times and I really like Portland ledges nr the Bill and lighthouse. Excellent for wrasse there I've had a few whoppers. I expect the usual summer suspects wll be about in numbers by now. Mackerel, garfish, bass, pollock
I love fishing and can quite happily spend an entire day doing it. It's just great being by the sea and watching the wildlife. I saw a pod of dolphins off Ilfracombe a few weeks ago while I was fishing. I wondered why I wasn't catching anything :theyareon
Hope you have a good time while you're down south.

 

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Great weekend just got back.
I really enjoyed the seafood festival. I ate paella, jellied eels, the biggest oyster I've ever seen, and that was just for brunch.
There was a very good demo by John Wright on cooking foraged seashore goodies and I bought his book which is very good, and very funny. (i'll post a link in the media section)
I went fishing on Saturday evening and caught 8 pollock (all returned as they were a fair size from the shore but they grow very big so gave them a chance and put them back)
I also caught a 2lb Allis shad which is a very unusual and protected fish. In fact I've fished since I was a kid and never caught one before.
Great weekend.