Andy135

Out with @Saintly Fish, Leo and my daughter Emily this morning on Tarlach Too. This was Em's first boat fishing session and we were hopeful of a catch or two to keep her interest levels up. Skipper delivered us to the mark and bites began from the off. Before long the first fish came to the boat, courtesy of Em's rod - a lovely late season bream. Leo was into a fish next, a conger of reasonable proportions. Swiftly followed by one for his dad... Em was up next with another nice bream. And before you ask... yes, I managed a dogfish or two on the sly in between baiting up and unhooking for her 😁 We moved out into the channel proper to practice our MOB drills with @Saintly Fish's anchor buoy when it decided that it would prefer to jump ship and bob off downtide. A sticky snap-shackle seemed to be the culprit. The tide was pulling hard by now, but we did manage to boat a few more fish, including a nice little smoothound for Em. Headed back home about mid-afternoon and saw a Spitfire flying over us just before we left. More drama as we retrieved anchor - the windlass was clearly straining this time and the reason why quickly became apparent. The anchor had picked up an old pot rope which gave Neil some grief until a sharp knife was found to cut it free. All home safe and sound though and massive thanks to Neil and Leo for helping to make Em's session such a success. 👍👍

Now that's a quality write-up about a quality fish! Very well done to you all, but top marks to @Herbs73! Fantastic fish mate 👍👍

Nice work! Must dust off my own squid jigs 🦑

Get in! Quality session with full bait freezer and full plates! What's not to like?! I guess you're not superstitious though seeing as you took bananas on board?? 🍌🍌

Play pit balls lose their air over time. We had a load for the kids and quite a few of them went soft and mis-shapen. Plastic bottles with lids siliconed on would be a better (if more laborious) option in my view.

Hi James, In theory it should be possible to remove the patch, grind back to clean grp then apply some matting and gel coat to the top, but @Geoff would know better than I on all things to do with glassing. 👍

Agree with @Gordmac, that looks like a patch has been added over the top of, presumably, a split or hole in the grp. It may be smart to remove the patch and reapply.

Generally speaking, any field will hold cattle. Be aware that the farmers don't tend to like it when you catch them though.

Top effort and top results! Well done 👍 The recent calm weather must have made for great drifting conditions too. Very envious indeed.

Lovely pics of a lovely day. Well done and thanks for sharing. 👍

Top dangling @Josh. Never mind the others, they're just jealous... ...now, where do I find the button marked "BAN"...??

Caught anything yet?

But Geoff, they taste so good! How can anyone not love crispy fried squid?? 🤷‍♂️

Leave it all here - I'll move the thread over to Project Boats 👍

Top cephalopoding! Good size to that 👍🦑

You have a best side?

Nice work that man! Well done. Perhaps not the target species but a desirable one nonetheless 👍

Well dangled @Saintly Fish and well skippered @Maverick. Looks like a great session. Glad there was a dogfish over the gunnels - the day would have been a bit of a let down otherwise 👍🤣

Don't push your luck. #welljell🤣

Top dangling as always Mike! Well done 👍

Nice one Luke. Good skippering 👍

Hopefully to upgrade??