Flippin' eck! That's a session worth getting of bed for. Top dangling that - kudos to your mates, they're on fire!
That's probably about 10 years worth of catches for me... think pout instead of cod, naturally 🙄🤣
Yep, the cojones are the limiting factor for me too. Ran out of them at 31kts in Apache with my daughter on board - one bigger wavelet than most and we'd have been flying. 😬
There is in fact one dangerously dire consequence of having a Nintento on board, of which you are already intimately acquainted. Playing a Nintento requires long periods of downwards focus which, on a boat, generally results in sea-sickness. 🤮🤮🤮
I've always been transparent with the kids that fishing is "my" time, and that they're welcome to come as long as they actually do some fishing. Lately Thomas has been more interested in playing his Nintendo when on the boat, so I'm not going to drag him somewhere he'd rather not be.
South coast will probably only get you a (slim) chance of a thresher. If you head to the south west you'll have blues available, and more plentiful than round our way.
That price seems high to me.