Saintly Fish

At last a pensioner who knows his place!! 😎

That's fair Mike, like I said it's just my POV, I'm not implying you should do what I do. You're a grown man who makes his own decisions in life. 

That's fair Mike, like I said it's just my POV, I'm not implying you should do what I do. You're a grown man who makes his own decisions in life. 

That's fair Mike, like I said it's just my POV, I'm not implying you should do what I do. You're a grown man who makes his own decisions in life. 

Although we did actually use all the worms and squid, the timings could not have been better as we had planned to return roughly about the time we did! 

One mark was around 9 metres and the second one was under 3 meters at low water when we arrived. I hooked a decent hound there and it was screaming off across the surface just after setting the hook lol.

Got out Sunday for a club comp. Best day weather wise for us this year, absolutely flat calm. Started off local looking for a bass but just small thornbacks and dogs. A move down just below Watchet produced even more dogs, thornbacks and some straps but we did find half a dozen hounds or so. Too many dogs here for my liking and the hounds were small so at slack we shot back up channel to a piece of coral. More of the same but a few more hounds and a bigger average size so was a good move. We spent the last hour failing to find a bass again but overall a great day out 

nice one boys i agree with neil on that one that bass is probally 20 to 25 years old

Nice fishing Mike, and a great bass. I'll be honest though, if the bass was gut hooked then fair enough take it home. But if not I'd have put it back. A near double bass won't taste that great compared to a smaller younger one, and it deserves to live another day after all its avoided to this point. Just my opinion. 

Although we did actually use all the worms and squid, the timings could not have been better as we had planned to return roughly about the time we did! 

No, it's true. We exhausted our bait supply... caught way more fish than we expected 😁.

Blue cheese mate! 

It is great to have Kyle back as crew, now that he has finished his A levels, so we launched at 07:30 into a flat sea, with an intention of getting back to the slip at 15:30.
The forecast for the skerries area was fog / mist until 09:00 and then a cloudy but warm day, but the weather guessers got that very wrong.  Once we rounded Berry Head, the mist was thick and getting worse, so I dropped the speed to 24knts, however the visibility was 1/2 mile so no real issues. On went the Nav lights and I also double checked that the AIS was fully functional.
We arrived at the Skerries at about 08:15 and the visibility was just a few hundred yards, but the sea was mirror calm, and no wind.
A few drifts across the banks produced numerous small Plaice and only one keeper (we don't keep anything under 35cm), 4 plump Mackerel, one monster Launce (snake), and numerous Red and Grey Gurnard, so plenty to keep us busy.
At the end of slack water (12:15 ish), we motored over to the outer edge of the banks and I dropped the pick. Bite were slow, with kyle getting a doggie and 2 decent  blonds (8lb & 10 1/2lb). I was trying out some other ideas and only managed a 3lb spider !
At 14:30 we pulled the pick, the visibility was getting worse at maybe 200 yards, so a gentle trip off the banks at 20kts, but we picked up speed once we reached the Mudstone Ledge.
Back on the slip at 15:30, a total trip of 48nm, and a very pleasant day.
Just one pic that says it all

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks @Saintly FishYeah that’s right  flying I don’t find unerving it’s just a i find uncomfortable tiring experience .  Poor us having to go on holiday 🤣

I've caught a few now since the trip @Andy135 has mentioned. 50/50 bread mushed up and moulded into golf ball size baits. Lobbed in and then float a load of bread pieces too, one of them has your small hook embedded! 

Well, if you ever want to make the trip to the south coast....

Unlucky Josh. Looked mint out there though. A good way to unwind from a travel home from Turkey. Done that trip a few times myself and it's always knackering! 

Great job guys 🎣 

Club comp tomorrow from Burnham On Sea

The mark we fished is known for them up to 40lb, so ours were relative babies, however mine was dramatically older than Andy's !
It was nice to see both of them with their tails intact too, the commercials round here like to lop them off if caught. 

Great session guys 

Thanks for the good company and plenty of giggles and fish Andy. It's great to go out on a boat and catch fish again!! 👍🏻

Havnt posted in a while so a quick recap.
Great few days out of Milford Haven, weather was kind and the range had a few days off so could venture to new areas.
The bass fishing was phenomenal with birds hitting the water all over the place and bass busting out!
The pollack was also great when you could find them, along with huss to 14lb tope estimated around 40lb, gurnards dabs weavers and dogs.
Also some nice lobsters and spider crabs In my pot 🙂

No, no, perfectly normal, unlike the flids from the solent 🙄🤣😇

You mean cack hand