Malc

Looks like you got good weather as well as fish, well done guys 

Good to hear that, thanks for the update 👍

Weather looked good all weekend - but my fishing buddy was in Benidorm until Saturday night - so plans were made for Sunday - however the wind was freshening and turning more easterly - so not ideal. 
After a failed attempt to get mackerel in Portlands entrance we opted to seek shelter under White Nothe - East of the Bay. New ground for us - but worth a go!
It was slow - i only managed 4 doggies, Tim managed doggies, Smoothounds, Bream and a thornie, his son had dogs and a blonde ray. wind was fresh all day - but the sun was out and we were afloat - so all good!
 

 

 

 
 

Ouch!

This little joy yesterday….
looks like a stress fracture on the prop blade…. 
 
Plan is to order 2 new props and get the old 2 refurbished so that can keep as spares… 
BOAT = Bring Out Another Thousand…. 🫣

I've used the small shanked ones like @mike farrants posted above, but I've also used, and more successfully, regular Aberdeen patterns in smaller sizes. The longer shanks allow them to be penneled and it's always the tail hook that gets the fish. The top hook just acts a bait holder. Also means you hook more fish as the "bait-nippers" get hooked as well as the "whole swallowers"

Do the hooks need to be heavy wire or are normal hooks OK?
Cheers 

I do use thick hooks for bream - these ones 
 
size #10 i think

Finally calm enough to get out of the Haven, well, for a few hours at least.
Loads of small pollack on baited feathers so switched to slow jigs when tide allowed and soft plastics on portland rigs when it picked up, to pick out the better pollack up to around 5lb.
Back into the Haven as wind picked up to find plenty more dogfish! Ballan Wrasse, the varying colours are amazing, camera never does it justice, poor cod and also pouting and launce to add to my species for the year.
More huge ships in the Haven, it certainly makes you wonder how much gas and oil we use!

Looking good all round the country for fishing this weekend, tight lines if you get out 👍

Looking good all round the country for fishing this weekend, tight lines if you get out 👍

Unfortunately we are away this weekend, but I might be able to fish the estuary, but a bit early for the bass, which is prolific in the autumn.
However, might be able to get out Thursday morning on the boat, but limited the half a day (school run).

Judging by the current forecast I look to be in danger of actually doing some fishing this weekend 😱
Pretty sure I can remember what to do...
1. Bait hook
2. Drop down
3. Wind in dogfish that I didn't know was on.
4. Repeat.

Thats why I thought it was a big sardine at first 👍

It does look a bit thin though, I'm hoping for a good late summer with plenty of calm weather and I can bag up 🤞

A day out is a day out, fish are a bonus. I love herring and would have eaten it 😋 

Good effort @Malc. It's still early in the season so there will be more to follow soon  👍

Very early kick off as the weather was due to kick up mid morning, which it did. 
Not much happening and I think that the amount of fresh water is pushing fish offshore but I managed a pout for the species comp and a whiting that was very thin by changing from bigger baits to scratching gear. 

Looking forward to warmer weather and fish moving in to feed, but that's a month off I think, however we did see some gulls taking something on the surface where the pier kicks up the tidal race so hopeful that there will be early bait fish for the predators. 

Very early kick off as the weather was due to kick up mid morning, which it did. 
Not much happening and I think that the amount of fresh water is pushing fish offshore but I managed a pout for the species comp and a whiting that was very thin by changing from bigger baits to scratching gear. 

Looking forward to warmer weather and fish moving in to feed, but that's a month off I think, however we did see some gulls taking something on the surface where the pier kicks up the tidal race so hopeful that there will be early bait fish for the predators. 

Very early kick off as the weather was due to kick up mid morning, which it did. 
Not much happening and I think that the amount of fresh water is pushing fish offshore but I managed a pout for the species comp and a whiting that was very thin by changing from bigger baits to scratching gear. 

Looking forward to warmer weather and fish moving in to feed, but that's a month off I think, however we did see some gulls taking something on the surface where the pier kicks up the tidal race so hopeful that there will be early bait fish for the predators. 

managed 2 days this week, Tuesday weather looked good, I still havnt grasped the idea of letting the sea a few days to settle down, couldn't get out of the Haven but managed to fish the entrance, where we found plenty of pollack seemingly feeding midwater on herring, it was a fish a chuck, though my daughter was getting more than the lions share, bloody pheromones! 1🤣
as the sea state worsened we headed inwards to shelter only to find dog city.
Thursday morning was looking good in the sheltered waters if the Haven, I did try to venture to where we found the pollack in abundance Tuesday but the swells were huge for my little boat so backed up to more sheltered waters. Tried several areas in search of rays but was again plagued by dogfish until last knockings I managed a golden grey mullet on size 16 sabikis tipped with bits of ragworm. 
weather horrendous for sometime but looking forward to getting out again soon, enjoying the learning curve that i0s the Pembrokeshire coast and beyond 🙂
 

Hellova grim yesterday 

Truthfully it's a bit drizzly ATM but we have coddies 🎣

First trip out for a few weeks and only the second of the year. Just a short one again over high with another club boat out. We both steamed about 10 miles to a bank on the edge of our old club boundaries to see if the hounds had turned up yet. We started on the very outer contour. Was a bit slow with a few dogs, straps and thornbacks and the other boat which was on top of the bank was faring better. As the tide eased we upped the anchor and shortened the rope out and repositioned closer to the bank. This improved sport with more of the same in greater numbers and also a small spotty for my dad and a nice hound 12lb + for my bro. Had heavy squall come through which dropped the temperature for the last couple of hours but overall a nice day out