Malc

Tried for herring but not one, plenty of mackerel including big chunky ones, pollock, pouting, weever, whiting and a dab and a wonderful sunset and simultaneous moonrise. 



Fantastic. 

Tried for herring but not one, plenty of mackerel including big chunky ones, pollock, pouting, weever, whiting and a dab and a wonderful sunset and simultaneous moonrise. 



Fantastic. 

The river would have been fine on the kayak but the bar and outside was a snotty chop due to wind against tide, might go out later on the kayak though. 

Bumping this up again as it's less than 100 days to Christmas and you will want some to go with your cheese and paté!

Today's batch 

Tried for herring but not one, plenty of mackerel including big chunky ones, pollock, pouting, weever, whiting and a dab and a wonderful sunset and simultaneous moonrise. 



Fantastic. 

Bumping this up again as it's less than 100 days to Christmas and you will want some to go with your cheese and paté!

Today's batch 

No on my friends boat. The only thing missing was a  few leaping dolphin 

Tried for herring but not one, plenty of mackerel including big chunky ones, pollock, pouting, weever, whiting and a dab and a wonderful sunset and simultaneous moonrise. 



Fantastic. 

Nice day Monday…. Sunshine and fish…. 
 
Seems we are getting a different class of fish in different areas. This lot would be perfect for popping… maybe next year I’ll get a popping set up to try… 🤔 
@JDP I may need your advice as resident blue water expert on a set up that doesn’t break the bank! 

Sort of, we were out of Weymouth last week and there were shoals of tiny Macks about around the Bill, between 4 and 6 inches
We didn't get any chunky ones though

Haven't had any luck for mackerel since July, from shore, kayak or boat. In previous years we seem to get bigger ones earlier and then they disappear and a month later small ones show up in S.Devon.

What happens on the boat, stays on the boat!
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of course Malc - i'm happiest when i'm afloat!

Too true! 🤫🫣

What happens on the boat, stays on the boat!
🤭🤣

Met up with Tim and his mate Marcus for a trip to the adamant - the Adamant bank can be hit or miss - red letter day or dog city - for me it was barely either. I wasn't to have a good day. 
 
Hit the entrances for fresh bait - mackerel feathers and Squid jigs - i had nothing in an hour - the others got 3 decent sized mackerel that was it. i had plenty of frozen so we headed for the adamant. 
we were spoilt by the conditions - mirror calm and the dolphins wanted to play! 



Marcus wanted some bream for the table so we stopped at our usual mark on the way to bag up a couple of decent bream. 
the bream were slow to come but Tim and Marcus managed a couple each. 
I got a dogfish on my bream rig, and brought it onto the boat to unhook - save him smashing up the rig or snapping off - however in doing so I must have somehow broken the tip of my 6-12 rod. sad times. but can repair by shortening it slightly. 

Off to the adamant - targeting rays - my day didn't get any better - only one more dog fish - but Tim had a run of Tope, and a Spotted and Blonde ray, Marcus managed a tope and a cuttlefish.  


Saturday was a disappointment and conditions remained good so Sunday afternoon i took my boat out for a couple of hours to drift around the bay in search of gurnards, Garfish, plaice anything really. 
I had 3 rods out - one float with a sandeel for the gar, one plaice rig for anything on the bottom, and a set of feathers over the side
I managed a nice tub gurnard on the plaice rig and a mackerel on the feathers. 

 

I was lucky enough to be out when the Waverly did a lap of the bay - I was too far away for any decent photos - but it was a lovely sight to see.

Not the best of fishing but some lovely time spent afloat!
I consoled myself with some turbot fillets out of the freezer!

What happens on the boat, stays on the boat!
🤭🤣

Not quite 40cm but @Andy135 and I did have a couple of chunky ones the other week, also some real small ones that were perfect live bait size!

Eventually it got posted but it is a bit annoying due to manic laughing and the shark was seen for less than a second. To my eyes its a porbeagle as I can't see a tail lobe.
I won't post it as its a waste of an hour of your life. 

Not totally sure as I've only baked bass and cod and ling are meaty and keep their shape but it should work as bass is fairly firm, just smaller flakes 

Fillets Malc, keep up!! 

That looks delicious, will that work with bass too do you reckon?

Quartered up ling fillets and cut into bite sized pieces, dredged in flour with lots of salt and pepper and some paprika. Served with chorizo, fried potato cubes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, lots of lemon for me and a squirt of mayonnaise. 

Good afternoon all, just joined the forum so thought I'd make a quick introduction.
I am Paul, and I currently live in Hull but moving back up the the North East region in the not to distant future (house sale depending)
Looking at buying my first boat in a few weeks and running it out of either Hartlepool or Seaham depending on mooring fee's and availibility.
I hope to be able to tap into the knowledge and experience I'm sure the group has.
 
 
 

..... I could have caught loads. 
But I wanted to get an early Solent unicorn. 
That didn't happen. But a second biggest bass of 8.37lb did happen and I'll take that all day. 
Had a couple more bream, a snake and an LSD (where have they been?). 
Went home and filleted the bass which will provide 3 people 2 good meals each. One in the form of a fish pie, the other to be determined!!