Josh

6 hours ago, mike farrants said:

awesome experience - and great pics!

were you at anchor at the time?

No Mike on the drift and under way at certain points 

3 hours ago, Odyssey said:

We had similar on Weds, fantastic sight 😍

A mate on another boat has some brilliant footage…

on a serious note a boat out of Milford Haven actually got lifted out the water by a breaching whale…. It caused quite a bit of damage (now fixed). I like to keep a healthy distance now, 40NM is a long way from home to get hit by a whale 😮😮😮😮

Oh yeah i saw the write up on it a couple month back

frightening !

initially I was cruising around filming then I stopped near and carried on fishing and as you can see he came right through he went under the boat and I braced for impact … not sure what for I’d be toast in a 165 if he did decide to lift me.

after he went through I moved off a bit felt uneasy.

2 hours ago, JDP said:

We used to encounter right whales while fishing south of the IOW, however they didn't approach us as close as these did to you. Here though we see plenty of whales daily, even my last trip out for a dive a pair came over to check my boat out. I like to keep my engine running when they are close so they can be more aware exactly where I am. Last year some friends had a whale fully breach, landing on their boat, which left the young lad (my sons school buddy) in a coma and various other injuries.

The whale in the bottom image looks to be feeding, where there any mackerel or large bait-balls of whitebait or pilchards etc about ?

These pics are from the weekend, though I didn't bother to much trying to get photos on this occasion.

 

 

Wow some incredible shots there

was stunning to see it all going on. 
that’s exactly what the tunas whales and dolphins were feeding on the white bait.

3 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Blimey so close they made your camera turn the wrong way up!! 
Is that sperm whales? 

Edited pics so much easier on the eye and head tilt

4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Blimey so close they made your camera turn the wrong way up!! 
Is that sperm whales? 

Fin whales apparently 

I thought Minke and a Hump firstly 

ha I kno poor photography as usual 

I did have some serious sausages though 

Big chilli ones 

52 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

Prefer to be sharking but can only do what the customer wants…. Got a shark charter this weekend but weather looks dodgy 😭

Yeah quite a limited stretch of water i imagine with the wind out there ..

but an amazing place… I got to fish it on a live aboard a couple years ago on size matters . Great boat & skipper  for out there .

but never been myself not on the warrior… I’m sure it can be done but with so many variables could make it quite a job to plan

and a lot of amazing fishing on the south coast to contend with at half the risks probably. 

coming from the same guy who towed all the way to irleand from Kent 🤔

good luck with the weekend charter we will await your report bud🫡🦈

Lovely haul there Luke !

Was their much Algae around yet ?

hope you get out again soon 

Awesome work Luke !

8 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

You need to invest in better quality sausages. Those pale pink things look a bit meh....!   

Lol they wer pretty bad I was waiting for that haha ! 

Also Just seen someone got picked up by aThresher today over the puller 

1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:

Great little report @Josh. Looks

like you properly wore your old man out. Can I make a suggestion though?? 

Hit me 

Well done @GPSguru 

glad the engine was a quick fix

47 mile 😮

4 hours ago, thejollysinker said:

nice report there with some nice fish to boot 👌

I toy with the idea of trailering my heap somewhere good like Cornwall but I'm too old for that shit. Easier to sail it off the mooring and fish the mudflats out of Teignmouth for dogfish 😅

Teignmouth !! would be a dream if I was that close to Cornwall.

must be some good fish out there big wrecking grounds ?

I used to tow 1 hr to my local Kent slipways herne bay when I first started 

then progressed to 2 hrs to selsey 

now mostly Cornwall  which is just outrageous 5+ hrs but it’s just that good down there .. either that or I just love it there is a wonderful place .

But try to leave the boat in yards there when I can 

Talking of birds 

this is walking round our garden right now . Been here. Everyday for about a week 

it’s MASSIVE !

I see someone of Fb say it was one so I’m stealing the glory here 

7 hours ago, GPSguru said:

Yes, most definitely. You tend to get them above the Pollock in mid water, and they go straight down when hooked, no stopping. Also, they fight all the way to the boat.

Another interesting point is that unlike Pollock, Coalfish don't suffer from 'barotrauma', meaning their swim bladder does not blow up.

After over 30 years of not seeing any, we are catching a few small Coalfish (5lb ish) on the wrecks now, but they are not in any great numbers.

Good to hear yea I have seen reports of more coal fish great for the furture 

7 minutes ago, Dicky said:

Great effort Josh. I have 5 days in September booked again at Fowey but doubt i will manage to get down there before that.

Nice ! and thanks 
Probably see you out on the water mate 

2 minutes ago, GPSguru said:

That is a very good fish Josh, these days you really have to work hard to get fish above 15lb, but there are still some stonkers out there.

I remember the days when we used to get almost as many Coalies off the wrecks as we did Pollock, and some of the Coalies were getting on for 20lb.

My best Pollock stands at 24lb, which I caught 55 years ago, on a very famous conger charter out of Brixham.

 

 

That’s awesome ! Incredible fish 24lb

and a Coaly I’ve never caught one would love one . Fight even harder ??

yeah maybe some huge pollack lurking in the hurds 

*Back in the day of disposable cameras 

24 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

Cracking pollack 🙂 beats west wales ones for sure 🤣

A mate had an 18lber out of Plymouth on the weekend.

As for the sharks, at least you were in the right place and hopefully hook up soon 🙂 

 

Excellent 18 That’s a proper proper one that !
the reefs aren’t what they used to be and i imagine people would say the same about wrecks. 
see alot of nets round the reefs in spawning season I know everyone’s got to make a living but that logic just doesn’t add up there’s got to be a better way. Trouble is it’s a if I don’t take them someone else will scenario.

19lb was my best as a young boy I’ll dig the photo 

Not sure I’ll go north again this season now with life commitments but a blue session won’t be that far ahead 

7 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

Hardbacks work a treat 🙂 Inused to use squid too. If they are around in numbers they’ll eat most things. 
 

I do wish hounds would grow to like 80-90lb…. They offer an awesome scrap for size of fish….

They do in places like south africa im sure 

yeah great memories with hounds