Odyssey

What was noticeable was that jigs out fished “normal” feathers by a wide margin….
Its certainly got me thinking about SPJ and running dedicated SPJ trips next year….

Coz he’s a posh git 🤣

Sounds good! It’ll be in the new year now, it’s Emma’s birthday end of November and then Christmas a few weeks after…. So sadly new gear is on hold…. (Happy wife, happy life 🤣) 

What was noticeable was that jigs out fished “normal” feathers by a wide margin….
Its certainly got me thinking about SPJ and running dedicated SPJ trips next year….

I’ll have a look but I suspect it’ll break my budget…. I’m a poor skipper who has endless trips blown off due to weather…. 😞 

I’ll have a look but I suspect it’ll break my budget…. I’m a poor skipper who has endless trips blown off due to weather…. 😞 

I’ve already started looking a new rod and reel 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but there maybe a promo trip in May…. Experienced jiggers welcome to come and get some fish for the camera 

What was noticeable was that jigs out fished “normal” feathers by a wide margin….
Its certainly got me thinking about SPJ and running dedicated SPJ trips next year….

What was noticeable was that jigs out fished “normal” feathers by a wide margin….
Its certainly got me thinking about SPJ and running dedicated SPJ trips next year….

Sadly the weather window was shorter than planned…. It flattened off at lunchtime but it was bit of a washing machine when we first headed out. 
 
Fair dos they soldiered on and had some good sport 🙂 Final count was: Scad, dogs, poor cod, pout, coalfish, pollack and wrasse. So not too shabby given the circumstances and time of year. I managed to enjoy a lovely bit of pollack for tea last night and lot more in the freezer 🙂 
Was great to have the guys out, sadly not quite what we had planned but maybe next time can find something with big teeth for the guys 😁
2024 diary is open….. 
 

Sadly the weather window was shorter than planned…. It flattened off at lunchtime but it was bit of a washing machine when we first headed out. 
 
Fair dos they soldiered on and had some good sport 🙂 Final count was: Scad, dogs, poor cod, pout, coalfish, pollack and wrasse. So not too shabby given the circumstances and time of year. I managed to enjoy a lovely bit of pollack for tea last night and lot more in the freezer 🙂 
Was great to have the guys out, sadly not quite what we had planned but maybe next time can find something with big teeth for the guys 😁
2024 diary is open….. 
 

Sadly the weather window was shorter than planned…. It flattened off at lunchtime but it was bit of a washing machine when we first headed out. 
 
Fair dos they soldiered on and had some good sport 🙂 Final count was: Scad, dogs, poor cod, pout, coalfish, pollack and wrasse. So not too shabby given the circumstances and time of year. I managed to enjoy a lovely bit of pollack for tea last night and lot more in the freezer 🙂 
Was great to have the guys out, sadly not quite what we had planned but maybe next time can find something with big teeth for the guys 😁
2024 diary is open….. 
 

So perhaps the title is a bit click-baity, but what was supposed to be a two day sharking trip on Odyssey, with @Odyssey to celebrate @Saintly Fish's birthday got blown out and turned into a Dad's & Lads reefing session, with Neil and I keen to get some proper use out of our SPJ gear.


We locked out at dawn but as we left the shelter of Milford Haven it became obvious that the conditions hadn't yet improved like they were supposed to... I blame Michael Fish for that 😖.
So plan B was quickly formulated to visit the inshore islands for some drifting for pollack followed by downtiding at anchor to see what was home while the weather settled. The short answer was... not a lot. Some small pollack and poor cod on the drift and at anchor just a solitary dogfish to the skipper (#welljell!) and an inquisitive squid that followed my baited feathers to the surface but didn't commit himself to the bait.
As the conditions eased we motored out to a series of reefs - the plan was to drift for some better pollack. Neil and I were to experiment with our SPJ gear over slack water and we didn't have to wait long for the fish. Lots of hits and lots of table sized pollack over the gunnels in short order. They were hitting the jigs consistently, just off the bottom. Any colour would do, as long as it was about two turns up from the sea floor.

Other species also fell to the jigs. Neil had a scad if I remember correctly, and Leo had a PB which I'll leave to Neil to share the details of 👍.
It didn't take long for the fish box to fill up and we called it a day after one of our crew nearly vomited himself overboard... #somepeoplearejustnotcutoutforboating

So, a great day's fishing snatched from the jaws of defeat. JAWS will have to wait until next season however.
A big thank you to @Odyssey for hosting and skippering 👍.

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….
 

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….
 

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….
 

I’ve posted a new joke in hopes I may score more…

I’ve posted a new joke in hopes I may score more…

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….
 

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….
 

a guy walks into a bar one day and he can’t believe his eyes. There, in the corner, there’s this one-foot-tall man, in a little tuxedo, playing a tiny grand piano.
So the guy asks the bartender, “Where’d he come from?”
And the bartender’s, like, “There’s a genie in the corner of the bar who grants wishes.”
So the guy runs into the corner of the bar and, sure enough, there’s this genie. And the genie’s, like, “Your wish is my command.” So the guy’s, like, “O.K., I wish for lots of cash. Suddenly there is big puff of smoke and the bar is full of cats.
 
The guy goes and complains to the bartender and says what’s wrong with the genie. The bartender replies, he’s a bit hard of hearing, I didn’t wish for a 12inch pianist….