Popular Post Andy135 Posted October 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 Out with @Saintly Fish, Leo and my daughter Emily this morning on Tarlach Too. This was Em's first boat fishing session and we were hopeful of a catch or two to keep her interest levels up. Skipper delivered us to the mark and bites began from the off. Before long the first fish came to the boat, courtesy of Em's rod - a lovely late season bream. Leo was into a fish next, a conger of reasonable proportions. Swiftly followed by one for his dad... Em was up next with another nice bream. And before you ask... yes, I managed a dogfish or two on the sly in between baiting up and unhooking for her 😁 We moved out into the channel proper to practice our MOB drills with @Saintly Fish's anchor buoy when it decided that it would prefer to jump ship and bob off downtide. A sticky snap-shackle seemed to be the culprit. The tide was pulling hard by now, but we did manage to boat a few more fish, including a nice little smoothound for Em. Headed back home about mid-afternoon and saw a Spitfire flying over us just before we left. More drama as we retrieved anchor - the windlass was clearly straining this time and the reason why quickly became apparent. The anchor had picked up an old pot rope which gave Neil some grief until a sharp knife was found to cut it free. All home safe and sound though and massive thanks to Neil and Leo for helping to make Em's session such a success. 👍👍 Saintly Fish, Geoff, Malc and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Saintly Fish Posted October 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 It was a real fun day, so glad Emily had such a positive experience, and you now know how it feels for your kid to out fish you 🤣!! Dicky, Malc, thejollysinker and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Great stuff you guys, looks like you had a good time. Nice to see the young ones catching and enjoying the experience 👌 Andy135 and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Awesome days fishing and some fantastic memories made there! (I also once lost the anchor bouy while anchored - had to leave the anchor rope attached to a load of fenders, go rescue the bouy, return to my anchor rope, then fashion a new alderney ring out of a bucket handle. I learned a lot that day!) Geoff and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Just now, JonC said: Well done getting out, How comes Thomas has been sacked off? Or is he fed up with dogfish? He's fed up of being sea-sick. I keep telling him that it will only happen if he insists on bringing his Switch and staring at the screen all the time. Unsurprisingly Em didn't bring any screens and wasn't sea-sick whatsoever... GPSguru, JonC and suzook12 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Andy135 said: He's fed up of being sea-sick. I keep telling him that it will only happen if he insists on bringing his Switch and staring at the screen all the time. Unsurprisingly Em didn't bring any screens and wasn't sea-sick whatsoever... And she actually fished !!! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Great report 🙂 Well done Emily 🙂 great to see the girls out on the fish Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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