Popular Post GPSguru Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 (edited) Just a solo morning session and the weather liars were forecasting a good sea and wind conditions. Launched at 07:30 into a flat, calm sea, but that didn't last long 🙄 I had decided to go to a wreck, and then inshore for some Mackerel, and this was a 'food' trip, I had my instructions, Bass, Cod or Ling, and a Mack or two for the granddaughter. My lot are not keen on Pollock ! My destination wreck was the 'Meatboat' and I am pretty sure @Dickyasked about that wreck some time ago. It is in 190ft and about a 15mile steam. The flat sea was great, and nice to be cruising at 30kts, but once I got to about 6 miles out the NW wind picked up and was producing quite a significant swell with a short sea (1.8secs !). By the time I got to the wreck, I was down to 18kts and the wind was causing a lot of spray from the waves. Drifting the wreck was not easy as there were 2 crab pots on the outer edge of the wreck, but I found a drift line that worked. First drops on the wreck were with SPJ and that was producing a Pout on every drop, decent sized, but hey, they are still Pout. Last time I fished this wreck I remembered sidewinders were effective, so I went down with a Skerries eel, After a few plucks down on the wreck (pout) at 31 turns up I had a decent take and knew it would be a bass. Sure enough a bass it was, not huge but a keeper of 50cm (3lb or so). The next drop produced the same result, so I was happy with a bag limit of 2 keepers and decided that the washing machine sea was getting worse, so time to head inshore. The first 5 miles coming off the wreck I was down to 16 - 18kt into a NW very short head sea, luckily the RIB is a dry boat and I didn't take any waves over the bow. Once I got to the 6 mile from land, I picked up speed as the sea was much better being in the lee of the land. Next stop was the Orestone, where I struggled for Mack, but managed to find a decent whopper Mack in amongst the continual Scad and Gurnards. So, at 12:00 midday, with the shopping basket full, it was time to head in ready for the school run. Apart from the weather liars, it was good to be out there, with a trip distance of 38nm, 2 keeper bass, a decent Mack, plus a load of other dross like Pout (lost count), Scad, and small Grey Gurnard. We had the Bass for evening meal and the granddaughter munched on the mackerel (she doesn't like spiky) I had the DJI Action 4 camera on, so I could take off stills, but the cam is reasonable, so a little vid instead. I didn't bother with the Pout footage ! Edited June 13 by GPSguru mick, jonnyswamp, JonC and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 excellent report mate sounds like a good few hours out thanks for posting GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogB Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Thanks for posting and making the effort on editing a video - does look a bit choppy! daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Thanks for sharing Ian, looks like a good morning out. Nice little vid too. I must say the soft cushioning sides of a rib do look a delight to lean against as opposed to the hard gunwhales of a Grp boat! Just a shame you don't have 4 berths, a kitchen, toilet and candy strip curtains!! daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 19 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Thanks for sharing Ian, looks like a good morning out. Nice little vid too. I must say the soft cushioning sides of a rib do look a delight to lean against as opposed to the hard gunwhales of a Grp boat! Just a shame you don't have 4 berths, a kitchen, toilet and candy strip curtains!! Yes, Neil, it is not so bad falling onto the tubes ! BTW you can have all of the above with a RedBay RIB, excellent sea keeping, highly regarded and made in Ireland, but you are talking £££££££££ With regard to the vid, I was using my new DJI Osmo Action 4, and TBH IMO it is streets ahead of the gopro. I was expecting to have to 'brighten up' any stills due to the position of the sun, but the actual video shot in 4k60 was fine, so I used it. I don't know about the Solent, but here we have been plagued with a short sea, and it has been like it for 3 months now, with swell patterns of 1.7 - 3 secs, which as you well know, is mighty uncomfortable, both for travelling at speed and drifting. But yes, it was a pleasant morning and worth taking the chance to get out 👍 mick, Saintly Fish, daio web and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Lovely vid and lovely fish. 👍 My daughter Emily also watched the video and asks if you ever worry about falling in ("as the sides are so low!")? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Lovely vid and lovely fish. 👍 My daughter Emily also watched the video and asks if you ever worry about falling in ("as the sides are so low!")? Yes & no. RIB’ s have very little freeboard and you are always aware of that fact, however, the tubes are also very wide ( 500mm diameter). So, much wider than the average gunnel, so you tend to fall on them rather than over them. It is a fast boat, with a low freeboard, so the wearing of lifejackets is a given. Edited June 14 by GPSguru suzook12, Saintly Fish and Andy135 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 36 minutes ago, JonC said: Was she asking in a hopeful sort of way? No, you mean old bastard 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Nice one, great report and vid. You're correct i have asked about the Meat boat as it's only about 10 miles from Brixham so if we ever get a decent enough forecast to make it worth the tow down we may give it a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 29 minutes ago, JonC said: The Meat Boat sounds like a really bad gay bar. Maybe, the sort of places YOU visit 🙄 TBH, there is no clear answer as to why it is called the Meatboat This is the verbiage from Wrecksite "The name " meatboat " was acquired due to the fact there was a quantity of sheep carcases floating in the area after the sinking. La Blanca was a refrigerated ship lost in this area" However, I think it has been identified as the SS Styrn which was torpedoed in 1918, but that boat was known to be carrying only ballast, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 32 minutes ago, Dicky said: Nice one, great report and vid. You're correct i have asked about the Meat boat as it's only about 10 miles from Brixham so if we ever get a decent enough forecast to make it worth the tow down we may give it a try Yes, I think a little more than 10 miles, closer to 12. I might be wrong, but IIRC the British record Conger came off the wreck, Vic Evans (RIP) skipper of Sea Spray caught it in 1995, 133lb It is a 15mile steam for me from Teignmouth On a decent day there are a group of 4 wrecks about another 5 miles out and all of those fish well. However, this area is known for its rougher than normal sea. I have been out there on my boat when the swell was 15 - 20ft, but a decent 10sec between swells. BTW, the Commerical Pollock ban has made a huge difference to our wreck fishing this year, long may it continue 👍 jonnyswamp and Dicky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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