lundy

25th Really poor evenings fishing on the Oystercat; a dozen or so bass. Only 3 insize, 2 smooth hounds - one on a red gill on the drift!! A couple of hours on the reef only yielded a few dogs, hounds and huss. At least the weather conditions made it a pleasant boat ride! 26th A lovely...

As the boat has been out of the water for 2 weeks for antifouling etc I've been itching to get out. The forecast for the weekend was pretty poor Friday/Saturday but great for Sunday so, I put a trip together to head down to Lundy for the first time this year. We put the boat back in Saturday...

As I'd taken a few days off work either side of the Cardiff Bay cod comp; so I wanted to try and cram as much fishing in as possible. I couldn't fish Monday as I had some other stuff to tie up but Tuesday and Wednesday were free! Tuesday 29th: As we only had a few people wanting to go, we opted...

Saturday 16th The forecast wasn't great; we knew we'd be penned in the bay but better a few hours out than pottering around the house doing DIY or watching TV. We boarded at 7:30am, a few drifts off the SWIGG saw us with more than enough mackerel for the day, and plenty for the table. We...

I'm not sure how; but John Elvins seems to have the uncanny ability to pick dates out of the calendar and say 'Thats a good tide for a trip to {x}' and the weather seems to fall right; I don't know what or maybe who he sacrifices to the weather gods, but it seems to work! Saturday was proposed...

Saturday - 26th Evenings and bad weather starting to draw in as we move closer and closer to winter, we decided to make the most of the reasonable forecast and head down to Lundy - probably for the last time this year. We got the first lock and made our way down to the island; stopping for bait...