[bananas]

Nice one Phil, your well on the way to smashing the 45 this year:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[PhilR]

Cheers.
45 is my target.
Maybe a sand smelt and a weever next.
Didn't really figure on getting a shad, that was a lucky bonus.

 

[PhilR]

34. Scad

 

[bobthedog]

Leave a few species for us poor Northerners.

 

[PhilR]

We used to catch scad off Saltburn pier Bob, just as it is getting dark. Do you still get them?
I had three last night and dropped a fourth. I also had an eel on the top hook of a string of sabikis. Go figure.

 

[bobthedog]

I steer clear of the pier this time of year when the mackerel hunters are around with their 6 packs & feathers flying in all directions.

 

[PhilR]

35. Thick Lipped Grey Mullet

 

[PhilR]

36. Golden Grey Mullet

 

[PhilR]

37. Undulate Ray

 

[PhilR]

38. Pilchard (Sardine)

Bought myself some mico sabikis and reaped the rewards.
Note: Large scales and radiating lines on gill cover are diagnostic for pilchard.

 

[PhilR]

39. Herring

Note: Small scales, no lines on gill cover indicate herring or sprat.
Lack of sharp ventral scales indicate herring.

 

[PhilR]

40. Sand Smelt

 

[Goateeblank]

Good day yesterday then! Well done.

 

[PhilR]

Good day yesterday then! Well done.

Yes, I got three out of four of my targets for the evening. Failed miserably to get a weever. Also caught a great many micro pollack, pin whiting, pout, and a single eel. The micro sabikis really rock.

 

[PhilR]

41. Garfish

Long overdue this one. So I had a session on Weymouth pier this morning. Result was 12 garfish and 1 black bream.

 

[PhilR]

42. Sand Goby

 

[PhilR]

43. Gilthead Bream

 

[bananas]

Only 2 more to go, I recon you got a 50 in you this year,

 

[PhilR]

Only 2 more to go, I recon you got a 50 in you this year,

Bitter-sweet today, I caught two out of my three targets. But I lost five thin lipped mullet which has shaken my confidence in the hooks I was using. I think they are springing open and dumping the fish.
45 should be easy now. 50 is on the cards. I will be targeting the following:

• red mullet
• small-eyed ray
• sole
• thin lipped mullet
• lesser weever
• dab
• coalfish

Plus any other bonus fish which happen to crop up.

 

[PhilR]

44. Dab

Not had a dab for three years, so I had a go up Whitby way. Had 47 in three sessions. Now I'm sick of them.