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At last! Even with heavy netting pressure on the wreck's to the west the fish are starting to show in somewhat limited number's.
Figure's of 5T per day per boat(netting) is not uncommon and a figure 5 times this has been rummored by one lucky short minded fishermen.:schmoll:
Right enough of the moan!
The fish have been very hard to find especially in the bigger tide some two weeks ago.
However, a fall in tide size along with cleaner water has brought the fish to the boat.
Last Wednesday we had 50+ Pollack to 14lb on Chris Caines Tiger Lily. The other boats from the port recorded similar catch's. The fish were very obliging from the off as we arrived at the wreck at the start of the ebb tide, we were into fish from the very first drift and only lost them for a short 20 minute period over the slack when a few of us tried other tactics for the bottom dwellers (ling & conger).
Luckily for us they have started towing for sand-eels on the banks and although most on the rather large size (launce) the fish didn’t seem that bothered.
I did have one of those days when nothing goes wrong. You know the one’s you dream about. Didn’t loose one set of gear and had a fish on for all but one drift where I had a coming together. Gear used, was a 12lb Diawa powerlift(old version) with a Abu 6500c3 Mag loaded with 20lb xfine dynon, 20lb short leader, short 8” veals tube boom, 9’ 9.1kg amnesia hook length, 2/O or 4/O Mustad BLN patern hook, 10oz zoom weight.
Lovely and light gear fish all day no problem.
One thing I did do different to most on the boat. Whether I used the smaller or larger eel I hooked them through the bottom lip straight up between the nostrils hard bit in the centre. This seemed to work well as other’s were having there eel’s pinched or the hook pulled once and then left alone and on retrieval the boat the hook pulled from the belly and the gut’s hanging out and dead. Very slow retrieve with the rod bending over slow when getting a fish on then some times letting go then 3 more turns and Bang! Fish on screaming line off. This accounted for 20+ Pollack to 14lb.:clap2:
Ling did oblige on slack to flappered Launce slowly dragged over the wreck and one chap had a Conger. :clap2:
Following day decided to give skipper of Meridian Express (Captain dingaling?) a hand for the day. Considering the 4 anglers hadn’t done this before they done very well. 20 Pollack to 12lb. Only one fish on the ebb?? Then 19 fish in 1 hour of the start of the flood our last hour on the wreck. Weird how the same area of wreck’s can fish the ebb one day then nothing the next! But you wouldn’t have believed it unless you been there to see it!:g:
Cant wait to get back down next weekend! Although, with the Plaice and other flatties playing hide and seek I’m looking forward to a sleepy day on the banks.
Figure's of 5T per day per boat(netting) is not uncommon and a figure 5 times this has been rummored by one lucky short minded fishermen.:schmoll:
Right enough of the moan!
The fish have been very hard to find especially in the bigger tide some two weeks ago.
However, a fall in tide size along with cleaner water has brought the fish to the boat.
Last Wednesday we had 50+ Pollack to 14lb on Chris Caines Tiger Lily. The other boats from the port recorded similar catch's. The fish were very obliging from the off as we arrived at the wreck at the start of the ebb tide, we were into fish from the very first drift and only lost them for a short 20 minute period over the slack when a few of us tried other tactics for the bottom dwellers (ling & conger).
Luckily for us they have started towing for sand-eels on the banks and although most on the rather large size (launce) the fish didn’t seem that bothered.
I did have one of those days when nothing goes wrong. You know the one’s you dream about. Didn’t loose one set of gear and had a fish on for all but one drift where I had a coming together. Gear used, was a 12lb Diawa powerlift(old version) with a Abu 6500c3 Mag loaded with 20lb xfine dynon, 20lb short leader, short 8” veals tube boom, 9’ 9.1kg amnesia hook length, 2/O or 4/O Mustad BLN patern hook, 10oz zoom weight.
Lovely and light gear fish all day no problem.
One thing I did do different to most on the boat. Whether I used the smaller or larger eel I hooked them through the bottom lip straight up between the nostrils hard bit in the centre. This seemed to work well as other’s were having there eel’s pinched or the hook pulled once and then left alone and on retrieval the boat the hook pulled from the belly and the gut’s hanging out and dead. Very slow retrieve with the rod bending over slow when getting a fish on then some times letting go then 3 more turns and Bang! Fish on screaming line off. This accounted for 20+ Pollack to 14lb.:clap2:
Ling did oblige on slack to flappered Launce slowly dragged over the wreck and one chap had a Conger. :clap2:
Following day decided to give skipper of Meridian Express (Captain dingaling?) a hand for the day. Considering the 4 anglers hadn’t done this before they done very well. 20 Pollack to 12lb. Only one fish on the ebb?? Then 19 fish in 1 hour of the start of the flood our last hour on the wreck. Weird how the same area of wreck’s can fish the ebb one day then nothing the next! But you wouldn’t have believed it unless you been there to see it!:g:
Cant wait to get back down next weekend! Although, with the Plaice and other flatties playing hide and seek I’m looking forward to a sleepy day on the banks.
