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    Decided to take the day off and make the most of the weather that promised to be , picked melamine up at 6.30 and left the marina sometime after 7.00.
    We went out to a wreck that had produced for me the last time out and Mel filled a box with mackerel whilst I took a cod or three on pirks .
    The drift was perfect , even though the sea was a bit lumpy, to say the least
    Mel changed to a pirk but failed to connect with anything but the wreck.
    I decided to move to a wreck that I knew would fish well with this drift and sure enough the cod came , one every drift for me and none every drift for Mel
    I don't know what he was doing wrong but he couldn't catch a cod to save his life
    Slack water was imminent so I suggested a move to another wreck where we could try for a big ling , Mel was all for it and we set off .
    We both baited up with a full mackerel fillet each and I put the boat bang on top of the wreck , the leads were on the bottom for maybe 30 seconds before mels rod bent over and at last he was into a fish, and a good one , but no sooner had he felt the weight it was gone.
    He was gutted , but within three seconds my bait was taken , and my rod bent over , this was a good fish as well. I made the most of the situation by telling Mel it felt huge and was probably the same fish that had just let go of his bait.
    It weighed 13lbs and I was about to chuck it over he side and Mel said to keep it, I thought about it and decided it would probably die anyway as it's stomach was blown out and killed it.
    I then sat and filleted all my cod and turned to the ling which I wasn't looking forward to, and even though the sea had calmed down considerably from the morning , I managed to fillet not only the ling, but my little finger as well
    That'll teach me to take the p out of o someone not catching
    Now the wife wants me to go to the hospital to have it checked , she won't look at it herself though
    A great day out spoiled by a half a second not watching what I was doing.
    Last edited by oldessox; 06-09-2013, 08:32 AM.
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    Ray

  • #2
    Great stuff Ray!

    John who does our fish has been filleting fish all his life but even he wears a glove doing ling.
    Cheers, Keith.

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    • #3
      oucheasy done ray i have been in the "every blighters got a fish except me" camp manys a time and it aint a good place to be

      sound like a productive day for you at least
      AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT

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      • #4
        Nice trip out thou, today looked canny sea conditions wise...glad you got a few
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        P.B
        SKATE 204lb
        COD 51lb
        LING 32lb
        TOPE 40lb
        CONGER 25lb
        HADDOCK 10lb
        HALIBUT 37lb
        COALIE 16lb
        BLUE SHARK 55lb

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        • #5
          Great report Ray Well done on the double ling Commiserations on the pinkie...

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          • #6
            Think I saw you Ray heading towards Shangri-las wreck behind the island, was out getting mackerel on a coble to the north of you. Water gin clear out there but manky inshore.Well done on getting some fish, got plenty macky and good sized.

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            • #7
              Great Report Ray, shame about the cut finger ... ;(

              well done mate

              norm
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              • #8
                I'm just back from the hospital, the nurse asked if it was a clean fish I was filleting
                It's not that bad, I knew it would happen sooner or later , a bouncing boat , a slippery fish and an arthritic filleter with a razor sharp knife are not a good combination
                Apparently if you've had two tetanus boosters you're covered for life , but a sliced finger is not a tetanus wound anyway
                Just have to keep it dry and watch for signs of infection ( cos it was a dirty fish )


                Colin, I was fishing off the Cresswell skeers, there's a uboat down there that always has fish on it but i find it a pain to fish unless the drift is spot on , today the drift was perfect, the speed and direction were constant , drift after drift and the direction was spot on to come over that sub , I was telling Mel exactly when we would hit a fish , but for some reason , I got one every time and he never got one yet
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                Ray

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                • #9
                  Sorry to hear about the finger Ray but at least you got a few nice fish!

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                  • #10
                    Good read,sounds like you had a mint day

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by oldessox View Post
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                      Colin, I was fishing off the Cresswell skeers, there's a uboat down there that always has fish on it but i find it a pain to fish unless the drift is spot on , today the drift was perfect, the speed and direction were constant , drift after drift and the direction was spot on to come over that sub , I was telling Mel exactly when we would hit a fish , but for some reason , I got one every time and he never got one yet
                      Know where you were now Ray, that's U115 according to my book it was sunk 29/09/1918 by HMS Ouse and HMS Star and was 650 tons! wonder theres much left of it.

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                      • #12
                        Lol Ray, He who laughs last...... Well done mate, when it's your day everything goes right........well, most things
                        P.B. Cod 30lb-11ozs Balcary.

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