kayos
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Ok, I know I said I wouldn't bore you with yet another Mackerel report, but I couldn't help myself.
The Met Office promised sun from the off, but we woke to grey skies and smiry rain.........
However as we reckoned this might be our last trip of the Summer, due to work etc we decided to go anyway.
Caught the 920am ferry to Dunoon and arrived at Blairmore at 1030am. Thankfully there was no seal and no drunks to get offended by my pink crocs!
A man and his Grandson were fishing and we could see they already had a few. In the time it took us to set up, the Man had to full strings of 5 Mackerel, twice, so they were definitely out there! Started fishing and immediately the man asked " Why do you only have 2 daylites on?" I explained that we bought them in packs of 4 and split them, as 2 Mackerel on our light gear was plenty to lift up the side of the pier. "Oh no son, you need more than that, they will never attract the mackerel!" I explained that they had worked just fine in the past, but to no avail. Of course we had to endure him catching 3 lots of fish, while we continued to blank. "Have you not got any full packs in your bag?" Changing the subject, I asked him where he was from. He told us South Africa orginally, but had lived in England for 8 years. He was staying at the caravan site up the road. " I think you will struggle today son, with that set up!" What is it about guys who hire a caravan for a week in a new venue and think they can teach the locals how to fish? it really annoys...................oh yeah, point taken :red:
Anyway, his Grandson got bored, so off they went and we were left with pier to ourselves
Pretty soon we started catching :
Lynn insisted that if I wanted to put anymore photos of her up, I had to post one of me...........sorry guys!
Pretty in pink!
Things were a bit slow, but the weather was improving and then around 45 minutes before high tide, all hell broke loose! About 30 yards off the pier the water started to "boil" we have never seen anything like it, fish everywhere! It was 2 Mackerel a cast.
Some really good ones, the biggest of the season for us, but loads of small Joeys too, so we flattened the barbs and shook the small ones, straight back into the water. We could afford to be choosey, as it really was 2 a cast
Just then a family, Mother, Father and two sons joined us on the pier.
Their casting left a lot to be desired - Lynn in a snaggle.
The Father and 2 Sons had 5 feathers on each and were fair pulling them in.
I have to say we noticed that every single fish was kept, even the tiniest Joey. They were put, still alive, into a household bin! Who brings a bin fishing:question:
When the bin was totally full, they humphed it down the pier to their car, only to return with 2 picnic boxes and proceded to fill them. I reckon they must have read Duncan's post in "chat" that Mackerel are £8.59 a kilo
No idea what they were going to do with them all :question: Must have had over 150
Anyway, we fished on, having a fantastic time, taking the biggest and shaking off the smaller ones. By this time the sun was out and beautifully warm.
I took my bigger rod and tried bottom fishing with Mackerel strip, but just ended up feeding the crabs!
By 2pm we were all fished out. We had a fantastic session, caught plenty for the table, so decided with the glorious weather to repair to the pub
A fag and a pint........she's a classy lady my Lynn :red:
Had a few pints in the sun - bliss.
All too soon, it was time to head for the boat. I took a few more pics onboard.
I have got to get a camera with a zoom lens!!
Anyway, back at home, we reflected on a great days fishing, pretty much fish every cast for 90 minutes, plus plenty before that too. We opened the fish bag and realised we had lost count on the keepers. Ended up with 18
If today was the last trip of the season, then that is the way to finish.....
The Met Office promised sun from the off, but we woke to grey skies and smiry rain.........
However as we reckoned this might be our last trip of the Summer, due to work etc we decided to go anyway.
Caught the 920am ferry to Dunoon and arrived at Blairmore at 1030am. Thankfully there was no seal and no drunks to get offended by my pink crocs!
A man and his Grandson were fishing and we could see they already had a few. In the time it took us to set up, the Man had to full strings of 5 Mackerel, twice, so they were definitely out there! Started fishing and immediately the man asked " Why do you only have 2 daylites on?" I explained that we bought them in packs of 4 and split them, as 2 Mackerel on our light gear was plenty to lift up the side of the pier. "Oh no son, you need more than that, they will never attract the mackerel!" I explained that they had worked just fine in the past, but to no avail. Of course we had to endure him catching 3 lots of fish, while we continued to blank. "Have you not got any full packs in your bag?" Changing the subject, I asked him where he was from. He told us South Africa orginally, but had lived in England for 8 years. He was staying at the caravan site up the road. " I think you will struggle today son, with that set up!" What is it about guys who hire a caravan for a week in a new venue and think they can teach the locals how to fish? it really annoys...................oh yeah, point taken :red:
Anyway, his Grandson got bored, so off they went and we were left with pier to ourselves
Pretty soon we started catching :
Lynn insisted that if I wanted to put anymore photos of her up, I had to post one of me...........sorry guys!
Pretty in pink!
Things were a bit slow, but the weather was improving and then around 45 minutes before high tide, all hell broke loose! About 30 yards off the pier the water started to "boil" we have never seen anything like it, fish everywhere! It was 2 Mackerel a cast.
Some really good ones, the biggest of the season for us, but loads of small Joeys too, so we flattened the barbs and shook the small ones, straight back into the water. We could afford to be choosey, as it really was 2 a cast
Just then a family, Mother, Father and two sons joined us on the pier.
Their casting left a lot to be desired - Lynn in a snaggle.
The Father and 2 Sons had 5 feathers on each and were fair pulling them in.
I have to say we noticed that every single fish was kept, even the tiniest Joey. They were put, still alive, into a household bin! Who brings a bin fishing:question:
When the bin was totally full, they humphed it down the pier to their car, only to return with 2 picnic boxes and proceded to fill them. I reckon they must have read Duncan's post in "chat" that Mackerel are £8.59 a kilo
No idea what they were going to do with them all :question: Must have had over 150
Anyway, we fished on, having a fantastic time, taking the biggest and shaking off the smaller ones. By this time the sun was out and beautifully warm.
I took my bigger rod and tried bottom fishing with Mackerel strip, but just ended up feeding the crabs!
By 2pm we were all fished out. We had a fantastic session, caught plenty for the table, so decided with the glorious weather to repair to the pub
A fag and a pint........she's a classy lady my Lynn :red:
Had a few pints in the sun - bliss.
All too soon, it was time to head for the boat. I took a few more pics onboard.
I have got to get a camera with a zoom lens!!
Anyway, back at home, we reflected on a great days fishing, pretty much fish every cast for 90 minutes, plus plenty before that too. We opened the fish bag and realised we had lost count on the keepers. Ended up with 18
If today was the last trip of the season, then that is the way to finish.....
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