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Many thanks to Dave & Richy for what is always a great day out.
Started out a bit murky....... visibility was down to about 15 feet due to the fog at around 6 miles out. Looked to be a good day in the offing, fishwise - 4 fish on the 1st drift, but things turned VERY quiet. Despite visiting many wrecks - even going up to 13 miles off, there weren\'t many fish about.
Bit of a S.E. wind picked up and in conjunction with the sun, managed to get rid of the fog. We were in red hot sunshine for the afternoon and the wind died away as quickly as it picked up. Called in on a few of the closer to shore wrecks on the way back in and that seems to be where the fish had been. We were all soon into fish again.
Dave had a big thump on his rod and was anticipating a repeat performance of Fridays\' 20lber........a good sized fish eventually broke the surface, but it was hooked tail on. Dave was using barbless hooks and the main concern was in him loosing the fish......best to net it.....well that was the idea.....lol. Now, to some, it may have looked like the fish was deliberately \"pushed\" off the hook with the net before it was landed, but WE all know it was un-intentional. Anyway, one big splash and it was away back down to the depths.
Had the company of several Gannets all day.....any fish we returned had little chance of escape. Richy fed one of them 4 whole Mackeral and it was still looking for more. Surprising how it still managed to take off from the water....lol.
Ended the day with the customary pint in the Zetland.
Who could want for a better day?
BRILLIANT.
Started out a bit murky....... visibility was down to about 15 feet due to the fog at around 6 miles out. Looked to be a good day in the offing, fishwise - 4 fish on the 1st drift, but things turned VERY quiet. Despite visiting many wrecks - even going up to 13 miles off, there weren\'t many fish about.
Bit of a S.E. wind picked up and in conjunction with the sun, managed to get rid of the fog. We were in red hot sunshine for the afternoon and the wind died away as quickly as it picked up. Called in on a few of the closer to shore wrecks on the way back in and that seems to be where the fish had been. We were all soon into fish again.
Dave had a big thump on his rod and was anticipating a repeat performance of Fridays\' 20lber........a good sized fish eventually broke the surface, but it was hooked tail on. Dave was using barbless hooks and the main concern was in him loosing the fish......best to net it.....well that was the idea.....lol. Now, to some, it may have looked like the fish was deliberately \"pushed\" off the hook with the net before it was landed, but WE all know it was un-intentional. Anyway, one big splash and it was away back down to the depths.
Had the company of several Gannets all day.....any fish we returned had little chance of escape. Richy fed one of them 4 whole Mackeral and it was still looking for more. Surprising how it still managed to take off from the water....lol.
Ended the day with the customary pint in the Zetland.
Who could want for a better day?
BRILLIANT.
