K
Kartonkel
Guest
very patchy and very different sort of day
had a friend from Germany on board who never fishes, so we only used one rod.
out at 8am and first tried for mackies, which was a bit of a struggle. the wind blew strong from NW which gave us a deadly 1.5+ kn drift. i did not even bother to wreck fish and we were mackerelling until the wind dropped a bit.
i went to a good wreck and the drift was still fast and well over a knot. it was already 12 am and all we had was a bucket of about 50 mackies.
i had to idle the engine against the drift to make it fishable and within 30 minutes we had 3 cod 7,7,8 lb and a ling of 8lb on board. conclusion (as expected)---the fish are there but the drift is sh..t.
With a few experienced anglers, we possibly would have nailed it, but it was incredibly tiresome to skipper, idling against the wind, fish, hook, bring ten yards up, then give the rod to my friend to play the fish, then gaff, unhook, kill, wash, store, bait up again, re- drift etc.
i have done that for about ten fish and then cruised home with a very chuffed friend ( who could not believe how good the fishing in England is!
) and a very exhausted Kartonkel
well...it was a good day. glorious sunshine and we were the only boat in sight...a bucket full of mackerels, about 8 large enough cod (7-9lb), a ling and a pollock
and two sunburns
had a friend from Germany on board who never fishes, so we only used one rod.
out at 8am and first tried for mackies, which was a bit of a struggle. the wind blew strong from NW which gave us a deadly 1.5+ kn drift. i did not even bother to wreck fish and we were mackerelling until the wind dropped a bit.
i went to a good wreck and the drift was still fast and well over a knot. it was already 12 am and all we had was a bucket of about 50 mackies.
i had to idle the engine against the drift to make it fishable and within 30 minutes we had 3 cod 7,7,8 lb and a ling of 8lb on board. conclusion (as expected)---the fish are there but the drift is sh..t.
With a few experienced anglers, we possibly would have nailed it, but it was incredibly tiresome to skipper, idling against the wind, fish, hook, bring ten yards up, then give the rod to my friend to play the fish, then gaff, unhook, kill, wash, store, bait up again, re- drift etc.
i have done that for about ten fish and then cruised home with a very chuffed friend ( who could not believe how good the fishing in England is!
) and a very exhausted Kartonkelwell...it was a good day. glorious sunshine and we were the only boat in sight...a bucket full of mackerels, about 8 large enough cod (7-9lb), a ling and a pollock
and two sunburns
