Kev1n
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What a day, after the big seas we’ve had recently the high pressure weather settle in and we were met with calm conditions this morning. Definitely worth a day off work.
The foghorn was blasting out through the mist which the sun was slowly trying to burning through. We were soon out of river and disappeared into the fog. A couple of boats showed up over the first two wrecks we planned to fish so we carried on further out.
At about 5 miles we found a vacant wreck, where we quickly took a few mackerel for bait. Several fish came in during very slow drift, almost too slow to cover the wreck. Best fish was a 9lb cod providing a promising start. We picked our way further out where if we took fish we’d stay for a second drift otherwise moved on. Heading out to the 10 mile range proved a Smart move when we hit a wreck stuffed with fish. Another 9 pounder fell to the little ‘un who hauled it up 270 feet, fighting all the way. A double followed shortly after and was the turning point from catching cod to mainly ling.
Mackeral were around in plague proportions hitting the bait on every drop which was frustrating trying to get passed them to the wreck. Big fillets of mackerel as bait helped avoid hook-ups on the way down and took ling to 9lb. They don’t go back well at that depth so swapped to shads without any luck, except for more macks of course.
The 4 mile wrecks on the way back in were very quiet and gave time for a filleting session to end a 10 hour day.
The foghorn was blasting out through the mist which the sun was slowly trying to burning through. We were soon out of river and disappeared into the fog. A couple of boats showed up over the first two wrecks we planned to fish so we carried on further out.
At about 5 miles we found a vacant wreck, where we quickly took a few mackerel for bait. Several fish came in during very slow drift, almost too slow to cover the wreck. Best fish was a 9lb cod providing a promising start. We picked our way further out where if we took fish we’d stay for a second drift otherwise moved on. Heading out to the 10 mile range proved a Smart move when we hit a wreck stuffed with fish. Another 9 pounder fell to the little ‘un who hauled it up 270 feet, fighting all the way. A double followed shortly after and was the turning point from catching cod to mainly ling.
Mackeral were around in plague proportions hitting the bait on every drop which was frustrating trying to get passed them to the wreck. Big fillets of mackerel as bait helped avoid hook-ups on the way down and took ling to 9lb. They don’t go back well at that depth so swapped to shads without any luck, except for more macks of course.
The 4 mile wrecks on the way back in were very quiet and gave time for a filleting session to end a 10 hour day.
and yes i found the same, due to the coffee like water upto 6-7 mile out the inshore wrecks just never had a thing on them but mackerel.
