A morning on the wrecks (7th May)

[GPSguru]

The weather forecast was looking Ok for a mornings fishing on the inshore wrecks. The wind was NW F2, veering to South and picking up to 20knts in the early afternoon. My original plan was to get out to the 30 mile wrecks, but with the wind forecast to veer south, I knew that would cause wind over tide and the sea state could potentially be quite rough, so a visit to the 12 mile wrecks seemed more in order. My crew was Brother in law James (who completely outfished me !), and we both had other commitments in the afternoon, so the plan was to be back at 1:00pm.

We made an early start and launched at 7:45, and once out of the estuary it was flat calm, perfect for the 12 mile trip to the first wreck. The throttle was opened up to 4000rpm, and we were cruising nicely at a little over 32kns, which made the journey time quite reasonable.

 

Once on the wreck, James went with a Blue White RedGill 115 evo and was soon into a Pollock of about 5lb. Over the course of the next hour or so we made several drifts and James ended up with 6 decent Pollock with the biggest probably going 6lb. I caught pout on every drift and dropped at least 3 Pollock.

We then decided to head back to a 9 mile wreck and there was a charter already fishing it, so we moved on 4 miles to another wreck that has a reputation for some good Bass. On the first drift James was straight into a 4lb Bass, but  despite several more drifts and lots of quite shy bites, it was the only fish from the wreck.

By late morning the wind had veered to the South and was quite strong and blustery, my anemometer showed a steady 22knts, gusting to 28knts, and the sea was getting quite lively, which is what I had expected to happen. At midday we decided to go back in (a 9 mile steam) and by this time the waves were about a metre,  with plenty of whitecaps all around us. I looked at the live wave buoy data and the sea was 1.6m @ 3 secs, so I took a very slight detour to keep the sea on the port quarter and kept the speed down to 18 – 20 knts. With a little throttle control on the biggest waves it was a decent and effortless ride back to the slipway.

Well worth the effort and quite a good mornings fishing ……………. 33nm

Edited May 8, 2021 by GPSguru

[Dicky]

Nice one, if the weather allows we may be down at Brixham next weekend for a go on the wrecks and a spot of spotty bashing

[Andy135]

Nice report Ian. Some good seamanship too.

[Bass&Chips]

Great use of a short weather window.

[Saintly Fish]

Looks like the fish are returning then Ian.... good job! 

[GPSguru]

11 hours ago, Dicky said:

Nice one, if the weather allows we may be down at Brixham next weekend for a go on the wrecks and a spot of spotty bashing

At the moment the weather next weekend is looking ok. If it holds, then I expect we will go to the skerries.  Probably stopping in babbacombe bay  / Orestone /  hopes nose to get some fresh mackerel.

I think I have been volunteered to lead a party of 3 boats.

[suzook12]

21 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Looks like the fish are returning then Ian.... good job! 

Which Ian are you referring to now? 😀