Tony smith Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Had a weekend away in Devon come back early Monday morning decided to go at 1pm for a short trip out. Met James at the boat got to the mark at 5pm had a few things go wrong After getting a lovely chum slick going we lost our two bags of chum the knot had come Undone 🙁 Left St Catherine’s Point at 10-45pm for a slow trip back home No sharks this trip got to bed at 3-30am i am writing this can barely keep my eyes open haha we will succeed with a Thresher one day 👍 Andy135 and Scotch_Egg2012 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Top effort Tony. Sometimes the trip just doesn't go your way, but good on you for getting out there. Got to be in it to win it. Good on you for sharing a blank post too. Bet there are many of us that blank and don't post about it, so kudos to you. 👍 Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Well done Tony, nobody can say you’re not full of enthusiasm. Your day (thresher) will come!! 💪🏻👍🏻 Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony smith Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 You can see the chum slick in this picture And the other picture is about 10pm looking Out to the IOW JonC, Andy135, suzook12 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Well done for having a go, it doesn't always go your way but will make it much sweeter when it finally does Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Awesome sunset if nothing else, worth being out just for that Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 My old hunting grounds St Catherins, did you bottom fish while drifting. I had a thresher take my first bait as I was hand lining the trace over the side to tie a ballon there once. My second bait over the side resulted in another thresher almost as quick as the first one. Over here one of my daughters young friends had an exiting battle on an estimated 250kg thresher on the weekend from a 3.85m open boat. Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony smith Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 We were on the float mate about 70ft down in 107ft of water. Live mackerel That must of been a battle for your daughters friend. Thanks for that Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Tony smith said: We were on the float mate about 70ft down in 107ft of water. Live mackerel That must of been a battle for your daughters friend. Thanks for that Tony I used to bottom fish while drifting for sharks in that area, picked up pollack and ling regularly. My daughters friend (ex boyfriend ) has landed some pretty large mako's from that little boat, he loves targeting sharks and works them over pretty quick. 107ft sounds so shallow these days!!! One of the boats boats I used to fish from has now tagged over 200 threshers form the Isle of Wight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony smith Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 I was given the mark as someone caught two Threshers last Tuesday 👍 JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Tony smith said: I was given the mark as someone caught two Threshers last Tuesday 👍 I drifted with a 12lb ling on as bait one day and a big squid killed it by taking a chunk out of the back of its head. Alway's being a bit optimistic using at least one really big bait!!!!...also used pretty big pollack as bait. Over here a shark smaller than your bait will try to eat it. Edited June 16, 2021 by JDP Tony smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 @JDP, over what ground did you find the ling? Been wanting to catch one for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 22 hours ago, Andy135 said: @JDP, over what ground did you find the ling? Been wanting to catch one for a while. The ling were from one of the wrecks in that area over the brief slack tide. I used big baits more when I fished longer range trips around the Channel Islands in hope of that elusive mako. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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