Popular Post GPSguru Posted July 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) A hot day was forecast and tides / sea conditions were favourable, so we launched at 07:00 this morning. Summertime is definitely here, even at that time of the morning I had to put up with some tw@t from the Midlands who declared he needed the whole 2 lane slip to launch a 4.8m Brig Eagle 🙄. When I saw his reversing skills I can understand why ! The wife is not too keen on going out to the 20+ mile wrecks as she said it seems to take a long time, so I headed for a wreck at 9 miles. We were the only ones on the wreck and I immediately hooked a couple of good sized scad that were partial to a slow jig. Following on from that, it was just Pout city. I lost count of the Pout, so we moved onto a wreck at 12 miles out and found it to be netted. Normally netting is not an issue, but the drift was taking us straight into the net Danns, so I moved onto another wreck at about 14 miles out. Again, in 145ft of water this wreck was full of pout (decent sized) and not much else. It was now getting on for lunchtime, and it was very hot, especially as I have to cover up due to the drug that they are treating my colitis with, as it makes me about 50% more liable to 'T' Cell skin cancer, which I could do without !. I drank about 4L of water throughout the day. Both the wife and myself commented that there was a distinct lack of boats on the wrecks and NO rod/line commercials, which is a good indication that the fishing is crap at the moment. We decided to go inshore and try for some mackerel, the sea was mirror calm, so it was a quick 30+knts return trip. Again, I would have expected to see Dolphins and porpoises in these conditions, but there were none to be seen. After moving a few times, we found some Mackerel and managed 22 mediums, which have gone straight into the bait freezer. By late afternoon it was getting unbearably hot, so the wife suggested we set off down the coast toward East Devon for some sightseeing, so a steady 20knts took us past Horse cove, smugglers cove , Dawlish Warren, Exmouth, and onto sandy bay. At Sandy Bay I saw one of my fishing mates who was spearfishing. He told me that there were hundreds of school bass chasing the fry, but none of any decent size. Strangely, further along the coast we had seen Bass rising and the fry clearing the water like a rain shower, and that was about 2 miles out. Unfortunately, I didn't have my HTO lure rod on the boat, which I would have put to good use with casting jigs. Not many fish, but a decent day on a flat calm sea, the trip was a little under 50Nm. Edited July 21, 2021 by GPSguru JDP, mick, Dicky and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Nice work Ian. A fair few miles covered but at least the fishing was consistent even if there were no lunkers to be had. GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Nice report Ian, thanks for sharing. I can only dream of getting out fishing at the moment. What with work, birthdays (Leo’s) and family and friends visiting. Still nice to catch up with people. But I’d rather be sat quietly on the water with rod in hand and bait juice scattered around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 nice write up - must be nice to cruise around to keep cool! at least the bait freezer is topped up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 32c here right now (3:00pm) so we were glad that we didn't go out again today. Also the slipway is great entertainment value, I stopped there for lunch and we spent 2 hours watching some complete novices, and a good number of complete morons ! some of the novices were getting into trouble with the incoming tide ripping across the slip at right angles 🤣 You would surprised how many clowns try and land on the slip WITH the tide. And wonder why they miss the slip by a country mile, then you hear the prop trying to turn the stones into gravel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, GPSguru said: 32c here right now (3:00pm) so we were glad that we didn't go out again today. Urgh! It's 28C in my office right now. Too hot to work?? GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Urgh! It's 28C in my office right now. Too hot to work?? You never work so what’s the problem?? GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: You never work so what’s the problem?? Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, Andy135 said: I work my knuckles to the bone I’ll have you know! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: I work my knuckles to the bone I’ll have you know! Photographic evidence? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 32 minutes ago, suzook12 said: Photographic evidence? 🤣 This don’t do itself you know… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, JonC said: All that from you taking a dump? That’s some destructive crapping. Made I spit tea did that 👍 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Bet that was a lovely day at sea even if the fishing wasn't top notch. Hope to be down your way on Sunday. Our club has an away day at Brixham so most of us will be on the skerries or maybe on a few inshore wrecks. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 43 minutes ago, Dicky said: Bet that was a lovely day at sea even if the fishing wasn't top notch. Hope to be down your way on Sunday. Our club has an away day at Brixham so most of us will be on the skerries or maybe on a few inshore wrecks. It certainly was Dicky, even the wife remarked that it was an excellent day out and just like being in the Med. The weather is not going to be great on Sunday, with thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon (and Monday). Generally, thunderstorms create squalls, so be careful out there. Sunday weather for Slapton....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Break out the thermals with that coming. GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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