Popular Post GPSguru Posted November 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) Another nice day for fishing, which in November cant be overlooked ! Launched at 08:00 (ish) and decided to go back the wreck that had given me the Bass earlier in the week. The sea was flat and I soon arrived on the 9Nm mile wreck at about 08:20 and the place looked like a boat park ! Word soon gets around when a mark fishes well and there were 7 rod/line commercials drifting the wreck. I decided to muscle my way in and in the next hour had 2 Pollock which were about 3 – 4lb. One of the commercials was using 8 rods when drifting the wreck, and I didn’t see him catch. This sort of crowding over a mark is not my style of fishing as you have to be very aware of what is going on around you, and all boats drift differently, so it is all too easy to get way too close to another boat. This is OK if 2 of you are fishing, but difficult when solo, because you need eyes in the back of your head. I decided to move out to a 12Nm wreck and luckily there was only one other boat. This wreck has been reported as fishing very poor, so I wasn’t expecting a lot. Almost every drift produced a jumbo pout (probably 2lb) and not a lot else, however, late in the morning I hooked into a decent Bass of about 4lb. After a spirited fight the Bass was alongside the boat and instead of using the net, I just manually lifted the fish using the line, and it promptly fell off and was gone ! Came back in at 13:00 and the sea was very flat, so I couldn’t resist giving the throttle a good poke forward. The boat picked up speed really quick to 41knts against the spring tide with about 700rpm remaining before the throttle was wide open, but then I ran out of balls and settled for a 35knt cruise. A decent trip of 29Nm, which resulted in 2 Pollock, way too many Pout, and a dropped 4lb (ish) Bass A screen shot at 40knts 4lb (ish) Pollock Edited November 21, 2021 by GPSguru Saintly Fish, thejollysinker, Dicky and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Chuck would have rinsed that last 700 rpm. Andy135 and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyhookit Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 ive just the thing to save dropping good fish off its Called a 6mm 316 S / Steel gaff i did make one for a guy in Lyme bay maybe the guys to old and forgot he as one or maybe hes no idea of how to use it Tight lines Ian use it or use a net if your not going to keep the Fish GPSguru and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, willyhookit said: maybe the guys to old and forgot he as one or maybe hes no idea of how to use it Yeah, it is in the front crew seat locker, also the net was right beside me, but I was just being lazy and the fish won 🙄🤣 willyhookit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Good report Ian. Shame about the bass but it happens. Right call about moving on from the busy wreck - I don't much like having one other boat on a wreck or reef, never mind seven! As it happens, there was something about Friday that brought out the hooligan in me too 😉😁👍 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 nice report - we had to switch when squidding in portland entrances at the weekend - at least 10 boats in the east entrance drifting for squid - and its not a big entrance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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