Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 We (our club) had a wrecking trip on Sat 8th out of Weymouth cancelled, so I had a quick look around and found that "Spot on" out of Brixham was advertising spaces for the Monday A few texts later and I managed to get 3 of us on, with the other spaces all gone to people on the skippers individual text list Up at 3.30, met John and Kevin at 4.20 and on the road by 4.30 for a leisurely 2hrs 10min drive to Brixham harbour On the boat for 7 ( a big new 12m cat that the skipper had built himself from the keel up, inc all fibreglassing) and out into the dark drizzly Channel This was a comfortable 90 odd minute steam to the first wreck, as there is seating for at least 12 inside the cabin, which is separate from the wheelhouse First drop produced nothing, but just 12/14 turns up on the second drop snagged me this I didn't weigh it as I didn't have any scales in my box, the skipper was untangling 3 others and I wanted to get it back quickly so couldn't really wait any longer But Ross (skipper) said "that's a nice double" as soon as he slipped the net under it, so I'm not going to argue with his estimate and it was a right fat bastard too.....the fish Slid it back in the water and watched it disappear like a torpedo back to where it came from The rest of the drifts here just produced small pollock around the 3/4 lb mark Moved on out to wreck number 2 where we all caught much the same as the first and this was repeated on wrecks 3 and 4 Got the SPJ rod out and gave that a go when tide slackened right off, had a Mackerel on a jig that was about the same size as it and a few drifts later had a Bass of around 4lb Happy I finally had something half decent on the SPJ's and a good bit of sport it is too I may have to get a decent left hand wind multi for it now Next wreck stole a lot of tackle and we weren't there long, I hooked a decent Pollock on the drop back down (I was nowhere near the bottom) got it back up probably another 8/10 turns and still lost it in the wreck. That wreck is tall, the murray/moray ? The last wreck we tried was one of the first we tried on way out, here we found some better fish with John picking up a brace of 12/14lbers on consecutive drifts There was also some good Bass came of this one again, with Kevins going around 8lb So a good trip for us 3 with 18/20 Pollock into double figures, 7/8 Bass into doubles and just a few Pouting Our first time out with Ross, but can highly recommend him and his boat. Very roomy (12m x 5) quick and seating for all inside Sorry there aren't more pics BTW if anyone has a trip out of Brixham in the near future, the rd from the harbour to the carpark is closed and the diversion is back out through the town and up through a housing estate, so give yourself an extra 10/15 mins Saintly Fish, Scotch_Egg2012, suzook12 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Excellent work Nick! What a lovely bass! Congratulations on breaking your double duck. And well done on the SPJ's too. What jigs were they taking? 3.30am is a bloomin' early start. Kudos for the effort. Sounds like a cracking trip on a lovely boat though. @Saintly Fish, might be worth looking this skipper up for an OO charter perhaps? As for the wreck, I'm guessing it was the MV Murree, a large, modern cargo ship: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137154 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 nice trip out and stonker of a fish! nice one! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 If I didn't know any better I'd say there's even a glimmer of a smile on his face too... 😉 jonnyswamp and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Ok I suppose. Andy135 and jonnyswamp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Andy135 said: Excellent work Nick! What a lovely bass! Congratulations on breaking your double duck. And well done on the SPJ's too. What jigs were they taking? 3.30am is a bloomin' early start. Kudos for the effort. Sounds like a cracking trip on a lovely boat though. @Saintly Fish, might be worth looking this skipper up for an OO charter perhaps? As for the wreck, I'm guessing it was the MV Murree, a large, modern cargo ship: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137154 I don't know the name of the jig Andy, just a long thin 200g one. Silver and blue with an orange stripe down the one side. Only had the one Bass on jigs, all my others took a 6"dark Mackerel firetail Sidewinder Yes the boat was about the best I've been on for deck space and cabin space Great when everyone can get inside and sit on a proper seat, it meant I could grab an hour or so shut eye on the way back in, which made the drive home a bit easier As for the wreck, I assume it was the Murree, going on how high it sat Edited January 11, 2022 by jonnyswamp Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Andy135 said: might be worth looking this skipper up for an OO charter perhaps? Yeah go for it!! 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Nice report @jonnyswamp. Shame you didn't get to weigh the bass because it's like photos, if you don't weigh it it don't count!! (Well not as a PB anyhooo). Better luck next time! 💪🏻 JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: Nice report @jonnyswamp. Shame you didn't get to weigh the bass because it's like photos, if you don't weigh it it don't count!! (Well not as a PB anyhooo). Better luck next time! 💪🏻 I completely agree, it was out of the water a good few minutes and I didn't want it going back dead A schoolboy error, with regards to not having a scales to hand, which won't happen again A bit like my chances of catching another double figure Bass, it won't happen again 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: I completely agree, it was out of the water a good few minutes and I didn't want it going back dead A schoolboy error, with regards to not having a scales to hand, which won't happen again A bit like my chances of catching another double figure Bass, it won't happen again 😭 Weight is just a mere technicality. As long as YOU know it's your biggest yet. That's all that counts. Just not here!! 😇 Andy135 and jonnyswamp 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Looks a good fish, the big I’ve seen in person was 15, a skipper called Dave weaving caught it he was only fishing for about half an hour, he caught two good ones then he fucked off back in his shed . jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, JonC said: Looks a good fish, the big I’ve seen in person was 15, a skipper called Dave weaving caught it he was only fishing for about half an hour, he caught two good ones then he fucked off back in his shed . As everyone says when a fish looks smaller than what's claimed The photo doesn't do it justice, it was really fat....😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 6:13 PM, Saintly Fish said: Yeah go for it!! 👍🏻 He’s not cheap but he’s a good skipper, does Tuna trips too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Odyssey said: He’s not cheap but he’s a good skipper, does Tuna trips too We paid £80 each (9 anglers in total on boat) Sailed at 7am and back on the pontoon after 5pm, so not too dear IMHO Travelled to 6/7 wrecks throughout the day and didn't plod about either, 16/18 knots most of the time, so used a fair bit of fuel no doubt Seems well up on his shark knowledge too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 That’s a good price! It’s £60 a head for a few undersided cod on some boats from Cardiff…. He’s a top skipper! If you are ever looking to fill a boat wrecking or plaids turbot foshing let me know, I’d be happy to tag along 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Odyssey said: That’s a good price! It’s £60 a head for a few undersided cod on some boats from Cardiff…. He’s a top skipper! If you are ever looking to fill a boat wrecking or plaids turbot foshing let me know, I’d be happy to tag along 🙂 No worries, if anything comes up I'll let you know 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Odyssey said: That’s a good price! It’s £60 a head for a few undersided cod on some boats from Cardiff…. He’s a top skipper! If you are ever looking to fill a boat wrecking or plaids turbot foshing let me know, I’d be happy to tag along 🙂 Quite fancy a bit of shork fashing myself 🤣 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 That’s West Country yokel speak that is…. 😉 suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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