Popular Post GPSguru Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Pretty decent weather today, so I decided a trip to the wrecks was in order. However, I was not expecting too much as Alan (mate with offshore 25) went to the 40 mile wrecks on Saturday and only ended up with 2 Pollock and one Bass after visiting 8 wrecks at between 25 – 35Nm. I thought a good plan today, was to get out to a 15 mile wreck in 150ft and stop at a 9 mile wreck on route. Again, -1C when I left home this morning and 1C on the slipway. Launched 08:30 on the Ebb and was going to time my return for the beginning of the flood. The sea was flat (0.3m @11secs) with just a small secondary wind swell from the NW (probably 0.3m). I made good time out to the 9 mile wreck and was making my first drop at 09:00. I made 3 drifts and there were no takers, not even a bait robbing Pout. I pushed onto the 15 mile wreck and the circled the wreck a few times to play with my new Garmin G3 Vision charts, which seem to work quite well. I was concerned that the high resolution relief shading would be a bit slow to update the screen, but it actually works really well, however, updating the plotter is quite a faff as you have to use ActiveCaptain, but more about that later. The wreck is very broken so I decided on a drift that took me right over the broken stern section of the wreck. Using SPJ, I was straight into a small Bass and that is pretty much the story for the rest of the morning. I needed up with 9 small Bass, 2 very small Pollock and a good number of average Pout. Not exactly an overwhelming success, but enough fish to keep me busy. I only lost one jig, which is pretty good as the wreck is a renowned tackle graveyard. I headed back in at 12:00 midday, and an uneventful 30knt return journey saw me back on the slip and loaded on the trailer by 13:00. Not much in the way of pics, but here is one to show the puny size of the Bass (which all happily swam away). A chilly but beautiful day for fishing. Not a cloud in the sky and a flat sea. Total trip distance today was 37Nm ................ Edited January 18, 2022 by GPSguru suzook12, Geoff, Dicky and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Kudos to you Ian for going out in an open boat in 1deg. Don't think I'd fancy it tbh, I'm too used to a heated cab and a coffee machine! Plus you look like the Michelin man in that suit. Bet it's snug though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 i'd be happy with a bass of that size - was a cracking day down here in weymouth - light frost in the morning, unbroken blue skies all day and not a breath of wind - had the windows open at home for a while! I bet it was a bit fresh out at sea though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Very nice, smooth trip. Looks chilly for sure but a day on the water beats pretty much anything else in my book. Good work. You came, you caught, you conquered a tackle-hungry wreck. Top dangling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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