Popular Post GPSguru Posted May 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) A few good days are forecast, so it would have been rude not to go out, however, the local reports from the weekend were not encouraging. A mate went to the Skerries and only had 2 keeper Plaice, he then visited a couple of wrecks on the way back and blanked on them. I decided that I would try inshore for some early Mackerel, so after launching at 08:00, I headed straight out to the Orestone, where I scored with 3 Mackerel. On the top of the flood it all went quiet, so I pushed on over to Berry Head and found another lonely Mackerel, giving me a miserable count of 4. I had a call from another friend over at Exmouth who told me the wrecks were fishing well as a charter from Exmouth had 50 Pollock (10 anglers on board) on Saturday, I asked which wrecks, and I was surprised that the 2 wrecks mentioned were within spitting distance of the ones that may mate blanked on, so I guess it is a bit of pot luck at the moment. I happened to be quite close to a very inshore wreck (SS Galicia) which is only a couple of miles offshore but very broken. First drop with baited Tinsels saw me into a small Pollock (2lb or so), and I lost a couple of better fish as I was too lazy to change the tinsels for something stronger. So the total for the day was 4 Mackerel and one Pollock, which I guess is OK. Sea conditions were perfect (0.16m @11 secs) so I was able to travel quite quickly between marks. I headed back in at 12:30 to catch enough water on the slip with the ebbing tide. A total of 27Nm, but it was real nice to be out there again. The Orestone ......... Berry Head (92ft of water here).......... Looking toward Cod Rock from Berry Head ........... The mornings catch in the cool box .......... Edited May 6, 2022 by GPSguru thejollysinker, Geoff, Andy135 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Good to see you out and about again fella 👍 GPSguru and Geoff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Yep what Steve said ⬆️⬆️👍🏻 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Excellent result and as the others said, glad you're back on the water 👍 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Fresh mackerel, yum! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 10 hours ago, suzook12 said: Good to see you out and about again fella 👍 totally agree 2 looks idyllic looking forward to moor of your reports GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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