Popular Post thejollysinker Posted December 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Set off from home at 05.50 after defrosting the car with my twin son Tom who’d made the trip down from Cheltenham arriving at 21.50 the previous evening so not much sleep for him. River had some eerie mist in the dark so with waders adorned it was off to bail and retrieve the dinghy. I reckon it had upwards of 60 gallons in it with a slab of ice on top 😅 Loaded it up with a mountain of stuff as usual and rowed out to a frosty boat. New trim motor was performing faultlessly and it fired up first time, unexpectedly given the temperature. We were off before sunrise into an almost flat calm sea. The sight of the sun rising behind the clouds was truly awesome. fishing commenced with feathery rigs and jigs, we also tried squid jigs over 3 different reefs and only managed two tiny grey gurnards. Made a major mistake deviating from the original plan by not taking into account the wind forecast and ended up being blown off our chosen anchored spot. It was clear the whiting were about so Tom with baited feathers whipped a few up for himself whilst I persevered with huge baits for a conger but alas no joy 🥲 the wind by now was creating white caps and it was decidedly uncomfortable so we hauled anchor and moved inshore for a couple of drifts with bait to no avail 🤷♂️ whilst out we saw no less than 5 trawlers and plenty of marked ground nets, the area being hammered as usual 🙄 we had one dogfish to make 3 species although we didn’t actually touch it as it spat the bait on the surface. I did touch the leader so it counts doesn’t it @JonC? went in before dark in 2 ft of water, packed up and rowed back in the dark after a long and tiring day, back home in time for some family fun drinking eating and singing on the karaoke 😊 sorry no pics as yet. Cropped the ones I was gonna add but still too big 🤷♂️ Edited December 12, 2022 by thejollysinker mick, suzook12, mike farrants and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Nice little report, bugger rowing a frosted tender out to the boat in the cold and dark. Fair play. Tip..... when you drop your photo, then click on the "actual size" link at the bottom and chose a slightly smaller file. As shown.... thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 7 hours ago, thejollysinker said: Set off from home at 05.50 after defrosting the car with my twin son Tom who’d made the trip down from Cheltenham arriving at 21.50 the previous evening so not much sleep for him. River had some eerie mist in the dark so with waders adorned it was off to bail and retrieve the dinghy. I reckon it had upwards of 60 gallons in it with a slab of ice on top 😅 Loaded it up with a mountain of stuff as usual and rowed out to a frosty boat. New trim motor was performing faultlessly and it fired up first time, unexpectedly given the temperature. We were off before sunrise into an almost flat calm sea. The sight of the sun rising behind the clouds was truly awesome. fishing commenced with feathery rigs and jigs, we also tried squid jigs over 3 different reefs and only managed two tiny grey gurnards. Made a major mistake deviating from the original plan by not taking into account the wind forecast and ended up being blown off our chosen anchored spot. It was clear the whiting were about so Tom with baited feathers whipped a few up for himself whilst I persevered with huge baits for a conger but alas no joy 🥲 the wind by now was creating white caps and it was decidedly uncomfortable so we hauled anchor and moved inshore for a couple of drifts with bait to no avail 🤷♂️ whilst out we saw no less than 5 trawlers and plenty of marked ground nets, the area being hammered as usual 🙄 we had one dogfish to make 3 species although we didn’t actually touch it as it spat the bait on the surface. I did touch the leader so it counts doesn’t it @JonC? went in before dark in 2 ft of water, packed up and rowed back in the dark after a long and tiring day, back home in time for some family fun drinking eating and singing on the karaoke 😊 sorry no pics as yet. Cropped the ones I was gonna add but still too big 🤷♂️ It doesn’t really work like that with regards to touching the leader for you, it’s my rule that I use as and when it suits me. So no, the dogfish doesn’t count. But then that’s a good thing anyway. 🤣 Andy135, thejollysinker and jonnyswamp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 7 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Nice little report, bugger rowing a frosted tender out to the boat in the cold and dark. Fair play. Tip..... when you drop your photo, then click on the "actual size" link at the bottom and chose a slightly smaller file. As shown.... thanks Neil, getting there 😅 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Good effort that man! Well dangled the pair of you. That last photo looks lovely. Top snapping 👍 thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 @thejollysinker we will make a top poster of you yet. 👍🏻 thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: @thejollysinker we will make a top poster of you yet. 👍🏻 Don’t know why he’s posted up a picture of his tyre though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Good effort that man! Well dangled the pair of you. That last photo looks lovely. Top snapping 👍 The last picture is very dramatic, almost arty. Gives @mike farrants and his lens filters a run for the money. please note there is no money so don’t start posting up randomly filtered photos because you won’t win anything. mike farrants and thejollysinker 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, JonC said: Don’t know why he’s posted up a picture of his tyre though? It was the first photo to hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Good effort that man! Well dangled the pair of you. That last photo looks lovely. Top snapping 👍 cheers mate, just great to get out again despite the atrocious fishing and skippering.... that was my son Tom. It was 06.10 and very dark althought the photo makes it look much brighter. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Well done for the trip on the tender, I would've jacked after that thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 that last pic is awesome! Nice one! thejollysinker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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