Popular Post mike farrants Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 Joined Tim on his boat again - left at first light in search of mackerel - really struggled compared to last week, only managed 4 joeys - no fresh squid about either - we had frozen baits though so all good. Headed out to our mark and set about the usual - one big bait and one small 3 hook flapper for the whiting. we had a bit of a false start - tide was weaker than the wind so we ended up not anchored properly, fishing toward the bow as what tide there was took our weights downtide but not the boat - so much so that tim caught the anchor rope as we swang over it, i had to go up the bow, pull the boat to create enough slack to haul the rope in and pull the hooks out. Soon enough the tide picked up and the wind eased. we settled into the fishing - on the light gear we had a steady stream of whiting, pout and poor cod - i had all 3 at once top middle and bottom! = great fun on my Kanji spinning rod. On the big stuff i managed a couple of thornies - the big one we didnt weigh as it was bleeding - but i'll say double figures - it took a Joey flapper I also had a big Whiting take a half a frozen mackerel on a big hook. I had a couple of congers = one big one was not hooked just clamped onto a mackerel head and let go at the boat as Tim reeled in a big thornie on a strip of Garfish. Tim also had a Smoothound on Garfish bait sadly only one doggie and no bream this week. we ended up with over 30 whiting - taking the big ones for tea. Colder than last week - but i had Bovril to keep me warm! pics: GPSguru, jonnyswamp, mick and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Nice thornie, beautiful markings. Certainly a double figure fish 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Great fishing and a fish supper in the steam room after to relax. What could be better? mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 steam room ffs - just coz i have jazzy tiles in the kitchen 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 A good day's fishing. Well done. 👍 Bet it was lovely to slip into the steam room to warm up after a cold day afloat. #welljell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: welljell Why?? You have a whole David Lloyd centre in your garden!! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Nice one Mike, but are they them squeaky beans on that plate They're only silent if they're fresh, squeak like fuck if cooked from frozen Or is that just Mrs Swamps cooking methods ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 8:56 PM, jonnyswamp said: Nice one Mike, but are they them squeaky beans on that plate They're only silent if they're fresh, squeak like fuck if cooked from frozen Or is that just Mrs Swamps cooking methods ? they were fresh (according to tesco), but still a bit Squeaky! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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