Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted February 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2023 7 of us made the near 4hr trek down to Penzance on the Friday lunch time arriving at the digs (pub) around 6pm, just in time for some beer Early to bed (bloody pub shut at 10pm) and up for 6.30 for a breakfast in a little cafe near the train station, just a 2 min stroll to the boat Too early for me to eat a full English so settled on some jam on toast 7 full bellies boarded Lo-Ki around 7.30 and we were soon out through the harbour with the skipper telling us that everywhere was literally crammed full of bait fish, Sardines, Anchovies, small Mackerel etc and that maybe we wouldn't have such a productive day First drift was off lands end and gave us a couple of Wrasse, as did the second Moved a bit inshore and hit a nice shoal of Bass, did this drift once more and had the same sort of result albeit with a couple of wrasse thrown in as well Another move and the odd Pollock was coming up with some small Coalies that went back and that was the story for the rest of the morning, although there were a few Codling coming up now and again The sounder was black with bait fish wherever we went so we just had to persevere, the skipper did pull up a nice Coalie that looked to be around a double but it wasn't weighed and after a quick picture, it went back In fact, everything went back except the insize Codling, a few Pollock and 3 Coalies All my fish fell to a 150 gm Sardine slow jig, which took a bit of a battering especially off the Wrasse, but certainly out fished the other jigs I tried The rest of the afternoon was spent at anchor catching some half decent Whiting and the odd dog. With the forecast for Sunday being a bit lumpy, skipper said we would be at anchor for most of the day as it wouldn't be suitable to go around to the reefs off Lands End so wasn't looking forward to that at all He took us to some different reefs from Saturday that were fishable with lures, but the wind pushed us along a bit too briskly for the slow jigs to be effective I had a nightmare, loosing 4 sets of gear (including leader) one after the other, so spent a lot of the morning tackling back up We picked up a steady stream of Pollock to around 4/5lb and a few Codling that were a bit smaller with all fish falling to 4" sidewinder type lures, the 6" weren't getting touched The biggest of the weekend was a surprise 14.5lb Ling which took a 4" green lure After my nightmare morning, I had a very good hour or so picking up 3 Pollock and a sizable Codling We headed in for 3pm followed by pods of Porpoise and Dolphins. There were loads about, no doubt gorging on the Sardines etc So that was our weekend, not a disaster, but not what was expected (I even emptied my fish freezer in anticipation of filling it back up with fresh stuff and I promised a load of people fish for the Monday) Geoff, JonC, Malc and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Nice report Nick with photos all the right way up!! 👍🏻 That ling looked lovely, as did the cuckoo wrasse that even made you crack a smile (grimace)!! Thanks! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 well done boys looks like a great weekend jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Yeah, ok. No need to show off. #welljell Top dangling all 👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Looks like a good mix 🙂 I’ve heard a few pollack around the west wales reefs, hopefully an exploratory trip in a few weeks to see what can find 🙂 Never Met Kieran but he seems to work hard to find the fish 🙂 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 16 hours ago, Odyssey said: Looks like a good mix 🙂 I’ve heard a few pollack around the west wales reefs, hopefully an exploratory trip in a few weeks to see what can find 🙂 Never Met Kieran but he seems to work hard to find the fish 🙂 Yes he does, he lives and breathes fishing, if he isn't on the boat he's off the beach/rocks We had some trips booked out of Dale this year, but fell out with the skipper over deposit, so cancelled them all Managed to book Rob Rennie for a wreck/reef trip (what ever is fishing the best at the time of trip) in June What boat does he have now Luke, does he fish 10 or 8 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 6 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: Yes he does, he lives and breathes fishing, if he isn't on the boat he's off the beach/rocks We had some trips booked out of Dale this year, but fell out with the skipper over deposit, so cancelled them all Managed to book Rob Rennie for a wreck/reef trip (what ever is fishing the best at the time of trip) in June What boat does he have now Luke, does he fish 10 or 8 ? He has Celtic Wildcat whixh is a monster. He used to fish 4 for sharks but you can fish more. He reccomends max 8 for wrecking but if it’s your booking I guess you can choose numbers 🙂 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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