Popular Post GPSguru Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 A very decent weather window was forecast for both Friday and Saturday, however, the tides suited me better for a Friday morning session. Crew was James (Brother in law) and at 07:00 it was -4c when we left my house. Once we got to the slipway, it was -2c, and we could see frost on the estuary sandbanks. For safety, I cleared the frost from the tubes, as they can get very slippery. The sea temp was 8c, so you wouldn’t want to be in there very long ! I decided to head for the wreck at 12 miles, which gave me the Codling last Saturday. The sea was flat, and we cruised at 28knts, the last 6 miles we were accompanied by a pod of Dolphins. We made several drifts over different parts of the wreck, and it was devoid of life, even the Pout were not at home. I decided to move to a smaller wreck at 10 miles out, as it was close by. What a difference, immediately we were into Pout, and James managed to snag the wreck about 6 times. The slow jigs worked well for me with 3 Pollock, all around the 5lb mark, and also a Ballan wrasse of a little over 3lb. I lost count of the Pout, but it must have been 20+. Soon it was time to head back in to catch the tide for the slipway (falling springs). The stamp of Pollock (a little over 5lb) A decent Wrasse of about 3lb Geoff, mick, daio web and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Nice going Ian. Seems from your reports that the wrecks are starting to improve a bit. Is that because less netting or is it the time of year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Lovely fish. Well dangled. 🎣👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Nice going Ian. Seems from your reports that the wrecks are starting to improve a bit. Is that because less netting or is it the time of year? Time of year and also less fishing pressure due to the recent not so good weather. Another factor is pretty much no rod caught commercials (until next month). Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 well done butt top dangling great report 👍 Andy135 and GPSguru 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Nice going Ian. Seems from your reports that the wrecks are starting to improve a bit. Is that because less netting or is it the time of year? Thinking about it, I have also changed my style of fishing on the wrecks. Now I fish very close to the bottom and very close to the wreck, often I am no more than 3ft off the bottom, and a constant eye is needed on the sonar to lift the jig over the wreck. This is only possible with slow jigs, and I use the rod tip to make them tumble and roll. It is a very risky strategy, and I probably lose a jig on each session. However it seems to work.This year, in just a few sessions, I have had Pollock, Cod, Tub Gurnard, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Pout, Whiting, and Mackerel suzook12, daio web and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 38 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Thinking about it, I have also changed my style of fishing on the wrecks. Now I fish very close to the bottom and very close to the wreck, often I am no more than 3ft off the bottom, and a constant eye is needed on the sonar to lift the jig over the wreck. This is only possible with slow jigs, and I use the rod tip to make them tumble and roll. It is a very risky strategy, and I probably lose a jig on each session. However it seems to work.This year, in just a few sessions, I have had Pollock, Cod, Tub Gurnard, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Pout, Whiting, and Mackerel I'll have to pop down one day for a lesson! Ive got an SPJ set up that's never seen the sea! daio web, Andy135 and GPSguru 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 16 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: I'll have to pop down one day for a lesson! Ive got an SPJ set up that's never seen the sea! Be careful, it's addictive, but what a buzz when you get hit by a decent fish And bloody expensive GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 nice one Ian - looked like a cracking morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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