Popular Post mike farrants Posted May 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2023 My other half has a sister who moved out to and now lives in Florida with her american husband and 2 kids - and they were over to the UK for a couple of weeks - 1st time fo rthe Husband Joe and their 2 kids. they came to stay with us for just 48 hours - abd being boat mad i had to get them out in the bay on pugwash! Saturday was write off with the weather and they were leaving on sunday 1pm- so it had to be sunday morning only! we got down to the boat for 7.30am with slightly fuzzy heads - i had to show Joe some English beers (a mixture of warm and flat ones and fizzy cold ones) knowing it was a short trip feathering for mackerel was the plan a) - with an hour at anchor if they didnt show as plan B) plan C was go see the Seal at Chequers and have a sight seeing. thankfully we did all 3! using small sabikis and baiting them with squid provided us the best chance and on the first drop Joe son pulled up a decent Tub gurnard, promptly followed by a 2nd. Joe then managed a small Grey gurnard - leaving it 3.0 to the americans! couple of drifts later joes son hooks up a decent sized mackerel I soon follow with one too - 4.1 to the americans We tried the 2nd entrance chequers - but the seal was in the water so after one drift we went and anchored up for half an hour very close by to cut down travel time. no sooner had i explained what a dogfish was Joe was in, quickly followed by his son and me - a few more dogs to the boat and before you knew it it was time to pull the anchor - shame no rays of conger - but at least we had plenty of fish! a total success that we managed to get out let alone catch fish - it ended something like 10 - 5 to the Americans but I wasn't counting (plus there were 2 of them!) A lovely day afloat on what was a warm day at least for me 🙂 Invite to fish off his boat secured too - (he has a four-winns sports cruiser near Tampa) thejollysinker, Dicky, Andy135 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Top skippering. Got to make our American cousins feel like they're the best in the world at everything, right?!?! 🤣👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Cheesy grins all round, a great result and a return leg! Do away fish count double if its a draw? mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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