Popular Post Malc Posted May 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) Another invite from my friend for an early kick off, but instead of a little mist it was full on fog with visibility from 300 down to 100m. A lovely sailing yacht, Trinovante, was just preparing to leave as we left the lock and passed us shortly after we had started our first drift on their way up to the Orkney Islands. Big tide meant we were drifting at 1.2 or faster which is a little fast for lures especially over the very rough ground we were over and I was having a nightmare, losing gear and time. We had a couple of fish but the lines were well angled so the lures weren't fishing properly and any droppers were liable to catch as they bumped up and over the rock scars. Mostly fresh run fish as you can see from the lovely colours. The fog came in quite bad as we moved north so we were puttering on at 6-10kn for safety and in an area we normally fly over we saw a good few pinnacles so we did a U and drifted over it. First drift we had one each and although the drift was slowing it was still a bit fast but the next few were much better and we really got into them with codling to 4-5lb and pollock to 6. It was nice to hit the pollock as a week ago we were on a great reef for them but they were absent. One codling came back with me as it broke its jaw during the fight so it became supper, Mediterranean style cod in Mediterranean style weather 😋 Hope to add more fishy photos later. Edited May 22, 2023 by Malc Saintly Fish, Andy135, Dicky and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 It's creepy when you're out in the fog. Good work for taking it slowly and sensibly. Good fishing too. What a nice, well-marked cod 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Good work for taking it slowly and sensibly. There's lots of pot markers, other boats and there were at least 3 kayaks out so very necessary, the bonus was seeing pinnacles rather than flying over and just seeing a 2m hump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Nice report, sounds like a decent day overall Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 great report bud Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbs73 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Trinivante is or was from round our way in essex. I’ve not seen her for a while. I worked with a guy on offshore wind farms who crewed on her. Lovely looking boat. Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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