Popular Post GPSguru Posted October 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 (edited) Today has been on the cards all week, albeit a little colder, sea conditions looked favourable until mid afternoon, however, with spring tides we needed an early start to be back on the slip for 12:30. Yes, a lot colder, at 7:00am I cleared the frost off the jeep (2c), picked up Kyle, and we launched at 7:30. The plan was to go for some more cuttle and squid, which would give us a good bait stock for the winter. A short steam to our usual mark and we were soon into the cuttle and the odd squid, all of which were a decent size. The sea was NOT as forecast and was a tad lumpy, but very doable. Kyle also sent down some baited hokkai’s and was rewarded with Grey’s, dogs, scad, and Mackerel. One of the cuttle got its own back on me, I left it in the net over the side of the boat whilst I unhooked the jig from the mesh, and it got me full in the face with a shed load of ink ! All too soon it was time to head back in, but we had more than met our target with 24 cuttle, 6 squid, dogs, gurnards, scad, and Mack. The boat took a lot of cleaning as both cuttle and squid are dirty bastids. The Bait freezer is now completely full, with 41 decent cuttle, 12 large squid, over 200 mackerel and a load of king prawn. This winter we might target winter Cod, a big ask in our location, but I have a couple of marks in mind. Also, Kyle wants a 25 - 30lb winter Blond off the skerries. Kyle with the smallest dog I have ever seen 🤣 Edited October 15, 2023 by GPSguru Geoff, Saintly Fish, mick and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Nice going there Ian, smashing it again 👌 I went to Chesil instead of boat fishing to placate my mate who couldn’t make the boat trip…. We had some fun there 🙂 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Nice one Ian - your the 3rd person i know to take a hit to the face this week! I've avoided it luckily - but its only a matter of time! GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 You've done well for bait this year. Top marks. Cuttle ink to the face sounds pretty bad 😣. Guess you had the last laugh though 👍 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: You've done well for bait this year. Top marks. Cuttle ink to the face sounds pretty bad 😣. Guess you had the last laugh though 👍 Yep, didn't have my sunny’s on and it stung like feck, luckily Kyle had a water bottle in his bag and soon sorted it out. All my clothes (jacket, hat etc), are all in the wash today ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 24 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Yep, didn't have my sunny’s on and it stung like feck, luckily Kyle had a water bottle in his bag and soon sorted it out. All my clothes (jacket, hat etc), are all in the wash today ! Why is there not a photo of this??? GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GPSguru Posted October 16, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Why is there not a photo of this??? It a good job border force were not out there, you know, black bloke with a beany in a rubber boat 🙄🤣🤣 Edited October 16, 2023 by GPSguru Andy135, daio web, Geoff and 3 others 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 16 hours ago, GPSguru said: Today has been on the cards all week, albeit a little colder, sea conditions looked favourable until mid afternoon, however, with spring tides we needed an early start to be back on the slip for 12:30. Yes, a lot colder, at 7:00am I cleared the frost off the jeep (2c), picked up Kyle, and we launched at 7:30. The plan was to go for some more cuttle and squid, which would give us a good bait stock for the winter. A short steam to our usual mark and we were soon into the cuttle and the odd squid, all of which were a decent size. The sea was NOT as forecast and was a tad lumpy, but very doable. Kyle also sent down some baited hokkai’s and was rewarded with Grey’s, dogs, scad, and Mackerel. One of the cuttle got its own back on me, I left it in the net over the side of the boat whilst I unhooked the jig from the mesh, and it got me full in the face with a shed load of ink ! All too soon it was time to head back in, but we had more than met our target with 24 cuttle, 6 squid, dogs, gurnards, scad, and Mack. The boat took a lot of cleaning as both cuttle and squid are dirty bastids. The Bait freezer is now completely full, with 41 decent cuttle, 12 large squid, over 200 mackerel and a load of king prawn. This winter we might target winter Cod, a big ask in our location, but I have a couple of marks in mind. Also, Kyle wants a 25 - 30lb winter Blond off the skerries. Kyle with the smallest dog I have ever seen 🤣 Nice report 🙂 looks like a baby huss but hard to tell without seeing the mouth Dicky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, Odyssey said: Nice report 🙂 looks like a baby huss but hard to tell without seeing the mouth @Andy135 used to claim every single sea rat as a Huss before he accepted that he was a dogfish magnet. 🤣 GPSguru and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 57 minutes ago, Odyssey said: Nice report 🙂 looks like a baby huss but hard to tell without seeing the mouth Yes, it had the colour of a Huss, but on inspection it was a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 nice report bud 🐳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 hours ago, GPSguru said: Yes, it had the colour of a Huss, but on inspection it was a dog. @Andy135 had one on Sunday that looked just like a Huss, nice chocolate brown spots but no nasal flaps. GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Nice one, do you not eat any of the squid? GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, Dicky said: Nice one, do you not eat any of the squid? Nah, I'm not eating a squids ring ! 🤣 TBH, not keen on it or Cuttle. IMHO it can be put to better use as bait for proper fish to eat 👍 Geoff and Odyssey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I’ll eat squid…. But I’d rather use the squid to get me some cod, whiting, bass instead 😁😁😁 (not that we get squid down tbis way) GPSguru and daio web 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 In my view squid is one of the nicest tasting seafoods. After lobster and cod. daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, Andy135 said: In my view squid is one of the nicest tasting seafoods. After lobster and cod. Heavily dependent on a decent bit of cooking though, not necessarily adding stuff to change the taste but timing it right to avoid the rubbery effect. For me fresh mackerel takes a lot of beating. daio web and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 30 minutes ago, JonC said: For me fresh mackerel takes a lot of beating Agreed, also fresh plaice is high on my eating agenda. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Andy135 said: In my view squid is one of the nicest tasting seafoods. After lobster and cod. Don't forget brown crab and after our holiday, anchovy fillets and not the tiddlers in jars! Not sure if I will ever get one up here 🤔 1 hour ago, JonC said: Heavily dependent on a decent bit of cooking though, not necessarily adding stuff to change the taste but timing it right to avoid the rubbery effect. For me fresh mackerel takes a lot of beating. Agreed, 1 minute or 1 hour generally for squid. Have you ever had fresh herring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, Malc said: Don't forget brown crab and after our holiday, anchovy fillets and not the tiddlers in jars! Not sure if I will ever get one up here 🤔 Agreed, 1 minute or 1 hour generally for squid. Have you ever had fresh herring? No, herring are prevalent here in the autumn months I believe but never bothered targeting them. I’ve known some locals to use nets for them to stock up on bait (top thornback (raja clavata for @Saintly Fish)) and even for pet food. There was also a local commercial boat that caught them for feed at the sea life centre at Southend on sea. Perhaps I’ll just try with feathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, JonC said: Perhaps I’ll just try with feathers That works for both herring and sardine, but you need size 4 or 6 hooks. we use tinsels with size 6 hooks. However, both are messy gits and you end up with scales everywhere, much worse than mack. Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, JonC said: feathers Mini sabikis work well up here but ensure that the mono is strong enough if you get a couple of mackerel as I got snapped off and felt awful daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Nice job @GPSguru wheres your local port ? For some reason I thought you was Weymouth ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Josh said: For some reason I thought you was Weymouth No, local for me is Teignmouth, Brixham, and Torbay. Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 9 hours ago, GPSguru said: No, local for me is Teignmouth, Brixham, and Torbay. Ah fair dos yes I was thinking you have chesil not far and regarding the Cod targeting. Though the beach is renown I’m not sure how the boats do off there for cod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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