Popular Post GPSguru Posted December 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2023 A short weather window on a big tide, so it had to be worth a go. Launched in the dark at 07:00 with brother in law as crew. Went out to 4 different wrecks between 10 and 15 miles out and there was nobody at home, not even a Pout ! However, we did mange to lose 6 sets of gear between us, I lost 3 slow jigs, and James lost 3 sets of running booms. The sea was a tad lumpy past 10 miles, but still doable. As we had to be back on the slip for 12:30 to catch the tide, I decided to head inshore for the last hour, at our usual bait mark near the Orestone. On the way back in I noticed 5 boats fishing an inshore wreck (the coal boat) at 5 miles out, which is unusual, so I guessed either a) all the other wrecks were netted, or b) the fish were showing inshore. Once on the inside of the Orestone we decided on Maccy rigs, looking for decent Mack or Whiting. The sounder was full of activity, mostly on the bottom, so we dropped the rigs. Straight away I was into a fish that was definitely not a Mack or a whiting, it was, however, a 50cm Bass. This is pretty much the way it continued for the next hour with Bass, Pollock, and Channel Mackerel. I tried small slow jigs, and also 115mm Redgills, but the only thing that would catch was the 3 string tinsel Hokkai's. I assume the Mack, Bass, and Pollock were chasing some sort of white bait, but using the livescope I couldn't identify what they were chasing. We ended up with 12 Bass from 48 - 52cm (we kept 4), 9 Pollock of about 3 - 5 lb, and I lost count of the Mackerel, but some were very large. After this episode I have started tying my own feathers (Tinsels) as the 'ready mades' are unreliable, we lost a good half a dozen decent fish to bad dropper knots, and snood breakage. Sorry, but no pics this time. My GoPro has bitten the dust (they are notoriously unreliable, but give good footage), and I will replace it with a DJI Osmo Action 4, but they are like rocking horse poo at the moment, so I invested in a cheaper Wolfang GA460, and need a couple of sessions to get the hang of how to operate it efficiently. I got some footage, but it was just us going uptide on a wreck for another drift. So, almost 45Nm, but it came good in the end. The sea was flat inshore so I fished until the last minutes then gave it beans to get back (40kts). I am hoping to get out over the Christmas, weather permitting, and make a trip the the Skerries for some winter Turbot as there are less Plaice around to steal the baits. Hope you all have a good Christmas. suzook12, daio web, thejollysinker and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 great report mate GPSguru and Geoff 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 good report GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Nicely done and a good write up. Thanks for sharing. 👍 #welljell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Nice work! Slow start but sounds like it was worth it 🙂 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Good going Ian, I just wish I had the time and weather to get out! 😞 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Nice one Ian, all came good in the end GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Good going Ian, I just wish I had the time and weather to get out! 😞 It is easier to find the time when you are retired. Pretty much everyday I look at the weather for the next 7 days, and grab any small windows that look promising 👍 Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogB Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Nice going! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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