Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted June 18 Popular Post Share Posted June 18 Can't remember the last time I fished from my own boat, it's been that long Decided on a short trip West to target the Smoothhounds In the 7.30 lock was just ourselves and another (ex) CBYC boat, they were heading further West to Nash and we were staying closer to home just West of Barry We got the pick down by about 8.15 and waited, I was first in with a small blonde after 30 mins or so, closely followed by a dog That was pretty much it for the first 90 mins, so we moved out wider. A small tide meant we could fish and anchor comfortably in just over 50ft at slack low I was first in again with a small hound of around 6/7lb, with crewman will boating its sibling pretty much straight after This was the story for the next few hours, with hounds coming in 3's and 4's of similar size periodically, and the odd few just making double figures We also had quite a few dogs and Rays (Blonde and Thornies) which were mostly juvenile and pretty unexciting We moved when the anchor starting slipping in 70 odd ft and had the last hour on the Coral, near Penarth On a plus note, my bit of stainless tacked to the "prong" on the windlass, worked a treat Had my normal "windlass man" up front on first anchor retrieval just in case, and he wasn't needed The 2nd and 3rd retrievals were both done from the cabin Also both the new temp guage and new oil pressure switch work spot on No pictures of inferior fish today, but did get a couple of this old girl on the way in, parked up on the end of Penarth pier The Waverley, doing a bit of a tour around parts of Britain Malc, mick, Andy135 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Well that sounds like a very decent session. Good work 💪 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 23 hours ago, JonC said: The Waverley is often in the Thames, sometimes off Southend pier. It's back up your way end of Sept until mid October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 well done mate glad the boats how you wanted it i am out the 5 th july overnighter down that way kip in coldnapp overnight cant wait jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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