Plaicehunter Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 A hectic four hours of uptiding on the Tamar today yielded four conger and some good whiting to 1lb 11oz. The first eel was around 10lb, but was dwarfed by the next, a real 'anaconda' of around 6ft long and very thick-set. A 'cod' on the whiting rod mysteriously turned into a 5lb eel as it surfaced in the fast ebb tide. And the final fish of the day was another whopping eel, which fought hard with crash dives, vicious head-shakes and vigorous spinning. The big eels came to whole joey mackerel baits on a pulley pennell, the whiting to a two-hook flapper baited with squid and mackerel pieces. Great sport not far from home! PH Geoff, suzook12 and Andy135 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Nice congers! A few whiting for tea too 🙂 In hoping lockdown lifts soon can do similar in Milford haven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 You have no idea how envious your posts make me feel PH! 🤣 Well done for getting out and catching a few for tea. Always good to be on the water. Thanks for posting 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well done again that man. Why no photos of the eels though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Just now, Saintly Fish said: Well done again that man. Why no photos of the eels though? If he's even half sensible he'll keep them outside the boat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Just now, Andy135 said: If he's even half sensible he'll keep them outside the boat! What’s that say for you and I then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Yeah, true, but we had the Boga grip there and there's more space to avoid an angry conger in your tub. If all else fails we can hide like schoolgirls in your saloon with the door shut 🤣. Not sure @Plaicehunter has that option! Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well done on getting out Graham ........ Still no Cod but at least you have put in the hours, and a few decent whiting are OK. I thought about going out today as the sea was 0.3m @ 12.5 secs, so almost flat calm, however, the tides were not good for a timely recovery, so I gave it a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Great result. Well done. I love your picture of the Torpoint ferry. I started my apprenticeship at HMS Fisgard in January 1959, met my wife Joyce at the Cappuccino coffee bar. Neither of us had much money so we often spent the evening cruising back and forth over the Tamar. Foot passengers paid 1d for the crossing, paid only on the Cornish side so Joyce "cruised" FOC and it cost me 2d at the end of the evening (1d on &1d off), Joyce did of course have to pay her bus fare home, but I would walk (or thumb it) back to Fisgard. For part of our golden wedding AV celebrations we arranged with the ferry management to set up on the top deck and had a table set up and a few family and friends join us for a Tamar cruise, In the early/mid eighties we took our boat up the Tamar just after the Falklands war and have a couple of pics of returned warships covered in bullet holes. Just for info the screensaver (wallpaper) Joyces computer is a BW (ex calender) picture of a '50's Torpoint ferry. Not meaning to do a JC and hijack this thread, but MY best ever catch was Joyce! Big softy!!!☺️ Geoff. Saintly Fish, Dicky, Odyssey and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Geoff said: MY best ever catch was Joyce! Big softy!!!☺️ Geoff. Your such a gent @Geoff, a dying breed indeed sir! Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Andy135 said: Yeah, true, but we had the Boga grip there and there's more space to avoid an angry conger in your tub. If all else fails we can hide like schoolgirls in your saloon with the door shut 🤣. Not sure @Plaicehunter has that option! What’s with that grip thing? Are you all scared of touching the fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 hour ago, JonC said: What’s with that grip thing? Are you all scared of touching the fish? It acts as a weigh scale too. Not that conger are good to touch. Unless you like slime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Mmmmmm sliiiiiiime....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Stone Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Thanks for the update, really pissed off now 😂 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaicehunter Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 4:00 PM, Saintly Fish said: Well done again that man. Why no photos of the eels though? I don't bring conger into my 18ft open boat. I T-bar them off at the side if possible and cut them off only if the hooks are deep. Three of the four were lip-hooked fortunately! I did try to film one of the bigger ones, but playing an angry 6ft conger with one hand in a fast tide while holding a phone in the other hand is not easy! The video clip was too big to load on here. PH Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Plaicehunter said: playing an angry 6ft conger with one hand in a fast tide while holding a phone in the other hand is not easy! Well there are no lies in that statement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Plaicehunter said: The video clip was too big to load on here. Do you have a YouTube channel? You could easily make one just for posting links etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaicehunter Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 No, but I am on WhatsApp. PH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Plaicehunter said: No, but I am on WhatsApp. PH I’m a techno mong but even I have worked out how to post the link from YouTube. If you set up a free account on YouTube you can just upload the video and copy and paste the link. Trust me I’m bad at this stuff. I can’t even workout how to ban @Maverickfor the crime of back chatting a member of the senior leadership team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, JonC said: I’m a techno mong but even I have worked out how to post the link from YouTube. If you set up a free account on YouTube you can just upload the video and copy and paste the link. Trust me I’m bad at this stuff. I can’t even workout how to ban @Maverickfor the crime of back chatting a member of the senior leadership team. Regarding YouTube, you need to select the "Share" link to paste in here, then it'll Embed. If you just copy the URL from the address bar it only appears as a link. See below - the two URL's are different, and it's the Share link that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Andy135 said: Regarding YouTube, you need to select the "Share" link to paste in here, then it'll Embed. If you just copy the URL from the address bar it only appears as a link. See below - the two URL's are different, and it's the Share link that works. You had to ruin it. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Just now, JonC said: You had to ruin it. Just trying to be helpful... 😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Just trying to be helpful... 😇 So how do I go about banning people... Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaicehunter Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Dear Outlaws, I have posted my pathetic attempt at videoing on YouTube. Obviously I haven't got to grips with editing yet, but at least you get to see one of the eels. The whole thing lasts just over a minute, including the blank bit in the middle. I enjoyed the bit where the fish dived and I'm clearly heard to cry "Oh sh*t!" It's called Conger battle on the Tamar. Enjoy! PH Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Well done Graham - good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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