Popular Post DINOBOY Posted February 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) two 20+ pollack from a 70 stone haul working on a mates commercial rod n line caught boat out of brixham, this was taken late in the day when I could hardly hold them up my arms were so tired lol. I had this brace one after the other, four fish in one drift over a colossal container ship that went down around 20 years ago 'cant remember the name of her' but she was stuffed with fish that January day. Edited February 14, 2021 by DINOBOY GPSguru, Andy135, Geoff and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Wow! Quality fish! Sounds like an epic session 👍👍 DINOBOY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 @DINOBOY 2 quality pollock there. And by the way your dressed it looks like you had a superb Devon summers day for it too!! DINOBOY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: @DINOBOY 2 quality pollock there. And by the way your dressed it looks like you had a superb Devon summers day for it too!! it was the 17th of January, the wrecks are rammed with them this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 my best fish that day. JDP, Maverick and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, DINOBOY said: my best fish that day. Now that’s a pollock !! 👍🏻💪🏻🎣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Now that’s a pollock !! 👍🏻💪🏻🎣 thanks mate, was one hell of a first dive!! it went about 30ft down in a couple seconds lol all I could do was hang on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, DINOBOY said: thanks mate, was one hell of a first dive!! it went about 30ft down in a couple seconds lol all I could do was hang on! If @JDP were there he’d have free dived down and wrestled the fucker up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 This a few years ago I guess? Cracking fish! We don’t get big pollack in wales. I’m tempted to go wreck hunting but a lot of fuel to find no fish.... I’d also need to get numbers of marks.... need to chase up my diving colleague for some 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 18 minutes ago, Odyssey said: This a few years ago I guess? Cracking fish! We don’t get big pollack in wales. I’m tempted to go wreck hunting but a lot of fuel to find no fish.... I’d also need to get numbers of marks.... need to chase up my diving colleague for some 🤔 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 The water looks surprisingly clear for a winter trip, cracking pollack. Don't think I would like to go back to all that cold weather gear though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 6 hours ago, DINOBOY said: my best fish that day. That is a beast! Fair to say I'm pretty envious 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 9:00 AM, DINOBOY said: two 20+ pollack from a 70 stone haul working on a mates commercial rod n line caught boat out of brixham, this was taken late in the day when I could hardly hold them up my arms were so tired lol. I had this brace one after the other, four fish in one drift over a colossal container ship that went down around 20 years ago 'cant remember the name of her' but she was stuffed with fish that January day. Probably the 'MV Gateway', which is about 42 miles out .......... 64m long and 10m wide ............. It is the only wreck where I have had a double figure Pollock on 4 successive drifts, that was last year, and we came in with 200kg of fish, just 3 of us fishing. Most of it was taken to the local care homes .......... Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DINOBOY Posted February 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 hours ago, GPSguru said: Probably the 'MV Gateway', which is about 42 miles out .......... 64m long and 10m wide ............. It is the only wreck where I have had a double figure Pollock on 4 successive drifts, that was last year, and we came in with 200kg of fish, just 3 of us fishing. Most of it was taken to the local care homes .......... We were 27 miles off brixham. I get doubles every trip down here on my local inshore marks ‘pinnacles’ spoilt TBH. Few pics of the usual standard of fish inshore. Me n the old man. 👍 Saintly Fish, GPSguru, Andy135 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Some lovely fish there. Making me jealous 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Some lovely fish there. Making me jealous 🤣 All in 120ft on super light gear, we release most stuff under 8lb had them to just under 15 on that mark. Geoff, Andy135, GPSguru and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 48 minutes ago, DINOBOY said: All in 120ft on super light gear, we release most stuff under 8lb had them to just under 15 on that mark. Don’t pollock swim bladders blow when brought up from that deep? Just wonder how many survive the release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINOBOY Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Don’t pollock swim bladders blow when brought up from that deep? Just wonder how many survive the release? We use really light tackle and play them to the surface, always net them then hold them in the water till they kick and dive. Any floaters go to the igloo. 👍 Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Nice fishing! Making me jealous! we get a lot of smaller pollack on the reefs. There are not too many wrecks and are around the shark grounds so I get distracted 🤣🤣🤣🤣 DINOBOY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 hours ago, DINOBOY said: We were 27 miles off brixham. I get doubles every trip down here on my local inshore marks ‘pinnacles’ spoilt TBH. Few pics of the usual standard of fish inshore. Me n the old man. 👍 Excellent stuff. This is all local for me and I can't wait to get back out there once the weather improves. As you know, we have.about 300 fishable wrecks within a 40 radius. JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, GPSguru said: Excellent stuff. This is all local for me and I can't wait to get back out there once the weather improves. As you know, we have.about 300 fishable wrecks within a 40 radius. How many are your fault? Andy135, GPSguru and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Some great fish there. We trail down to Brixham every year but usually spend the day on the Skerries. Hoping to get down there a bit more this year and try a few wrecks, would be over the moon with fish of that quality. Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 7:12 PM, Dicky said: would be over the moon with fish of that quality If you are happy to do the miles out to the 20 - 40 mile wrecks then that is the stamp of fish on them .............. sometimes you need to visit a few to find them though ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 If you’ve got the right boat it’s easily doable.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 20 hours ago, GPSguru said: If you are happy to do the miles out to the 20 - 40 mile wrecks then that is the stamp of fish on them .............. sometimes you need to visit a few to find them though ......... Dino's pics were from inshore marks, happy to steam 15-20 miles out for decent fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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