Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 11:05 am
People: Myself
Duration: 1Hour
Tide: incoming
Weather: scorching
Bait: hard lures
Rigs:
Results: Pollock
Report: was on a sailing trip from liverpool to drogheda as part of the drogheda tall ships festival. we stopped in the isle of man for an overnight to seek refuge from the winds. as the weather was so warm i headed into douglas to find a tackle shop. bought a budget 7ft pier rod and reel and a couple of kures and away i headed over the rocks at the back of the harbour. i only had about an hour as we were sailing onto drigheda that day. i thought i was imagining things when on my second cast i got an powerful bang on the rod. i reeled in as quick as i could and sure enough there was a shiny pollock on the end of the line. headed back to ship soon after with a delighted grin on my face. got the chef on board to cook the fish and it was absolutly gorgeous..... always tastes better when you catch it yourself.
Duration: 1Hour
Tide: incoming
Weather: scorching
Bait: hard lures
Rigs:
Results: Pollock
Report: was on a sailing trip from liverpool to drogheda as part of the drogheda tall ships festival. we stopped in the isle of man for an overnight to seek refuge from the winds. as the weather was so warm i headed into douglas to find a tackle shop. bought a budget 7ft pier rod and reel and a couple of kures and away i headed over the rocks at the back of the harbour. i only had about an hour as we were sailing onto drigheda that day. i thought i was imagining things when on my second cast i got an powerful bang on the rod. i reeled in as quick as i could and sure enough there was a shiny pollock on the end of the line. headed back to ship soon after with a delighted grin on my face. got the chef on board to cook the fish and it was absolutly gorgeous..... always tastes better when you catch it yourself.
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Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 2:26 pm
Nice going on the pollock. I'd say the crossing was some experience seen the ships heading back out on Monday morning wouldn't fancy bad weather in one of those.
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 3:02 pm
yeah, it was a great experience. weather was great with exception of last 2 days. force 9 gales.... plenty people sick on board. ship was a 45 degrees with one side totally below water..
few hairy moments alright.
few hairy moments alright.
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 3:51 pm
thats what its all about John. great stuff. great pics
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 5:22 pm
good stuff on the pollock,,,always wondered how the fishing is in the Isle of Mann!
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Tue May 07, 2013 10:38 pm
was on of those sail training ships the winston churchill in 1971 it was some experience well done on fish
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Wed May 08, 2013 9:06 pm
Nice fishin John but whats with the pink phone 
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Wed May 08, 2013 9:25 pm
sparkey+1 wrote:Nice fishin John but whats with the pink phone
Looks lavender to me
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Wed May 08, 2013 10:20 pm
Its not mine....honest. One of the girls that was on the trip tagged along. Had nothing else to reference size..
Re: Isle of Man 1st May
Thu May 09, 2013 8:50 pm
I'm from the isle of man, and its good to see a picture off the back off Douglas head. The fishing over there is very good, especially in the summer months with tope off the beach upto 60lbs+. The pollock and wrasse fishing off the rocks is also very good. Only get two bad month's off fishing, and that's Jan and Feb. Only this weekend one of mates had a 9lb 2oz huss in a comp. Its def a place for a fishing trip away.