People:kev, donogh, jw
Duration: 0600-1500
Tide: high water 0930
Weather: calm, then s/se f4
Bait: mackerel, rag, frozen squid sandeel
Rigs: tope traces, flattie rigs, muppets sabikis
Results: mackerel, tope, doggies, plaice, flounder, dab
Report:
headed out as day was breaking. The boat had been lifted out for
routine maintenance and power hosed, and there seemed to be 3 or 4
knots extra speed for a given engine revs.
the plan was to fish a favorite mark on the bennet bank for tope at
the top of the tide. A bucket of mackerel was filled in no time,
anchor dropped and tope baits over the side
Stung out of his complacency by kevs sausages, Donogh began preparing
Eggs Benedict. Almost straight away the braid began flying from kevs
525. Just as the tope slowed he struck and she was well hooked. She
made severel very good runs on the light tackle and eventually came to
the boat. I got her in the landing net, but a slash of teeth and a
lunge she cut through the mesh. Eventually pulled aboard by the tail,
weight about 35lb. Excitement over, it was a breakfast to remember,
particulary the home grown dill mayo.
At exactly high water, my reel gave a really fast screaming run, but
the tope dropped it before I picked up the rod.
things went quiet for a couple of hours. so we began drifting and
experimenting with various rigs. The mackerel are incredibly thick
there, so it's almost impossible to get any rig to the bottom without
it being snatched. We did manage to scratch a few flatties out of it
before heading back for home as the southerly wind freshened.
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