People:jw jd
Duration:7-10.30
Tide:In at 11 ish
Weather: Slight Breeze, cloudy
Bait:Mack,Rag,Crab Squid
Rigs: Mainly animal, various scratching
Results: 15+ small smoothies, 1 pup tope
Report:
The original plan had been to fish the Bennet Bank, but on passing the Nose we found the breeze a bit stiffer, and the sea a bit choppier, than we expected. With the wind forecast to increase, we decided to try for mackeral around Ireland's Eye, and stay inshore.
We didn't pick up any macks, but there were plenty of small whiting and Gurnard. After about half an hour we moved to the sand and tried for some smooth hound, it being one species not caught from the boat.
After about 20 minutes I had a determined bite, and reeled in what I thought was the first smut for the boat. It was actually an angry little tope that had taken a whole squid!
10 moinutes later I had another bite, and quickly had a small smut in to the boat. After that we took in aa succession of Smooth Hound that gradually increased in size. It all stoped on slack water, sio we took the cue and headed home..
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