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Home » Sea Fishing Reports » Catch Report – 21st May 2010

Catch Report – 21st May 2010

BY Mick - UPDATED 04/03/2020

Drifting the wrecks for Pollack

21st May 2010-210510-011I say this for nearly every blog I write but I am going to say it again because its true – “what a great day we had!”  We were out drifting the wrecks for Pollack with a crew made up of individuals and they were a smashing bunch of guys one of which I knew were going to be trouble from the outset.  So he will be known for this blog as…….. Trouble!
Meet Trouble.

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He arrived with a large bag of sweeties, which I was offered throughout the day.  Doing what every good girl shouldn’t do I accepted the sweeties and soon found out that it was to become the on going joke of the day – but that’s another story and one which will have to be told another time.

Those of you who read my blog will remember this chap from a trip just the other week.  Today Bob came along with a friend Justin who was out sea fishing for the first time.

Bob Cod

Once again glorious sunshine and not a breathe of wind.  A sea which was perfectly flat and a couple of pairs of legs which looked like they had been let out for the first time this year – not that I was looking of course!

The morning was tough going and it was after visiting several wrecks and a dozen changes of lure before we saw our first Pollack.  It was quickly unhooked and thrown to the deck as now the fish were biting no time was going to be wasted and it was back down with the lure.

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The proud owner of this fish was “Trouble” ……. Read on….

A few pouting had been caught and this second Pollack wasn’t much bigger than they had been – but it was a first ever catch for Matt who was also out for his first time sea fishing.

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We won’t mention the shirt again Matt!!! Well done.

Soon after it was Justin who like Matt out for the first time.  He caught this lovely fish.

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Justin also managed to catch a good amount of sun today, which greatly improved the white pins he had started the day with.  (You will need to put some after sun on the back of your neck tonight though!)

Now lets get back to Trouble for a moment.  His corner of the boat was filled with a lot of taps on the line and some monstrous bites.  He had huge fish on and it was taking all his strength to play the first to the surface.  With the camera at the ready on one side and the net at the ready on the other side we were holding our breathe in anticipation.  Steady reeling was in order as this fish felt heavy!

This was the monster he landed.

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Oh but the excitement didn’t stop there.  On reaching the bottom he was in again.  I couldn’t help but pull his leg on how this one was bound to be a pouting, but no this one was a lot heavier.  With more huffing and puffing and what seemed like an endless wait for the fish to surface.

This is what he had.

21st May 2010-210510-007A real whooper!

As you can see no one could be more delighted with this prize catch.

Next was this one, but what was to be the possibly the biggest fish of the day ended in disaster and left him feeling a little sore as it fell off the hook on the surface and was just out of the reach of the net as it floated for a second or two before diving back down to the wreck.

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Matt thought he was into another fish several times before winding to the surface to find that all he had hooked was one of the other anglers, but his persistence paid off and he was soon showing off his second Pollack of the day.

21st May 2010-210510-009Nice shirt by the way!

Mark was the proud owner of the biggest fish of the day with this beauty.

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Then on the next drift caught this one.

21st May 2010-210510-016Nice work.

We saw quite a few more smaller fish were caught and we lost some good fish when a few good bites fell of the hook before reaching the surface.   After a few more tangles and a lot more giggles Bob, took the prize for the final Pollack of the day.

21st May 2010-210510-017Well Done Bob!

Time to head for home so everyone got their gear put away on the way back to marina.  All the fish were washed, gutted and bagged up leaving everyone a chance to have a good old natter and enjoy the sunshine.

See you all again soon for another fun filled day.

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About Mick

Mick was a contributor to this blog between 2009 and 2010.

Comments

  1. Trouble says

    21/05/2010 at 22:17

    I will not say a word about the sweets or what you called them!!!!!!!!
    But, you must curb your patter about the wiggly bits. Nice girls do not talk about mens wiggly bits.

    • Mick says

      21/05/2010 at 22:21

      Thats really hard to do when they are being wiggled in my face and anyway what was it someone was saying about nice girls and naughty girls???
      I did ok today not only did I get some nice sweeties but I also got to take home a lovely gift of ……………….. yes you guessed it ……………….. a wiggly bit!!!

  2. Trouble says

    22/05/2010 at 14:55

    All jokes aside, this was a good day out.
    Ray worked really hard to put us on the fish and short drifted so we were in the fish zone all the time.
    Mick for a fish wife, (Ooops more trouble) makes a good cup of tea reagularly through out the day and is good fun to be around.
    When the fish are hard to catch you need some crack to help things go well
    We certainly had a reasonable amount of fish and some good crack this day.

  3. Justin says

    22/05/2010 at 18:11

    Ray/Mick …..

    Just to say thanks,had for a great day!Will definately be back soon!Fingers crossed am just trying one of Bobs recipes with the Pollack I caught….O`well nothing to lose!

    Tight Lines!

    Justin…

    • Mick says

      22/05/2010 at 21:49

      Hi Justin

      We are really glad you enjoyed the day. Be careful with your dinner if its one of Bob’s reciepes it would be much safer to use one of mine lol

  4. Bob says

    23/05/2010 at 05:11

    Hi Ray and Mick,

    Great day as always thank you, the reciepe I past onto Justin was yours and I did tell him to look it up on you blog so he will have a good meal. As long as his lady cooks and not him. LOL See you both Tuesday.

    • Mick says

      23/05/2010 at 17:19

      Phew thats a relief 😮

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