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Hi Lads,
Looked at the forecast at 10:30 last night and the next 5 days are not looking very good AGAIN, so my thoughts were early start and if the winds freshened as forecast i might get a 8-9 hours in.
called my mate at 11 oclock for a spur of the moment session and he got straight onto the sarnies for the morning.
departed 5-15am into a slight sea with light winds from the SE putting a snotty top on the water.
Steamed out for an hour amongst a couple of wrecks, which had been recommended by Lone Shark skipper, Denny Lilley...cheers Denny.
Dropped onto the first wreck straight into cod for the 2 of us on shads.
each drift was throwing a fish or 2 up which gave the 2 of us a nice bag of cod from 3lb to 5lb with a couple on the 6lb.
We tried different colour shads and each colour produced with no real preference.
The fish were constant with the skipper, baggin 11 and Steve JUST pipping me on 12 fish for the most fish.
however,
I managed to pip him in the heaviest bag with a lovely cod which weighed 18lb-4oz, new boat PB for myself and is holding the 2013 heaviest fish on Phantom 1, for now, hopefully that will get blown out of the water.
me and the chairman of Team Phantom, looking on with green envy !!!
22 cod and 1 ling in total, great mornings fishing, sick as a parrots having to leave fish, as the wind freshened earlier than forecast and knocked the session down to 5 hours, forcing an earlier departure with a rough ride back into dock.
All of these fish again gave great scraps from the depths to the gaff.
the last few days have produced a few nice quality fish and bags, which is signalling the season is under way at last.
roll on next week.............
Paul
Looked at the forecast at 10:30 last night and the next 5 days are not looking very good AGAIN, so my thoughts were early start and if the winds freshened as forecast i might get a 8-9 hours in.
called my mate at 11 oclock for a spur of the moment session and he got straight onto the sarnies for the morning.
departed 5-15am into a slight sea with light winds from the SE putting a snotty top on the water.
Steamed out for an hour amongst a couple of wrecks, which had been recommended by Lone Shark skipper, Denny Lilley...cheers Denny.
Dropped onto the first wreck straight into cod for the 2 of us on shads.
each drift was throwing a fish or 2 up which gave the 2 of us a nice bag of cod from 3lb to 5lb with a couple on the 6lb.
We tried different colour shads and each colour produced with no real preference.
The fish were constant with the skipper, baggin 11 and Steve JUST pipping me on 12 fish for the most fish.
however,
I managed to pip him in the heaviest bag with a lovely cod which weighed 18lb-4oz, new boat PB for myself and is holding the 2013 heaviest fish on Phantom 1, for now, hopefully that will get blown out of the water.
me and the chairman of Team Phantom, looking on with green envy !!!
22 cod and 1 ling in total, great mornings fishing, sick as a parrots having to leave fish, as the wind freshened earlier than forecast and knocked the session down to 5 hours, forcing an earlier departure with a rough ride back into dock.
All of these fish again gave great scraps from the depths to the gaff.
the last few days have produced a few nice quality fish and bags, which is signalling the season is under way at last.
roll on next week.............
Paul
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