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One most memorable day for me was taking my then 7 year old to redcar . Casting out a spinner for him then letting him reel it in. Rod and reel were far too big for him but the look on his face when a mackrel hit it was priceless.
Even more priceless was the look on his mums face as he started being dragged towards the pier edge as the mackrel was hit by a seal. Grabbing his coat the seal soon bit the head off and he retrieved a head. I was in tears with laughing.
My most memorable boat trip was with Oblikta and Stephen from this site. We went to Lochaline but I was texted some co-ordinates for a mark on the firth of lorne. The sea was flat calm so we headed off to the mark about 18 miles away. On the way we filmed a basking shark and then dropped anchor and two baited rods. By the time my flask top was off the first rod went with a screaming run and the fish followed steadily all day after that one.
We finished the day early with 8 fish ...3 each for me and oblikta and two for stephen. This included a boat best fish of 205 lb caught by stephen which we could not lift aboard because we were so exhausted but tagged it and it was recaptured a month later so we know the weight and a personal best for me of 181 lb. We packed up early because we could not face reeling in another and later in the pub we worked out we had caught nearly 1200lb of fish in 6 hours for an average size approaching 150 lb each.
Which reminds me ...its time I went back there
Cheers
dave
Even more priceless was the look on his mums face as he started being dragged towards the pier edge as the mackrel was hit by a seal. Grabbing his coat the seal soon bit the head off and he retrieved a head. I was in tears with laughing.
My most memorable boat trip was with Oblikta and Stephen from this site. We went to Lochaline but I was texted some co-ordinates for a mark on the firth of lorne. The sea was flat calm so we headed off to the mark about 18 miles away. On the way we filmed a basking shark and then dropped anchor and two baited rods. By the time my flask top was off the first rod went with a screaming run and the fish followed steadily all day after that one.
We finished the day early with 8 fish ...3 each for me and oblikta and two for stephen. This included a boat best fish of 205 lb caught by stephen which we could not lift aboard because we were so exhausted but tagged it and it was recaptured a month later so we know the weight and a personal best for me of 181 lb. We packed up early because we could not face reeling in another and later in the pub we worked out we had caught nearly 1200lb of fish in 6 hours for an average size approaching 150 lb each.
Which reminds me ...its time I went back there
Cheers
dave
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