Last Saturday was the last day we fished in April. A nice day wind from the North cool but not more than F4. G, Tomas & friends from Latvia were with me, good fishermen all. We had information that nothing was happening near the harbour so we skipped the usual spots on our journey west and the 1st stop was at Slea Head. Nothing much at first except a large mark of Herrings again so we moved a little to the west. Now we had a bust time 1st it was Coley 3/4 per haul even 5 at one time on Mackerel feathers. Then we came on Pollack and again the were coming over the rail fast and furious.
3 on feathers
By 11.oo in the morning the arms were getting tired so we broke to the wheelhouse for coffee.
Coffee Time
After the break we had a visit from a pod of common dolphins who played around the boat for a while.
We moved south a few miles and the fishing was good with loads of Pollack but only 1 Cod. Seale found us and it was a game of hid and seek around the Wild Bank for a few hours. we started out for home by returning to Slea Head and more big Pollack. The days catch must have been 140 KGs.
What a Haul
As the fish gutters got busy on the way home we planned a shark and squid hunting trips for later in the Summer. Happy faces and full deepfreezers and I know friends will look at this !
Plenty for the Freezer !
Wednesday is the next day out so a report soon.
Rory.
