Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Jul 17, 2012 16:11:22 GMT 1
Oystercat went out fishing with skipper Dean Gifford at the helm and a 5 tidy anglers on board. Plenty of room for all which was just as well for the were going after tope.
Tides were on the small side and the weather forecast very favourable for a change. First they needed some live bait as there was no point fishing for tope without lots of good quality live bait.
So they left the marina rather early on the 07:00 out lock and headed out towards Oxwich. After mooching about in the bay for about 2 hours they struggled to find enough bait for long session. They caught a few mackerel, dabs and gurnard. These were put in the live bait wells ready for use when they hit the fishing mark.
Before they could move off they had a chat with Rob Rennie, skipper of Lady Jue 3 who said he was having some bass, off shore, along with a few mackerel. So they headed out to the same place try their luck for a few more mackerel bait. On the first drift Dean caught a bass and tight lines were frequent over a 2 hour period. They had a mix of schoolie bass, occasional gurnard and monster mackerel coming on board. On one hectic drift they had 6 bass between them. An hour after high water they headed for the tope grounds.
The first fish off the mark was a smooth hound caught by John France, who seems able to find smooth hound where ever he fishes. The fishing continued with a few dog fish, the occasional bullhuss and better still Leigh was managing a few whiting, for bait. Dean nab one of the whiting and quickly sent it back down. With in 30 secs. it was taken by a 6lb huss. Having retrieved the whiting from the huss Dean sent it back down, as it was still twitching, and a tope took a liking to the partly chewed whiting. He had good sport with the tope for about 3 mins. before his end tackle snapped of his rubbing leader. Steve Evans was also unlucky having also lost tope had on for a little while.
As the tide turned they began sitting side on to a building choppy sea. Rather than stay out for a bit of flattie bashing headed back to the marina berth.
They ended the trip with a few hounds, some bullhuss, grey and tub gurnard, dabs, whiting, mackerel, 11 bass and a big happy smile.
Tides were on the small side and the weather forecast very favourable for a change. First they needed some live bait as there was no point fishing for tope without lots of good quality live bait.
So they left the marina rather early on the 07:00 out lock and headed out towards Oxwich. After mooching about in the bay for about 2 hours they struggled to find enough bait for long session. They caught a few mackerel, dabs and gurnard. These were put in the live bait wells ready for use when they hit the fishing mark.
Before they could move off they had a chat with Rob Rennie, skipper of Lady Jue 3 who said he was having some bass, off shore, along with a few mackerel. So they headed out to the same place try their luck for a few more mackerel bait. On the first drift Dean caught a bass and tight lines were frequent over a 2 hour period. They had a mix of schoolie bass, occasional gurnard and monster mackerel coming on board. On one hectic drift they had 6 bass between them. An hour after high water they headed for the tope grounds.
The first fish off the mark was a smooth hound caught by John France, who seems able to find smooth hound where ever he fishes. The fishing continued with a few dog fish, the occasional bullhuss and better still Leigh was managing a few whiting, for bait. Dean nab one of the whiting and quickly sent it back down. With in 30 secs. it was taken by a 6lb huss. Having retrieved the whiting from the huss Dean sent it back down, as it was still twitching, and a tope took a liking to the partly chewed whiting. He had good sport with the tope for about 3 mins. before his end tackle snapped of his rubbing leader. Steve Evans was also unlucky having also lost tope had on for a little while.
As the tide turned they began sitting side on to a building choppy sea. Rather than stay out for a bit of flattie bashing headed back to the marina berth.
They ended the trip with a few hounds, some bullhuss, grey and tub gurnard, dabs, whiting, mackerel, 11 bass and a big happy smile.