Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Jul 17, 2012 16:59:26 GMT 1
This was booked in as a long range fishing trip over s period of approximately 12 hours. Unfortunately the weather put a stop to them doing what they wanted to do.
The skipper was John Elvins, crewman Richie Pearce and 7 hardy anglers. After a brief pow-wow they decided to build on the previous days fishing trip and try for tope over low slack water instead. For a few hours the struggled to get enough live bait to make it worth while heading out for low slack water. Of the set, on arrival the fishing started slowly with a dogs, hounds and huss coming on board.
As the tide began to build Rob Gibbins hooked up to tope, and at the same time Dean Gifford hooked one as well, so he thought. Rob's tope pulled the scales down to 30lb, Deans turned out to be 15lb bullhuss. Fair play Dean's fish fought really well for a huss.
As the peak of the tide approached it was decided to try for some bass as they had a well full of live eels. They ran out to the banks with out too much of a problem, but on arrival the swell was up and starting to crest. Dean took the helm just in case he had to turn the boat if it got any more fruity after they passed the peak of the bank.
Not much fun they were thrown around a bit and slamming a lot trying to get back up for the next drift. Time to be more cautious and this was to be the last drift. John Bevan managed a schoolie on a red gill. With John Elvins back at the helm they tried the reef for an hour, but due to the swell the anchor struggled to hold. Not a happy bunny John France lost his fishing rod. Time to head back into the Bay.
On the way back they responded to a distress call put out by the coast guard for a boat off Mumbles Head. When they got there, one of the people on board had been taken ill so the coast guard called out the lifeboat to take them in and help with the casualty. They stood by until the RNLI turned up before heading back into the bay to get a bit of shelter.
On reaching the wreck it was found to be covered in pots. They anchored off the wreck, fishing was slow and when moving closer to the shore it was much the same. At 16:30 they packed it in and head home some 4 hours earlier than on their original plan.
That's the joy of fishing along with a catch that included tub, red and grey gurnard, mackerel, smooth hound, bull huss, tope bass and a few dabs. A reasonable amount for a trip that was restricted by the lack of live bait and the weather.
The skipper was John Elvins, crewman Richie Pearce and 7 hardy anglers. After a brief pow-wow they decided to build on the previous days fishing trip and try for tope over low slack water instead. For a few hours the struggled to get enough live bait to make it worth while heading out for low slack water. Of the set, on arrival the fishing started slowly with a dogs, hounds and huss coming on board.
As the tide began to build Rob Gibbins hooked up to tope, and at the same time Dean Gifford hooked one as well, so he thought. Rob's tope pulled the scales down to 30lb, Deans turned out to be 15lb bullhuss. Fair play Dean's fish fought really well for a huss.
As the peak of the tide approached it was decided to try for some bass as they had a well full of live eels. They ran out to the banks with out too much of a problem, but on arrival the swell was up and starting to crest. Dean took the helm just in case he had to turn the boat if it got any more fruity after they passed the peak of the bank.
Not much fun they were thrown around a bit and slamming a lot trying to get back up for the next drift. Time to be more cautious and this was to be the last drift. John Bevan managed a schoolie on a red gill. With John Elvins back at the helm they tried the reef for an hour, but due to the swell the anchor struggled to hold. Not a happy bunny John France lost his fishing rod. Time to head back into the Bay.
On the way back they responded to a distress call put out by the coast guard for a boat off Mumbles Head. When they got there, one of the people on board had been taken ill so the coast guard called out the lifeboat to take them in and help with the casualty. They stood by until the RNLI turned up before heading back into the bay to get a bit of shelter.
On reaching the wreck it was found to be covered in pots. They anchored off the wreck, fishing was slow and when moving closer to the shore it was much the same. At 16:30 they packed it in and head home some 4 hours earlier than on their original plan.
That's the joy of fishing along with a catch that included tub, red and grey gurnard, mackerel, smooth hound, bull huss, tope bass and a few dabs. A reasonable amount for a trip that was restricted by the lack of live bait and the weather.