Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Got out for a sneaky fish today ...ended up with my retired neighbour for crew hes a top bloke but not boat savvy...windyty said SW 15 I was hoping for less ...nope SW12-15 cold as your motherinlaws smile. Snuck down the coast with a following sea...should have turned back!
Got to fishing grounds swung on anchor like a barstard..cod after cod 32cm moved more of the same except an undersize snap. One keeper cod and chucked it in heading for home wind against current stood waves up ..cut the corner instead of steaming out of the middle of the bay saw a very messy sea and read a big ugly very wrong and got a green one over the bow...the first time since my 20s ...crewman looked at me with wide eyes I gave him a wink and said brrrr..got out wide slowly where the swell/chop was more settled and jogged home without further incident. Stopped on a sheltered reef pulled 3 more keepers from 20ft un believable. Parked on the sand in the lee of an island ..4 carrots and couple of sand sharks ...wind kicked it up a gear so pulled the pin and home..couple mistakes today ...learnt from them ..crewman enjoyed his day out and said he trusted me completly and felt like he was in safe hands a very nice compliment .bit of scenery no fish photos.

Originally Posted by stingray

Got out for a sneaky fish today ...ended up with my retired neighbour for crew hes a top bloke but not boat savvy...windyty said SW 15 I was hoping for less ...nope SW12-15 cold as your motherinlaws smile. Snuck down the coast with a following sea...should have turned back!
Got to fishing grounds swung on anchor like a barstard..cod after cod 32cm moved more of the same except an undersize snap. One keeper cod and chucked it in heading for home wind against current stood waves up ..cut the corner instead of steaming out of the middle of the bay saw a very messy sea and read a big ugly very wrong and got a green one over the bow...the first time since my 20s ...crewman looked at me with wide eyes I gave him a wink and said brrrr..got out wide slowly where the swell/chop was more settled and jogged home without further incident. Stopped on a sheltered reef pulled 3 more keepers from 20ft un believable. Parked on the sand in the lee of an island ..4 carrots and couple of sand sharks ...wind kicked it up a gear so pulled the pin and home..couple mistakes today ...learnt from them ..crewman enjoyed his day out and said he trusted me completly and felt like he was in safe hands a very nice compliment .bit of scenery no fish photos.
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Phew !!!. I dodged that bullet