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Off to Ramsgate this month, a
venue the club has not used for many years. Once again the
weather was not that kind to us and we had to stay relatively
close to the shore for the day. Using a mixture of squid and
worms we managed to pick up a few codling which were still
around and some whiting.
Back to Rye again for this
months trip and this time the weather was actually quite good.
Fished a number of wrecks, both drifting and anchored, however
it was not until the last wreck of the day that any really good
fish were found. The last wreck made up for this and most people
had some very nice cod.
See photos of the trip here
All
club members have been looking forward to this trip, which had
been planned since last year.
Off
to the Scilly Isle via Penzance.
We
all drove down to Penzance on the Monday and stayed in
"The Beechwood" B & B, (http://www.beechwoodpenzance.co.uk/)
where Martin and Dianne gave us excellent accommodation for the
first night and provided us with packed lunches for the trip over
the following day. On the Tuesday morning, after a good breakfast
we were down to the harbour with all our bags and equipment only
to be greeted by some very large waves and strong winds, all
beginning to doubt if we were going to be able to make the trip
over to the islands. The skipper, David Paddock of the
"Capriole" (http://www.deepsea.co.uk/boats/capriole/index.htm)
advised us however that it was going to be a rough slow crossing
but that we should be able to get across to the islands. The crossing to the Islands took just
over 4 hours and we
arrived at a mark for some Pollock fishing in the early afternoon.
Using Booms with 2-3mtr traces and Red-gills and Jelly worms as
bait we managed to fill a couple of boxes with good size Pollock.
We
got into the island harbour, St Mary's, late afternoon and found
that our accommodation was within 10mtrs of the boat mooring,
right there on the quay side was the "Harbourside
Hotel", great rooms and food.
On the second day the weather was still being unkind to us, not
only windy with choppy seas, but it started to rain as well. We
were forced to stay in the shelter of the islands for nearly all
of the day, despite this still managed to reasonable haul of
Pollock with a few Dogfish, Cuckoo and Ballan Wrasse.
The third and last day was our day to travel back to Penzance
and to fish a number of Marks on the way. We started of by
heading out to the Bishops Rock lighthouse and fishing a number
of the reefs around the area. Here we picked up some of the
biggest Pollock of the trip and again managed to fill another
large box. After this it was time for some wreck
fishing. Here we added a few nice Ling to our bag of fish.
We
eventually got back into Penzance early evening; here we stayed
again at "The Beechwood" B & B for the final night
before heading home on the Friday.
An excellent trip, with our thanks to the skipper
for finding good marks despite the poor weather and his crewman
for all his help looking after us and cleaning the fish. Also all
the help from Martin and Diane at the B & B, arranging
storage/freezing of the fish etc.
See
photos of the trip here
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