Beaten By the Apprentice
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:28 pm
My son Mark and I had another day out on the boat today.
We started off around Bardsey. We're still learning the island and we found it hard on this weak flood to find a decent tide and drift. I was first in with a Wrasse of around 1.5lb, but after a couple of moves we found a better stamp of fish.
Mark shouted up "fish on" to his baited feathers and as he bought it to the boat, I was in too on my Fiiish Black Minnow. Mark had our first Coalfish of the year. It was about 1.5lb. I had a Pollack of around 3lb. So far, so good. Mark had a few more Pollack and then found a few launce. We moved again into the rough stuff. I was into some thing meaty straight away ......... in the form of a snag Mark had a few more Launce.
As the tide turned, we decided to make a move to nearer our base in Pwllheli. We anchored up and put out a big bait and a small bait rod each. After a short wait, Mark was in on the small baits. "Dunno what this is", he said "doesn't feel like a doggie". He was right and wrong. It turned out he had our first Bream of the year AND a doggie.
Next drop he had a better Bream of 1lb 10 oz, (which it turned out tasted wonderful on the BBQ a short while ago ).
We carried on, and I caught doggie after doggie and eventually a small Gurnard.
Mark caught more Bream, a couple of Huss and just as it was time to leave he hit the jackpot. He called it straight away as a Tope, but it didn't really peel any line off the drag. "Small Tope perhaps" he said. "Maybe a Spurrie"? I speculated. And then we got colour. It looked like a Tope, and by the way it reacted, it looked like it didn't like boats! It tore off, stripping line off a well set drag, just like a Tope should.
He got it back to the boat and I managed to tail it into the boat.
Another beautifully conditioned fish of around 20-25lb; we didn't weigh it
I must teach him to how to pose with a fish mind!
All too soon, it was time to head back to shore. Beaten by the apprentice, but secretly, quite proud
Til next time
We started off around Bardsey. We're still learning the island and we found it hard on this weak flood to find a decent tide and drift. I was first in with a Wrasse of around 1.5lb, but after a couple of moves we found a better stamp of fish.
Mark shouted up "fish on" to his baited feathers and as he bought it to the boat, I was in too on my Fiiish Black Minnow. Mark had our first Coalfish of the year. It was about 1.5lb. I had a Pollack of around 3lb. So far, so good. Mark had a few more Pollack and then found a few launce. We moved again into the rough stuff. I was into some thing meaty straight away ......... in the form of a snag Mark had a few more Launce.
As the tide turned, we decided to make a move to nearer our base in Pwllheli. We anchored up and put out a big bait and a small bait rod each. After a short wait, Mark was in on the small baits. "Dunno what this is", he said "doesn't feel like a doggie". He was right and wrong. It turned out he had our first Bream of the year AND a doggie.
Next drop he had a better Bream of 1lb 10 oz, (which it turned out tasted wonderful on the BBQ a short while ago ).
We carried on, and I caught doggie after doggie and eventually a small Gurnard.
Mark caught more Bream, a couple of Huss and just as it was time to leave he hit the jackpot. He called it straight away as a Tope, but it didn't really peel any line off the drag. "Small Tope perhaps" he said. "Maybe a Spurrie"? I speculated. And then we got colour. It looked like a Tope, and by the way it reacted, it looked like it didn't like boats! It tore off, stripping line off a well set drag, just like a Tope should.
He got it back to the boat and I managed to tail it into the boat.
Another beautifully conditioned fish of around 20-25lb; we didn't weigh it
I must teach him to how to pose with a fish mind!
All too soon, it was time to head back to shore. Beaten by the apprentice, but secretly, quite proud
Til next time
