Fishing

Earwegoagain wrote:

That's a cracking fish, I usually fry mine and have with vinegar and brown bread and butter, meal for for a king.

Probably my favourite fish to eat ears and healthy to boot, he was just pan fried with a bit of salad but the next(lol) will be flaked into a bit of pasta with some olives and a large drizzle of fish sauce

Ceviche is real good with a fresh Mackerel just steeped in Lime juice for a few minutes.

4 maccy this morning on the rising tide, millbay area, sea bubbling with baitfish/sandeels etc and fish jumping a bit further out, bass or trout methinks.

Nice one Mis. Could well be Sea Trout jumping. After all the rain we had I've been concentrating on the river to no effect. Turned a Salmon and lost lovely Sea Trout of a couple of pounds, Salmon and Sea Trout both scarce on the Tavy the lower stretches have produced a few Samon though.
Went Bass fishing on the North coast on the neeps last week to find my favourite spot closed. It's a private beach with permissive access, big padlocked gates and signs saying no right of way I reckon well see access go at a lot of places under the guise of Coronvirus fookin wankers. Funnily enough they have converted a couple of chalets into luxury beachside holiday places recently. Anyway went down the coast and flogged it to no avail then decided on sport Gav at high tide for Maccy and it was unfishable because of twats on paddle boards, kayaks and coasteerers. I know we all have a right to do what we want to do but they've got absolutely no idea that the guy on the rocks above them might want to cast out, politely asked a couple of them to move on but they were incapable of even paddling their boards in any direction. Why the fook they were there with such a lack of skills is beyond me and I wish they'd all fook off.
Will deffo be out this week on the evening tides and may well do an early one.

Foreshore Ears, I always carry a 42g Dexter wedge with me now and if boarders or kayakers are taking the piss in front of me I clip it on and welly it a couple feet past their earlobe, like you I'm all for people getting out there and having fun but ffs respect others and the environment, a lot of these newbies seem clueless or pig ignorant. By far the worst are the jet skiers though, at least the ones I've encountered in and around the sound, basically chavs with their expensive toys.

I am hoping for a spot of fishing south of the Breakwater on Sunday. I have caught Sea Trout off the Hoe a few times, they spend more time in the air than the water when hooked.

I'm off in an hour or so going spinning for Maccy along the Plymouth front somewhere. Somewhere quiet. (If there is such a thing these days).

Geddon!

Any joy Ears?

Had a lovely evening near Devils Point on the corner, loads of Whitebait and Sandeels around but caught fook all. If this blanking carries on my missus will wonder what I'm up to?
I tried spinning and plugging for Bass up and down the shore, tried spinning for Mackerel and chucked out feathers and shrimp rigs to no avail.

Was up there again smorning, completely different from Tuesday, less baitfish, no sign of any maccy, no fish jumping. A small bass saved the day, released obvs.

Had a few Mackerel and some Sardines at last light the other night over Rame. My mate was fishing in his Kayak off Penlee and he said he saw a Tuna the size of a dolphin leap clear out of the water in front of his boat.

Mmmmmmm, I thought I saw a Dolphin in Lyme Bay 2 days ago, could have been a Tuna.

Hard to believe but I'll take the mans word for it, would be good sport on a spinning rod Some decent tides next week, I shall be out and about

Seriously there's loads of reports of Tuna off Devon and Cornwall. I would take the Tuna report with a pinch of salt apart from the fact I believe my mate fully and it was witnessed by his missus as well. Another mate of mine saw a massive Tuna swim under his boat last year. Check out the sea fishing forums you'll find loads of threads about them.
My mate said he'd thought about fishing for them before he saw that one jump he says he now sees the futility of the plan,

Big Uns

851 lb rod caught!

The 851lb fish used to be part of the Potter collection at Jamaica Inn which was sold a few years ago.
any Tuna doubters check out youtube, Two Bluefin Tuna Caught Solo on a 16ft Boat in the UK - Cornwall Sea Fishing

We decimated the Herring and hence there was feck all for the big uns to come here for.

The Tuna were decimated by everybody including us and more recently the French, Spanish, Poruguese and Morrocans. The Japs built a harbour and port in Morroco and cleared the Tuna out about twenty years ago, it took about five years.

seadog wrote:

We decimated the Herring and hence there was feck all for the big uns to come here for.

Same with the Mackerel.
The Jocks must have caught hundreds of thousands of tons in the Seventies & Eighties & virtually wiped out the entire SW stock.
The same is happening now with local pursers from Newlyn & Plymouth catching Pilchards ( or Cornish Sardines as the marketeers call them ) & taking another link out of the food chain.

Finally caught a fish in the river not the Salmon I was after but a pound and a half Sea Trout. I put him back although I was sorely tempted to knock him on the head for breakfast. He was a feisty little bugger and colours we incredible so pleased to see him swim away.

You old softy!

Earwegoagain wrote:

Finally caught a fish in the river not the Salmon I was after but a pound and a half Sea Trout. I put him back although I was sorely tempted to knock him on the head for breakfast. He was a feisty little bugger and colours we incredible so pleased to see him swim away.

Best fishing guy I've seen is the "The Fish Locker" youtube channel who fishes down here Devon and Cornwall from his boat. He likes conservation so 95% of what he catches go back bass pollack plaice literally everything
He had a Tuna on camera massive great thing caught on rod right up to the edge of the boat...I wasnt aware you couldnt land them because if you look in the comments you'll see me asking just that question to which he had replied

Think this is the same guy thats been mentioned in thread already

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If you fast forward to 30 minutes its where he's got it beside the boat reviving it before release