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26/06/2011
Fishing Report by Paul Wells
26 Jun 2011 by Paul Wells
26/06/11
after an early rise, 7 of us meet at 5;00am to make tracks to portishead from north devon on what we hope is a succesful fishing session,
the journey up was very foggy, so fortunate enough we left early to account for weather and traffic, we arrive at the harbour at 6:30 and
set out from the harbour for 7;00, first things first the skippers makes a nice early cuppa for us,for the journey to our first mark,
conditions were slightly overcast with very slight breeze, we felt confident!!! we get to our mark withing 30 mins of leaving harbour,
anchor up,and youve never seen people bait up so quick, and the fishing starts, first 30mins was very quiet but the cloud cover was starting
to clear which bought a few smiles, then first fish of the day turned up, a thornback of around 6lb, great start. within 2 mins of releasng,
bite number 2, up comes another thornie, funny enough it was the same fish we just released (he must have been hungry), then all went quiet
for another 30 mins, bite number 2, fish tor off, felt a good one, up come the first hound of the day, weighed in at 13lb 7oz starry,
we thought things were going to take off now,but unfortunatly not, couple of dogs that was it. so skipper decides to pull up anchor and move
further out, baits go down, bites came more or less instantly, with a couple of doggies, then a strap eel, a nice codling next rose to the
surface (yummy), with another cuppa going round the boat, things were starting to look up, weather was getting hotter and hotter, wind had dropped
then the smoothys starting biting, with a total of 16 hounds been landed with the smallest being around 9lb, there was a 15lb 4oz common, 14lb starry,
13lb 7oz starry, 13lb starry, 12lb starry, 11lb common, and a couple smaller. with several conger also landed due to the rediculous size baits being used,
so by the end of the day had been a brilliant session, we had one last caSTand another codling decided to show, great way to finish the day. we must say
that skipper and his crew done an excellent job with keeping us full of tea and helping with th netting and unhooking all of fish all day.
booked up again for another trip later in the year, hopefully can repeat the session if not better it.
Catch report:- Richard weston 15lb oz common, 13lb 7oz starry, 2 smaller starry, 1 codling, 1 thornback.
Stefan jones 13lb starry, 4 smaller hounds, 1 thornback, 1 doggie.
Adam sayer 4 eels, to low doubles, numerous dogs.
Marcus horrell 14lb 9oz starry, 2 smaller common, several dogs and eels.
John cardew 12lb common, 11lb starry, couple of dogs
Graham harris lots of dogs
kevin peach 12lb common, 1 smaller common, several dogs -
08/2010
Fishing Report by Keith Wells
Aug 2010 by Keith Wells
My son Josh and I set off from home early on Sunday morning and met up at Portishead with the same lads we used to fish with on Castaway last year.
Castaway was sold last year before the new boat had been completed so we've had a long wait for the new boat to be built, but at last we got the word that it was up and running and received our invite to join the old crew.
We arrived in plenty of time, bought some bait from the local tackle shop `Reel Fun` and loaded our gear on board the Ruby D.
Ruby D looked quite similar to Castaway, the deck size is about the same but apparently it's a lot faster.
We set off in glorious sunshine and a flat calm sea and quickly noticed the difference between the two boats.
The skipper Paul opened the throttle and the boat quickly settled into a comfortable 22kts, he said, “it's top speed is about 28kts” then with a big grin on his face he took his hands off the wheel and sat back in his seat, "Autopilot", he said.
I left him to playing with his new pride and joy and set up my gear.
We soon reached our first mark and started fishing. Josh was quickly into the first fish of the day a conger of about 6lbs.
He received the usual abuse from the other lads for being the first to catch a fish again.
He caught another conger then a thornback in quick succession just to rub it in then the rest of us started to play catch up with him.
Conger, dog and thornbacks came aboard steadily throughout the day, including a 16lb conger. The chap who caught it was reluctant to pick it up for a photo to be taken as it wasn't very happy and thrashed about on the deck, so he left it to Paul to sort out.
Paul gave him a bit of light hearted stick and told him that one of the anglers he'd taken out the day before had landed a conger of around 40lbs, this was just a baby one.
We had a great day out, everyone really enjoyed the trip and it was good to meet up with the old crew again.
Paul took us to several marks during the day actively following the fish and as usual kept us well supplied with tea and coffee on demand.
I'd like to say a big thank you to Paul for a great day out.
The RubyD is a fantastic boat, very fast and stable with plenty of room on deck.
Due to the increased speed (and range) Paul says that he is going to be traveling further afield next summer, down to the North Devon and South Wales coastlines which will provide a much wider variety of species to fish for, which is something we're all looking forward to.
In the meantime we're really looking to our next trip out from Portishead when the cod season should be well under way. -
18/09/2010
Fishing Report by Paul Wells
18 Sep 2010 by Paul Wells
1st 2 day trip to Swansea was a great success with 11 species caught, loads of Bream,D/Fish,Bull Huss,Red Gurnard,Tub Gurnard,Wrasse,Dab,Mackeral,Pout and Channel Whitting also Poor Cod.Just to finish off we had crab star fish and a lobster, not bad for the Bristol Channel where some say its fished out !!!!!
