looe 28/1/12

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   well it was my first trip of the year down to polperro, so as always booked trip out with with murry on the swallow.
planned targets were cod ,pollock, haddock, ling, and whiting.

so we started on the pollock, but it was a no show.
but at least the seal was having a good time

 so next was a try for  whiting and haddock with baited feathers. but all i got was loads of whiting which normally id be very happy with but i wanted a fresh haddock for dinner.....doh. 
on the plus side we got loads of mackerel .....a first for me , mackerel in january .........its got to be a joke, but no.

next the tide eased and we moved and tried for a ling, hokkie's loaded with half a mackerel per hook. come-on you toothy b*stards...lol
and we waited and waited........... then ding dong, 4 of us in at once. mine was a baby @ 6lb compared to the other 3 all around the 15lb mark.
back down and another ling was quick to munch my mackerel and this was a more respectable 11lb, then just before we were going to move i had another of about 15lb.

as the tide picked up we tried again for a pollock but no pollock were to show.
so on the way back we tried to get some more whiting and try for a haddock......................it was pout city...lol

then my first ever haddock, only 2lb ish 

but god it tasted great

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MONKEY NUTS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List SFG Club Member Joined: 12 September 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 888	Post Options Post Reply Quote MONKEY NUTS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: looe 28/1/12 Posted: 30 January 2012 at 8:58pm
	well it was my first trip of the year down to polperro, so as always booked trip out with with murry on the swallow. planned targets were cod ,pollock, haddock, ling, and whiting. so we started on the pollock, but it was a no show. but at least the seal was having a good time so next was a try for whiting and haddock with baited feathers. but all i got was loads of whiting which normally id be very happy with but i wanted a fresh haddock for dinner.....doh. on the plus side we got loads of mackerel .....a first for me , mackerel in january .........its got to be a joke, but no. next the tide eased and we moved and tried for a ling, hokkie's loaded with half a mackerel per hook. come-on you toothy b*stards...lol and we waited and waited........... then ding dong, 4 of us in at once. mine was a baby @ 6lb compared to the other 3 all around the 15lb mark. back down and another ling was quick to munch my mackerel and this was a more respectable 11lb, then just before we were going to move i had another of about 15lb. as the tide picked up we tried again for a pollock but no pollock were to show. so on the way back we tried to get some more whiting and try for a haddock......................it was pout city...lol then my first ever haddock, only 2lb ish but god it tasted great

sean.clarke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List SFG Club Member Joined: 20 February 2009 Location: Hamble Status: Offline Points: 1072	Post Options Post Reply Quote sean.clarke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 January 2012 at 9:17pm
	Nice one John!! Mackeral, in January? wow! who'd have thought it.

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	Looks like you had a good trip and good fishing john, also a good report,
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MONKEY NUTS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List SFG Club Member Joined: 12 September 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 888	Post Options Post Reply Quote MONKEY NUTS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 January 2012 at 9:25pm
	i did laugh when we started pulling them up. i honestly thought "feels like mackerel.....na, must be a pilchards on this line"....lol glad we did get them tho as we all thought il keep them for dinner tonight....then the bait got low and we used them........hense the sudden boom in ling after a long wait....lol

sean.clarke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List SFG Club Member Joined: 20 February 2009 Location: Hamble Status: Offline Points: 1072	Post Options Post Reply Quote sean.clarke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 January 2012 at 9:31pm
	Bet it would have been cool if the Tope were following them in!

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	Nice report John and good pics. Sounded like a fun trip!

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	Good report John, two species that I have yet to catch - ling and haddock. Looks a great trip. Hugh
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	Looks like you have been doing some serious dieting John?
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	good trip how far did ya have to chug out

MONKEY NUTS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List SFG Club Member Joined: 12 September 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 888	Post Options Post Reply Quote MONKEY NUTS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2012 at 2:29pm
	only started been a slightly less fat b*stard in new year......lol we were about 8 miles out on the rock pinnacles but it about 180-200 foot deep