Wrecking Wednesday

[Adam F]

An early start yesterday saw JV loaded and slipping out of the marina at 5.30am, meeting Marichelle enroute with Mick, Kev and Kev's lad onboard. I had brothers Jones onboard.

 

The forecast was stunning with Windguru giving no more than 5 knots of wind all day! The sky was as black as night with storm clouds as we rounded Old Harry, but looking brighter to the South. On an oily calm sea JV purred along at 20 knots once we cleared the tides around Durlston head and headed SW.

 

In short we fished 5 wrecks during the morning ebb tide. The first produced only small pollock, the 2nd and 3rd hardly anything at all, and with wreck number 4 the last gasp before we bit the bullet and steamed out of club waters we hit a better run of form with some cod and ling hitting the lures. The stamp of fish was a little disappointing considering we were 40 odd miles offshore, with the cod and pollock all around the 6-7lb mark. Our best cod of the day was 12lb.

 

The slack was long and slow with me loosing a nice ling half way up by 2pm the wind had grown legs and was pushing a f4, not what was forecast....

 

We tried all the wrecks on the way back on the flood tide with a little more success. Alun fishined the day with the best catch, a whopper that wasn't going to get off the hook....

 

About to pack up he slipped on deck and let go of the 12oz pirk he was carrying.... With a 4/0 treble embedding firmly in his little finger right up to the bend.... Ouch! I've seen people off to A&e for a lot less. Interestingly we had been discussing Neil's utube link to the hook removal technique on the steam out and here we were about to try it out! We cut the treble off the pirk, Ian pushed the treble down and I wrapped a few feet of 130lb mono around a pair of pliers. Count to 3... 1, 2... Bang! Out popped the hook, a quick sterile wipe and a plaster and we were good as new. Very impressive technique and certainly one all members should know. Worth a demo at a club night.

 

Time was pushing with a long run back. Progress was a little slower and reminded me of how much I hate that last 10 miles back to Durlston head... It seems to take forever! Past Peverill Ledge and the sea flattened off allowing a sweet 26 knot run back to the chain ferry.

 

90 miles travelled with the Icey Tek full of fish it was a good day but would have been nice to have seen one or two decent fish mixed in.

 

Thanks to the team on Marichelle of their company, I hope you managed a few. Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye on the radio I was our on deck filleting!

 

Here's to next time!

Edited June 14, 2012 by Adam F

[niggle]

Ouch........but he will do anything to get "catch of the month"

[Peter]

Well done Adam and co I am soo jealous Freeboys is growing cobwebs at the moment we would have gone Wednesday but work had other ideas!

[Paul D]

Very impressive technique and certainly one all members should know. Worth a demo at a club night.

So who is going to volunteer to have the treble hook embedded ?? !!

[great white]

Well done on giving it such a good go, you had the target species but not at the sizes wished for.

 

I had wondered how far you had gone , as it was breezy at work.

 

I hope that Aluns hand heals well and fast.

 

Charlie

[Maverick Martin]

Well done on getting a few

 

BTW whats the specimen weight for an Alun

 

Martin

[sparky]

Just like to say many thanks to Adam and crew for letting us tag along to the wrecks.

 

We also had a good day despite the lumpy sea and estimated 8 foot swells going through.

 

Kev,s son Ben had said he was going to thrash us both..........and he did !!!!!!!!

It was amazing to see him bring the fish up with a fixed spool reel on Kev,s shiny red rod, put a good bend in it.................

 

We all lost some decent fish, but they were real finnicky takes, I ended up hooking 2 fish in the head, no wonder they fought well?????????????

 

Anyway, thanks to Kev and Ben for coming along , and pot watching for me ............

 

 

MICK

[sparky]

PS,

 

Hope your hands ok Alun, I did same thing too, but not that bad.

[alun j.]

Honestly.........I had had worse injuries in the garden with thorns !!

 

I have a little red mark on my pinky, a tingly sore patch but no bruising or swelling.

 

Thanks to Ian for applying the pressing and Adam for the pull.....and it pinged out !! ....don't know where that big hook went to ??

 

 

Def think we should demo this at a club evening.....plus ways of doing it solo. The only other time.......I spent a long wait in A&E. I 'm sure a few chicken drumsticks could be pretend fingers !

 

Back to the fishing......

 

Amazing day of weather contrasts and fishing contrasts........one wreck with plenty of fish [ albeit not great sizes] and others nearby with nothing.

 

Thanks for another memorable trip on JV

[Rob]

 

20knts out and 26knts in, no need to say who was driving!!!!!!

 

Sounds like a good day, except for the misshap!

 

Rob

 

 

[Gas]

Very impressive technique and certainly one all members should know. Worth a demo at a club night.

So who is going to volunteer to have the treble hook embedded ?? !!

Dont look at me

 

Great report Adam and some good fish.

[pirky]

Great report and sounds like good fishing to me !!!! ...

 

I was in the middle of a lake in an ally hull with battery o/b .. fly fishing for 5 hrs with the wind in my back.......definitely not what was forecast !!!

 

Well done Adam et al ... Hope the pinkie heals ok Alun..

 

Dave

 

 

Edited June 15, 2012 by pirky

[great white]

Very impressive technique and certainly one all members should know. Worth a demo at a club night.

So who is going to volunteer to have the treble hook embedded ?? !!

Dont look at me

 

Great report Adam and some good fish.

For some reason you came instantly to mind Craig

[plaicemat]

You're not the first and you won't be the last, Alun. I know from experience that it's o/k until the adrenalin wears off.

 

Terry.

[phonehome]

It's good to see the hook extraction works so well, but a word of caution.

 

ANY deep penetrating wound is an ideal site for a Tetanus infection, so make sure you have up to date cover or go to A&E for a booster injection. (It only hurts slightly more than a hook wound!!)

[Gnasher]

just watched on youtube. Those guys popped them out pretty easily.