toerag Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Went wrecking on sunday 31st, it was rough and we could only make 7 knots into a short deep chop in the dark so fished a couple of close in well known wrecks. 6 drifts and no bites on the first meant another hour plodding out to the second where my mate managed a pollack around 12, I had a pout and 3 pollack, the biggest being a PB of 19-4-10. (poor pics to follow). On wednesday the 3rd another mate and I had better weather so put in a 100 mile round trip fishing 6 wrecks in the process for a grand total of....5 pollack to 15lb something! Really poor, we had 4 of those on the 1st wreck we fished! The pollack obviously haven't arrived in numbers yet, and the wrecks seemed totally barren, my mate couldn't even get any pout on his bream gear on the last 2 we tried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hi toerag Thanks for the report and I look forward to seeing the pics. Our club would appreciate if you would keep us informed of the fishing on your side as we are planning a trip or two in our boats this year. As an aside some of the Poole and Weymouth boats have been reporting similar catches from wrecks on our side. Might give them a go in the next 3/4 weeks myself Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toerag Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Pics as promised, apologies for the quality, but they were taken on my phone. I would have taken a couple when she was fresh out the sea, but she was quite a tatty fish so didn't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Cracker, absolute cracker m8. Well done. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 ya beauty!!!!!!!!!!!! she looks like a cracker..........well done matey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shytalk Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 commercial netter probably got em all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toerag Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 commercial netter probably got em all Nah, don't think so. For some reason the pollack seem to stay on the UK side of the channel until later on, I've never done well until March. These trips were experiments to see if they were on wrecks too far for the UK boats which I hadn't fished at this time of year, and they obviously aren't. The water is also extra warm this winter which is probably confusing the pollack as well. The wrecknetters haven't been able to get out much this winter, apparently pollack was fetching a higher price than cod in Brixham and Newlyn (wreck netter capital) a couple of weeks ago! Speaking of prices - how much do the commercial guys get paid for pollack in the UK, does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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