Drifting for pollack
Our first outing of the year drifting with shads and redgills for pollack
| When |
09 Feb, 2015
from 07:45 AM to 04:45 PM |
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| Where | Newhaven |
| Contact Name | Adam Frost |
| Contact Phone | 01273 478886 |
| Attendees |
1. Adam 2. Brooksie 3. Clive 4. Stevie 5. Andy Bark 6. Adrian 7. Marvin 8. Rob 9. Martin - Adrian's mate Reserves: |
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To save me from being inundated with texts & phone calls from Brooksie, here's a quick summary of today's adventures.
Crew: Adam, Clive, Stevie, Andy Barker, Marvin, Little Rob, Adrian & Adrian's mate Martin.
Wind: NNW F2 Sea state: Very little to b*gger all. Overcast. Chilly, but not cold.
24-26 miles off, fished a total of 4 wrecks - 2 biggish, 2 small.
Caught
sporadically at all locations. The pollack are on the wrecks & fat
with spawn, but not in any great quantity yet. Dave reckons another week
or two before it really takes off, so by the time of our next trip (9th
March), it should be in full swing.
We ended
up with a total of 1 small cod & 13 pollack, including 4 doubles.
Largest was Stevie's new Club Record at 19lb 6oz (19:1 in harbour &
difficult to get an accurate weight at sea without a Smedley
Weigh-o-tron, but not quite a 20! Short fat fish, would probably go 14
in summer. Rhubarb & Custard Sidewinders top lure by far, despite 37
other permutations being tried.
Items of note & award contenders:
Rob sporting a v. c*nty hat - part, beanie, part South Park, part bobble hat in crude camo.
Brooksie
having to cry off at last minute due to pressure of work. I hope the
Midlands was lovely! At least we didn't have to put up with a stream of
complaints, interspersed with filth. Hopefully he'll be able to make the
next one, as we don't know who has died recently!
Andy
B yet again managed to get kitted up without actually getting line
through all has rod-rings, with the added bonus of a full twist round
the rod itself - excellent work! This is, to my knowledge, the second
time he has achieved this feat, possibly the third.
Our new member, Martin is first in the queue for the Novice's Cup. He behaved himself, so will fish with us again.
The
angling equivalent of Leigh Halfpenny missing a penalty - Clive
blanked!! He has topped up the club's lead bucket however, so this will
never be mentioned again.
Adrian is now Dave's Tea Boy - thank you.
Although
it wasn't done on this trip, the 'Wrecker of Reels' (Newham S.) has
somehow managed to bend a bomb-proof Shimano Torium - remarkable!
Nothing else to report - roll on 09/03.
FROM CLIVE:
All - if Adam had sent a normal e-mail cc'ing people I could have shared this picture with today's crew but, for now it has to be shared with an elite few.
FROM CLIVE:
All - if Adam had sent a normal e-mail cc'ing people I could have shared this picture with today's crew but, for now it has to be shared with an elite few.
As much as it pains me to say this - well
done Stevie, it was a cracking fish. Oh, I'm so pleased I cocked up my
only decent take of the day, deep joy!
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