Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

And the sea does look angry from the lodge…..

[jordanscollected]

@Giles That looks like a grueling 100km trip in those waves. I suppose supplies to the island, as well as people getting on and off are weather dependent too, or do they travel by plane/helicopter?

Is local catch being served up nearby to wet the whistle for what's to come?

[Giles]

I showed the route to the Captain, he said, "no we go straight, need to do it in as short a time as possible", the nearest rescue boats are 600km away

So more like this:

Only 25 families live on the island, they get provisioned by boat. No airstrip. The operation we are with provisions themselves, so the boat will have a load of groceries on it when we make the trip.

I am guessing we will eat the best eating fish that we catch, that is the norm here.

[SKT]

Only bite I got all morning. Basically the size of what Giles probably uses for bait.

[Tago Mago]

@SKT I always thought the GT @Giles was referring to were Gin & Tonics, and he therefore wouldn't need bait

[Giles]

Fishing from the shore in wind, is a little extreme. This is Szymon.

He had a small GT and lost a large one. I had a few tiny Big eye Trevally

[Choko]

Personal best largemouth

[wjw]

These little guys were biting every cast the other day.

[Giles]

Today, me and my friend Matt took UKIYO out. Our target species were Tope, Smooth Hound and Black Bream. Smooth Hound love a crab bait, I dropped a pot last night and caught the sum total one 1 So we dropped that at our first mark and boom, we had a Smoothie. No crabs left, we decided to concentrate on Tope, a shark species native to UK. First drop at the next mark, and we hooked into a monster, 3 times we had it in the net, but it was just too large to get in, and eventually we lost the fish. One hour later we caught a large Black Bream on a bait and hook intended for Tope, so tick for Bream, but accidental. About an hour later I had another decent sized Tope, we managed to get it into the net, but it basically made a hole and fell right through, after another 5 minutes of panic with the line going through the net, between the rod and the fish, Matt managed to wrestle it into the boat with the aid of a glove.

Need a bigger, stronger net.....

[endo]

wow

[wjw]

My kids first fish

[Giles]

Nice

[aksu]

Broke my biceps tendon and thought that my fishing was done for the summer. Luckily microjigging for perch was doable and ~3kg pike was gentle enough for my arm and there was help to get it on the boat. (We did not return the favor and filets are in a freezer.)

[Giles]

[Bridger]

[SKT]

@Giles got me curious about the species. Nice catch!

[Giles]

Tope

[Sage954]

Learn something every day. Tope is an interesting species.
My son caught this bass on his second cast this morning. I got skunked.