Catch of the day [Fishing]
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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.....
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My kids first fish
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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.)
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Learn something every day. Tope is an interesting species.
My son caught this bass on his second cast this morning. I got skunked.
