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Darksiders Fishing Adventures..

DARKSIDER

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Damn man this is a favorite thread for me for sure. Love seeing fish by the bucket. Good work. What happens if you go out realll deep on a flat day and drop some of those macks down 200 feet on a 32 circle? Only sharks?
Gotta get out there no matter what the other guys get hehe and see. Hopin for full coolers and a great story. Saw a tiger shark real close recently
Hi sneezydog nice to see you around and thanks for looking in at the thread much appreciated as for seeing a lot of fish today all i caught to fetch home for the table was the 3 in the photos 2 cod 1 whiting fished 3 hours but better than blanking should of known it was not going to be a good day but had to try,,.. set off at 2.30 and bumped into a drunk driver or junkie driver probablys a little smackrat i cannot bide them,, pure oxygen thiefs,, car was all over the road nearly wrapped it twice he or she did,, rather them dead than an innocent person on route to work or whatever, then through red lights sideways drifting but out of control glad i went straight on hope they crashed it and hospitalised themselves 🙏🙏 lesson maybes learned then,, anyhow i do fish in waters up to 300ft but where im from its rare to see a shark waters to cold im assuming and today it was real calm a lazy swell now and again but calm i do see the odd whales now and again and a lot of dolphins which follow the mackerel but none today a lot of seabirds today gannets kittiwakes guillemots and lots of different gulls and a few jellyfish about 6 miles out but not many fish the water inshore was very dirty could not see 2 foot under boat bait used was squid prawns mackerel and feathers one of them days it happens anyhow enough for now must shower,. once again thanks to whoever looks in stay safe guys T.B.C.
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Yeah Mitsuharu and sneezydog water was nice and calm not much fish about at the moment, but they will come 🙏🙏 and in the meantime im prepping the boat for another trip this week maybes tomorrow weather permitting and thanks for looking in guys as always appreciated plenty more to come T.B.C.:thank you::good:


29-05-2024. todays trip..

Well started early again today weather wasnt the best actually a little hard to stand up straight and a little wind but all in all caught 16 between 2 of us actually 8 each and i hate to admit it but my pal caught the biggest 2 ha ha lucky bugger i fetched 4 back for the table and he kept 2, all over legal size on a good note, also another boat which was fishing about a mile from us caught a few mackerel, so it shouldnt be to long before they arrive in numbers im glad as freezer is nearly empty on mackerel from last year actually it may even have no mackerel left inside will check later anyhow used prawns and dirty squid for bait and a few strips of mackerel so not too bad for a few hours out well thats it for todays trip but will be out again next week as weather is starting to turn for the worse so fishing will be on the back burner till then thanks for looking in guys stay safe as usual T.B.C.
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Well its that time of year to get my rod and reel out, and tommorrow will be an early start 3.30am weather permitting of course, and it will be roughly about 6 hours offshore im guessing then turn towards home to pick up a few Mackerel thats if they are about, either way im looking forward to it should be a good day out and will find out soon enough as my season is about to start properly onwards and upwards so to speak heres to a little luck and a little bit skill and who knows what else hopefully,,.:good:
 

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Yesssah enjoy that. Hopefully your skill is ever increasing:) heres to a good day out there and a helluva catch.
 

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Thanks guys for looking in always appreciated back from todays fishing and im more than happy to be back left the house today for around 3.15am rain started about 3.30am and never gave up till around 9am soaked through to the skin but was an ok trip after that had some company in the forms of local wildlife a fulmar,a herring gull and a great black backed gull as well as the seal which was not at all welcome it followed me for 2 hours and when a seal is near you most times the fish are not imho, apart from the seal wind and rain and cold ha ha it was ok ish., no mackerel at all not even showing inshore or out today strange but true had a fisheries vessel approach me today but never borded or asked questions im glad as cannot be bothered with them to be honest was hard work today dropped 2 pots off on the way out collected when on way back to port paid off they did, 3 in each pot but threw one back in too small to keep, so guess im having either cod and chips tomorrow or lobster and chips but today its mince and dumplings and im starving so looking forward to that any minute also heres todays catch 5 lobsters 4 cod and todays wildlife shots too, bait used for cod and lobster was prawns, squid, and mackerel ,. Well thats it for this trip till the next one stay safe guys and thanks for looking in TBC,.
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sneezydog

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Awesome mate. I was out last night too. This am almost ran out of gas hahaha had to stop fishing and go straight for home. Next time more gas. Those lobsters are sweeeeet. Try 6 or 8 pots! Only a half a night too must be a lot around. The tails are so blue, more colorful than where i used to live i think.
 

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Cheers guys yes it was an ok trip could of been better but it put fresh food on the table and was interesting for sure a fisheries vessel coming a bit to close for my liking but all good in the end especially when nearing land have put a link in this so you can see the finished results on table super tasty so to speak :yummy::yummy: for those interested and many thanks for looking in guys the season has started now so hopefully more catches soon enough

 

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Thanks guys for looking in always appreciated back from todays fishing and im more than happy to be back left the house today for around 3.15am rain started about 3.30am and never gave up till around 9am soaked through to the skin but was an ok trip after that had some company in the forms of local wildlife a fulmar,a herring gull and a great black backed gull as well as the seal which was not at all welcome it followed me for 2 hours and when a seal is near you most times the fish are not imho, apart from the seal wind and rain and cold ha ha it was ok ish., no mackerel at all not even showing inshore or out today strange but true had a fisheries vessel approach me today but never borded or asked questions im glad as cannot be bothered with them to be honest was hard work today dropped 2 pots off on the way out collected when on way back to port paid off they did, 3 in each pot but threw one back in too small to keep, so guess im having either cod and chips tomorrow or lobster and chips but today its mince and dumplings and im starving so looking forward to that any minute also heres todays catch 5 lobsters 4 cod and todays wildlife shots too, bait used for cod and lobster was prawns, squid, and mackerel ,. Well thats it for this trip till the next one stay safe guys and thanks for looking in TBC,.
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I am fishing vicariously. Thanks for the ride.
 

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Thanks for looking in guys @ buzzmobile anytime m8 @armedoldhippy i used to hunt deer many moons ago with the dogs and a lamp was good @sneezydog nothing really big in my neck of the woods what im after, To be honest, but then again a conger or plenty others would take a full mackerel without a doubt, but until this weather changes ie wind direction as now its northerlies and the port or marina where im based at is not in a hurry to open the flood gates so to speak a waiting game for me ,westerleys is what would be good ,but to be honest i think the water will be dirty for the mackerel and a little cold to be honest need a good week of sun and calm but it will happen sooner or later then im back out,, Hopefully next week weather permitting again once again cheers guys T.B.C.:thank you::good:
 

sneezydog

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Thinkin of you out there braddah, check out the used electric reels from japan on ebay. Lots of lightly used gear. Could recommend a seller but it seems they are competing well and have a lot of excellent reels that are outdated by the newest models.
 

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Thinkin of you out there braddah, check out the used electric reels from japan on ebay. Lots of lightly used gear. Could recommend a seller but it seems they are competing well and have a lot of excellent reels that are outdated by the newest models.
Thanks sneezydog its appreciated as for the electric reels i bought one last year here it is been gathering dust behind settee for 12 month ha ha.. its brand new and a decent make too bought the full kit and batteries .... batteries average last about 6 hours saves the wires getting in the way... but never actually used as of yet,, my m8 uses one and told me they were the dogs bollocks so with that said i bought one but im old school i like my fixed spool very easy to use but willing to try it out this year maybes and hopefully on the water soon weather permitting i need westerly winds for the win keeps the water flattish as at the minute the water is dirty so mackerel cannot see the lures as good,.. To be honest my pal was out yesterday testing the water and caught zilch ha ha 6 hours so i can wait a bit longer any how thanks for the thoughts stay tuned and thanks for looking in appreciated :good:
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