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SPECIES HUNT 2011 - Challenge is to catch 50 species from Alderney!! Alderney has a massive variety of fish that either migrate here or are resident. The eco system is just so good it is amazing, for such a small area the diversity and quality of its habitat is immense, it is fortunate enough too not to suffer with the threat of pollution, waste, noise and light due to the small numbers of people that one, live here, and two that are within 400 square miles of sea. Having said that the island is only 3 miles by 1 mile with barely 9 miles of coastline. It is my challenge for 2011 to see how many species I can catch on a rod and line. Last year I managed 42 which I fished fairly hard for. I found myself planning trips in the latter half of the year revolving it around species I'd not caught. My previous 5 years of living here has seen me catch between 25 at worst and 33 at best, but never have I challenged myself like this before. For a start I don't exactly bubble with excitement at clambering over wet and slippery rocks and fish from the shore, I'd much rather be a float. The benefit is that I find myself fishing when often I wouldn't venture out. There is no organised match fishing here or a fishing club, and I like competitive angling. I aim to catch 50 which very few anglers get to achieve, with the size of the island and limitations it will be some feat. Unfortunately though for the first 5 months of the year I have no boat and my kayak split and am waiting a replacement so it is all shore work to start with! For the sake of simplicity I am counting Starry and Common Smoothound as one species as I don't want to kid myself I have caught something that I haven't. These species are notoriously difficult to tell apart and need to be sent to a laboratory for confirmation. Is not as simple as 'a Common has no stars' as both species can and can't have stars. I am though going to include Squid and Cuttlefish. My thinking behind that is that they do swim and you can target them with lures and bait. No I'm not going to include crab and lobster or anything else, nope not starfish neither nor welly boots!!
SPECIES COUNT 2011 Click on the pictures to enlarge. Some of the piccies not good quality, not easy on your own.
2011 Total Species to date 50. (Shore caught 33, Kayak caught 0, Boat caught 24). DIARY 16th December I am sat here typing out and laughing, I'm laughing because I already know you have looked at the sequence of pictures to see what the 50th species is and you are cringing and wondering how I can justify using a Cuttlefish as my 50th species to complete my challenge................................well I can. It WAS on my target species, was lure caught and targeted at the time, and as I couldn't for the life of me find a Topknot, an Undulate or a White Bream.....................well you can't blame me can you!! It could be worse I could have gone goby bashing all the time but I resisted and tried to stay true...............! Time wise and weather wise its not been the end to the year I wanted but hey, that was the challenge. It is a hollow victory and not the chosen path, I just needed a wee bit more luck at the end to reward the effort. I have had a fantastic time with this, it has got me out fishing when I never would have, it got me doing things I had never done before. Back in February I remember marooning myself on an isolated rock for 10 hours in a full blown gale force 8 having the time of my life. In a great session with loads of fish I also hit two unlikely target species in Red Mullet and 5 Bearded Rockling, hunches that paid off handsomely but boy was I tired and exhausted when I finished. That is what it was all about. This year saw my first Alderney species for the Herring, first shore caught Cod, first Coalfish, Smelt, 5 Bearded Rockling, Dragonet and Cuttlefish! It saw me tearing my hair out over Three Bearded Rockling but after dropping two I got one eventually! It has been a blast. Thanks to everyone who has followed this, it has caught us by surprise with unexpected emails and phone calls out the blue but a few people really stand out for their help, and a big thanks too Sam Robin, Dave 'Goose' Vaudin, Glen 'Sausage' Cortez, Stevie G, and Chris Caines (Tiger Lily) for supplying the knowledge, whereabouts and habits on some of the species I caught. Remember this was a challenge to catch 50 species from Alderneys waters which are very small with no mud so some obvious species to you are just not there but now there is a part two to finish the year on, I can't finish it here in Alderney as we are off today to Scotland so I will add more species to see where I finish the year on ....................... interesting, you can keep updated by watching the Alderney Angling Facebook page! Have a great Christmas!!
14th November Below I have just read the first few words in my last entry 'where I couldn't contain my excitement', oh how I wish!! The last two months has been hell as far as trying to add to my species, so very difficult. September came and went with barely any opportunities to go fishing. As did most of October till we had the festival and then I started to get my eye in, since then though I have tried extremely hard to add to the list and failed many times despite fishing 4 or 5 times a week.........................BUT tonight I have nailed the one that has plagued me all year. The Three Bearded Rockling, chuffed to bits. I caught it soon in to the session too, not the biggest one but good enough for me. I have four weeks now before my year ends as we are taking a Christmas holiday so by mid December if the 50 isn't complete then that is it. Three fish to focus on, Topknot, Undulate and Porbeagle. I have already had several sessions for each fish, the Undulate has grabbed most of my time and I'll give that another crack in the next two nights from the shore. 1 more specie to go!!
6th September I can hardly contain my excitement now, two scratching sessions afloat searching out what I could with Undulate Ray and Triggerfish the targets, with Dab, Sole as long shots were on the cards but I did manage the Sole! I was never worried about getting one as a shore caught one was likely later but it is in the bag now. So an easy one done and that is 48 species now for the calendar year and it has given me a huge lift after not adding nothing for close on 6 weeks. So here we go on the run in then. These are the following targets: Three Bearded Rockling - My nemesis for the year and always dodging me. Not often caught but enough around!! Triggerfish - I need to get one this month if I am to succeed, I have only caught one in 8 years here! Common Goby - Should do it! Giltheads - Rare, very few caught but they do turn up in the nets White Bream - A recent visitor, only know of one caught here but divers do see them Dab - I caught one last year, only one of two that I have known in the last 8 years caught here John Dory - Getting too late now but a possibility Undulate Ray - Need to put some time in if I am to winkle one of these out. Have managed to catch two in 8 years shore and boat, a possible winter species when I can anchor on the small tides. Sea Trout - have looked for them and not seen nor head of any this year. They do turn up but of course you need to be targeting them when they are in your area. Blue Shark - Hmmmmmm...........why is it on my list!! Porbeagle Shark - I have never caught one but a definite likely prospect so will be doing some time on this and as an added bonus they are here through the Winter. Lemon Sole - Just a rumour that they exist here but no one fishes the right methods where they are located. See Blue Shark!! Top Knot - Frequent the rocky marks, need to have a go!! Flounder - Never seen one caught here but have heard that they used to exist. See Blue Shark!!!
Is it going to be an exciting 4 months or sheer frustration? Happy days :-).
30th July I'm not fishing as much as I would like due to a heavy work load (its 3.30am as I write this!), shame because the weather is cracking, but I did manage an evening trip the end of last week and sneaked out with Fieona for a few hours. Very little caught apart from the target species which I was absolutely delighted with, caught first cast too!! I wish I could have done the other 46 like that! Couches Sea Bream was the target and I had a cracking little fish of 1lb 12oz. With that accomplished as it was that has saved me a potential banana skin and saved me a huge amount of time. I have had a another crack at the Baillons too but too no avail. Now I need to get a Triggerfish, then get our carnival week out the way on the island and get sharking, can't wait!! 50 is nearly accomplished but it is still so far away with relatively obscure species to catch!! 16th July Think my plans all came together this week, remarkable! Or remarkably lucky!! Last week after a few attempts I finally got my Blonde Ray, not the biggest Blonde you'll see but nevertheless, the main thing was I didn't need to revisit that place. The rest of the weekend was spent actually fishing rather than targeting species apart from a few dabbles for a Cuckoo Wrasse. Unbeknown to me at the time though that wasn't going to be too long a wait. Thursday after work I was down the Breakwater targeting a Rock Cooks Wrasse with a chance I'd pick up a Cuckoo, seen it done but have never done it myself. Loads of Corkwings, Ballans, Tompots and small Pollack but no target species, then with the start of the ebb flow which makes this mark unfishable I managed to get the Cuckoo. Pretty chuffed with myself but task not completed I returned the following evening. Again same as the night before with plenty of fish except this time not long in to the session I tickled out a Goldsinny Wrasse, how lucky was that? With not too long await I managed my Rock Cooks too. Absolutely elated and with the tidal flow about to return I thought rather than go home I'd chance my arm on the Inner Harbour, I've heard stories of Silver Eels in the summer but really I wanted to return to my elusive Three Bearded Rockling. It was daylight and all that but who cared I was on a roll.........................and I was!! Second chuck, out popped a Silver Eel. It couldn't get any better could it? I could have cart wheeled all the way home!!! However despite all this luck there was a downside, I had more luck with me than I thought. On return home and talking to my good mate Dicky Smith our conversation turned to another small species of Wrasse, the Baillons. Basically he was telling me they are around, look like a female Corkwing.................please no. I had them too but no photograph so a revisit when this latest spell of bad weather calms down is in order for sure. However good would that have been had I been more aware. Anyway that's pushing my luck, more than happy with what I got..............I think? Now with 4 species to go to the target of 50 I will have a go for the Baillons Wrasse, Couches Sea Bream, a Triggerfish is a possibility too and then its sharking time!
2nd July 41 now with a Ling boated, really need to nail a Blonde and a Cuckoo Wrasse soon and then we are playing with what I regard as Summer species, one or two mini ones involved and then its the sharks!! All this in Alderney!!
15th June Wow!! Hit 40, chuffed to bits. I didn't expect to do it so soon so I'm in a good position to hit 50 although I suspect getting from 45 to 50 is going to be difficult but so long as I have time I can specifically target species maybe I've never caught before or never caught around Alderney. Yesterdays aim was Ling, backed up with a go for a Cuckoo Wrasse and falling back on a Blonde Ray or possibly a Small Eyed. The day started with me n the Hurd Deeps on a wreck dropping baits 340' so they landed alongside the wreck as the flood tide slackened, as the boat drifted away I would spool out and the bait remained next to the wreck. I wasn't going to have long on the Spring slacks but I hoped long enough to nail a Ling. Pout were smashing the baits to bits to start with but they went quiet. A sure sign a predator or predators were about. First fish up was an Eel in its teens in weight. as I repositioned the tide was getting slacker so when spooling out the bait was getting longer on the bottom. Next two drifts I managed Eels only, the later being around 40lb, good fun but wasting valuable time as the tide has turned and increased in strength. With the tide running too hard I ventured in shore with baited feathers. Searching around all the craggy rock that dropped steeply I was looking for Cuckoo Wrasse, another thwarted plan as I continually caught Pollack, all good fun and some food for tea but not what I needed, as the tide slackened to 2 knots it was time to anchor up on a favourite banky mark of mine for a Blonde. Easy fishing, big baits nailed to the bottom either uptided or down tide. This time I opted for one of each. Very quiet apart from a Pout and a Pollack on my down tide, in my head I was thinking of moving back out for the next slack in the Hurd Deeps. The uptide rod nodded away, this had to be a Blonde all day long, as I reeled in clearly it was a smaller fish so I thought a small Blonde then. Wishing I could be lucky (well I was wasn't I, I was out fishing!!) I was hoping for an Undulate or a Small Eyed, but I'd settle for a Blonde. I was elated when I saw it kiting around in the water on the retrieve as I could see the markings of a Small Eyed. Rod in one hand, landing net in the other and an arm stretch of some 8' feet long (felt like it) I could see the hook on the edge of the bottom lip just waiting to pull as it slipped in to the net. Number 40!! That was his name! Photo's done, nightmare as he/she kept curling up, I wound in the other rod and headed back in to the Hurd Deeps for a Ling. I arrived spot on the last of the ebb. Dropped baits to the bottom and instantly got the head shaking which could have been the Ling I desperately wanted. Hooked and with the fish off the bottom a short battle was had before the hook pulled, gutted, I lowered in the hope it would find the bait but on retrieve I found there was no bait left on the hook to be found. I repositioned the boat and had another go. This drift I dropped an Eel. Aware I wasn't going to get long on this slack I tried to concentrate harder and not rush. This next drift I paid out all my line as the bait drifted away. Aware something had been scrunching my bait I leant in to strike mode and the rod bent over. This wasn't a Ling neither, way to big! After a long arm aching battle in 300 plus feet I had a 55lb eel alongside, as knackered as I was. T-barred off there was time for one more go but alas another Eel. Tide was close to 2 knots again now and both time and Ling had beat me, but I'm on 40!! 12th June Its another one struck off, Tub Gurnard made species number 39 and 11 to go now. Rays are proving difficult, don't know why. I have targeted Small Eyeds earlier in the year and failed and now I have had 3 short sessions for Blondes and although 2 have been caught on the boat I have yet to get one. Still plenty of time left and if the weather allows on the days off lots of opportunities to increases my species count. Hopefully August will be a very key month if I have got to around 44 by then, it will be a month of mini species and sharking! Very exciting. 6th June Oh to have good mates. Blessed with some excellent information last week I took advantage of some calm weather today. 5.30am start I managed to fire Solitude up out of her slumber and before I knew it we were doing 30 knots down the Swinge. Arriving at the destination all I needed was a set of feathers. Not knowing exactly where to fish I started on top of the sandbank, I only got the interest of a few Mackerel. What I was looking for was not there, a wee bit of anxiety started to set in, did I glean enough information? I went to the edge of the bank, starting deep I started to work my feathers, tiny ones with a Dexter hanging off the bottom and hey presto first drop and I had a Herring about 14" long in the boat. Ecstatic I cracked open the lunch box and it was barely past breakfast time!! I was going to go home, but given the size of the Herring I thought I would try for a few more for tea. (How did I do that, breakfast, lunch and tea all mentioned in the same paragraph!!). I dropped the next couple at the surface. The Herring appeared to swim towards the surface, rather than swim away, once they get within 4 or 5 feet of it. I thought it was my imagination but over the next couple of hours I saw this several times. Almost like a Tarpon would except the tiny (comparatively) Herring couldn't as it towed a Dexter wedge the same weight as itself, crazy analogy I know but that's how it looked to me. Anyway, before I did manage to boat the next Herring I fluked a Whiting. I'd like to say I was using baited feathers but I didn't, total fluke and something else for tea! Over the next couple of hours I managed a dozen or so more Herring, great! I headed off home but not content with that I now had the fishing bug for the day so I stopped by back in the Swinge for a Couches Bream. This time my feathers were baited, dragging them across the sandy bottom waiting for the Couches savage take, alas I had used all my luck up, it was not to be but I did get a very nice Red Gurnard ............................. for tea!
27th May I was fortunate enough to get out mid week to take advantage of a drop in winds, flat calm and sunny, what more could you wish for? Anchoring on one of the many banks surrounding the island my target was a Blonde Ray and Gurnards, hopefully both Red and Tub. I did manage the Red Gurnard but missed out on the Ray, I did though manage a strap of an Eel which now puts me on 36. With the weekend washed out for boat fishing due to the wind it is unlikely I will see any more additions this month but with 36 species nailed my 50 target is looking a much more healthy prospect now as opposed to how things looked four weeks ago.
25th May If you've read the latest reports section you'll see I am in action with a boat at last, not having one has severely restricted opportunities to expand on my species target but it has come at a good time. Fishing opportunities are few and far between due to work, part and parcel of having an almost seasonal job I guess but now I can get afloat when the weather and time opportunities allow then the boat will maximise my angling time. The weekend was extravagant with two days of fishing, well one actually for me as I spent Sunday watching the horizon but all good fun never the less.................honest!! Tope and Huss were two easy additions, I had to work a bit for the Huss due to the sheer numbers of Tope, I kept scaling back the bait size until I found a small enough size the Tope ignored so a Huss had a chance to get to it. I nearly forgot to photograph it as both Fie and Matt were in to Tope but we got there in the end. The Sandeel, well that wasn't on my target list so I feel despite purposely targeting it this was a real bonus. I caught hundreds of Launce till I got it, can't believe I punched the air when I swung it aboard!!
17th May Work has been driving me mad, good to be busy and all that but I have abused the meaning of all work and no play so needed to get out this evening. Took myself off down the old pier, a set of feathers and a small pirk on the end to see if there was any Herring (some reported last week in the shop) around and Mackerel. Paid of with the Mackerel, also found some Pollack which was inevitable. Switched to a wall rig down the side of the old structure and caught several Ballans. A different sort of bite followed a period of quiet and hey presto a Common Blenny (Shanny) became species number 31. Also caught yet another Shore Rockling.
7th May A quick session on the Breakwater targeting a Three Bearded Rockling yet again, I say yet again as I was abseiling on Thursday for one and finished a hard session with 6 Shore rockling and a 4lb Pollack. So an easier option, as my legs hadn't recovered, was the Breakwater. I arrived early so two three hook rigs were cast between the moored boats hoping for a Dragonet. With witnesses watching (haha) I had forewarned them what I was up to; then blow me over I caught one!! After a few cartwheels and somersaults (by me not my buddies) I managed to photograph and return it alive, bet he was glad to get away from the euphoria!! Number 30 26th April A good day aboard Colin Dukes boat Smuggler as reported in the Latest Reports pages of this site but more importantly than the 30 odd flatties caught were how many more species did I manage to winkle out. Well fishing wise I got a right spanking on the flatfish, take a look at the Turbot picture, that smile was utter relief! It took me longer than it should to get the Turbot although I was pretty pleased to get one of just two Brill caught, the Turbot followed quite quickly before I was able to concentrate on other species but the best part of the day had gone. All in all though mission accomplished and takes me to 29. 23rd April Its not for the want off trying since I last added a different species to my quest to achieve 50 from Alderney in one year. A huge amount of time has been spent targeting a Small Eyed Ray and a 3 Bearded Rockling but to no avail. Anyway 3 weeks in Florida has freshened me up but more importantly in those 3 weeks a dramatic change, for the better, in our weather which is bringing new arrivals to Alderneys waters. A session bait collecting for an intended boat trip on Sunday with Colin Dukes Smuggler meant I added a trivial and an always certain Mackerel which became my 25th species for 2011. Not the species I wanted to do it with but nevertheless done! Now I hope it will catch my 26th tomorrow :-) 24th February Aha................back to 24. There is much confusion between many people of the difference between a 3 Bearded Rockling and a Shore Rockling. When I listed the 3 Beard on the site I was confident I had a juvenile fish which in guise looks very similar to a shore rockling as described in these links. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1399 The things that swayed me were the larger eye, the pectoral fin extending back past the dorsal fin, what looked like a broader head and almost a mottley colour within the copper, characteristic of a 3 Beard. I sent 20 odd pictures of 5 fish to around 10 people in the end and although the two most important people (marine biologists) haven't come back to me I only had one yes which has since changed to a maybe, some said no and others couldn't be sure so based on that I can't be too convinced neither. In its true adult form a 3 Bearded has a leopard or blotchy colouration on its body so till I find one like that then I'll stay on 24 and keep trying subject to further confirmation. This species is proving a real bind, given this situation and the one definite I dropped last month hauling it up the wall.
22nd February Still trying to target the Small Eyed Ray and hoping to fluke an Undulate in the process, its been hard going. Swells not helping matters neither, had one big wave dumped on me at the weekend when I thought I was safe, lost a bit of gear but all ok. In between these sessions though I have been adding a few species as I hear of them. Species number 23 was a Thick Lipped Mullet. I had a go last light on Friday but missed my only bite. Matt Smith winkled one out which gave me confidence. The following morning at first light I was back on the mark. It was quiet, so I committed the cardinal sin. I put my rod down and grabbed the 'breakfast' bag.........aha where's my float? Typical, missed bite! I then super glued it to my right hand waiting for the next bite. Sure enough it came and within a few minutes of tussling the job was done with a fish somewhere between 4lb and 5lb. Then I went for a bit of day light Ray fishing. I chose a cliff mark not often fished which involves a drop of around 50' on a rope. Its great though once your down. Lovely spring like day but no Ray. I did though fluke a very colourful Long Spined Sea Scorpion. My next session was a night one, again very swelly but I chose a mark where I was exposed but you could drop your bait in relative shelter. Adrenalin was just flying through my veins as bite after bite came, I was totally aware it wasn't going to last in such a small area. I increased my chances by ground baiting to keep the fish there, it paid off big time with a bundle of Rockling which did include the Three Bearded pictured above, species 25! Halfway through in just 7 weeks. Now for the next 25 which isn't going to take 7 weeks!! Next target..............you guessed it, Small Eyed Ray!
9th February The Small Eyed Ray is proving to be elusive as I blew on another trip last night for them. Small Eyeds to be fair aren't in abundance around the island so to locate one is going to be difficult. This is a key month to be getting one from the shore but I believe I know of a bank or two close to Alderney that they would frequent but I have never fished them before so when the boat or kayak arrives I'll be giving that go. Hopefully that will back me up, if not I'll be waiting till the Autumn again. As you can see though I did manage to fluke a small Cod, that's the first I have caught from the shore in Alderney. 4th February A few trips have happened since the last report. A Mullet trip proved barren. Two consecutive sessions on separate cliff marks yielded the same species by way of Smoothounds, Dogs, Pout, Pollack and Poor Cod. However last night in a gale 8 I had a terrific time. Fishing in deep water in relative shelter for the sea conditions I had a mix of species. The targets were 3 and 5 Bearded Rockling, Red Mullet and Small Eyed. I managed a 5 Bearded and the Red Mullet......jubilation!! Good news on the pictures front, after seeing myself in the Red Mullet one I realise I cannot continue showing myself off like thus. I have now read the camera manual and sussed out how to use the timer, really simple. Only thing now is for me to make sure any future fish I catch I have a wall next to me!!
21st January Smelt added last night night, took an hour and a half to catch, way longer than it should have!! still need to find those elusive Rockling I need, one or two Red Mullet caught this week, plus feeling desperate to catch a Small Eyed! 20th January Cracking little session last night in a bright moon! Dale Britton popped in the shop and said one of the lads had caught a Plaice, he was somewhat surprised. I was due to go fishing and also wanted to test some plugs that have landed on my desk, I wanted to see how they would swim and cast so I didn't need another excuse to wait till the shop closed. I was gone like a shot, mid afternoon while we still had blue skies and sunshine. First cast with the worm rod landed. I tested the lures I had with me which took around 40 minutes and then wound in the worm rod. Yippee, Plaice! It worked. As darkness came on I had a flurry of Bass, nothing big, best fish was only 1lb 8oz. One or two Pout started to come in and then I hooked a Pollack which chased the lumi bead in as I retrieved. It went a little quiet so I changed a worm rod to fish baits and 2/0 hooks and cast in to the kelp for a Rockling. Meanwhile my other worm rod was retrieved and a Mullet followed it in curiously. I put the rod to one side, luckily I had pre empted Mullet turning up at some point and had a go for them. No starlite in the float made it difficult to see the it but I did hit one but I never connected. Meanwhile on the Rockling rod I managed one but not the right species I was after, it was a Shore Rockling as opposed to a 3 Bearded. The Mullet thinned out as opposed to the shoal building, tide was dropping too so before it was too late I opted to try the quay to see if there were any Mullet, there has been this week plus some Smelt for me to add to my species hit. I arrived only to find Smelt, threw some ground bait in and they disappeared, fool! Anyway I stayed on and caught a couple of Pollack and had missed some bites. Then my float, which is sensitive, just sat down a bit, I struck in to what I thought would be a smelt and off it went, a far better fish. After a bit of too and fro I could see it on the surface, a 'Pollack'. No need for a drop net then, I swung it up on 6lb line and a size 16 hook, it landed on the quay and you never guess what? On the swing up it transformed in to a Coalfish!! Jubilation!! Species number 18!! There's been just a few rude emails regards the double (some might say treble) chin on display in the photo's. It is awkward holding the camera at arms length, smiling and getting everything in the picture, neck downwards is a lean , mean fighting machine as you can imagine!
18th January I went just the once last week, up at 4.30am to target a Small Eyed again, all I managed were jumbo Pout. A week of wind and rain saw me leave it alone for a bit and making me ponder that this species hunt, as easy as it might sound (to target and catch relatively simple fish like the Ray, Rockling), it is no way going to be a walk in the park. A fine evening last night saw me out to use up the remaining dead worm we lost in the shop to have a go for a 5 Bearded Rockling, they never played ball, well not my ball anyway, but I did manage a Bass. Now that was never going to be a problem during the course of the year like a Golden Grey Mullet could be but hey, its given me a lift and puts me on 16 for the year. 8th January Its been a real test this week as to what I have committed myself too. I started the New Year with ideas that I should first get the species which are around on the hit list first. Well that makes sense but what I did last year was that for some of our winter species I thought they would be easy and I'll catch them at the end of they year. Not the case. I never had Mullet, Red Mullet or Cod which I should have. So my target initially was to nail Red Mullet, Sole and Bass would then be caught as a by catch. Sadly none are about so my targets switched to all three rockling species available to us and Small Eyed Ray. As you can see I have targeted others but most have come as a by catch situation again, never the less 15 species in the first 8 days is good going. However the important target species not so good! The weather at times has been poor and certainly in conditions when I would have been cooped up indoors, most annoying when it doesn't pay off especially when you have consecutive nights fishing and 4.30am starts! Targets for the next period are Small Eyed Ray, 5 Bearded Rockling, 3 Bearded Rockling (dropped a 2lb fish hauling it up the side of the inner harbour wall, then hooked him again and he run me in to a snag!) and Red Mullet if they turn up.
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