My 1st Danglers trip. The trip nearly didn't go ahead as the skipper had steamed over a net (just sub surface), the day before and had to be towed back to Dale, and had to send a diver down to assess the situation. Luckily though, there was no damage to Volsung and the trip was on!
Another stunning day and flat calm sea. We started off just off St Annes feathering for mackerel. In over 45 minutes of 9 of us feathering, I had caught the only one! We did however pick up a mixed bag of coalfish, pollack and wrasse to keep us busy.
But one down side was that I managed to snap my Grauvell Panama while snagged!
Next up, we anchored up on 'turbot bank', and soon the first dabs were coming aboard, 2 at a time, quickly followed by double shots of grey gurnard's and dogs. After a while I picked up my 1st plaice of the year on a tiny sliver of mackerel.
Soon it was time to up anchor and head over to a reef off Skokolm, and more feathering. Soon, pollack and coalies were on board, along with a couple of wrasse. The ground was very heavy, and the next diver to come along will have a field day picking up the rigs we lost!!
All too quickly the day was over and we headed back to Milford.
Species Caught - Coalfish, Pollack, Mackerel, Dab, Plaice, Grey Gurnard, Dogfish.
Next Danglers trip - Aberystwyth
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