My 2nd Danglers shark trip of the year aboard Celtic Wildcat, and another 7am start from Neyland. We were greeted by a pea soup fog, and took us nearly 2 hours to navigate to St Annes head.
The fog finally lifed and we headed out to the Smalls lighthouse. Soon we had feathered enough mackerel for the dubby, and bait, along with a few pollack and launce.
Another hour of steaming and mashing, and we were on the shark grounds and baits were soon in the water. To kill the time before the 1st shark run, a few of us dropped baited feathers the long way down to the sea floor, with immediate results. A whiting of of over a pound, and numerous doggies were soon on board.
Then Ian's (Daihook) ratchet started clicking, signalling the first run of the day.
Ian into his 1st blue
Ian sensibly holding the blunt end of his 102lb blueIan's pregnant female of 102lb was soon followed by another pregnant fish for the other Ian (Phillips), which again weighed 102lb! We had another few runs during the day, but only managed to boat one other fish of around 50lb.
Wayne later showed everyone how to catch the garfish, boating 3 in a short space of time.
All too soon it was time to head home.
Species caught on boat - blue shark, mackerel, garfish, pollack, whiting, dogfish, launce.
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