Bull Bay on Sunday

[hugheseysx]

Managed to get a morning pass and in a bit of a rush headed to Bull Bay for 9am and met up with Moniar and Spud. Wind was a bit gusty but this was the only feasible location for the trip.


Found a nice channel and hooked up to a buoy. Spud was strait into some coalies and we had a great couple of hours bringing them in. Some were around 2 pounds. Amazing fight specially if you had more than one on at a time. I'm looking forward to the meet here later in May - happy to show you the place were the coalies were caught.























Had some of the coalies tonight for tea - filleted and coated in flour before being placed on the gridle - served with chips and peas. Tasty.

Planning to get out next Sunday - weather permitting - drop me a PM if you are interested in coming along.

[TimO]

Well done lads, great report, photos and especially the fish - loads of them not a doggie in sight.
I bet some of Hughesey's 'special bait' had something to do with it ;D ;D

Can't wait to fish Bull Bay on the 19th May, hope to see you all there for some fish catching lessons.

Cheers

Tim ;D

[johnlegg]

Did you really need to kill them all

[moniar]

We had a great morning out, despite the wind and rain. Great company and great fishing.

[moniar]

johnlegg said:

Did you really need to kill them all

John
I have the greatest of respect for anyone who puts them all back. Equally, since it is down to personal choice, I dont think its fair to criticise anyone who takes a few to eat.

I took 6 home - four fed my family of four tonight, and two were prepared and put in the freezer for the two kids to eat next week. I dont consider that being greedy and neither do I feel guilty for doing so. We like eating fish and its one of the many reasons why I enjoy fishing. I'd rather eat a small proportion of what I catch in a year, than pay Tesco or similar for fish which has been transported many food miles - sort of goes hand in hand with why we have our own hens and grow a lot of our own vegetables in a large poly tunnel.

I also find it a bit easier to defend fishing with the above reasoning rather than to say I just do it for the "sport" of catching and releasing, as that does provide more ammunition I feel to those who would wish to see fishing banned

[hugheseysx]

In a year I keep around 30 fish excluding mackeral. That's less than one a week. 'Nough said.

[sarge]

Not getting into the "how many should we keep" debate
Looks like a great trip, I hope to catch something decent to eat soon - a winter of Mersey shore fishing, with my best catch being a 1lb whiting, has dulled my enthusiasm a tad, but the thought of what I may be able to catch from my yak keeps me going... even a woofer would be welcome.
Looks like I'll miss the next meet due to work.