NEWKID 28,511 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Arry said: I know mate when I was younger we never got many after October. Honestly stood in a T shirt like a summers day knocking Mackerel after Mackerel think we had about 60 not counting the little joeys we threw back. All on float fishing, there was eastern europeans catching shit loads on feather and keeping every thing. The harbour was alive with live bait fish and the birds working and of coarse them seals, they reckon they counted 35 seals in the harbour the other day. Things are changing at a rapid rate mate they are catching Tope, Spurdogs, and Rays through the winter of beaches that never threw them up before. Cheers Arry Mad aint it mate... the summer was hit and miss and it's teeming with em in the winter!! I'm down you way 2 weekends time for a couple of nights, Salcombe area, might steal an early morning or evening off the rocks/beach somewhere... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,986 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 hours ago, NEWKID said: Mad aint it mate... the summer was hit and miss and it's teeming with em in the winter!! I'm down you way 2 weekends time for a couple of nights, Salcombe area, might steal an early morning or evening off the rocks/beach somewhere... Been some big thornies come out of there lately mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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tillylamp 1,902 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 12 hours ago, Arry said: I know mate when I was younger we never got many after October. Honestly stood in a T shirt like a summers day knocking Mackerel after Mackerel think we had about 60 not counting the little joeys we threw back. All on float fishing, there was eastern europeans catching shit loads on feather and keeping every thing. The harbour was alive with live bait fish and the birds working and of coarse them seals, they reckon they counted 35 seals in the harbour the other day. Things are changing at a rapid rate mate they are catching Tope, Spurdogs, and Rays through the winter of beaches that never threw them up before. Cheers Arry 8 hours ago, South hams hunter said: Believe it or not they didn't turn up in numbers til Oct then disappeared and came back a week or 2 ago. We get mackerel all year now and just the other night I managed to catch a gar with a landing net well up a river. Our waters down here are warm enough to hold things like mackerel and Bream all year now wow....that's amazing guy's how much the climate has changed....mind you....fresh mackerel in the winter months would be nice..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,986 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, tillylamp said: wow....that's amazing guy's how much the climate has changed....mind you....fresh mackerel in the winter months would be nice..... Honestly mate you can catch them all year down here off the harbour walls now, not always good numbers like Arry had but enough for food or bait 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,469 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 13 hours ago, South hams hunter said: Honestly mate you can catch them all year down here off the harbour walls now, not always good numbers like Arry had but enough for food or bait Been cod caught in most months for years up around me, was full of eels, condoms and old clippers when I was a boy now all year cod and some nice bass coming out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,986 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Greyman said: Been cod caught in most months for years up around me, was full of eels, condoms and old clippers when I was a boy now all year cod and some nice bass coming out Weve always had bass all year because we have 4/5 nursery's close but the cod fishing gets worse every year down here. You can now though target Bream or even triggers so it's swings and roundabouts. We also now get a good run of really good whiting which personally I prefer to cod anyway. What should have been the British record bass was caught not far from you and the same lad has had several doubles close to you now. Layde Bay is also throwing up decent blondes in sept/oct 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 24,730 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 15 hours ago, tillylamp said: wow....that's amazing guy's how much the climate has changed....mind you....fresh mackerel in the winter months would be nice..... These showed up in about 2005 and been here every since, Couches Bream now caught regularly and bigger I've had them to 2lb. A beautiful fish imo. Cheers Arry 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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kanny 21,649 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Arry said: These showed up in about 2005 and been here every since, Couches Bream now caught regularly and bigger I've had them to 2lb. A beautiful fish imo. Cheers Arry Nice looking fish arry are they decent eating? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,522 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, kanny said: I always secretly envied craftsmen, artists, people with creativity, I wish my brain was wired up like that, put a pic up when it's finished if you can? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 minute ago, mackem said: I always secretly envied craftsmen, artists, people with creativity, I wish my brain was wired up like that, put a pic up when it's finished if you can? I will if I go back , I made it all in the workshop and I've been on site this morning doing a bit of snagging and templates for the worktops, if I go back to fit the worktops I'll get some pictures depends on the schedule. Here's a nice one I finished a bit back. 16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,522 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, kanny said: I will if I go back , I made it all in the workshop and I've been on site this morning doing a bit of snagging and templates for the worktops, if I go back to fit the worktops I'll get some pictures depends on the schedule. Here's a nice one I finished a bit back. My lady would wet her knickers for a kitchen of that quality 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 24,730 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, kanny said: Nice looking fish arry are they decent eating? Yes mate very nice as well we get the Gilthead Bream which you see in the super markets also very nice. Cheers Arry 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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