Jim Clohessy of TopFisher.eu was on the water for his last September run out last weekend – with some decent fish to show for it from the wrecks:
Yesterday’s run was welcome after losing much of September to poor weather. We weighed up our options and headed for deep water as the conditions allowed.
Lo and behold we caught mackerel in the outer harbour and for the first time small mackerel have started to show up. The sea condition was more choppy than the forecast hinted at. The sea was running from the SE. We were still able to manage a comfortable 20knts running out.
We could see immediately that there was a lot of life about. There were hundreds of dolphins all around the place. While some were leisurely the majority were actively hunting. We did have to stop to watch the tuna as well, always something to behold. We take such sights for granted…. Blue planet stuff!
We eventually hit our first wreck with a few hours of the ebb tide to go. Drifting was tricky on this particular wreck but it has been fishing reasonably well. We had a few handy ling, nothing earth shattering but decent all the same. I was suffering from a fair bit of tackle loss as the drift was pushing us into a “dirty” part of the wreck. Off the wreck was slow enough so we headed for some broken ground.
By now the tide had turned and the wind v tide slowed the drift right down. We had a few decent whiting and the slow drift threw up some doggies (they are the one species doing well it seems, they are all over the place!).
All too soon it was time to head back to base… While the fishing wasn’t electric, it was a fabulous day on the water. Sometimes the whole package saves the day. What do they say? “A poor day fishing beats a good day working!”
See Jim’s Facebook Page for a full report and plenty of footage or check out TopFisher.eu for plenty of fishing and boat related tips, tricks and useful information.
