At the start of the year its normally time to start thinking about booking a few wreck trips for the summer months...
This year I decided I would do less (due to owning my own boat) but one that caught my eye was a trip dedicated to ling, a species that we rarely get to target.
In previous years we booked a similar trip with Rob on Shogun and it turned out to be a real cracker, so I put my name down!
This trip was aboard Southern Star & the plan was to head some 40 miles to a distant wreck to target them. Unfortunately on the day the wind was up around F4-5 and the decision was made to head half the distance to a wreck and target bream, tope, eels etc....bit of a shame this as I was looking forward to a bash at the ling.
On arrival I rigged one rod for bream and one with a mackerel head on a heavier trace. A last minute change of mind made me swap to the mackerel bait - its was slack water and Greg informed we were real tight to the wreck.
Within 10 minutes I had a nice bite, gave plenty of time and then struck into a decent fish. I couldn't call it on the way up - real strange fight...was head shaking but definately didn't feel eel'y & wasn't coming up deep like a cod...
Soon the fish surfaced and bu**er me if it wasn't a ling!! 19lb 8oz and a personal best! Apparently the second one boated from this wreck...well pleased!
This year I decided I would do less (due to owning my own boat) but one that caught my eye was a trip dedicated to ling, a species that we rarely get to target.
In previous years we booked a similar trip with Rob on Shogun and it turned out to be a real cracker, so I put my name down!
This trip was aboard Southern Star & the plan was to head some 40 miles to a distant wreck to target them. Unfortunately on the day the wind was up around F4-5 and the decision was made to head half the distance to a wreck and target bream, tope, eels etc....bit of a shame this as I was looking forward to a bash at the ling.
On arrival I rigged one rod for bream and one with a mackerel head on a heavier trace. A last minute change of mind made me swap to the mackerel bait - its was slack water and Greg informed we were real tight to the wreck.
Within 10 minutes I had a nice bite, gave plenty of time and then struck into a decent fish. I couldn't call it on the way up - real strange fight...was head shaking but definately didn't feel eel'y & wasn't coming up deep like a cod...
Soon the fish surfaced and bu**er me if it wasn't a ling!! 19lb 8oz and a personal best! Apparently the second one boated from this wreck...well pleased!
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