p.b. rockling

I fished down the Llyn again on Saturday. Woke up and set off from the caravan to a windy and drizzly journey which didn’t bode well. I spent a lot of the session trying to catch mackerel and just managed 2, although one was a monster.

The weather brightened up and it turned out to be a decent day in the end.

On the bottom pulley rigs I had frozen mackerel on 10/0 hooks hoping for tope. Next thing I had a really good pull down and it turned out to be this beast of a 3-bearded with stunning orange colouration. That made the session right there and if nothing more decent had come out I was content with that. It reminded me of the beasts you see on the old Japanese pottery or a monster from a Manga film:





I had a few medium sized pollack up to around 2 pounds or so but nothing to rave about.

One of the mackerel I caught I sacrificed for bait and it led to the capture of this 40.5 lb tope:


Tight lines

Two awesome fish there.

That is a monster of a rockling. Still surprising that it took a 10/0.

Timbc2 wrote:

I fished down the Llyn again on Saturday. Woke up and set off from the caravan to a windy and drizzly journey which didn’t bode well. I spent a lot of the session trying to catch mackerel and just managed 2, although one was a monster.

The weather brightened up and it turned out to be a decent day in the end.

On the bottom pulley rigs I had frozen mackerel on 10/0 hooks hoping for tope. Next thing I had a really good pull down and it turned out to be this beast of a 3-bearded with stunning orange colouration. That made the session right there and if nothing more decent had come out I was content with that. It reminded me of the beasts you see on the old Japanese pottery or a monster from a Manga film:





I had a few medium sized pollack up to around 2 pounds or so but nothing to rave about.

One of the mackerel I caught I sacrificed for bait and it led to the capture of this 40.5 lb tope:


Tight lines

Wow you did well there, nice to get a big one every so often and a good looking Rockling.

Like they say 'you've got to be in it to win it'
And you have.
Nice going,great post.

Excellent!
We haven't done fish of the month for a while but you'd have won September twice over!

MusselMan wrote:

Two awesome fish there.

That is a monster of a rockling. Still surprising that it took a 10/0.

It's gob must have been virtually 3 inches wide lol, couldn't believe the width of it's head and that was why I'd photographed it from the top next to the knife. I guess when one is near a big meal it will try to get it in somehow

Blade7 wrote:

Timbc2 wrote:

I fished down the Llyn again on Saturday. Woke up and set off from the caravan to a windy and drizzly journey which didn’t bode well. I spent a lot of the session trying to catch mackerel and just managed 2, although one was a monster.

The weather brightened up and it turned out to be a decent day in the end.

On the bottom pulley rigs I had frozen mackerel on 10/0 hooks hoping for tope. Next thing I had a really good pull down and it turned out to be this beast of a 3-bearded with stunning orange colouration. That made the session right there and if nothing more decent had come out I was content with that. It reminded me of the beasts you see on the old Japanese pottery or a monster from a Manga film:





I had a few medium sized pollack up to around 2 pounds or so but nothing to rave about.

One of the mackerel I caught I sacrificed for bait and it led to the capture of this 40.5 lb tope:


Tight lines

Wow you did well there, nice to get a big one every so often and a good looking Rockling.

yes the rockling is the star, it was a beautifully coloured. Never to be repeated probably

VALVEBOUNCE wrote:

Like they say 'you've got to be in it to win it'
And you have.
Nice going,great post.

Cheers VB, yes after lockdown I've been trying to make the most of freedom, it was a bloody long wait!

Notbad wrote:

Excellent!
We haven't done fish of the month for a while but you'd have won September twice over!

Ah cheers NB, that's very kind

Great result and a great report well done.

Cracking result Tim great to see your back out on the rocks doing the business