A hairy outing

Yesterday should have been the start of our 2 day isle of man trip
with simon aboard suveran 2 but things don't always go to plan
when your relying on the weather. The thing was we could get
there on the Saturday but couldn't get back on the Sunday which meant  Saturday was our
only option so we decided to do a 16hr wrecking trip instead  

A few of us are in a WhatsApp group called "THE HAIRY HOOKERS"
and decided to get some t-shirts done for this trip for a laugh  

After spending the night at Dave's (not in that way )  
we was up at 4:00AM   after picking Ade up and a quick
stop at Macdonlds we were ready to go fishing.  

As soon as everyone was ready we set sail  





It would be 16hrs till we saw this bridge again









After around an hour of going out we stopped for a quick Mackerel bash
with Dan living up to his reputation and catching micro Mackerel







Once we caught enough we were soon on our way out to the wreck

At the wreck we we're straight into the Pollock and coalies

Yes Dave that's a lure  















After it went a bit quiet so we moved to another wreck which seemed to have
quite a few Pouting on it which apart from Dave who seemed to like catching
them   the rest of us didn't







It was starting to get warm    ( this one is for the ladies   )







We started mixing our rigs up to see what else we could catch
and we caught a few red gurnard , doggies and a few huss









We then moved to another wreck a few miles away and anchored up
this was were we caught the bigger stuff

Andy with 2 cracking Pollock  



Jim with the only conger of the trip which was just short of 17lb  
Myself,Andy and Dan all lost congers      



Tatch caught his first ever Tope  



And to all our surprise even Dan caught a decent Huss      
It's not true what they say about you not catching big fish    



Even Simon got in on the action and caught the only ling of the trip



As we were bringing in a huss a Porbeagle shark followed it up and nearly had it
(Great to see)  it get us all very giddy





As we set of back to Sunnyrhyl we stopped of at two more wrecks where
we caught a few more Pollock and a cod





And Dave pulled this cracking 10lb 4oz Pollock out on one of the last drift's of the day





We had a brilliant day and caught 13 species  Pollock, coalies , huss , tope , conger , mackerel , cod
whiting , doggies , poor cod , red gurnard , ling and pouting
Thanks si for another great trip and Thanks Dave for putting me up for the night    

Brilliant account of the day Stevo
It was a FULL days fishing thats for sure and a day later  I'm exhausted but still buzzing
The Pollack is a new PB for me on this species, the last one being 9lb
The sea got a bit choppy when we were around 40 miles out but we all coped fine I'm glad to say  
Everyone on-board were very experienced fishermen and all that added by a great skipper who put us on the fish every time and advised which lure and bait would work in each area we stopped at made for an exceptional trip  

Top report & photos there stevo  it was a great trip myself & claude fair enjoyed it roll on next years Hairy outing.I was knackered today though we got back for midnight I slept while 12Oclock dinner time

Nice one stevo, cracking report was a great day out, plenty of fish to keep us busy and we had a good laugh, sunburnt and knackered today though, I could of done without going to work. Seeing that porgbeagle was the highlight for me

Dan wrote:

Nice one stevo, cracking report  was a great day out, plenty of fish to keep us busy and we had a good laugh, sunburnt and knackered today though, I could of done without going to work. Seeing that porgbeagle was the highlight for me

Going to have a proper go for them next year but your right it was great to see

Great report and pics Steve,glad to see everyone's determination to go out saved the day.
Looks like Simon's expertise made it a good trip.

Cracking report and photies Stevo.

Almost makes me wish i had come now!

Some seriously good fish there chaps

Great report!

Superb report and pics , are you some kind of expert?

Some cracking fish there lads looks like a top day out

Great report Steve shame you didn't manage your two days but it sounds as if you had a great day out. I can't get the pictures for some reason I am on holiday in Dorset and the Internet is crap down here.

Kirky's Dad wrote:

Great report Steve shame you didn't manage your two days but it sounds as if you had a great day out. I can't get the pictures for some reason I am on holiday in Dorset and the Internet is crap down here.

Thanks Jim it was a cracking trip

Have a great holiday mate