Better news to report as we spill into early June (I’m still a long way behind with these reports!). Both sunshine and fish off St. Andrews, including the first east coast double I’ve seen for a good while 🙂
A couple of drifts for mackerel produced nothing, although it’s still quite early for them. Moving onto harder ground we started connecting with a few fish, including this fine wrasse for Ian.
Fish were around, although not in massive numbers. Ian picked up a codling/pollack pair on hokkais but most fish were solo.
The fish below looks like a pollack but is actually a fine pouting – relatively rare in these parts.
Both lures and bottom baits proved successful, although the catch quality was average at best. At least until Ian hooked into something a good bit better…
A few anxious minutes passed before a lovely cod was safely netted and taken aboard. Lure caught on light gear and shallow water – it gave a good account of itself.
At 10|12|0 it’s the biggest cod I’ve seen for ages and the first east coast double I’ve seen for a good while.
A few photos later and it was safely returned to take its chances with the seals 🙂
The cod was the highlight of our day, although we’d a decent session regardless. It’s also nice to sit outside afterwards at the harbour cafe without needing Arctic gear!!
Not many anglers would have returned that double figure cod. Well done Ian, I say.
You could practically hear the seals clapping in approval 🙂