Summing up a summer day....

[neilda]

This picture, heading back from The Folly, nicely sums up the experience so far! Blue skies and a gentle potter back!

[Hightower]

You should have come down to the Forts at midday. Was very lumpy whilst out Mackereling. Took a couple of large breaking waves over the transom whilst on the drift and got soaked . Still, tested the bilge pump

[bogib]

Put Cheesee on the water 7 this morning and ran all over the bay and used some 140 litres of petrol (which cost GBP 1.08 pr. ltr) worth every penny

Back on the water tomorrow on Stefnir (Parker 900 ICE-SAR) as we are participating in helicopter rescue display

Bogi

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Hightower

Was very lumpy whilst out Mackereling.

You gets them as early as this ?

[The Grocer]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

You gets them as early as this ?

Don't forget that he's nearer the equator than we are...

...but if the gannets are right the mackerel are just arriving here

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

You gets them as early as this ?

I was getting loads of Mackerel down in Cornwall about 6 weeks ago.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

You gets them as early as this ?

The last few years they've hardly been absent from the South west all year round.
A couple of years ago I was catching them at 'Hopes Nose' in late December!

[wavelength]

the mackerel are just arriving here

well I can say that they have got as far as the Solway, but not in great numbers as yet

[codprawn]

Whats the weather been like for other people? In South Wales we have had heavy rain for the last 36 hrs non stop - quite a bit of flooding as the ground was hard baked so the water just ran off - so much for lovely sunny weather - what a change!!!

[Tim M]

Neil, guessing that was on Thursday? I saw you coming back into the camber whilst launching a boat. Glad its all going well with your new toy