Isle of Man 1st May

[john bass]

People: Myself

Duration: 1Hour

Tide: incoming

Weather: scorching

Bait: hard lures

Rigs:

Results: Pollock




Report: was on a sailing trip from liverpool to drogheda as part of the drogheda tall ships festival. we stopped in the isle of man for an overnight to seek refuge from the winds. as the weather was so warm i headed into douglas to find a tackle shop. bought a budget 7ft pier rod and reel and a couple of kures and away i headed over the rocks at the back of the harbour. i only had about an hour as we were sailing onto drigheda that day. i thought i was imagining things when on my second cast i got an powerful bang on the rod. i reeled in as quick as i could and sure enough there was a shiny pollock on the end of the line. headed back to ship soon after with a delighted grin on my face. got the chef on board to cook the fish and it was absolutly gorgeous..... always tastes better when you catch it yourself.

[freedom1916]

Nice going on the pollock. I'd say the crossing was some experience seen the ships heading back out on Monday morning wouldn't fancy bad weather in one of those.

[john bass]

yeah, it was a great experience. weather was great with exception of last 2 days. force 9 gales.... plenty people sick on board. ship was a 45 degrees with one side totally below water..

few hairy moments alright.

[chuckaroo]

thats what its all about John. great stuff. great pics

[Deleted User 3488]

good stuff on the pollock,,,always wondered how the fishing is in the Isle of Mann!

[fisherman59]

was on of those sail training ships the winston churchill in 1971 it was some experience well done on fish

[sparkey+1]

Nice fishin John but whats with the pink phone

[roryodonnell]

Nice fishin John but whats with the pink phone

Looks lavender to me

[john bass]

Its not mine....honest. One of the girls that was on the trip tagged along. Had nothing else to reference size..

[Sparkie]

I'm from the isle of man, and its good to see a picture off the back off Douglas head. The fishing over there is very good, especially in the summer months with tope off the beach upto 60lbs+. The pollock and wrasse fishing off the rocks is also very good. Only get two bad month's off fishing, and that's Jan and Feb. Only this weekend one of mates had a 9lb 2oz huss in a comp. Its def a place for a fishing trip away.