The sea was calm ,the moon was out ,very little cloud,so having dropped the boat out of the marina the night before capt emery and myself were up for a session trying to get said capt a feed of whiting .We came out of douglas harbour at about 6.45pm ,nice and dark and headed to the whiting mark off douglas head .the pool of the night was decidedby micheal and was to be the longest sizeable fish from any of the following three ,Cod,Pollack or whiting .two rods each were allowed and it was stated that the same rigs had to be used by each angler . On one rod was a set of pink and green luminus set of hokkais tipped off with Mackeral onsize 1/0 hooks ,on the second rod was a 2 up ,1 down trace with large lumy floating beads ,size 2/0 hookswith either sand eel or Mackie.

On the first drift i was straight into it with a whiting of 34cms which was looking good for the £1 pool ,micheal tried to change the pool when he brought up a codling with a couple of small whiting but was told to **** off and that it was under size any way .We had to keep the drifts quite short as once we had passed a certain land mark there was no bites at all .However we had or should i say I had a steady ammount of fish tugging on my rods whilst Micheal found it tough going .

This is the largest whiting of 35cms.


I was accussed however of having taken the best side of the boat which again is rubbish as anyone knows you can't normally get Micheal off the starboard side of his boat .Fish came in on both sides of the boat later in the session ,but all the keepers bar one came in on my side .We kept nine good fish for Micheal to have a feed from of which he contributed one fish and i gave him the other eight .We called it a night at 10 oclock and headed back into port ,it was nice to have been able to get out after recent bad weatherand with the weather supposed to be holding up for this weekend ,no doubt Micheal will be after trying to get on of his £1's back .Igave the Skip a lift home and left him reflecting on how he was going to have his whiting , knowing micheal covered in curry sauce .





Jamie316

well done mate cant beat a bit of night fishing

mite even give it a try when we all pop over in July upto now 4 boats and 12 lads should be fun

Night fishing in summer will be fun ,big tope in the dark great fun .

Jamie316.

had a few tope on this side odd Bass as well just before sunset seems to work
few of us out Sat trying a local wreck will be 4 of the boats defo popping over Nath,Alan,Tony
good chance it will be the same crew as well
fingers crossed for a few codos and pollock if we get thru the pouting that is

Have a good one

jamie316

you was just lucky might have to stay in at the weekend and save up £2 down now " god your lucky!"

Admin wrote:

Night fishing in summer will be fun ,big tope in the dark great fun .

Jamie316.

fishin' for iom tope in the dark,what an experience! especially catchin' the big ones on light gear

Some say its the skippers job to put his geuests onto the correct marks .

I caught what was put in front of me with skill

jamie316.

I always say luck is temporary, class is permanent.

are you coming out sunday to play cam ?

We are but not heading same way ( north ). Fuck all up there. Were Heading somewhere the flip of a coin in morning will decide. Lifes like a box of chocolates- u never know what u gonna get/ go. Lol

Castletown then eh Gazz,or pt G???

Jamie316.

Am out to play.
My good friend admin has even offered to pick me up.
My sprinters gear box has taken a dive ££££££££££££££££££!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe on sat for hour or two, sunday god knows. Prob gonna put few miles under our belt somewhere on Sunday . Not sur yet though.