Porgie and Jeff

Jeff's detailed plans and painstaking preparation with tide times and launch spots were repaid in spades with a glorious weather forecast which looked to allow us three full days of shark fishing on the North Devon Coast .
I travelled down overnight and after a few hours sleep off we went with along but beautiful run along the coast to the chosen shark grounds . We were lucky to see lots of Porpoises on the way which I always think is a good sign of prey fish being about .
Jeff has mastered the grisly business of "chum" , with the use of salted trout. Now when it comes to the actual preparation the hand mincer process has been superceeded by the industrial use of a garden mulcher , but its still a messy old business ! But rubby dubby is the key ingredient to catching Shark so the better the slick , the better the catch ! The oil from the trout is amazing , but I must admit the idea of eating a farmed trout is now not on the top of my menu list .

 

 

So we sat in the slick created by Jeff's fantastic oily concoction in the hope of a Porgie paying us a visit . But unfortunately despite the fantastic weather we did not strike lucky . However some fish were caught by other boats so ....next time lets hope the shark catch the slick trail of Jupiters Moon .