25th january: "The Blonde Ray Day"

With a NE 4-5 breeze increasing throughout the day monday the 25th was quite a cold one but the fishing more than made up for the weather. Being a neap tide we were able to push off land a bit and anchor up one of the bass banks about 15 miles off. The fish kept feeding right the way through the tide with a brief break over the slack. It started off with 4 blonde rays, a nice conger for simon granett and some big chanel whiting and finished off with another 10 (yes 10!) blondes the other side of the slack with another 8 congers and plenty more chanel whiting. An excellent day had by all the anglers aboard, including the two skippers.All the rays and congers were returned alive to fight another day. Fish of the day went to Gary fisher for his blonde ray of 20lb. Silver Spray will be raring to go on the next set of neaps.

Simon Garnett 28lb conger

Skipper Sam 15lb blonde
Gary Fisher 20lb blonde

Simon with 13lb blonde ray