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Hi Troy & Rebecca - hope you are both well. Some fabulous Lobsters, a brace of Bream for lunch and some stonking Mackerel! Even further behind with RU-vid - we've been over to Brittany again for 2 weeks (no Broadband) as friends of ours over there are unwell. Last chance this year probably, as no ferries from here to Roscoff from next month until April 2025. 🙄🙄 Tight lines, stay safe & well. 🎣🎣👍👍
Look how hard it is to pull those pots into the boat with the rope tied to the top, its far easier to get the pots into the boat with the rope tied to the bottom and the rope won't get cut on the seabed because you've already got the all roped.
We pulled these pots in more tide than we normally would. You may think it looks difficult but its actually very easy. I used to pull all my pots by hand so rope them to make it as easy as possible to pull them into the boat as explained in another video. The rope tied to the bottom does wear over time it also increases the chance of snagging in the rocks along with tipping your pot forward giving the lobsters a better chance at darting out on the way up especially on pots with no traps.
best iv ever seen was 5.5 kg just over 11lb many years ago mid channel lobster 13lb west coast guernsey when fishing with andy loader on the portland fisher
Just a few weeks. Most unattended pots of my scale would not survive the winter storms out where we are. Shore fishing is on the cards weather permitting. I also picked up a bunch of new underwater gear for filming. So I hope to improve on that.
As a child I use to fish for turbot and brill from my fathers boat on the other side of the the island where there are more sandbanks. We caught plenty. On this side its a lot harder as the ground has a lot more snags with all the rocks. I have caught them there in the past to 18lb. Unfortunately a lot of netting has taken place in recent years and you rarely see them my way now so we don't tent to target them anymore.
Hi great video. Beautiful colours on the rass. Not telling you how to suck eggs but when filleting you find it easier to cut upwards when going over rib cage. But every1 is different good job you did anyway. I worked in a fish factory for 16 years. Take care 👍
The desperation comment was about your video...(get anything out) I'm around your age and you are the first person I have heard of eating a wrasse in my life... Never even saw it on ANY menu and no I've never tried it and nor will I..... bon appetite
The funnest thing is this video has been in production for the last 2 years, I had just never got around to finishing it due to the multiple parts, One reason you wont see wrasse on a menu is its not commercial viable it cant be just trawled up. You may see it in the fishmongers but rare to see on any menu. I grew up catching wrasse filleting and grilling with butter and herbs. I new a fair few older fishermen who loved a good wrasse for the table . I still have people who want wrasse from me although not so many now and one lady who wants wrasse more than any other fish. I was told wrasse was bony when I was a small child but it was simply not true I was also told scad was bony again not true That one is no more bony than a mackerel. Often many fish classed as bony or trash are simply not commercially viable or just a lot more work to prepare. Given the time and prepared properly they taste every bit as good.
Jeez Troj! You watching me? Penultimate pull of my pots last night, before the end of season 😢 - no crustacea but plenty of Wrasee. Put them all back, save one which had blown. So today, it's filleting and cooking day! Thanks for explaining that it's the bigger ones which go for the crabs etc. That's maybe why my post are 'empty'. Cheers man!
Hello from Oklahoma, U.S. If there were any of them fishes in this neck of the woods, I'd use the skills beautifully set out in this video. Never seen any of these buggers and never will. Still Trojes, in my humble opinion, gives a kick ass education on wrasse grabbing. Cheers!
