Well we are in tied up along with 24 French tuna boats. Bloody good job too, it's howling over here....westerly severe gale force 9 slowly easing off tomorrow night. John's ok he stayed out, each to their own I suppose. Anyway we managed to get transport sorted out to land our 400 fish and send them back to England for the weekend. Cornish lin-caught tuna is pure quality and totally environmentally friendly.....let's not forget that! Anyway it's ice, fuel, grub then away again asap! Big thanks to Falfish for sorting out the transport. Regards Captaino.
Poxy weather has broken....not that it really settled in the first place! A big anti-climax compared to yesterday! Me and the boys were expecting 'big licks'! Yep for six hours you wouldn't think that there was tuna in the sea! anyway the afternoon/evening gave us a days work - 75 fish! Which I am happy about, but it just goes to show with this job, one day the tuna are going ballistic and the next day very little! This job is so unpredictable! Walshy turned up today....he had 70 fish! We are on our way to Castletown, a small harbour just north of Bantry Bay, Ireland, to shelder from the severe gale the coastguards are dishing out. I hope and pray we'll be able to get away again in the next 24 hours, but shall have to wait and see. At least I will be able to get some sleep! Hugs and kisses to Jax and kids. Captaino
What a difference a day makes! Piss poor weather - southerly 6 to 8. It's been pissing it down all day.....I mean all day! One week I'm in the Canaires lying on the sand next to Jax watching the kids play in the water, next week I'm out here getting soaked to the skin with severe backache! But it's been worth it! Shit hot fishing today...they've been chewing their little heads off! We ended up with 310 fish....woosh! Nice fish too.....I'm chuffed to bits! Severe forecast for Wednesday so I might have to run for port on the west coast of Ireland. Captaino.
Here we are again after a lovely holiday with my family! It's back to reality wuth a bump....to put it mildly! Day one ....crap! It's been crap weather...no fish! From what I can gather, two boats towing a big, big trawl at night are way up north for the time of year (west of dingle),which could mean a shorter season for us. What with the weather like it is up here. Being on the edge of the continental shelf you get big, big sea up here, it is totally different to the Bay of Biscay. To far for an old man in an old boat! Roast pork for tea! Have a tally tomorrow. Luv you Jax & kids.....Captaino.
News from the Charisma: They had 70 fish on Saturday and 133 on Sunday. The Charisma is coming into land tomorrow, at the minute they have a rough total of 600 tuna.
We had quite a good day today....104 fish! We had 8 fish while we were about to get lines in, but it was too dark to continue, which was a pity! Nice sized fish throughout the day....slow but steady fishing! It was very foggy to start with less than 5th of a mile visability at times and all the boats steaming around you at 6+ knots. It got too much so I pulled away from there....we weren't catching anything there anyway so went to a clear patch and started fishing. We're landing Sunday morning with 615 fish on board.....I am quite pissed about. Possibly could have had more if the weaher had been better, but the tuna are a good size! I can honestly say that I have enjoyed this trip, it has been great fun sailing with a very professional and hard working crew....have a holiday anytime you want Shaun! All the best and all systems go Tom.
Had a good day today in many ways. Weather was good....lovely and calm! Even saw the sun and had to put sunglasses on....bought them especially for this trip! We had 125 fish nice sized ones. We started fishing right amongst the Spanish from first light and that helped without a doubt, the only problem was it got a bit foggy, with the visability down to a third of a mile. At one point I counted 25 Spaniards around us within a 3 mile range, on the radar. That was nerve wracking I can tell you! There is about 55 Spaniards fishing up here at the minute, of all shapes and sizes....saw the smallest so far by far, about 45 feet long, nice boat but a long way from home. Anyway Friday is our last day, the final push and then home! Tom
The Charisma is about 25 miles west of the Nova Spero! Yesterday was their third day of fishing and they caught 93 fish! We'll hear more from John tomorrow.
Hello tuna bloggers! Had 45 tuna yesterday....huge ones....biggest I've ever caught without a doubt! We could only fit two in a box.....gigantic! The boys had quite a job getting them aboard! The weather is a lot better today, less wind and a lot smaller swell....about time too! Peter, a large man to say the least, is a lot happier now, as he reckons he was lured here on flase pretenses....just bringing t-shirts and sun cream! The guys have been out in full oil skins since we got here! He's also not been sleeping very well on Quentin's mattress....getting fed up with his nose pressed up against the deck beams! Anyway it's all systems go! See you tomorrow Tom.
Had a better catch today 76 fish! Got right in amongst the Spanish boats, counted some 50 boats in 12mile range on radar, which is always interesting, as they are all shapes, sizes and colours. Have not heard from our Spanish friend Gervasio yet, hopefully will be able to speak and catch up with him soon....Tom.
