Freya is 8 months old and this was her first trip on the water in Granddads boat. Staying a week with Nan and Granddad and took the opportunity to visit Dartmouth Regatta, 2010. Because Freya is only 8 months old and we would go aboard unless she had a life-jacket, I was a little worried when it arrived and it seemed it would be a very tight fit.
In the end there was little to worry about because Freya didn’t even blink when we put her into it! Because it …

Well we didn’t catch any fish (we don’t count Mackerel since they throw themselves onto your hook!) so that’s out of the way. Now onto a beautiful ship that was moored in the river Dart. We quiet often see interesting vessels moored in the river including cruise liners and large naval ships. However today was the lovely Nahlin registered in Glasgow.
Initially we thought it was a brand new build but on old lines however when we returned home and checked her out on the internet we found she had just …

Fishing can be a tricky business especially if you depend on the weather. Our boat Blue Marlin III is a family boat as well as a fishing boat. We are lucky to be able to choose when we use it and not to have to depend on a living from it. This was brought home today as despite the sunny weather it was a tad rough out to sea.
But first I failed to record the previous trip which briefly consisted of Karen Steve and Adrian plus Rolfe the German Shepherd  having a …

Steve picked me up with the sun shining brightly so it promised to be at least a nice trip. Once the monthly checks were completed we left the mooring and headed towards the mouth of the Dart. When travelling to Brixham Steve said it looked rough out which was a surprise to me but sure enough it was decidedly lumpy as we heeded past the Mewstone.
We continue to be surprised at the sea keeping qualities of the boat and today’s trip certainly was a good test with a large swell …

You may have read about our problem with our Navman GPS. Over the last three trips or so the time taken to acquire sufficient satellite’s had been getting longer and longer until on the last trip .  Looking for some guidance (sorry) about the problem showed that our inability to secure satellite’s, was not unusual! This sparked some debate about the way forward and if the fault was significant, whether we should replace it, and upgrade at the same time to either 3D or side scan sonar.
On one of the forums there was …

The picture reflects the theme of the day, the General Election. In the foreground you see one of the major parties, in the mid distance a slightly fogged less popular major party and in the distance a small but prominent third party.
Well alright I am getting really desperate now as I have little to record on the fishing front. We left just on the high tide on what was a warm but wet and foggy day. We visited a couple of local marks and apart from launce nothing was brought …

Well its a job we have been meaning to do for some time and have finally made time to do it. The Dartmouth Fishing Blog has has had a make over. The old theme was fine as far as its logo went but the rest of the theme was too messy. We hope you like the new clean lines of this theme and the changes we have made to the Blog.
Well at long last the wet windy weather has moved away to be replaced with dry windy weather. It is …

Saturday 2nd January 2010 saw our first trip of the new year aboard our Ocqueteau 645 Blue Marlin III. I had set off from Ivybridge in sub zero temperatures and battled snowy roads to arrive in brilliant sunshine and not even a frost in sunny brixham. Having stopped for diesel on the way it was a quick pick up of Mike and off to Noss Marina. Some frost here and a slippery trip onto the pontoon where we boarded our boat. Father Christmas had bought me a new Fladen flotation …

Two Bass were the only haul on our fishing trip out of Dartmouth, Devon and both were returned to fight another day.

Well Stephen deserted me for nearly a month travelling across the Atlantic! So I was shore based until yesterday when Nigel (I buy my Jaguars from him) said he would like to go fishing and the weather was gorgeous, no wind and hot sunshine. Since Steve does most of the heavy work when he moors up at the end of the session, I said we could only do a short trip.