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

It was a glorious day when we left Noss Marina heading down the Dart. It was very sunny,crisp clear sky and hardly any wind at all.
We decided to head out to a wreck to make the most of the flat calm sea. After steaming about 6 miles we dropped onto a wreck. We made several drifts but it was one of those days where all we did was consistently lose tackle into the wreck. We tried another wreck nearby and for some reason it was the same story again. Someone …

Well we attempted to go fishing and the conditions inshore of the mouth of the Dart were good but as soon as we cleared the headland by the Mewstone we were into very short and steep seas. Even so there were a few boats over the East Banks fishing for Bass, although to be fair these were mainly the commercial lads. Since I was at the helm I was enjoying pushing through the seas that were sending some water over the cabin roof.