Combe Martin SAC – Blue skys and rays off Minehead

            Combe Martin SAC members enjoyed a fine days sport off Minehead with Steve Webber on his boat Osprey.  The day started with a Wetherspoons Breakfast where the nuances of poker, politics, health and economics provided an interesting agenda.

            A flat calm sea is a wonderful sight when setting out for a day’s boat fishing and it was a buoyant party of anglers who set out to enjoy a day afloat.

        A full report of the day should appear in the July edition of Sea Angler. But for now i will share a few images of a great day with club members catching, bass, thornback, small eyed ray, spotted ray, conger, smoothound and more than a few dogfish.

Dave Newton enjoys the scenery
Bruce is always happy with a bent rod
Bruce with a small eyed ray
Keith Armishaw puts a frozen prawn to good use.
Keith with one of many thornback ray caught during the day.
Bruce Elston holds a smoothound
Club secretary Nick Phillips in action
Nick brings back memories of Kojac ….
Thornback ray and blue sky day
Club boat secretary Peter Robinson
A tasty bass for Peter
Moving on
Jack Phillips brings a fish up through the murky waters
Another one safely in the net
Jack with a typical thorny
In anticipation !
Prawns proved effective for Bruce with one of the days bigger smoothound
The smoothound sport went on as the sun sank and a cool breeze welcomed the evening
A good small eyed ray concludes a great day
Ray of the day
and so ends another great day..

            Many thanks to Steve Webber ( Below) for putting us on the fish, keeping the kettle on and entertaining us with tales and reminisces.