Weather cuts short trips for Monday's market

Plenty of beam trawl fish for Monday's market with all the fleet bown back to port at the end of the week for weather...

the Treevssa had a good shot of megrim soles for this time of year...

while all the boats picked away on monk...

a pair of ling gaze upwards...

signs that the cuttles are still evident in numbers...

yet more fish from the Trevessa....

 time for a quick cuppa in the office.

Newlyn auction action

It's all ears on the auctioneer as WS&S' Ian Oliver raises the price of prime fish on Friday's fish market.

A very Fishy Friday to all blog followers!

Catch a flavour of the fish auction on Newlyn's fish market in the early hours.......

That's a cracking Dover nestled in the ice.......

as are the Sparkling Line's pollock......

at this time of year many fish are full of roe......

even the beam trawler Twilight can't leave the big bass alone........

whole monk tails just begging to find a home in an oven near you......

the greater striped cuttlefish shows off.......

more shining examples of prime white fish.......

and a box of roes to boot........

plus a few kilos of bass for the Britannia IV.......

this half box of cod represents 15% of a boats MONTHLY cod quota for Area VII a - caught in one net.........

nearly ready to set sail for the rest of the tide......

evidence of fresh sardine landing during the night, 14 tonnes from the Lyonesse.........

a sight more familiar to the port of Fleetwood, the Isadale is in town......

viewed from the bow.......

brand new beam trawls being put together for the Cornishman is taking shape on the quay......

Angle's lifeboat is on passage.......

the three Belgian flagged beamers are back in town again.......

that's one big squid Mr Smart, some serious deep-fried squid rings in the offing!.......

a little creativity along the memorial fence.

Few fish for sale with the fleet at sea.

 Small netters, Girl Pamela and  Britannia IV provide the bulk of the fish on the market this morning.......

 with the addition of four boxes of mini monk tails.........

 it's time for the buyers to assemble.........

 after the conclusion of the fridge sale........

gone are the days of long ladders and long arms to paint the masts on bigger vessels.

An idyllic Wednesday morning.

Unique Seafood Ltd parked up for the night......

a fairly slack Wednesday market greeted today's visitors........

though there were a few boxes of superb inshore fish.........

black and white crosses..........

what an idyllic morning greeted the visiting yachts.......

good fishing with the Cornish Sardine fleet with Ollie doing his bit to boost supplies........

whereas the mackerel seem to have gone quiet over St Ives way.........

time to move the St Georges around to paint the other side of her hull while she is up on the hard........

one fish quantification kit hung up to dry..........

the William bound in.........

Through the Gaps.

Brittany bound.

The kind of changeable weather more commonly associated with October gives rise to continually changing skies over the Bay this morning......

laying between the Green and the Low Lee buoy, the Danish tall ship Georg Stag at anchor  and the beamer Billy Rowney laid to..........

not every town street has such a view........

old stone work lays just above the line of the old causeway, purpose unknown, one for the Newlyn Archive to solve maybe........

on the market it's not too late for some razor clams.........

and there is still fierce bidding for Dovers from the beamer fleet.......

good sized mackerel, not so plentiful, owing to the very blustery conditions over the weekend which kept most of the inshore fleet against the quay, on moorings or up on the beach........

big turbot for the Gary M again.........

a good day's work aboard the netter Silver Dawn as she changes over gear, at the end of this tide she is bound for Lechiagat (the boatyard side of Guilvenec) for her annul refit, no doubt the crew will take the time to enjoy a few days of warm Breton hospitality and sample the delights of Kouign-Amman (butter cake), gwin ru or possibly even a shot of hard-to-find Lambig (traditionally farm produced cider spirit).........,

hopefully, before the rain arrives.......

the boys aboard the Billy Rowney will......... 

manage to pull the gear ashore........

it's a blue sort of day........

what to look for in fish freshness - after a few days the eyes may have shrunk (not necessarily affecting the flavour in any way) - in fact, many fishermen will argue that big fish, like cod in particular, lack flavour if eaten straight out of the sea......

an example of a cod not long wrestled from its habitat..........

plenty of work for the harbour staff making ready the new timber fenders for the North Quay........

baldness brings on an alliteration attack..........

if the weather looks like it will cloud the skies at the weekend, put this date in the diary for the kids.