Final #FishyFriday in May - 8 not 4 legs are good!

Tranquil sart to Friday with the latest boat to join the pot fleet up on the hard...

staple diet for beam trawlers at this time of year, megrim sole...

Dover sole...

and lemon sole...

good sized blue...

monk cheeks, a stir-fry special if you can get them...

the painful greater weaver - hence the dorsal fins have been removed...

when you catch a load of these...

and what you really wanted was a load of these...

even the bass man has put pots out for tese guys, why not join in the octopus bloom?!

Mr Pascoe stuck to what he knows best...

with boxes of bass...

and still they come, the 'bloom' is still blooming...

maybe boats like this will be a more familiar sight in the futire if certain plans get the green light.

 

Newlyn fish market awash with fish!

The Bank Holiday weekends saw just one of the Scottish prawn boats landing...

the ex-Girl Pat III's scalloping set-up...

it's all about the cardboard boxes to pack langoustine in and plenty of pallets to load them into the waiting artic...

marine leisure pursuits are increasing in volume and diversity from the harbour...

the biggest of the crabbers landing...

and one of the smallest boats with Barry at the helm heads for the gaps...

grey mullet are a common sight in the harbour at this time of year...

always in search of an easy breakfast...

it's spider crab season...

a few zarts, as St Ives men call them...

the market on Tuesday morning was end-to-end with fish...

hake...

Dory...

and, unusually, Scottish boat monk tails...

and witches from the Vision V

there were also plenty of JDs landed from the inshore boats...

quality brill from the big beamer...

now, which box of megrims is which?..

pollack landings have been in the news again recently...

summer reds galore...

and more tails...

from the St Georges...

half the market...

and most of the fridge was taken up with octopi...

not that landings of the favourite food for them...

need much space...

or these hen's teeth...

but, for some, there are shoals of bass to chase!

 

Octoplusses!

Beam trawler, stern trawler, potter, twin rigger, potters and a netter, just some of the fshing boat types currntly in Newlyn......

getting in on the octopus fishery, Spanish Eyes III,  takes on a new set of pots to try...

the Resource Centre is nearing completion, currently fitting out is taking place...

one local potter, Lincoln Kirby-bell, is getting in on the octopus bonanza...

haul away, it's Porthleven Sea Shanty Festival this weekend......

el congero...

excellent mix of fish on Friday's market including these cracking red mullet...

Dover sole...

in-season megrim sole...

and tub after tub...

of octopus, apparently the Scillies are smothered with them...

although spider crabs are proving resilient so far with the season not far away...

the question is will these guys make shellfish as rare as...

mackerel which have all but disappeared from landing sheets this year...

the big question is will lobster landings look like this...

or this in the future...

for those prpeared to put in the long steam to the Runnelstone or beyond there are bass around...

which is good for these guys in their punts...

in days of yore, the Ripple fished from St Ives over 100 years ago...

the marina yacht berths are already taken up with transiting yachts.