Something of a purple haze pervaded the harbour this morning...
with the netters away to sea the only hake landed in any quantity came courtesy of the Irish trawler Dillon Owen II...
adding to the huge range of fish up for auction, there are five species of ray in this stack alone...
like these delicious Dover sole...
and a rather large conger...
beam trawl fish came from the St Georges, like these gorgeous tubs...
while inshore trawl fish were in good supply from the latest boat to join the fleet...
the Cygnus GM30 Lisa Leanne bought from Martin Johns in Plymouth...
by young Roger Nowell, seen here doing what every trawler skipper loves most, mending...
looks like there's a good few meshes to be braided yet before she can go back to sea...
later in the year when the John Dory season starts proper these two boats will go head-to-head to see who is this year's Dory king!..
back at the auction thre were plenty of flats like these lemons from the St Georges...
along with a good selection of handline fish from inshore boats from many of the coves and harbours in West Cornwall...
including mackerel...
and herring...
the Elisabeth of Ladram landed her catch to be sold away on Brixham auction...
she's not the only visiting trawler, though the Harvest Reaper is for sale to someone wanting to make a good living fishing inshore...
the Steph of Ladram was towed out of the harbour by the tug Knighton and heading for Whitby and some serious repair work. In the not too distant future Newlyn should be able to have such repairs carried out when the harbour is extended and enjoys the benefit of deepwater berthing - see the concept plans in detail here...
Whitby bound - towing courtesy of the tug Knighton ably assisted by local tugboat Danmark.