It's Monday morning: fine weather, a neap tide and the harbour is all but empty save for the last remaining Scottish prawn trawler, Claire Marie whop just can't keep away...
long may it continue...
over the weekend plenty of fish arrived, monk tails courtesy of the Cornishman...
and an excellent ix of inshore fish from the trawl fleet...
though the JD seem to be proving elusive despite the sunshine...
no prizes for guessing which boat landed this beauty...
sometimes they are jet black, others almost albino...
to avoid any confusion, one is a megrim sole, the other a witch...
but which is which?..
a big haddock landing from the prawner...
the inshore guys saw some good mackerel landings...
and a couple of bonito came ashore...
not quite up the the 145kg gutted and gilled bluefin, the first of the season for team Pascoe...
with summer now officially started with the advent of the school holidays there are plenty of MSC Certified Cornish sardines to cook up on the BBQ...
monk livers are well worth a try, treat them as the most tender lambs livers or make a paté...
a whole host of tasty weavers...
seems like the lure of Cornish langoustine has kept the Claire Marie still fishing from Newlyn...
the lorry park was full this morning with fish lorries everywhere...
the new Scilly ferry, Atlantic Wolff is still made fast to the Stone Quay.