Young Mr Smith has the Maverick up on the hard to polish the prop and replace those corroded anodes...
netter's lament, them dogs are everywhere...
what they want are hake...
or even a few of these...
but hake fishing was very slack this tide with the netters...
so it was up to fish like these bass...
and even ling...
haddock...
and Ocean Pride hake...
with turbot to make this the biggest grossing market ever in the history of Newlyn...
with these gorgeous undulate ray...
red mullet...
squid...
and more ray averaging well above prices expected even for this time of year...
to give it the cherry on the icing on top of the Xmas pud...
Alexa, what kind of fish is this?..
best bass for Tom...
and plentty of monk tails with the beamers that landed...
plus lemons, some of which made the highest prices ever recorded...
so strong was the market that even dragonets were up for auction...
with all that prime...
the punts weighed in with line caught squid...
which looked stunning...
as did the sardines, finally putting in an appearance in the Bay...
no doubt these beauties will be headed for SW3 and young Rex...
theres a splash of Xmas colours with the boats this morning...
to go with the Newlyn Harbour lights
under a full moon...
thought the heavy cloud cover...
and over night rain...
adds to the moody atmosphere
the boxes all set for the next trip...
head-to-head...
Falfish's big truck waits to pick up the mornings purchases...
Cefas catching up on the latest...
as the morning light breaks into the sky...
the Ajax positively gleaming after her refit makes her way to the quay to pick up her boxes and nets...
the resident turnstones always on the lookout for a few morsels!
