Dawn breaks to reveal the sardine boat Vesta on the hard...
evidence that dogfish are all over the hake grounds this morning with big landings of dogs from netters like the Britannia V...
roe now being landed, early sings of spawning whitefish...
seems there are plenty of spiders still around...
and squid too...
some are monsters...
it is dogs filling their nets...
and not only the netters...
trawlers like the Crystal Sea are catching them too...
along with quality flats and JDs...
while monk tails...
and lemons were plentiful too...
the lights lifted a little...
to reveal even more squid...
and cuttles...
good sized monk provide plenty of livers, which does make a good monkfish liver paté...
another netter buried in dogs...
no matter where they fished, north, south and west!..
sardines aplenty for the local restaurant trade...
there's no hanging around for the porters...
especially when there are some prime fish like these line caught bass to be shifted...
that's on less hitch for the trawl fleet to worry about, though all the pieces of torn net attached are no doubt from French trawlers from years ago when most worked nylon trawls...
for a few minutes the dawn sky goes through some subtle changes in hue...
offset by Ocean Fish's company colours...
the boats down the Mary Williams pier...
and the North pier add to the lightshow...
at the same time, local artist, Clare Bowen had been hard at work capturing the Trevessa IV up on the slip starting before there ewas any light in the sky...
the Barnabas will soon be able to enjoy ...
a fully working old quay - this weekend gone saw a team of volunteers from the local community hard at work clearing the parapet of weeds, the first of many opportunities for volunteers to bring back the old harbour area into regular use, especially as a base for local luggers like the Barnabas......
the sun now just broken the heavily clouded horizon...
cast light over Sandy Cove boatyard...
allowing Tom to keep an eye on things...
alongside Newlyn Gallery.
