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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Blooming octopus!



Much discussion on the deck...



as the Enterprise leaves the fish market...



after the crew finish landing a trip that included 400 boxes of Mediterranean octopus...



which may well mean young Georgie once again...



 holds the port record with the Enterprise...


It's a proper drizzly start to the day, gardens must be loving this weather, along with all the gastropods coming out of hiding...


after a bank holiday weekend and the arrival of a big spring tide the market was flooded with fish this morning with plenty of turbot...


and hake from the Ajax...


Stelissa...

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and Silver Dawn...


the netters also provide fans of tub gurnard with cracking supplies at the end of every neap tide...


along with big John Dory...


he's been at the congers again...


this fella has to be quite some age to have that kind of barnacle build up on his shelll...


it's flatfish time of year for megrim...


turbot...


and decent plaice...


plus a few sand soles from the big boat...


that landed but a single cuttlefish...


amongst the 400 boxes of these guys...


young Graham uses the tried and tested, "dunk 'n' dip" method to wash his boxes after a morning on the mackerel...


as Cod makes his way to the market...


getting boxes back aboard is done by dropping them in the water and fishing them out...


after landing a nice touch of mackerel from a 4am start...


slip time for the Silver Dawn...


with visiting Scottish prawn boats, a spring tide and plenty of passing yachts the harbour is at full capacity - with the Ocean Vision and Vision V on their way...


cuttlefish traps on the South slip.