Heading for one of the biggest tides of the year on Sunday and the netters are all safely tucked up in port...
one new net drum ready for installation...
there's some serious work being carried out on the hull of this ex-French netter...
the up side to laid up boats in the harbour is that they give artist's an ideal subject from which to capture to capture the scene on canvas...
this work by the artist, Ross Van Nairn titled, Newlyn Fishing Fleet at Sundown not only won a prize at this year's Royal Society of Marine Artist's annual exhibition but also sold for £1200 - ther show also includes other works by local artists..
Newlyn is the designated landing port for the Spanish flag boat, Udra making one of her annual landings to a Spanish lorry...
inshore fishing is the sole domain of the IFCA patrol boat...
one new net on the way...
one of the few yachts still to be on passage at anchor in the Bay as thr sun comes up...
and brings up the Mount in silhouette...
this week's final market was full of fish...
with hake from the Stelissa...
and Ajax...
while Tom put ashore a good few John Dory for his day at sea...
more fish filled the grading room...
two types of bream...
and some more bonito tuna...
left the buyers with little room to manoeuvre...
while Bay 3 was full of cephalopods from the big Dutch fly-shooter again...
the sardine boats have had a better week with landings...
and there are still shellfish coming ashore like these craws and spiders...
another big 156kg bluefin more than filled the ice bag...
while bass are now coming into their own from the inshore boats...
the big netters usually return with a box or two of crab paws saved from the last day of the trip...
while the big landings of Mediterranean octopus may have stopped it's not say they are not still making their way across the grounds in numbers if you are in the right spot...
which means the big shellfish boats still get to fish on...
and land at regular intervals...
close up view of the double winch on the Udra with her cascading winch which allows her to work those long 30mm combination bridles...
needed to cover the deeper soft ground they work...
over 150nm from Newlyn...
James, the youngest fisherman to join the fleet with his punt, Shikari won't be travelling anything like that distance in search of mackerel and bass as he learns the ropes.
Take a quick tour of the Mary Williams pier on a typically busy Friday morning.