Monday's fishy medley mix

Just one of the big trawlers to land on Monday's market...

along with a good selection of prime fish from the dayboats who worked the tide over the weekend...

there's still plenty of ray on the grounds...

along with lemon sole...

monk tails...

and Dovers...

being whisked away in the early hours...

Ocean Fish's growing fleet of sardine boats has now been joined by the Mayflower...

the unmistakable sight of those big bluff bows of the ports biggest crabbers...

dwarfed only by the hugeness of the sapphire II...

out at sea the Cornishman and the Billy Rowney are conjoined by a tow line...

arriving in the Bay at around 3.30 am this morning...

and eventually heading for the harbour at gone 8am...

making it a long day after starting the tow at around 1.30 pm yesterday over 40 miles SW of the Scillies...

early Wherry Town Plaza action on four wheel and a board.

Dover soles for a family supper - nice one Scotty:-)

Take four soles...

and prepare the fish - skinning Dover soles is easy when you do it the right way...

start at the tail end with a small cut across...

and those kitchen scissors make light work of trimming away all those tiny bones that run around the edge of most flat fish ...

giving you four clean whole fish on the bone, always tastier than fillets and much easier to manage on the stove...

mix a simple marinade of olive oil. garlic, fresh marjoram, salt and red chili to taste...

to complete yet another superb recipe from Rick Stein's new re-worked Fish & Shellfish book...

a few roasted peppers...

added to the mix...

make the perfect marinade.

Newlyn welcomes the Mayflower, not full of Pilgrims just yet.

Battery rockers ready to roll...

almost completed the rendering on the Nelwyn path...

the Bay is still full of feed fish...

heading for the gaos...

and the market...

steady as she goes...

the morning's work...

up and away...

ready for Monday's market...

time for ice...

the Mayflower is the latest boat to join the fleet...

a highly specialised fishing vessel...

the Mayflower...

is based on a Buccaneer 46 foot hull...

rigged especially for sardine fishing with sea water tanks to hold the fish in the very best condition...

she has a bulbous bow and bow thruster to make her highly maneuverable ...

when handling the giant ring net which she will take on board tomorrow at high water...

using her net handler...

she can carry well over 20 tonnes of pelagic fish...

in her GRP hull...

sporting the latest in net handling gear like this triplex style winch...

all quiet this morning...

as the lifeboat sits in her marina berth...

the familiar style of Breton art...

in a 1950s home setting.