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  • 08/2010 Fishing Report by Keith Wells on Ruby-D (Portishead, Somerset)

    Aug 2010 by Keith Wells

    Report on-board Ruby-D

    My son Josh and I set off from home early on Sunday morning and met up at Portishead with the same lads we used to fish with on Castaway last year.
    Castaway was sold last year before the new boat had been completed so we've had a long wait for the new boat to be built, but at last we got the word that it was up and running and received our invite to join the old crew.
    We arrived in plenty of time, bought some bait from the local tackle shop `Reel Fun` and loaded our gear on board the Ruby D.
    Ruby D looked quite similar to Castaway, the deck size is about the same but apparently it's a lot faster.

    We set off in glorious sunshine and a flat calm sea and quickly noticed the difference between the two boats.
    The skipper Paul opened the throttle and the boat quickly settled into a comfortable 22kts, he said, “it's top speed is about 28kts” then with a big grin on his face he took his hands off the wheel and sat back in his seat, "Autopilot", he said.
    I left him to playing with his new pride and joy and set up my gear.

    We soon reached our first mark and started fishing. Josh was quickly into the first fish of the day a conger of about 6lbs.
    He received the usual abuse from the other lads for being the first to catch a fish again.
    He caught another conger then a thornback in quick succession just to rub it in then the rest of us started to play catch up with him.

    Conger, dog and thornbacks came aboard steadily throughout the day, including a 16lb conger. The chap who caught it was reluctant to pick it up for a photo to be taken as it wasn't very happy and thrashed about on the deck, so he left it to Paul to sort out.
    Paul gave him a bit of light hearted stick and told him that one of the anglers he'd taken out the day before had landed a conger of around 40lbs, this was just a baby one.

    We had a great day out, everyone really enjoyed the trip and it was good to meet up with the old crew again.
    Paul took us to several marks during the day actively following the fish and as usual kept us well supplied with tea and coffee on demand.

    I'd like to say a big thank you to Paul for a great day out.
    The RubyD is a fantastic boat, very fast and stable with plenty of room on deck.
    Due to the increased speed (and range) Paul says that he is going to be traveling further afield next summer, down to the North Devon and South Wales coastlines which will provide a much wider variety of species to fish for, which is something we're all looking forward to.
    In the meantime we're really looking to our next trip out from Portishead when the cod season should be well under way.

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