A couple of weeks back over the last big spring tide, we started to pick up large marks moving in to the north on our echo sounder.

This was probibly the sardines marking about 5-20 fathom from the surface as they moved in closer to the shore, as they usualy do this time of year.








The Virge De la Ocean, towing alongside the Tranquility,




This usualy heralds a change in our fishing patterns as the fish that we pursue also hunt the sardines, so they have started to gather closer to the shore as well.

This is quite the norm for this time of year, but it was intresting to read in this weeks local paper (The Cornishman) that sightings of dolphins, orcas and numbers of sea birds had increased dramaticly, after being absent for many months.

Following the fish as we do, we are lucky to be alongside many of these animals most of the time, as they to like to be in the best place for the best of the fishing as well.









Bringing the bag alongside.








The Bag just entering the hatch






The catch just droping out.


The local ring netters have started to have some good catches of Sardines over recent weeks
as well, some nights seeing 10-15 tonnes.

The fish seem to be bunching tighter this year as well, which has prbibly helped the fishing of them.

As we work closer to the shore we start to work alongside the inshore trawlers as well, this is a photo of Dave Thomas new boat the L'ogien.



As usual plenty of traffic heading up towards falmouth for bunkering, This bulker passed us up by 1/2 mile.








The fishing has remained good for us, the weather has been helping by remaining settled most of the time, we had a lovely day to the south of the scillies one day, when I took this photo of the Tranquility towing.








The boat is due back in tonight with a five day trip aboard for tuesdays market.