Charlies crew were out today. It was supposed to be a 6am start but unfortunately I was still in bed at 6am. Not a good start, however, with Charlie persistently ringing my mobile and the wife telling me to get up the duvet got pushed to one side.

It’s a good thing the boat is only 10 minutes away and the boat was made ready on Friday night so we were quickly away by 6.30am.

That’s the first time I’ve ever been late for fishing – sorry lads.

On the way it was quite blustery, around 15 to 20 knots from the west. So with a 6 meter flood tide it was not the best of weather.

Got anchored up but it was hard fishing because we kept riding up the anchor and turning around. But we got some skate and a few whitings so it wasn’t all bad news. I would have liked to have seen a few  more skate after reporting on last weeks catch but it didn’t happen. I suppose that’s fishing. We’ll be back out this Thursday evening to see if there are any fish in the River Medway.

All the best,

Skipper Steve

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