13/09/2026
CELTIC DEEPS FRIDAY FUN
Friday saw Roger Bradbury out for a day on the sharks. Sadly the weather has cancelled the first planned day but it was looking promising for day 2…
It was a bumpy ride out in the left over swells but soon overcame the lumps and bumps to get out to the shark grounds.
Once the chum was in the water Roger got started with setting up his gear for the day. He only managed to get one rod in the water as soon as the kettle had boiled the reel was taking off with a nice blue to get things started. He kindly offered Luke Evans to get a rod set up and join the action. Never needing to be asked twice Luke was soon joining the fun.
The action was pretty much non stop all day. We struggled to finish a cup of tea or coffee before it was fish on again. No pics of fish as with only the 2 of us did on board it’s a bit tricky to leader and photograph at the same time, but a few action shots of Roger on the blue dog and some light gear 🙂 Most fish in the 70-90lb region, a few over a ton and some smaller, great sport to be had. We ended up with around 30 fish for the day with plenty more waiting to be caught.
We were also able to witness crazy numbers of chum grazing blues next to the boat. There were 11 around the boat and chum buckets at once! Great to see so many fish about.
No more trips on the weekend as it was a day off, getting scrubbed up for a wedding…. Well at least Emma Evans scrubbed up well 🤣