Cold start.

Moving quickly in the cold weather, with the sea temperature around 8º or 9º.....
as cold blooded creatures, the brown crabs are slow to move over the grounds......
so at this time of year catch rates are lower than the warmer months when the warming effect of the Gulf Stream really kick in.....
the more traditional colourful paint schemes on the Sapphire and tug Taktow are picked out by the rays of the morning sun......
astern of the visiting Brixham beamer, Sasha Emiel......
under a new moon one of the local gulls keeps a watchful eye.....
unusually, the frost touches the coast!
have you been SOS'd?