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Well my father launched again today trying for herring and sprats. The conditions were nice when he launched, but the wind soon picked up. They shot 1 fleet of 2" nylon sunk herring nets, and the sprat seine net. When the wind picked up, it made it hard work to haul the gear, and had to swap over a couple of times hauling on the head rope, to give each other a rest. I asked him if he wished he had a net hauler today, but all he replied was 'men of steel, boats of wood!' hahaha Well there was a few herring today, a nice amount for Lowestoft fish market, but not too many to drop the price. There was unfortunately not many sprats, I think the sprats are virtually finished now, they have been gone by mid February the last 4/5 years, and the constant gales this winter we have been getting probably do not help.