Andy135

11 hours ago, Dicky said:

Out tomorrow, first time since mid February, just a short one over high

Good luck in your new tub @Dicky!

35 minutes ago, Captain Sensible said:

New addition to the fleet 

Which one's your new one? Blue one?

23 hours ago, Malc said:

I asked for that...

Looking forward to perhaps, but judging by your photo it better be a salad!

After dabs you say?? 🤔🤣

Good going! And great to see a catch report being posted after so long. 👍 Weather has been atrocious lately.

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

Bad taste! Geoff.

Definitely 🤮

8 hours ago, JonC said:

@Malc

Can I remind you that this free facility is for advertising boat and fishing related stuff only NOT for selling old tat from your shed. 

One man's tat is another man's treasure 🤷‍♂️.

1 hour ago, Malc said:

I also have for sale some fenn Mk4 rat traps if anyone is interested?

Do they catch jig-nabbers too? 

18 minutes ago, JonC said:

It’s mainly to do with the fact that their moderaters are a bunch of tossers But other than that it’s all good 🤣🤣🤣

They didn't exactly cover themselves in glory did they....

26 minutes ago, Phil williams said:

Thanks Andy 135, it’s a shame that there is friction between the two sites as I know many people view and contribute to both, I will contact “seabob “ and ask if he’s prepared to put it on here as it is the best description and tutorial for navionics users I’ve seen ,particularly aimed at small fishing boats,not excessively complicated and straight forward even for technophobes like me. Don’t understand the friction as the sites are completely different in content , and format and don’t compete. But there none as queer as folk as they say!!!.

Yes, it's strange but it is what it is. Seabob's tutorial sounds like just the sort of content that would be relevant and useful on here. Thanks for suggesting it. Be great if he can be encouraged to share it here too. 👍

Hi @Phil williams, copyright forbids us from copying content on other sites without permission, and I'm fairly sure that one admin in particular over there won't grant permission. 

However, if you'd like to approach seabob and suggest he posts the same content over here that would be welcome. As the content creator he can post his content wherever he chooses 👍

23 minutes ago, GPSguru said:

Are you sure about the width, I have jigs to 400g and none of them are that wide

Just checked a couple of 250's and one is 35mm wide and the other is 43mm wide, length wise they are both 140mm ish

The Catch Boss is a wide jig, but IIRC they only make them to 150g

No, not sure. Not at home to check the jigs I have so it's an estimate from memory.

11 minutes ago, Malc said:

No, length is OK but width is a max of 6cm as below. 

OK, thanks for checking. Appreciated. Looks like it might still fit smaller jigs though 👍

Good find. Would the compartment sizes of the boxes fit a 200g slow jig by any chance? Would need to be about 15cm by 8ish.

Just links to his profile page as far as I can see. I don't have a FB account so may be different for those signed up?

7 minutes ago, Malc said:

That's telling as it would be a similar idea.

It was half a side of mackerel on a 6/0 Aberdeen on a wire trace. Half a side i.e. long and thin so a bit like a sandeel, if you squint. Bounced along the bottom over sandy shingle banks off the back of the Needles, IoW.

37 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Was that not a brill? 

It certainly tasted brill 👍

2 hours ago, Malc said:

If you were on new ground and wanted to tackle turbot what would you be looking for?

Fast tidal runs, bait fish, scours round wrecks, sand (mud/gravel...) between rocks, sudden sandy drops?

Many thanks ya'll!

@GPSguru is your man for this. I've only caught one turbot before, and that was by accident when drifting for tope 🤣

53 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

A nice big bucket of chum, 3 rods out all with wire traces, a mackerel on each, ideally live and wait for a thresher to come along….

that’s about as much as I know about st cats deep.

I believe you don't actually fish the Deep itself for sharks though. From what I've heard you push a bit further out and start the drift east of Dunnose Head and drift west to the the south of the island in 30-40m. Or vice versa depending on the tide. 🤷‍♂️

22 minutes ago, JonC said:

Probably directly linked to maintenance or even just a basic wash down after use? 

Or a bad batch?

37 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

How exactly would you get there? Swim? 

I hear there are lots of small rubber boats going spare on the south coast...

Bah! Me too. Spent a few seasons trying to work it out. @Hoop once described it as "combat fishing", which sums it up nicely. Tides too fierce to anchor, and too fast to drift effectively most of the time. I had a few bass from the pinnacles and the ledge off Ventor but nothing worth the fuel to get round there. I tried SPJ off St Cat's point once and quickly got fed up of the jig kiting out past the stern.

If I was to make the effort to get there again I'd be tempted to drift the series of ledges & broken ground north west of St Cat's lighthouse in Chale Bay. They look to have potential but probably not worth the steam from Pompey/Solent area.

A tenner says JDP will be along soon telling us about how well it fished in the good old days before he was deported...

1 hour ago, Ivan Tuna said:

Mr Fish in Jersey will sort you out Mike, check out his website quite a few budget priced Shimano 

He's a decent chap. We had a good natter with him a few years back when @Davemc , @Tadpole and I did a few days bass blanking over there.

7 hours ago, GPSguru said:

 

The Shimano Stella 4000 is a decent reel that will stand the test of time, also they are on offer at the moment,

https://www.veals.co.uk/product/shimano-stella-sw-4000-xg-c/

Lovely reel but 7x over-budget 🤣

9 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said:

what are you saying do you whont to borrow my yellow rod ?????

He needs a fishing rod, not a broom handle Pete 😉