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36 minutes ago, JonC said:
How about just putting them in a local river?
one of my ancestors Thomas Austin let a few of his pet rabbits out in Australia and they seemed to do rather well.That's frowned upon for environmental reasons and can be an offence unless you have permission from the Environment Agency.
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You got out, you caught fish. What's not to like?! Well dangled, and well skippered too. Sounds like you and the crew had to work for your fish. Good effort 👍
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1 minute ago, jonnyswamp said:
How many can you take and what cost Luke, we're looking for a few trips down your way next year
+1. I'd be up for another jigging trip.
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8 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said:
it seems to me that thay can avertise scames ect as long as they get paid. meta is amercan co (only thing that maters is money/ profet )take the sliming pill scandell afew years back. evan when it had been proved that these peals wer killing peopple they continued to addvertise them.so i am a bit biesed about them.
So post up another advert asking for 10p per fish or whatever.
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21 minutes ago, thejollysinker said:
Those boys look happy 😊 made the most of it and a successful day out. Nice report, shame no dogs for you though 🤪🙂
Yeah, I was miffed I didn't catch one. Maybe I should sell my SPJ gear if I can't catch doggies on jigs...
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2 hours ago, Odyssey said:
I’ll have a look but I suspect it’ll break my budget…. I’m a poor skipper who has endless trips blown off due to weather…. 😞
As you saw with Leo's fish, you can quite easily start off with a spinning rod and a slow jig. It's easier to work the jig with a dedicated jigging rod, but perfectly possible to catch good fish using a slow jig without the full rod & reel set up.
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1 minute ago, Odyssey said:
I’ve already started looking a new rod and reel 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Talk to @Terry Smith at Jigabite. He knows what's what 👍
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19 minutes ago, Odyssey said:
What was noticeable was that jigs out fished “normal” feathers by a wide margin….
Ots certainly gif be thinking about SPJ a d running dedicated SPJ trips next year….
Let me know. I've been thinking about a repeat session on jigs, and I'll bring my coolbox next time!
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3 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:
Any particular colour doing better than others on the jigs ?
Silver dreams used to work very well, also black feathers
No one colour that outperformed the others, they were hitting them all. What I did notice however was that I was able to fish for longer on each drop if I used a slimmer, teardrop shaped jig. The flat, butterfly style jigs would catch the tide and head off past the stern more quickly, so I got less fishing time per drop with those ones. Also harder to feel the bottom with them.
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9 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:
BTW, did you loose many jigs? those reefs can be very tackle hungry
Yep, I lost four or five, and @Saintly Fish was down to his very last one. 😲🤣
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14 minutes ago, JonC said:
Well done finally getting out 👍
Yep, it took us long enough!
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Very nice! Good result - top marks 👍🤣.
Must be nice to be the only angler on the beach catching anything. I'm usually one of the ones looking over at him enviously 🤣.
Did you take the dab for the table? I hear they're tasty, but I've not caught one to try.
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So perhaps the title is a bit click-baity, but what was supposed to be a two day sharking trip on Odyssey, with @Odyssey to celebrate @Saintly Fish's birthday got blown out and turned into a Dad's & Lads reefing session, with Neil and I keen to get some proper use out of our SPJ gear.
We locked out at dawn but as we left the shelter of Milford Haven it became obvious that the conditions hadn't yet improved like they were supposed to... I blame Michael Fish for that 😖.
So plan B was quickly formulated to visit the inshore islands for some drifting for pollack followed by downtiding at anchor to see what was home while the weather settled. The short answer was... not a lot. Some small pollack and poor cod on the drift and at anchor just a solitary dogfish to the skipper (#welljell!) and an inquisitive squid that followed my baited feathers to the surface but didn't commit himself to the bait.
As the conditions eased we motored out to a series of reefs - the plan was to drift for some better pollack. Neil and I were to experiment with our SPJ gear over slack water and we didn't have to wait long for the fish. Lots of hits and lots of table sized pollack over the gunnels in short order. They were hitting the jigs consistently, just off the bottom. Any colour would do, as long as it was about two turns up from the sea floor.
Other species also fell to the jigs. Neil had a scad if I remember correctly, and Leo had a PB which I'll leave to Neil to share the details of 👍.
It didn't take long for the fish box to fill up and we called it a day after one of our crew nearly vomited himself overboard... #somepeoplearejustnotcutoutforboating
So, a great day's fishing snatched from the jaws of defeat. JAWS will have to wait until next season however.
A big thank you to @Odyssey for hosting and skippering 👍.
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That would be funnier if it wasn't so true... 🤨
5/10.
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Received wisdom suggests that the day after a big storm is good for cod. Fingers crossed for you and look out for residual swell!
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2 hours ago, JonC said:
I’m actually really trying to understand this, I so hope that it is funny and I’m thick but I just don’t know?
Evergreen ships have a habit of running aground.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60754135
Of course, if a joke has to be explained it's probably not funny.
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Result! Well done 👍
We had a quick dangle with the squid jigs in the Solent yesterday but no-one was home. Good to see you had better luck.
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Just now, JonC said:
Well done getting out, How comes Thomas has been sacked off? Or is he fed up with dogfish?
He's fed up of being sea-sick. I keep telling him that it will only happen if he insists on bringing his Switch and staring at the screen all the time.
Unsurprisingly Em didn't bring any screens and wasn't sea-sick whatsoever...
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A quick flick with a shore jig
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An early session from the rocks in Fowey this morning.
I tied on the trusty Major Craft Jigpara 20g in Zebra Glow and didn't have to wait long for the first hit, a small schoolie bass.
Next up was a decent mackerel.
and shortly after I scored a two-for-one!
Called it a day not long afterwards as the tide had started to flood and I didn't fancy being trapped on the rocks. A fun little session to start the day.