Andy135

Top dangling! Very well done @mike farrants and Tim 👍.

No, it's true. We exhausted our bait supply... caught way more fish than we expected 😁.

Let me guess... peppercorn and blue cheese? Tomato or BBQ?

Spot on! Sounds like a good trip in uncertain conditions. Well done the pair of you 👍

@Saintly Fish and I went mulleting with @Scotch_Egg2012 from shore a couple of seasons ago. Bloody frustrating they were. Would love to properly target them but I'm not sure I have the patience.

Ah, bad luck Josh. Sounds like a frustrating session, but top marks for making the effort to get out there. You must be knackered!

Epic! Great report and lovely fish! Well done 👍👍

Midweek I get a sneaky message from. @Saintly Fish sending me an XC forecast and asking if I could be available on Friday. With my work schedule looking relatively clear I move a couple of meetings and get the ok to skip off work for the day. A 4.45am wake-up wasn't the nicest but boy was it worth it. Out of the marina by just after 6am. Mint conditions as soon as we hit the water, and we were on our mark by 7.30am. The target was stingrays. By 7.37am Neil nails a thumping bite to boat a beautiful 10lb smoothound, taken on ragworm. 20 minutes later he does the same with another lovely smoothie, this one nudging 12lb. Feeling the pressure a little at this point I'm glad to see my rod tip give a good rattle then bend nicely. After a lively scrap we see our target coming to the surface. My first ever stingray, about 4lb and very welcome. I also managed a couple of out-of-season congers too, on both my rods at the same time. Very surprised to see them in summer. The next 30 mins or so were quiet, with nothing bothering our baits. Neil rustled up a stingray of his own as the top of the tide neared. Slack water arrived and with the wind building a little we settle in for the start of the next tide. All of a sudden our rods go nuts! With bending rods and drags singing we each have decent fish on. After a bit of Laurel & Hardy shenanigans with the net we boat two lovely smoothies. Really chunky ones at 14lb and 12lb and a new PB for me. Another few fish follow, sending the rods over in typical smoothound smash & grab style. At this point we'd lost count of the number of hounds to the boat, but we're fairly certain we had 7 double-figure hounds by the time we ran out of bait and headed in, plus two stingrays, two congers and two PB's for me. We ended the day with a well-earned beer in glorious sunshine back at the marina. Big, big thanks to @Saintly Fish for hosting, skippering and putting us on the fish 💪👍.

Makes the tiddlers feel bigger if you hold the rod underneath the reel 😉

@JonC, time for you to spring into action.

Well that sounds like a very decent session. Good work 💪

Congratulations! A lovely first tope (and a new/first PB?!). Top dangling 👍

Lovely stuff! Well dangled 👍

On the other hand I rate my Penn Fathom 2 20 LW. Had it for years and it still runs sweetly 👍

No, you mean old bastard 🤣

Pete, for your usage any old wood will do 👍. If you need to get wood, perhaps you could try a little blue pill??

Lovely vid and lovely fish. 👍 My daughter Emily also watched the video and asks if you ever worry about falling in ("as the sides are so low!")?

You asked for a .gov site and I gave you one. Feels like you're moving the goalposts now. Agree that snorkelling to observe fish behaviour is worthwhile for any angler. It's also useful for checking out potential marks for later fishing with rod & line.

Agree. It's been illegal in the UK for some time. IFCA regs on spearfishing including size limits and dawn to dusk only: https://www.cornwall-ifca.gov.uk/recreational

Couple of thoughts on this. 1. Your downtide lines will tangle around a stern anchor line, especially if you're bringing a fish up. For that reason alone I'd avoid it. 2. Spearing solo is a dangerous thing, more so from a boat at sea. When I spear-fish I have someone on standby in case I need them for whatever reason. The risk of shallow water blackout for example gives me the willies and will be fatal if there's no one around to keep your airway above water. No fish is worth your life buddy, be safe out there 👍

Too busy looking after you.

It's his best excuse. Fixing disguises his lack of catching. 😱🤣

Just a thought - have you checked both impellers? The belt-driven closed-circuit engine cooling one and the gear-driven raw water one? Both need to be in working order for the system to cool as it should.

Good stuff. Sounds like you're making progress. Keep us updated 👍