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    24th Sept BC

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    23 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

    Good effort. Plenty of fish and a bonus cod, all in iffy conditions. Top skippering 👍

    Not really top skippering, I fucked up first thing and there's always fish around Castle Rock 😎

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    24th Sept BC

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    4 of us got the 7am lock out which was pretty much on high water and made our way across to a mark just North of Sand point which I hoped wouldn't be too lumpy in a Northerly

    It was

    25 mins later and with windspeed easily doubling the forecasted 7/8mph , we dropped anchor and slopped about for 10 mins before retrieving it and heading back across towards Wales

    Decided to head down to Castle rock which would give us some shelter from the wind and if the fishing was shite, we could at least watch the planes coming in to land at Cardiff airport

    Dropped anchor off the back of the feature in around 40ft and threw a multitude of fish, squid, worm and crab baits out and waited

    I was first in with a very small bootlace of an eel, followed by a couple of small Blondes

    Andy was next to pick up his rod and with the fish coming up a good 15 yards away from the boat another Ray was expected 

    A mad scramble to get the net when this little fella surfaced and it was soon on the deck

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    Very slim with next to nothing in it's guts and a shade under 6lb, but what a welcome sight it was

    Some nice double figure Blondes, Smoothies and a very stocky Huss of around 12lb (plus quite a few straps) kept us busy up until we lost the tide just before low water

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    Repositioned the boat on the flood and had the same sort of results until it was time to pull anchor and head back up for the 3.45pm lock back in

    Sadly no more Cod, but an enjoyable day with plenty of action

    Note to self, take weather app forecasts with a pinch of salt and stay local in a Northerly

    Pissed off with myself for wasting an hour or more running back and fore the Channel

    Sat 17th Sept BC

    in Catch reports

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    28 minutes ago, JonC said:

    Well done,looks like you had a busy day.  it was a fantastic day in terms of weather here, so glad I had to work. 

    Yeah, it was a busy day, just not the species we were after

    Could've been worse, I could've been lumping tubes around with you (did it for a bit, then sold it all so I never had to do it again)

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    Sat 17th Sept BC

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    Or Bristol Channel if you want to use it's full name

    Locked out at 7 and headed across towards Clevedon and anchored on the edge of the shipping channel in just under 30ft

    Just myself and Shuff (Mike) today on the hunt for an early Codling, late Sole or any Bass

    Stayed here for an hour or so and just had strap congers, small thornies and 2 dogs

    No signs of any Codling, so moved on up channel with the tide still flooding and settled on a Mark that has given us Bass in the past

    Very busy here with all the usual suspects (Rays, Congers and dogs) and also 2 baby Tope

    They were of identical size which lead me to believe they were in fact the same suicidal/stupid fish

    We let the ebb tide swing us around and when the anchor dug back in, fished here for another hour ish and headed back home

    The ebb was no different to the flood, other than the sun wasn't in our eyes

    Got the 3.15 lock back in and home for 4.30

    The dogs weren't a bad size and I had to take the picture of my Tope as shuff just doesn't do camera phones too well

    The first camera phone he had, he wanted to take back to Tescos (where he bought it) as he couldn't see through the viewer to see what he was photographing

     

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    Deleted the pic of the dog as there was a bit of blood on its chin and didn't take any of the small Rays and Conger

    West Wales

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    4 hours ago, Odyssey said:

     (no fishing on 22nd October… getting wed, so fishing will be perfect all weekend I’m sure 🤣🤣🤣)

    I bloody hope so, got a few days in Weymouth booked for that weekend 

    Congratulations, hope your day goes great 👍

     

    2004 Arvor 250 maintenance

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    23 minutes ago, JonC said:

    Good result. 
    Do you carry spare filters? I had a water in fuel alarm last trip out. I drained the racor and bled a bit out of the filter and it got me home.(15 miles back in) I’ve since sourced spare filters, one of each to change and a spare of each Justin. 

    Yes, always got a pair (got 2 water separators) and a spare engine mounted filter as well, also regularly check the bowls for water and crap

    2004 Arvor 250 maintenance

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    Had an email this morning saying the hose was with the Post Office and will be delivered before 3pm

    That would've been too late, so up to the PO depot and asked for it, already out for delivery they said, shit I said

    The guy behind the counter was very helpful (I vaguely recognised him and he seemed to know me) and rang the postie who would be delivering it

    Long story short, I met him on his round and picked it up from him (we were in school together and I know him and his family well)

    A quick call to my fitter mate and the stars aligned (he had a job cancelled) so we met at the yacht club about 11 ish

    Everything put back together, changed the engine anodes and managed to get the three fuel filters changed as well by 12.30

    A quick spin around the bay and all good, still needs to have her arse cleaned though as am down a few knots and rpm

    Also sorted out my annoying gearbox oil leak, it was coming from the oil cooler (which I assumed was the engine oil cooler) 2 new doughty washers sorted that

    Just need the selector shaft seal and it will be 100%

    Will change the engine oil and filter in a week or 2

    Roll on Satdee

     

    2004 Arvor 250 maintenance

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    Got a replacement silicon hose coming tomorrow and am going to re-use the copper gasket/washer as it cleaned up OK

    The fibre gasket I was going to renew, I will leave on as it's not damaged at all and should be fine with a bit of gasket sealer on reassembly

    Just need my mechanic/fitter mate to give me a couple of hours tomorrow afternoon to get it done

    May even get out on the weekend 🤞

     

    Yamaha 60hp 2 stroke lost drive

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    On 9/12/2022 at 2:42 PM, LostPiker said:

    It's a long shaft and I think the 55 is different but thanks for thinking of me

    I have a manual already but thanks for the offer.

     

    I spoke to Barry at Windsor Marine this morning who serviced it and is sorting an auxiliary that was in a shed for about 10 years that I was given. He has very kindly offered me to borrow the special tools and to offer advice so fingers crossed it should rise from the ashes soon

    Barry sounds like a good egg, fair play to him 😇

     

    Wet and Wild West Wales September 2nd and 3rd

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    5 hours ago, Odyssey said:

    I’m looking forward to shouting abuse (sorry I mean encouragement) at the anglers who hook up 🙂 

     

    As crew I’m responsible for coaching them through the fight, leadering, measuring, tagging, reviving the fish with the skipper. Won’t be on every trip as Rob got a few others as crew and I’m sure they will be keen to get involved too 🙂 Just hope the anglers don’t mind a bit of encouragement 😉 

    I hope this coaching also includes hysterically ripping the piss when they get it all wrong

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