jonnyswamp

1 minute ago, ever optimistic said:

who else read it in a Pam Ayres accent??

Me,  and I pictured sat in a chair on the set of "That's life" in 1979

Jeez  my eyes are bad

That second last photo, I thought it was a lump of metal until I saw the fish

🤓

I didn't get down Cardiff way yesterday, but was blowing a fair bit up my way

Saw a post from a Portishead skipper who was out and picked a few Codling up, most of the Penarth/Cardiff charters cancelled this weekend

He's gone on walkabout and shacked up with a couple of feral goats

Got kids on the way apparently

11 hours ago, GPSguru said:

Well done bud.

I should have gone, but did the right thing staying at home, however, the sea here was perfect with 0,3m @ 14.8 secs, so i guess you had quite a smooth trip in BC

Yes, conditions nigh on perfect

Not looking good for the foreseeable though, our weymouth trip won't be on if the forecast remains 

On 2/10/2022 at 8:09 AM, mike farrants said:

Let’s hope not - I’m meant to be wrecking that weekend too!!
Who you out with Jonny?

Jamie pullen on offshore rebel, had a few trips with him and seems a decent, knowledgeable fella

Not afraid to move about looking for the fish

I don't like getting thrown about at anchor (or bouncing off the cabin ceiling while underway) so wouldn't bother in anything over 17/18mph

Though as jonc says, that is doable if wind is directly with the tide, but you still have to get out there and back in

Nice day tomorrow, throw a sickie

16 hours ago, daio web said:

thanks mate never fished that mark in between lavernock and sully can it only be fished on neap  tides our does it not matter. what sort of depth is it. wish you all the best for friday i was meant to get out saturday  but the winds are up again  and sunday  unless it changes again tight lines fella have a good one.

If you mean the mark wide off sully Island near Aldridge shoal, then yes a smaller tide is best

I have fished it on around a 11m tide IIRC, but needs to be calm

Depths of around 50 ft plus, getting deeper the further you go out towards the main channel

I've got loads on my plotter, whether they're any good or not is another matter 😄

Anywhere on the coral CAN produce

This is just the general area

Aldridge shoal area, make sure your anchor is set to trip

I lost one here a few yrs ago, but also picked up a 12lb and 18lb cod on first 2 casts (not on my rod though)

Pretty much most edges of this sand bank just off the Cardiff mid bouy, also the spoil grounds North of it

If you want to travel a bit further up channel, Clevedon area can be good

The south side of the big sand bank (middle grounds) used to be very good

Be very careful if you fish in between the sand banks just North of Sand point (they can be good though)

These banks are not always where they should be !

I haven't really got many marks that need to be anchored very accurately, as long as you can get on the slope of a bank (whether front, back or side will depend on tide etc) or over a rough bit of ground, that's generally good enough

All the above have produced Cod, good luck

I shall be out this Friday and probably head up around Clevedon way with the flood and see what's about

I left it up to @Terry Smith in the end, asked him to send something suitable which should arrive with my new rod and reel tomorrow/Friday 😁

We have a trip out of Weymouth on Sun 20th, so it will now blow a hooly on that weekend

Sorry @mike farrants

Just now, Saintly Fish said:

But it's lucrative 

It can be, apart from when they pay with imaginary money

3 minutes ago, JonC said:

I know that some heating engineers spend large amounts of their day driving to the imaginary suppliers to get imaginary parts to fix imaginary faults, this must be frustrating at times 

It is believe me, the coffee in the machines there is terrible

The cappachino can be tolerable though, providing it's not a cheap brand

What 8 strand braid are people using

I have some cheap 30lb stuff on my wrecking reel (which does the job) and put some 18lb J braid on the lighter gear (Plaice, Bream etc)

IIRC the J braid was around £30-35 for 300M

Is there any other 18lb, 8 strand I can look at ?

36 minutes ago, JonC said:

My little secret to getting jobs done quicker is to cut as many corners as I can and hope nobody notices 

I can be extremely good at procrastinating, so may move a few services to next week

Get well soon GPSguru (again)

I'm hoping to squeeze 3 days work into 2 and get out Friday, forecast looks promising atm 🤞

Though recent catch reports are a bit sad

1 hour ago, daio web said:

yeah cant wait to get out again where do you fish mainley butt

I'm moored in Cardiff Bay and fish anywhere between the bridges and down to Ilfracombe

Though it's usually between Clevedon and Barry 

I haven't been out since mid December, this weekend is out so hopefully next weekend

1 minute ago, daio web said:

hiya mate its moored  on the usk in newport  just got a little more work to do and hopefully catch the last of  the cod season  if we had one haha

Handy for the deeps, or a short trip across to Clevedon

Some good grounds up around that way

Welcome, another Bristol Channel angler 👍

Are you marina based or do you trailer your boat 

5 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

If you do sell the boat and you want to come to the Solent and blank, you'll be most welcome on Tarlach Too! 

Nice gesture mate, thanks

5 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

@jonnyswampim sure you are aware but I'll mention it any way (just incase). 
If you buy a house to do up you will be liable for CGT if you don't live in it for at least 6 months. This is on top of any tax you'll make if you turn a profit in the form of a business. Personal tax too I believe if not done in the form of a business. 
Ive done 4 houses in the past before the house we are in now, we lived and registered for council tax in all of them. Then no tax to be paid. 
But I'm sure you'd thought of that . 

Yes I was thanks (no sarcasm intended)

👍

Just now, Saintly Fish said:

Is that to allow the house move or does the house move allow for a bigger boat??

Not moving, investing

If I can get it at the right price, it'll be worth renovating and selling on, but I'll need a hefty deposit (I shouldn't have bought a new van!)

It's not definite as, in all fairness, Mrs Swamp doesn't want me to sell the boat, says I'll be a miserable tw@t without one (she knows me well)

I'll get the boat valued in the next couple of weeks and make a decision after that

I'll be honest, it doesn't fill me with cheer knowing I may be boatless, but on the other hand, I wont have time to do much fishing if I'm renovating 3 houses this year (along side my own work)

Middle daughter has bought a house that needs work (kitchen, bathroom, boiler, knocking walls through etc) and our house needs the living room completely updating (new insulated ceiling and walls, new floor, chimney breast knocked about to take a floating oak beam, replastered and then some paint)

On a brighter note, if I do sell, the weather will be perfect for the rest of you

I may be putting my boat up for sale shortly (if a house purchase materialises) and would want any issues sorted before I do, so will get it sorted either way

11 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Hope the holiday was good? 
 

Yes thanks, very chilled

Didn't do any fishing this time as we were on our own and didn't want to leave Mrs Swamp on her own 

Actually I dropped a hint and is wasn't taken up, so I left it 😇