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    fishing rods

    in Boat angling techniques, baits and tackle

    Posted

    Nothing OTT for me

    An older suveran 20-30 with a Penn Squall 30 (IIRC) for wrecking, Newer Suveran 12-20 with a 2speed fathom15 and a recently bought Penn rampage 6-12 coupled to a Fathom 12 which is yet to see the water (got a trip booked form Weymouth on 30th for Bream and flats etc) and doesn't look like it will see any for a while yet with our lock down looming

    Oh and a plethora of uptide and downtide rods and reels which I use regularly in the Bristol Channel

    Out of Milford Haven

    in Catch reports

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, JonC said:

    I’ve moved this out if Tadpoles section, come on your better than that! 
    I’ve just worked out how to move things so now I’m power crazed! 

    Thought I put it in catch reports 🤷‍♂️

    Out of Milford Haven

    in Catch reports

    Posted

    Our last trip of the year (down west) started with an uneventful 2hrs odd drive to Milford, where we were all fairly glad to find the toilet block open and free to use

    Boarded Lady Gail at 8.30am and got through the lock a short while later, to the sound of Fen (skipper) asking what bait we had

    Lures and feathers we happily replied, why didn't you bring bait, should've brought bait he said

    With a wall of concerned expressions looking at me, I explained to Fen that his booking agent (mate on another boat, long story) assured me that we would be fishing the islands and reefs as we had the last few trips

    Mutiny avoided we headed out of the Haven and with the islands in view, turned left away from them (they don't fish too good this time of year apparently)

    Stopped on a reef just outside the mouth and picked up a couple of small Pollock around the 2lb mark on first drift, then nothing

    Move a bit further east for similar rewards and this was pretty much how it panned out for the remainder of the day

    Probably tried 8-10 different areas, doing 2/3 drifts in each, but no rich pickings today

    We did have a couple of drifts where the fish were around 5lb (and I managed a couple of brace) but then seemed to disappear, leaving the smaller ones on the feed

    Back through the lock and tied up around 5.15 ish and on the road by just after 5.30

    A very enjoyable day with great company and plenty of piss taking (especially our mate who blanked)

    If any of you fancy a trip next summer, I can't recommend this area or skipper highly enough

    Not brilliant this time of year, but June to Sept it's phenomenal, absolutely non-stop

     

     

    Alternator problem part 2

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

    Posted

    Something not adding up here then, nothing is connected to the exc terminal (battery light still goes out when started)

    The cable that was connected, I put on the S terminal and all seems fine with an output of 14.5 v when running

    I appreciate your time on this, but it isn't making sense 

    I'm away tomorrow, but will go down Sunday morning and take a pic of the back of it, with terminal letters visible and maybe you can tell me what should go where and how/why it appears to be working now

     

    Alternator problem part 2

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

    Posted

    The only info I have was a sicker on the original alternator  (mando)which said Replacing LPA01926 This was cross matched to the one that's on there now

    The engine is a 230hp mercruiser (black engine) on a 2004 boat

    Do both of those flying leads need to connect to something, obviously the right hand one (red/green) hasn't been for some time 

    Thanks for your patience zook

    Tools

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

    Posted

    I don't use many spanners day to day (plumbing, heating etc) but have a few Bahco socket sets and adjustables which have been great

    Have Milwaukee fuel cordless stuff and they take a fair bit of abuse from me, the first kit of them I had (brushes) were shit, literally fell apart

    Scewdrivers and other small stuff I buy middle of the road, I usually loose them before they have chance to wear out

    Crescent and Channelock are ok for pump pliers

    I keep a Draper socket set and various spanners and screwdrivers on the boat

    Not quite made of chocolate, but not expensive and OK as a boat tool kit

    Alternator problem part 2

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

    Posted · Edited by jonnyswamp
    incorrect info

    Getting confused now

    Traced the red flying led from rear of alt (it connects to a green harness wire via a bullet con) this goes into a wiring centre and is made off with heat shrink

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    Hasn't been connected to anything since I have owned the boat

    Run a temp cable from battery  to red flying lead on alt and voltage drops from 15.4 to 14.5

    The other flying lead on alt gets battery voltage via a relay once engine is started

    Help

    Weather forecast

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Odyssey said:

    Let me know how you get on 🙂 

     

    im tempted to sneak the boat out too.... 🤔

    Will do if we get there, I am currently residing in Abergavenny and have been since before my county got locked down, so theoretically I am OK to travel

    Cooking Bass

    in Catch and Cook/Field to Fork

    Posted

    NOT Sea bass

    BASS

    The last couple I oven baked in a foil parcel, with a knob of butter and some seasoning in the stomach cavity (for a daughter that's usually off fried food)

    I prefer shallow fried personally

    What do you do with a Bass if it's to be cooked ?

     

     

     

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