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I need someone to visit my boat to go through my electronics system to determine if my AIS and radar actually work
The Radar doesn't appear on any of the MFD screens
The AIS has a flashing light on the unit (which is mounted in the cabin) but doesn't show up on the MFD's either
Boat is in Cardiff Bay
Would ideally like someone with plenty of experience with Garmin stuff (installation and set-up) and not a general electrician
@Odyssey Luke, did you mention a while back that you knew of someone locally ?
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1 x Garmin gpsmap 7410 xsv
1 Garmin gpsmap 5012
1 Garmin gpsmap 5212
1 Garmin 18 ?? radar dome
Plus usual transducers, antennae etc
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1 hour ago, Odyssey said:
Argh…
you may get lucky 🙂 his boat will take a hell of a sea 🙂 He did well on the wrecks up the Irish Sea last weekend 🙂
Looking at it’ll be behind you on way out and drops off later so fingers crossed for you 🙂
if you get any mackerel, I’d love a few 😉 Rob knows where my boat is 😉 I’m down Saturday night to refuel dos Sundays adventures 🙂
Spoke to him earlier and he's happy to take us to the inshore reefs, which is better than not going at all 👍
As for the Mackerel, I can't see us having an abundance of them, but you never know if nothing else is about
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Good result there Luke, well done
We're booked on with Rob this Saturday, either wrecks or reefs depending on his advice
Looking dubious to say the least at the moment
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Spinning or slow pitch jigging, rod in right hand crank with left
Up or down tiding, rod in left crank with right
I'm right handed and unequivocally correct in this instance
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That's a busy enough sesh Neil, nice one
Never seen a quintopus before though
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19 hours ago, GPSguru said:
Running ledger. I tend to fish for one at a time as you also sometimes get small eyed, and Turbot.
Do you find bead colour makes a difference, always used black/green out of Weymouth (matching the pea mussels they feed on in that area)
And the couple of times I've fished the Skerries, used red/yellow. Both on advice of the skippers
Also got told by the Brixham skipper we use that peeler tends to attract the bigger fish
What's your preference ?
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19 hours ago, GPSguru said:
Certainly Plaice, but Turbo and Rays will be dependent on the tidal stream, and I haven't studied it as yet. I think kyle wants me anchor at slack for an hour on the outer edge of the banks for big Blondes, hopefully we can get some fresh mack for that, however, if we get any snakes (launce) then I might go after the Turbo.
Out of interest, what's your go to rig for Plaice
Wishbone, running ledger, paternoster ?
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20 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:
You wanem back Nick?
No mate, Ive got them on my plotter and laptop
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On 5/11/2023 at 2:05 PM, Saintly Fish said:
Ok so I'm trying to do as instructed but the files are showing as a pdf and I can't open it? WTF
Glad you got the marks eventually, they were on my plotter when I got my boat, so may be of use
I see I also sent you my much coveted BC marks as well, I must've copied those by mistake
Be worth a fortune to someone up here who likes blanking 😎
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On 5/1/2023 at 8:24 PM, Odyssey said:
For business…..
Some you may have guessed that I’m now open for bookings as a charter boat 🙂
Im a fully fledged skipper with commercial endorsements. You’ve all seen the boat, coded for 8 but recommend 6. Open for all types of fishing 🙂
Website is now live:
www.odysseyseaadventures.com or find us on Facebook 🙂
Nice one @Odyssey, I've sent you a PM regarding some possible bookings for our club, both reef and sharking
👍
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19 hours ago, GPSguru said:
Yes, @Andy135almost got it, it definitely is the common Wren that we get in the UK. I knew I had seen it, but just could not remember what it was. It is the thin beak that gives it away. We get them nesting in the garden. That one must have been coming back from its migration.
Here you go
Don't think it's a Wren, the tail is too long
A Warbler of some kind I'd say, we've had a couple over the years around this time of the year when wrecking out of Weymouth
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Nice one Mike, cracking day and report
Those cuckoo's are beautiful fair play
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14 hours ago, Odyssey said:
Looks just like the Bristol Channel that. I’m sure @jonnyswamp and @Dicky would agree 🤣🤣🤣
cracking pics 🙂
Yes luke, I've got a similar portfolio
All taken just off penarth peir
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21 minutes ago, daio web said:
great report again jonny boy i have been working on my boat going back in tomorrow mornig hopefully last of the big tides up our club until the end of august so dont want to be stuck on the slipway until then hope to have some catch reports soon
Are you up the Usk or Rhymney
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4 hours ago, Andy135 said:
He didn't win anything, his mate Tim did....
I know, but surely sharsies!!!
- Saintly Fish and Andy135
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1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:
Good going Nick, always nice to have a solo last minute trip. And a plumb little old for tea too!!
I went out solo on Monday as well, but caught nothing worth reporting really.
I didn't really apart from the Codling
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No work booked in this week due to being on a training course from Tues to Fri, so kept Mon free just in case......
Didn't make any plans, so didn't ask anyone else, just got up Mon morning and decided to go
Grabbed some dirty squid from the bait freezer, bought some rag on the way down (along with some food) and got to the boat around 10am hoping to get the 10.30 lock out
Had to wait a few extra minutes in the lock for another boat to join us and was out the other side not long after, ready to make the short steam to a mark wide of the Coral
With only an hour or so before low slack, I decided on anchoring in a position that would sit me over a hole on the flood, expecting the fishing until the turn of the tide to be dire as this ground looked to be featureless. I decided this as, being on my own, I didn't want the faff of retrieving and resetting the anchor too many times
2 downtide rods out baited with just Squid, then 2 uptiders with Rag/squid heads on each
Not expecting much yet, I put the kettle on
The last uptider to be cast out starting rattling, I wound into it and pulled it in hoping it was a small codling
It wasn't, it was a small strap Conger that broke the surface. So I left it in the tide while I poured my cup of tea (the effing kettle was going like a 70's factory hooter and making sauna of the cabin) then T barred it off to enjoy my cuppa and a rocky bar (chocolate type not caramel)
Next to go was one of the downtiders with another strap, this one a bit better at around 12/14lb. Didn't have chance to Tbar this one, as soon as he/she saw me, it/they turned into a Tasmanian devil and snapped me off. Happily though, both my hooks were left on the swim platform
Not long after I had a small Thornie on the other uptider, quickly followed by a very sizeable dog (though on reflection it may have been a Huss pup)
Pretty much bang on low water the last virgin rod (2nd downtider) made a couple of nods, on bringing this in I was expecting another small strap due to the state of the tide and was pleasantly surprised to see the head of a Codling appear through coffee coloured water
He went 4 and a quarter lb and put a bit of a smile on my face
It also had another baited hook in it's mouth, which looked like a fairly fresh peeler crab that must have come from one of the 3 other boats that were all quite close (I was first out of the locks and everyone followed me to my mark, obviously aware that I know of the guru ghillie that is Jonc and that some of his wisdom has rubbed off on me)
A celebratory cup of tea and another Rocky bar kept me busy until the tide turned and I was now over the honey hole
Now I'll see some action !!!
Loaded all the traces with the various baits and sent them all out and waited
Retrieved, rebaited, cast out and waited
Rinse and repeat x 4
And waited again until 2.45 when I reeled in the untouched baits again, pulled anchor and got the 3.15pm lock back in
What an anticlimax after a good start, but as I mentioned in a previous post, we can't always expect an Aussie jon day
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Nice one Mike, good Bream too
Nothing like a monetary gain to sharpen the instincts, what you gonna spend your winnings on ?
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Fair play you put the hrs/miles in
We can't always have an Aussie Jon day
😘
- Josh and Saintly Fish
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Any travelling Garmin techies about ?
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I have spoke to them in the past and found them great, but this is more of an installation/wiring question or problem, rather than a technical issue
I need someone who installs these systems regularly to have a look
I'm going down tomorrow to go through some basic fault finding, will have to take panelling off to check/identify cables which will be a PITA
Also to see if I actually have power going to the Radar, as noting is listed on any of the fuse boxes