Captain Sensible

Noticed these worn fittings - look like poor mans Railblaza sockets - Emailed Railblaza they say nono you poor fool we don’t know it they is but if you measure we will sell you sumfing the same size ish so you don’t make more holes. 
 

https://imgur.com/a/30QXRou

Does that link work? Trying to make the world a better place 

why would have rod holders so far back on the boat - anyone familiar with worn out holes care to comment? 
 

Edit: the surface mount fitting in the pictures is next to the high end 1” 1/2 rod holders  

On 11/12/2021 at 7:34 PM, JonC said:

Tubes, they are tubes ffs. 

Scaffold pole tubes then, so fussy. 😃

Scaffold pole as a priest? 

For your entertainment.

Day off work yesterday 

Up at 5

Packed 

Bait

Drove 1hr 45minutes 

Bit more bait

Remembered as I arrived I forgot key for boat 

Anyone else or just a me thing? 

2 hours ago, jonnyswamp said:

Anyone invest in stocks/shares/currencies etc

I opened a couple of virtual accounts last year (or maybe earlier) and just checked on them and one is up 6k odd and the other 7k odd

I have been reading about copytrading and have opened a virtual account with etoro

Have copytraded one person and invested in some others, Amazon, alibaba and airbnb being some of the others

Going to leave it a month or so and see what happens

Anyone got any 1st hand experience with this, be very interested to hear some facts rather than the usual, don't invest what you can't afford to lose etc

 

 

You can day trade shares or basically bet things go up or down in a certain time frame - it’s high risk high reward. Have a look at the IG Trading platform. 
 

Have a look at the Bogleheads sub Reddit they’re into investing for long haul so don’t bother if you’re not 30-40 but it’s never too late. Think they use a principle of maximum 3 pot investment low medium and higher risk. 

S&P (SPY) is making 20% returns over the last year or so, basically an amalgam of 500 top performing companies, buy shares in that for long term. There are others similar at cheaper price point. 

59 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Ive thought about stocks and shares but don't have a clue how to start. Apart from bigger putting money into bigger boats, I'm on the course to try and build a property portfolio. I have one flat at the moment which yields a monthly 13% interest.  Plus in 24 months it's gone up 20k in value. 
Im saving for a second. 

Now you’re talking - bricks and mortar - roughly what area of Uk is the flat in? 

6 minutes ago, mike farrants said:

90% of the time i use a simple running ledger with the weight suited to the tide and a pretty standard hook size (2" - dont ask me actual size)- i fish in 40-80 ft water, sometimes 100ft - sometimes big tides - its usually only the weight i change during the day.

my go to rig is a running ledger with around 5ft 100lb hook trace to a large hook - i find most fish aren't bothered by heavy line, but conger tope and rays can bite through smaller line so i go 50-100lb - the 40lb tope in my pic was caught on this method. - this sounds spot on for what your after - rays, dogs, etc.

drifting for turbot its a sliding tube boom, watch lead, then the same set up - but longer flowingtrace

for bream its a much lighter rig - a 2 hook flapper with beads. 

havent done much plaice fishing but it would be a running ledger, but smaller hooks and loads of beads and sequins. 

the trick with boat fishing is to nail your bait near the bottom - if your weight rises up in the tide your bait will be above the fish. regarding weights i mostly use pears & bobpedos 8-12oz sometimes bigger, sometimes 10oz cannon balls for finding gulleys and for drifting 8oz watch leads - but havent noticed much difference in shape really.

This is great - very useful thank you! Now where did I put my cannon pears ? 🤔 Turbot - dream fish yet to catch 

Skate - I am not referring to the loch monsters but east coast blondes commons thornies 

Just now, Andy135 said:

I use a simple running ledger for all of my downtiding at anchor. Hook sizes and trace material will vary depending on the species being targeted.

What species and style of fishing are you planning on? A plaice rig is different from a bream rig is different from a conger rig, for example.

Oh balls. 
 

Well like shore fishing I was hoping for just a simple rig or two like the nice captain of the charter boats gives us numpties when we use his gear. 
 

I suppose around my way and distance offshore - to begin with - I’ll be mostly looking at skate, with the usual by-catch of whiting /doggies. Cod/codling are a long forgotten memory. 

Long term suffer of Crohns/Colitus here am on Methotrixate tablets and Adalimumab injections. Don’t know if you have looked into diet but the SCD (specific carbohydrate diet) has helped me in the past. It’s quite hardcore and there is a period of adjustment- cravings - for carbs. 
 

Glad you are sharing as its one of those hidden illnesses and while I have so many - - shit my pants in public humorous stories - that I do have to laugh about - running to the toilet can be embarrassing as a grown up.   
 

Get that inflammation down and kept in check - good luck 💪🏼

Morning all

Need to make up some boat rigs as have only got shore rigs made up - like some of you just use pulley penal and two hook slappers 

Is this  a good version to make up? With two hooks or one, and they are using mono not amnesia 

Feels like fishing 101 again but use flat weights not grippers?
 

Gingham? 
 

I won’t be sitting down much and at some point might be getting some of them jolly stripy foldy swivel seats 

not catching fish while fishing sitting on a comfy chair, the dream 

38 minutes ago, JonC said:

@Captain Sensibledo you run your boat out of Walton? 

Not yet! A little of the Twizzle is all 

Bought a cheap bench as have none to park ass. 
 

It’s covered in masonry paint and silicone. Will do me for a while till I glass in some boxes/swivels seats

Ive spent enough money lately so used what I had around the house

mister muscle - no

steam iron - no 

hair dryer/knife blade/sharp scraper - not bad 

boiling water and pan scourer - yes 

if your boat ever gets mistaken for a house and someone masonry paints your hull, hot water is your friend. 

left handers right wind 

right handers left wind 

dominant hand is always on the rod 

yee canne change t’laws of physics cp’in arrrr 

Your bait is like our PB fishy’s 

Make and model of boiler? 

Quite a decent write up here, I had to search for it not being local didn’t know what it was. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-59067959 

They should put something else up in its place, (other than over priced crap housing) towers are great nav aides 

On 10/30/2021 at 11:08 AM, Saintly Fish said:

Nice carpet!! 
I have it fitted in the bedroom and tv room. 

It’s like a giant scratching post for the cat fortunately he’s not worked that out. Well trained/shouted at. 

Didn’t notice all these replies, had an offer of a Simrad RD68 with those you can link a couple of connections inside the head unit to bring up the mmsi edit option. It’s 10 years old and he wants a oner - where is that optimistic emoji. 

Following that I decided today I would buy new, £230 ish gets me a Standard Horizon GPS and £400 odd gets me a GPS/AIS version.

AIS would be nice to have but £400 sheets is quite a wallop. I’ve got a Dragonfly Pro 7 with Navionics but don’t think that links AIS as overlay.  

They weren’t sold as either right or left - fella doesn’t know about them just selling and I bought them without thinking left or right. 

He will take them back and refund if I want. Or I have odd reels on the boat. 
 

I use fix spools for beach casting and have those set for left hand although I’m right handed. Have also bought a left handed Akios multi for beach casting. 
 

With boat rods I think they should be right hand wind, or handed to the owners dominant hand. Or, or, if you’re right handed you’d be pulling on the rod with your dominant hand, ooh-er matron, so I conclude it’s left hand wind for right handed people.  

Bought a pair of Okuma classics off eBay the other day - starters for the boat. Already have one (in pic with green line) other two turned up - one of them in photo below my old one. 
 

EBay one has got the thumb reel rest set for left thumb but reels from left - neither a left hander or a right hander!

Edit: Winder can’t be swapped over to other side 

What about a small boat such as, let’s say a Strikeliner. Seen this lazy line before, done something similar with the sib and also used a bridle. 
 

I’ve got a hatch to stick my head out of - us small boats have all the fun. Basically no matter where I am I’m always on the deck. It’s like a studio flat. 
 

Get pals with the divers and get your rod back that way - not to mention the lead 

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