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We caught plenty of species but nothing special to report I'm afraid.
Fishing was very slow although Slow jigging was productive for most of us.
Here are a few images.
 
Good sport on the lighter gear.

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Here is my picture of my boat.
 
 

theres been the odd siting of them down here aswell  strange looking things 

welcome bazz  glad to wecome you what sort of a boat you after🐳

Hi guys
im Baz do most of my fishing at the top end of the Solent, for and decent fishing we go out with Kelley’s Hero in gosport. 
Love cooking and eating what I catch if it’s a reasonable size. 
saving for a for decent boat.
thanks letting me join 👍

TBF, the Aquabell is a super fishing platform, with loads of deck space, and has excellent sea manners.
 

Not all boats obviously, many have have more power. More power better economy and longer lasting engines.

TBH, it doesn't matter what "We" think. What matters is the manufacturers recommendation. And if I were you I'd be getting the vessel with the largest manufacturer recommended engine. This doesn't always equate to the highest fuel burn, because more HP means less revs so less fuel and less engine stress. 

You got me checking our boat weights now or to be a proper toff, displacements. How many hands is your horse please. 
 
So my findings are here ✏️ 
Orkadian 20
900kg
Hardy Fisher 
1000kg
Jeanneau 585
880kg
Beneteau Antares 580
1150kg
Quicksilver 580 
1150kg
The Jeanneau was in French so I might not have understood. 

What size lump should drive 900~1150kg of boat? 
 
The Orkadian and Hardy folk seems to go for 75~90 horses 🐎 
 

A what boat thread (hopefully)
Current ship: Strikeliner 16
Would like to have: 
6.1m max LOA because of daylight robbery mooring, option to sleep overnight, khazi, warmer winter (diesel heater) pilot house, speed 16-20+ knots, economyishical, £10~15k in doubloons 
Smooth brain thoughts: Hardy Fisher 20’, Orkney Orkadian 20’, Hardy Pilot 20’
East Coast fishing (Essex), so annoying short green sea chop
Anyone here been on a Orkadian 20’? Same hull as Day Angler 19’ with living room up front and small deck area behind. Told they don’t plane much (semi D) and bow rise restricts forward vision 
Trim tabs, prop woes, weight and power all get mentioned getting Orkadien and Fishers lump over the hump 
It’s a lot to ask from 20’
Strikeliner getting canopy tent fitted next month so no rush but I’m bigger boat curious, the romance of an overnight in a river and up early off to the mark
🏴‍☠️ 
 
 

So I was on the boat today, I’ve had a play with the totalscan transducer on the hull, changed position and it’s working a bit better…. I’ll see how it goes with that for now…. 🤔
Also wired up in my new tablet as second screen on deck, USB charger for customers, wireless charger on the helm, varnished insided, new rod holders…. Been a busy day 🙂 

Sounds OK, get on with it 👍
Remember Luke, regardless of what system you go for, the technology is all the same, that is the nature of the beast.
It all comes down to the way in which the GUI (graphical user interface) is presented, and ease of use, and what works for one person, might not work for another, it is mostly personal preferences and interpretation, BUT, the technology behind the screens is all the same.
 

I had an external mount Airmar 260, you might even be able to find my review on the other forum from years back which I did. At the time I was using Lowrance hds mk 3 head units. It was the worst transducer I've owned, even comparing against transducers a fraction of the cost. Side by side offshore in deep water the 260 would lose bottom and not find it again until I got back to water depths of 100m (ish). 
When it did pick up bottom in shallower depths there was no advantage in detail to what the stock standard lowrance transducer showed on screen, to be totally honest it was worse. The narrow 6 degree beam at 200khz only shows a very small footprint of the bottom, so fish would need to be directly under the beam to show on the head unit. Being such a narrow beam also means it needs to be set at the perfect angle to send and receive a signal. Even after many adjustments to get the angle spot on, rough sea's would see the signal missing the transducer on its return in deep water. Most people here go for the wider beam angle especially targeting game fish that feed on large schools of mackerel. 

Setting my 260 to 50khz for its wider beam signal meant having to drive the boat so slow that I could not pick up bottom at all at cruising speeds, unlike my Lowrances $150 transducer. I would have to know where a mark already was in deeper water then drift over it to have any chance of picking it up. Much of the time though the two head units would fail to receive any signal as the seas always have some chop and swell. Just pointing out though that the Lowrance head units are the equivalent of 600wt units and the 260 is a 1kw, however they should of been able to drive the transducer well enough. The $150 200-50khz remained my go to transducer for many years. It could pick up bottom in 600m of water and show jigs, bait rigs, small fish and large fish very well. I often see the 260 for sale on the marketplace and ebay where Ive never seen any of the wider beam transducers on the secondhand market.

There are transom mount sliding brackets which allow transducers to be raised for boats on moorings. I have used these (still do) as I run three transducers even on my 15ft boat and being able to raise big transducers out of the water when running can assist boat performance when you are racing your mates!!!!!

You may have netter luck if you are committed to getting it now.

 

Yeah, was still better than not going!!

hi mate  nice report  it looks like its hard going everywhere   at least you had a couple 🐳

The young lad who fishes with me much of the time jumped ship to fish with my daughter. Ive tried numerous was to post the short video on here without luck, so given up and just grabbed a few screen shots. Its hard to tell from these though its size, which they estimated to be around the 60-70kg which is about average on them. They are considered a pest, as like many of the ray family, put up very little action in a fight. They were chasing hounds which we eat here and managed a few of these smaller ones, however the target was to get one over 25kg.

Out searching for marlin tomorrow if the weather allows.
 


 

 

 

nice one bud its hard going at the moment  up this way   good report and pics 🐳

Oi! You're fully capable of posting a report too you know...
But yes, it was tough going. Think I'll try tying on some hooks next time.

Rule of the boat is and always has been that the guest writes the report!! 👅
 
Bet you're "bricking" it !! 

great report bud thanks for sharing 🐳

Light winds and big tides meant another trip out - met at the marina at 7am and immediately found a problem - the marina are doing work on the wall near my mates boat and they left a dingy in our way and a floating pontoon half blocking our exit -

quick rant at the harbour master (who assured we would have unrestricted access throughout the works) and they come and move it - but that took nearly an hour and with the big tide flooding rapidly to high at 9am that left us very little room under the bridge - which wasn't lifting until 10am. we chanced it and squeaked under with 6 inches to spare at the highest point!  
the day didn't get much better for me despite big tides - only managing pout and a dog. Luckily I caught more than a weekends worth last weekend - and still had fresh fish in the freezer!
Tim did better with pout, poor cod, Thornie, spotted ray, a strap and a decent +30lb eel. 
freezing cold all day - but stunning skies. 

 
(tip if you didn't know - if you suffer from cold hands wear a pair of surgical gloves under your neoprene fishing gloves - works wonders for warmth.)