Herbs73

I’ve not been with him before, my mate goes with him a lot and catches a lot of big tope and bass so I’m hoping for a good trip. He doesn’t waste time feathering for mackerel like other skippers he goes to billingsgate on the day and get fresh mackerel so we get more fishing time. Probably best that I don’t log his marks on my navionics app then, could make for an awkward atmosphere.

Galloper with Scott Belbin, I’ll tell him (I’m sure he already knows) to stay clear of your marks. Might be a good idea if you sent me a list of your marks that way we can make sure we always avoid them ?

Out on a charter boat for tope on Sunday from Brightlingsea. Looks like the wind is dropping off just in time.

It’s definitely the latter for me. I have a mark that always produces better smoothounds on the down tide and I have no idea why. We still catch fish there on the up just not as many and generally smaller. My mate fishes the same mark and says the same. If I knew why I think I could waste less time trying marks and moving about. I also don’t generally fish in deep water.

So I’m trying to get my head around why fish are in certain marks at certain times. I have marks that I know fish better on the ebb or the last 2 hours of the flood for example but why ? I assume it’s to do with the strength of the tide but and topography of the seabed. But is anybody able to work out a mark by knowing how say smoothounds feed and looking at a chart and saying that should fish well 3hrs down at on such a tide with this wind direction etc ? Or do we just all go out and trial and error, slowly build up knowledge without really understanding how fish decide where they want to be.

It’s one of your marks

That’s the plan, I set him up with his own road and fixed spool, he was baiting up and casting himself so he feels more accomplishment when he catches a fish

Trinivante is or was from round our way in essex. I’ve not seen her for a while. I worked with a guy on offshore wind farms who crewed on her. Lovely looking boat.

So headed out today from Brightlingsea, the easterly wind meant we couldn’t go out too far, so tried out some banks off St.Oysth, It was pretty slow but I managed a 2.5lb bass and several half pounders on light tackle and then it really chopped up so we moved back to Brightlingsea creak and anchored up in 10ft of water, where I got a lovely 6lb skate which went like fuck on light tackle, I actually thought it was a bass for a while. Step son no5 (who was lathered in factor 50 after recently burning stepson no4 to a crisp) caught a nice 3.5lb skate. My cousin perfected his skills in missing bites all in all a windy amd slow days fishing but very pleasant none the less.

Your just a big meanie

Not yet,

Sticks are up in the wheel house.

I’m right handed and have the rod in my left and crank with the right with a multi and do the opposite with a fixed spool. This is definitely the way.

If you’ve got a chilly Willy get a Willy warmer

Do you find frozen hermits any good ? Frozen peeler I find good but not had much success with frozen hermits. I’ve asked a fisherman in Brightlingsea if he can get me live ones and he reckons there’s not many crabs out there at all. He cites the “beast from the east” as the culprit. I went peelering 2 weeks ago and 2 of us managed to find a grand total of 3 in an hour and half so there’s definitely something going on.

I’ll look them up cheers

Anyone know of a supplier of peeler/hermits ? there seems to be a shortage at the moment. tia

Will do

Stickers have arrived, 👍👍👍

Thanks buddy, I’ll wear them with pride

Haha, I’ll amend it, definitely bad parenting, in my defence we didn’t think the sun was that strong and I’m not burnt at all. I’ll take the 2 awards though as I rarely ever win anything. Do I get some sort of prize ? Maybe a gift token or car sticker ?

Went out yesterday with my stepson, ha a mixed bag of dogfish, thornbacks and smoothounds. Main thing is my stepson enjoyed the day catching smoothounds. Although I probably should hVe given him some sun tan lotion.

I i do the same

I find braid gives better bite detection and hooking, my Cousin fished with mono the weekend and I completely out fished him, the only difference was i had braid.