suzook12

Setup coming along-
GoPro 11
GoPro to std camera mount adaptors
Samsung EVOplus 512 sd card
Adobe video editing software (on trial)
Just got to dig tripod out and have a go later. Will be investigating the supposed no spark issue on a Harley I've just bought......

Ok til it means " I need you to fill my boat up so I can use it"

Finally a very short window in the weather allowed a few hours out on boxing day.
Had the in laws down for xmas and managed to get a pass for boxing day. Didn't get up early doors as didn't want to curtail any festivities - so it was down the boat for 11am armed with turkey sandwiches and a flask of coffee
Phil had a new rod and reel for his birthday back in Sept that he still hadn't christened so that was the plan - get phil a fish - any fish - he now has a very nice 8-12lb Ugly stick GX2 paired with a Penn Rival 15LW. for the inshore lighter stuff (his 30lb Penn Squadron is like a broomstick)
Plan was to drift Portlands entrances and inshore reefs with baited feathers and chuck some squid jigs over in case they were still about. 
target mackerel, Gurnards, Pollock, whiting
Rigged up Phils new rod with brand new feathers - for the best possible luck. 

 
Headed out into what was pretty much flat calm. 
was treated to flat seas and fantastic cloud patterns


but sadly not many fish and no squid. Even tried baited feathers to no avail.
Phil did manage 2 mackerel and therefore christened the rod. so that part was a sucess

 
Come 3.30pm we were losing light and headed back to the harbour - not the best fishing, but we were just glad to be out, and good to give the boat a good run
got to the pub just before dark

 
not sure when the next weather window will be - Easter maybe........

merry Christmas Pete - yes  did get out - briefly!
Happy new year all!

good luck, im in doors, sanding the van doore down then a bit more filling

Merry Xmas everyone, and may you all have a safe and prosperous new year and all your pot noodles be tasty

Merry Xmas everyone, and may you all have a safe and prosperous new year and all your pot noodles be tasty

Merry Xmas everyone, and may you all have a safe and prosperous new year and all your pot noodles be tasty

Thanks Pete, and a happy Christmas to you  and all our other forum members and readers. Geoff.🙂

Hmmm, very good action camera's with excellent footage quality, good build quality as well, however, they are notoriously unreliable from a firmware perspective, things to look out for are , overheating, freezing up whilst recording, crappy audio, audio that is not in sync with the footage, recording a split screen video, randomly turning off, turning off in temps below -3c, battery going flat when the camera is turned off (a major issue on all GoPro's), and poor battery life
Be advised that they are very microSD card fussy, generally the Samsung Evo Plus seems to work in them fine.
A lot of those issues go right back to the GoPro 3 and still haven't been fixed on the gopro 12 !
My GoPro hero 7 Black has bitten the dust, it won't turn on unless you remove and refit the battery, then it turns on and off perfect for about 30 mins before returning to its 'no turn on state', I have re-flashed the firmware numerous times, so in the bin it goes.
I will now replace mine with a DJI Osmo Action 4, but they are hard to come by at the moment, so I have got a Wolfang GA460 as a temporary measure.
You will probably be best in shooting at 4K30, and then outputting the final edit in 1080p, this will give you the best cropping and editing ability.
Software wise I mostly use Corel Video Studio Ultimate, but I also have Black Magic DaVinci, which is harder to use, but the editing facilities are mind blowing.
 
 
 

Bikes, Boats and Bits
Just about got enough projects now lol

good luck ,with your project.
 
a happy xmas to you and your son, lots of prezes.
i will be thinking of you bouth

After a long lay off, I have taken delivery of a roll of csm, 25 litres of resin, woven roving and 4 sheets of nidaplast.......
Thanks @Geoff for sorting those. 👍
Sometime soon in the new year I am starting a youtube channel, just have to get some content and learn how to edit it, had the nod from Santa that a go pro is heading my way 😉
Catch you all soon
 

Finally back on the pontoon after coppercoating and engines serviced.
just need some weather now to get out after some fish!
my merry fisher 595

Just a couple of piccys, will take some more next time we’re out. The helm one was taken at 27+ knots at 3600 revs. Well impressed so far but will take a few trips to get her how we want her. 

recently purchased a boat in the milford haven, had a few trips out with not much to report. Weather has been diabolical but did manage a trip out Saturday during a short weather window, lovely going out, less so on return!
but we did manage to find some quality fish.
boat out for some routine maintenance for about 2 weeks, hopefully they'll still be around when we get back and weather allows.
looking forward to learning more about the fishing in the area.
 

First trip out on the new boat yesterday. Club comp with 5 boats and 13 anglers out. All looking for a cod or two and all failed 🤣🤣. We fished a few marks catching dogs, straps and thornbacks but a slow day overall for all. We did manage second and third on our boat so a few quid towards the bait and fuel and really happy with the new boat. No pictures as nothing worth photographing 

Most of Bristol Channel is now suffering from cod fever and the quest to find a unicorn but I had other plans…
Lovely little weather window yesterday so had to make the most of it. Plan was to try inshore for tuna and head out to reefs to see if any life about.
Sadly no tuna showing but the reefs were alive with fish. Mainly polllack in 4-5lb class with some bigger, best going just under double figures. Also a few coalfish to 5lb as well. 
 
Managed, scad, mackerel, Ballan and cuckcoo wrasse, pollack, coalfish and pouting for the day 🙂 great fun on light gear 🙂 
Now looking to get out on Saturday 🤔

Shite

A short weather window on a big tide, so it had to be worth a go.
Launched in the dark at 07:00 with brother in law as crew. Went out to 4 different wrecks between 10 and 15 miles out and there was nobody at home, not even a Pout !
However, we did mange to lose 6 sets of gear between us, I lost 3 slow jigs, and James lost 3 sets of running booms. The sea was a tad lumpy past 10 miles, but still doable.
As we had to be back on the slip for 12:30 to catch the tide, I decided to head inshore for the last hour, at our usual bait mark near the Orestone.
On the way back in I noticed 5 boats fishing an inshore wreck (the coal boat) at 5 miles out, which is unusual, so I guessed either a) all the other wrecks were netted, or b) the fish were showing inshore.
Once on the inside of the Orestone we decided on Maccy rigs, looking for decent Mack or Whiting. The sounder was full of activity, mostly on the bottom, so we dropped the rigs. Straight away I was into a fish that was definitely not a Mack or a whiting, it was, however, a 50cm Bass. This is pretty much the way it continued for the next hour with Bass, Pollock, and Channel Mackerel. I tried small slow jigs, and also 115mm Redgills, but the only thing that would catch was the 3 string tinsel Hokkai's. I assume the Mack, Bass, and Pollock were chasing some sort of white bait, but using the livescope I couldn't identify what they were chasing.
We ended up with 12 Bass from 48 - 52cm (we kept 4), 9 Pollock of about 3 - 5 lb, and I lost count of the Mackerel, but some were very large.
After this episode I have started tying my own feathers (Tinsels) as the 'ready mades' are unreliable, we lost a good half a dozen decent fish to bad dropper knots, and snood breakage.
Sorry, but no pics this time. My GoPro has bitten the dust (they are notoriously unreliable, but give good footage), and I will replace it with a DJI Osmo Action 4, but they are like rocking horse poo at the moment, so I invested in a cheaper Wolfang GA460, and need a couple of sessions to get the hang of how to operate it efficiently. I got some footage, but it was just us going uptide on a wreck for another drift.
So, almost 45Nm, but it came good in the end. The sea was flat inshore so I fished until the last minutes then gave it beans to get back (40kts).
I am hoping to get out over the Christmas, weather permitting, and make a trip the the Skerries for some winter Turbot as there are less Plaice around to steal the baits.
Hope you all have a good Christmas.
 
 
 
 

Well, until today I haven’t been out at sea since the middle of August. The weather (mainly) and work (occasionally) had conspired to keep me landlocked with no chance of pestering, let alone catching, any fish.
At long last everything went to plan and I got out of Littlehampton on this mornings flooding tide.
By 8.45am I was four miles off in 16m of water with the pick down on some mixed ground.
Unfortunately no specimen fish took a liking to my lovely squid and lug baits though I did manage 15 nice (over 1.5lb) whiting a 4lb pollack and some straps. 
Most importantly the boat,engine and trailer all worked perfectly and I was able to enjoy a much needed day at sea.
Hopefully we will get a spell of settled weather soon so I can get out and play again.
 

bit like all thoes mirrows on a mods scuter

An early session from the rocks in Fowey this morning.

I tied on the trusty Major Craft Jigpara 20g in Zebra Glow and didn't have to wait long for the first hit, a small schoolie bass.

Next up was a decent mackerel.

and shortly after I scored a two-for-one!

Called it a day not long afterwards as the tide had started to flood and I didn't fancy being trapped on the rocks. A fun little session to start the day.