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Was that a bit of high sticking or just a poor quality rod, bent butt rods make it hard for clients to high stick. You would think the reels drag setting would stop any failure of the rod unless it was either of what I mention. Lucky it was an acid wrap or the line could of most likely broke where the rod had on the rough edge, which may of ended up with the fish dragging the teaser bar bar and line. Are you not using circles on the sharks, or did this one get a circle hooked deep somehow. Incredible to see watts on offer back there in terms of fishing.

Fantastic, getting more than us.The bluefin pushed too far offshore at our part of the coast, some never got a crack at them. Unfortunately they were in range of the foreign long liners though.

Weekend looks like more bad weather, lucky I squeezed a couple of hours in yesterday, though even that ended with a nose dive into a large swell and both bilge pumps running!!!!!

There's often around 50 anglers fishing that platform, all targeting game fish. Fish of around 100kg are often taken back up the cliff whole, something this size I doubt would have gone up in one piece. However it's also common for the lads to get friends with trailer boats to come around from the near by boat ramp and tow fish back to the boat ramp. Ive never fished the areas from land but do tow my boat up there. Most boat anglers are obviously aware of the people fishing from the rocks and allow enough space incase anyone has something big on and also incase they get called over by crazy waving anglers needing assistance. Personally I would put money on that fish being taken back by boat in order to get it weighed officially to make the record claim it's taken. There are videos of people catch and release fish from this spot. As mentioned there are often very many people fishing the spot, who work together when something is hooked like this. There are spots here where the angler will stay higher above the water while others will go lower on the platform to gaff or release fish just like bringing a fish boat side. The water is very deep from the steep ledges, ropes are used a fair amount. Fish are estimated of weight without needing to brought from the water just like on a boat and just like from a boat, some are kept to eat. It's not for me, far to hectic and time consuming. Most marlin we hook in the boat are released under 15mins thanks to boat work. The guys on the rocks have already committed to catch and kill most of the time before they leave home.

These are common and not commercially targeted, They are fast growing and reproduce quickly, unlike many of the species you have around the UK. Most people don't keep them as they are so much work to get rid of. We normally keep the odd one and share it among friends, or if someone else gets one we will have a a steak or two from it. They don't go to waste for sure.

Just saw this posted on social media from a well known rock platform just north of where I live. Wouldn't like to drag this back up the cliff to the car!!!!!

That's very good performance, about what I got from a Suzuki DF140 on a far smaller boat. I found my Suzuki engines to very quite, surprised you are finding it noisy. I sea trialled a Df 100 a few months ago and was impressed how smooth and quiet it was even at 6000rpm, however that was on a 15ft centre console, so didn't have to work very hard to push that boat along. Sorry, don't know any good chandlers, there were a few on the Isle of Wight where I used to live but moved to the other side of the world now. I do have a full hydraulic steering set as a spare which came as part of a package deal with an engine I bought a few months ago but the postage would be way to much to send to the UK.

How old is the df 100 ? make sure you regularly pay attention to the powerhead anodes as they normally need replacement around 12 months whether you have put many hours or not on the motor. The plugs also have a short life compared to other outbounds, expect to get around 100hrs from them. Fitting hydraulic yourself isn't to hard, Ive done it and Im far from mechanical. Post some performance figures when you get out on it and take note of the max rpm the engine reaches and prop size and pitch as its a big looking boat for a small engine, so correct prop size will be very important.

I was sent it to test from a manufacturer in Norway and it seems to work very well. There are three flavours, where this one caught all the fish and other fish species I didn't keep. The snapper have been very quiet to catch lately, to the point I caught more using this yesterday than my daughter has in her last three charters. Normally I don't use any of these products as I like the fact lure fishing is so clean not having to handle bait but this turned what I believe would of been a no action day into a quality catch. In regards to the species, some call them red snapper, some pink snapper but really they aren't snapper at all but more part of the bream family.

Wow some big fat cod there, such an awesome place to fish.

What depth are you fishing 30 miles out as your jig heads look quite small. Its not just the air in the swim bladder, Ive seen studies where small air bubbles cause brain haemorrhaging and a slow death in some released fish, do you know if these have been studied in regards to survival rates. Looks like an awesome trip. Love the fact he has a big aircon unit for the cab.

Gave the boat some exercise and brought home a few meals. All soft plastic work in 65m of water.

She has a waterproof smartwatch, she was wearing a waterproof jacket with waterproof phone pockets. She's not to good at listening to parental advice though 🫣

You would think, however the charging port isn't. She's gone through three in 12 months and doesn't seem to learn. She was wearing a waterproof jacket with sealed pockets but won't put her phone in those pockets as it takes to long to get it out. Myself and the other young lad avoided getting into that situation, however my daughter seems to have very little sense in regards to safety, how ever many times things happen to her.

Tried a different spot this evening, which didn't end well for my daughter!!!!! Big swell had us pushed up against the cliff where my daughter copped a couple of big waves soaking her from head to toe, another $1500 iPhone killed. I still managed a couple of salmon but had to drop down to an outfit with 10lb braid to get enough casting range in the wind. Most likely head back to the the first place we fished again tomorrow evening until the swell backs down, currently over 3m.