GPSguru

If you were coming this way then take a good look at what Fowey and Falmouth have to offer. The fishing is generally excellent there and there are plenty of sheltered marks.

Yes, there are visitor moorings in Salcombe, Dartmouth, Brixham, Torquay, & Teignmouth. mostly the charge by the night per metre. There are 2 marinas in Dartmouth, noss and darthaven.

Yes, it needs a dedicated fuse supply from the fuse box. piggy backing is extremely bad practise, especially from a single point of failure viewpoint.

Got to agree with @JonC here. A multitool will do the job just fine, and give you a good amount of control

Sounds like a busy session with a good variety ............... Dropping the pin in exactly the right spot is always hit n miss if there is a strong tide and variable wind ............ easier for me in the RIB as the wind has less effect.

Well, today didn’t quite turn out as planned ! We launched at 9:00am and once out of the navigation channel the sea was glassy, but had a short 3 sec swell coming from 2 different directions, which has the combined effect of leaving some quite large troughs. One of the those seas that looks like 30knts, but 20knt is at least comfortable ! I pushed on out to a line of 12 mile wrecks. We tried 5 of them and didn’t get a sniff, not even a tap. Given that these wrecks were barren, at about lunch time we decided to come back in to a 9 mile wreck that always produces a fish or two, instead of pushing out further to the 20 – 30 mile wrecks, and we were not disappointed. This is a wreck that I fish a lot so I know the layout quite well. Straight away we were into Pout and I don’t know how many we had but I lost count at 40. At least the gulls were getting a good feed, as pout suffer from barotrauma and rarely swim off when they go back. We could see shoals of ‘something’ on the sounder so the wife wanted to try a string of tinsels to see if it was early Mackerel, or late Whiting. TBH, I suspect it was mini whiting or Sprat’s. The tinsels were a massive hit with the pout and she was bringing them up in two’s and three’s, with often a very small whiting on the string. The stamp of the pout was about 1.5lb with the occasional bigger fish. Using SPJ I had one of probably 3lb ish. Every method I used produced Pout …… RedGills, SPJ, and Shads The Tinsels did however make an interesting catch. Quite a rare species and only the second one I have ever had on the boat. This is normally an inshore mud dwelling fish and not something you expect to find on a wreck 9 miles out. A Red Band fish ............ The wrecks are still in late winter / early spring mode, but you have to keep trying because the Pollock, Cod, and Bass can very suddenly appear. A trip of 32Nm, but it was a very pleasant day in the warm sunshine

Yes, that is why the shoes don't fit. In the compressed position the trailer brakes are applied, via the rod and cables. You need to pull the coupling completely forward and make sure the cables are not seized. The cable equaliser should sit square. If it is pointing to one side when the coupling is forward then that side cable / brake is not moving freely. When the coupling is uncompressed there should be a 3 - 5mm gap at the coupling end that operates the rod. Effectively, right now, even with the adjusters backed off, it still thinks the brakes are on, therefore the drums wont fit ..............

200 x 50 shoes. Used by indespension, Ifor williams, and a whole host of others. 2050 & 2051 shoes are the same, so I doubt they are wrong. But, something is not right ............ is the adjuster backed hard off ? Are the shoes centralising ? And most of all, have you fitted the auto reverse cam correctly ? ......... if you haven't, the shoes will be in the reverse braked position and the drum will not fit.

You could do the following, which will allow you to use it during the summer season, however, I cannot condone this method, but lots of people do it. Take the engine off and make a large Ali, or stainless plate for the outside of the transom. The plate needs to lip over the top of the transom and cover all 4 engine mounting holes by at least 50mm ................ then make a similar plate (not lipping over the transom) for the inside. That will allow you to do the job properly next winter.

No, no, & no. Yes, the rot will affect all the transom which is often made of 2 x 18mm ply panels bonded together. The only way forward is to cut out the inner skin of the transom, either cut or lift the gunnels, and then take out the old transom panel. Make a new panel from 2 x 18mm ply (resin bonded together) and then re fibre glass the inner skin. Usually when the transom is rotten the floor is rotten as well, but that is only a few stringers and some plywood.

Yes, on the port side all 8 - 15's with charter specials ............ on the starboard side is the jigging rods and a 12 -20 The wife will be gilling, so after a break off , I just pick up another ready rigged rod .............

I was going to suggest that it is the wrong shoes. What axle have you got ? .......Alko, Knott, BPW ? . if it is indespension it is probably a mix of all of them !

Why not just get frozen peeler from Andy's baits (Baits R Us) ?

We have had the Jeep since new, but although very reliable, it is showing its age now............

Nah ......... I tend to cruise at 25knts, which is about 3500rpm ............ so about one and half hours steam out to 30 miles ......... About 30 mins or so, out to the 12 mile wrecks

Your report at the weekend reminded me of a wreck near to where you were that isn't fished much, but has been more than kind to me over the years, it is about 35miles out. I will probably start on the 12 mile wrecks then go out to the 30mile wrecks if the sea state looks OK.

Anything that you dunk in sea water on a regular basis without washing it afterwards is always going to be an issue. My trailer has a hub wash system that flushes the brakes with a hose. This seems to prolong the life of the brake internals quite considerably.

Yank trailers have electric brakes. But yes, the brakes have to be over-run in the UK, via a damped coupling.

You have answered your own question. When I was in Oz once I had a super inner ear infection that had me vomiting for 24 hours and I couldn't stand up without falling over for nearly a week. The consultant ant Brisbane hospital went to great lengths to explain to me what was happening, and hew likened it to seasickness. Apparently, if the signal from your eyes, differs to the signal from your inner ear, then your body thinks you are ill and takes the appropriate action, which is how seasickness works. So ....... if you look to the horizon and keep part of the boat cabin in your view, then the movement of the inner ear and the movement of the eyes matches, and your body will go back to normal pretty quickly. BTW: I have never suffered sea sickness, and I have been on some extremely rough ferry crossings over the years.

Just finished getting everything ready for tomorrow, I just need to nip into Tesco's in the morning and fill up with fuel. If the weather holds on the midnight forecast, and the sea is as forecast, then I will be looking at the 30 miles wrecks. I am hopeful that the neap tide might produce a few fish. For me, it will be a SPJ day, so just checked the jigs and have about 30 on board ranging form 80g to 250g If the sea is shite in the morning, then it will be plan B, which is bait fishing on the mudstone ledge.

From bitter experience, FFS get your feck’in vision fixed asap. The difference just having my right eye fixed is incredible, You sometimes just don't realise how bad your eye sight is. If you dont want specs, then contacts are very good these days. TBH, I use specsavers as locally their opticians have got a very good reputation. They saved by daughters eyesight when a live virus vaccine splashed into her eye. They did everything right and the hospital did the rest.

That is a fall control lever. The jiggers are indexed star drag. I might stick with maxels as I very much prefer lever drag.

When it goes wrong at sea, it escalates very quickly. Take advice from a seasoned boat owner, who will check your boat and gear. Ask a seasoned boat owner to go out with you for the first couple of trips. spend time practising close quarters boat control in flowing water. Make a check list for each time you go out or launch. Learn the ‘rules of the road’ and rigidly stick to them. Learn about weather, swell, swell timing, wind, and learn to take into account tide direction and wind.

To comply with UK construction and use the brakes have to be completely mechanically operated. As I understand it, currently there are no approved UK disk brakes for trailer use, however, this is about to change as a new disc braked Aluminium axle has been manufactured and is currently going through all the approval procedures. There are a couple of manufacturers in the Netherlands that do disc braked trailers, also with oil filled hubs, and quite pricey. These are able to be used in the UK because they are TUV approved.

Matt usually does well, long before he was a charter skipper he used to fish those wrecks on his red warrior 175 (Piranha). Yes that is what I do on my boat, cast a little uptide, but not too far otherwise you can't control the descent. 23lb is a big fish for this time of the year, the usual stamp is about 12 - 15lb.