GPSguru

Fished of coral today some nice cod up to 9.5 lb loads of big blondes up to 20 lb and the usual dogs, when I came through lock gates nearly every boat had decent size cod to 12 lb haven’t seen so many cod in years tight lines

Your not going to get a mako anchored in a car park are you @iowspence?

Feel better soon Ian. 

Since I retired almost 10 years ago the medics have found that I have a hyper active immune system, which caused my colitis. But a side effect is that it makes me highly resistant to antibiotics, so they give me steroids to slow down the immune response.
I would love to be fishing tomorrow, but it would unfair on my grandson kyle if I was taken ill. At 14 years old he is almost 6ft tall and has a very old and wise head on young shoulders, but a big ask to look after the boat and me !
 

On a serious note, hope you have a swift recovery 🤞👍

Sounds like all that fast living and fast women are catching up with you GPS... 😉

Hmm ......... your list is not complete Spence .................
The short finned Mako Shark, (better known as the Mako skark, is closely related to the porbeagle and can lift its body temperature to higher than the water it is swimming in.
I have caught Mako's (NOT in thUK) and they are nasty unpredictable barstewards (a bit like a few on here 🤣🤣🤣) .............. so I reckon they are related to Congers !!!!!!

You have probably done enough for the moment, however, a detailed visual inspection of the engine and keeping both the engine and engine bay very clean  will show up potential faults quicker when you have that last look in the engine bay before you leave the boat ................

Anything that makes @Saintly Fish squirm gets my vote 🤣👍

Only in France, never, ever, never in the UK ! ............. does @iowspence still fish for mudpigs ?
 

Nah Andy ............. fly fishing is something that has never appealed to me ....................and I have at least 2 Fly lakes right on my doorstep ...............
My fishing is pretty much just boat fishing in the UK, with maybe an estuary shore session probably once or twice a year ............
In France (we go there for 3 weeks at  time under more normal circumstance) I tend to fish the rivers, mainly for Carp, but you also get the enviable Catfish. I can assure that a near 50lb River common Carp really pulls your string ..................I reckon maybe another 12 months before I can do that again ................
 
 

Oh dear... sound the alarm chaps! We have another carp dangler in our midst!! @Saintly Fish, now's your chance to press the big red button 🤣👍.

The Green or Luminous gummi makks (they look yellow) , baited with a side of mack works .................. we use the Red Gummi Makks for Pollock and never get Ling, just lot of decent Pollock and shed loads of Pout (spinners).
You need to rig your own gummi makks as the pre-rigged sets don't have heavy enough traces to avoid a bite off from the ling ..............
Funny incident last season .......... my wife is not keen on fishing Red Gills or shads , as it is too much like hard work, so she always fishes Red 6/0 Gummi makks on a string of three .............. it was fun watching her struggle with what she thought was a whopper ........... on the string was a 18lb Pollock, a 14lb Pollock, and a large pout ! ....... I told her it was extreme fluff chucking !

The Green or Luminous gummi makks (they look yellow) , baited with a side of mack works .................. we use the Red Gummi Makks for Pollock and never get Ling, just lot of decent Pollock and shed loads of Pout (spinners).
You need to rig your own gummi makks as the pre-rigged sets don't have heavy enough traces to avoid a bite off from the ling ..............
Funny incident last season .......... my wife is not keen on fishing Red Gills or shads , as it is too much like hard work, so she always fishes Red 6/0 Gummi makks on a string of three .............. it was fun watching her struggle with what she thought was a whopper ........... on the string was a 18lb Pollock, a 14lb Pollock, and a large pout ! ....... I told her it was extreme fluff chucking !

We normally find Ling in the deeper water, mainly on wrecks that are over 180 ft deep ...............
They put up an excellent fight, but rarely can you return them as they 'blow' (barotrauma) easily.
You can fish those wrecks all day with lures and never see a Ling (but get plenty of Pollock).......... put on some baited feathers or even just a baited hook (fillet of Mack) on a simple running ledger  and you will soon find the Ling, they are always the first fish to the bait, even quicker than pout ...............  you need a heavy trace as they have some serious teeth ...........an average fish is 15lb - 20lb, my biggest is 34lb ...............
 

The Green or Luminous gummi makks (they look yellow) , baited with a side of mack works .................. we use the Red Gummi Makks for Pollock and never get Ling, just lot of decent Pollock and shed loads of Pout (spinners).
You need to rig your own gummi makks as the pre-rigged sets don't have heavy enough traces to avoid a bite off from the ling ..............
Funny incident last season .......... my wife is not keen on fishing Red Gills or shads , as it is too much like hard work, so she always fishes Red 6/0 Gummi makks on a string of three .............. it was fun watching her struggle with what she thought was a whopper ........... on the string was a 18lb Pollock, a 14lb Pollock, and a large pout ! ....... I told her it was extreme fluff chucking !

Need the weather.....

The Green or Luminous gummi makks (they look yellow) , baited with a side of mack works .................. we use the Red Gummi Makks for Pollock and never get Ling, just lot of decent Pollock and shed loads of Pout (spinners).
You need to rig your own gummi makks as the pre-rigged sets don't have heavy enough traces to avoid a bite off from the ling ..............
Funny incident last season .......... my wife is not keen on fishing Red Gills or shads , as it is too much like hard work, so she always fishes Red 6/0 Gummi makks on a string of three .............. it was fun watching her struggle with what she thought was a whopper ........... on the string was a 18lb Pollock, a 14lb Pollock, and a large pout ! ....... I told her it was extreme fluff chucking !

The Green or Luminous gummi makks (they look yellow) , baited with a side of mack works .................. we use the Red Gummi Makks for Pollock and never get Ling, just lot of decent Pollock and shed loads of Pout (spinners).
You need to rig your own gummi makks as the pre-rigged sets don't have heavy enough traces to avoid a bite off from the ling ..............
Funny incident last season .......... my wife is not keen on fishing Red Gills or shads , as it is too much like hard work, so she always fishes Red 6/0 Gummi makks on a string of three .............. it was fun watching her struggle with what she thought was a whopper ........... on the string was a 18lb Pollock, a 14lb Pollock, and a large pout ! ....... I told her it was extreme fluff chucking !

A mate, who used to fish for Ireland, swears by luminous green jellyworms/grubs above a mackerel bait and it certainly works for him.  I use hot orange gummi macks for the pollack and rarely get ling

Good eating on a ling. same family as the cod etc 

Very sad,  but I am very pleased to hear that it worked out OK for you in the end, that's what really matters. Geoff.

I go for mixed myself, but I have a preference for toffee....
So who else thinks diesels are rubbish 🤔😉😂

Agree....
Now a nice set of outboards.... (gets popcorn ready for the petrol vs diesel scrap) 🤣

Tonights  music.