Odyssey

This is Pippa the Skipper…. She runs the boat really 🤣🤣🤣

Some lovely hounds there 🙂 

Od advise 6in of wire if you’re after tope. 60lb won’t last long at all… or go for 200lb mono if you want to avoid wire 

On 8/16/2023 at 7:24 AM, JonC said:

@Andy135 @Saintly Fish can’t we just ban this guy for deliberately ruining our weekend then posting ‘look what you could have won’ pictures? 

Guys, I’d love to get you to wales for a weekend…. Have a think you’d be more than welcome. I’d even make sure I’d get a new joke book just for you 😉 

@DickyWe were allowed to target them 1st August. However the season usually starts early/mid Sept. 

I knew had been seen so I took a punt, got a crew and went hunting…. Can’t wait to get back out there! If the weather holds hopefully it’ll get even more numbers of fish….
 

a few more pics ⬇️ 

1 hour ago, Hoop said:

Great write up.. I did hear a while back that when Tope run inshore, they do so after the Bass and Mullet.. wonder if they'd make for decent live bait??

I’ve heard some shark anglers in south west use them as live bait…. Personally I don’t as too hard to find and I’d want to eat them 

Whoop 🙂 glad you got a toothy critter at last 🙂 

As I said on my snakes post…. I need to go fishing 🤣

8 hours ago, jonnyswamp said:

I don't know mate, it all coincides with me doing a factory reset a few weeks ago

Next time I'm down, I'll try another reset and see what happens if no-one else can help

EDIT

I could well have turned something off (or vice versa) within the plotter settings whilst fucking about with it I suppose

Sounds like you just need to do a calibration. Mine has been correct for 5 years then 3 weeks ago was out by 30deg. 
 

Quick google search, put it into calibration mode for the heading sensor/flux gate compass, you basically do a big circle at low speed and ta-da sorted 🙂 

Make sure get jam on the scones the right way round, don’t want you causing a riot down there….

A snake walks into a bar…….

……… bartender says how did you do that…..

I need to go fishing 🤣🤣🤣

Great report and pics 🙂 plus points for balancing fishing and pub, sounds like a good few days 😁

Sounds like need a bigger freezer 😁

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On 7/21/2023 at 12:19 PM, Saintly Fish said:

 

And now you see your son with a different girl on each day of the school holidays 😉 

Right! This is a point close to my heart….

Milford haven Tesco, 200l petrol into cans no problem.

5 miles away Pembroke dock Tesco, 5l max…. Rather frustrating when Tesco Milford was once 5p/l cheaper…

local independent…. 240l into cans in back of truck. Explained UN type approved and what the use was for, happy days. 
 

Pay at pump can be a pain, they hit you with a £100 limit on your card so it’s hard to get lots of fuel without having multiple cards….

Best thing to do is pop in and ask or speak to an independent or use pay at pump and max your card.

@GPSguru is exactly right about storage vs transportation of petrol. There are different rules on diesel which is why you can get an IBC delivered of the red juice but not petrol 

4 hours ago, Gordmac said:

I suppose if you get caught out in thick fog it might be handy, not really a problem in this part of the world. Surely nobody goes out if visibility is that bad, or is expected to get that bad?

The Bristol Channel can suffer from sudden onset of fog, you can be sat in baking warm sunshine and then a fog bank jusr rolls in and it’s like pea soup…

In the below photo it can give an idea. It’s of a fog bow, 2 mins after it was taken visibility went down to less than 100m…..

Welcome to the mad house 🙂 Ask away on questions, there are lots of different experiences on here and still ask questions 🙂 

Just watch out for @JDP catch reports…. He’ll soon make you want to leave our shores and head to Aus! 

Sounds like you’ve had a great weekend 🙂 

Wow you did well with a wrasse up there 🙂 

Ive heard of some nice sole coming off the foreshore, only 4-5ft of water, need a lot of rag though as lots of rays and conger about….

1 hour ago, jonnyswamp said:

About 1200 quid

Or run into a car transporter in the fog

Not just car transporters….. WAFIs and shifting sandbanks 

Sounds like heading sensor is out…. I’ve got same issue, need to look at mine to get it sorted 

Nah that’s a Hardy 24 that was converted to twin outboards, he’s based in CBYC 

Great report 🙂 nice hounds, flat seas a bass and a cute woof what’s not to like 😍🎣