Odyssey

Not me, Sunday only doable day but big tides and I’m busy in eve so weekend off and get shark gear ready 🤩🤩🤩

On 5/5/2023 at 1:50 PM, Saintly Fish said:

I keep mine together then lay them out in the wheel house when not on the boat. When we are on the boat they all go in the roof mounted holders and in the gunwale mounted ones too. 
 

like this...

 

and this....

I’m the same. Rods get stored inside once they’ve had a wash. They sit on top of seats so can air dry, then get racked on the roof going out. Far less salt spray up there than on deck so that’s where everyone else’s rods go…. Deck mounted rod holders 🙄

On 5/2/2023 at 10:02 PM, Josh said:

*Back in the day of disposable cameras 

Nice jumper 😉 

Cracking pollack too 🙂 

20lb mono for uptiding. Some prefer braid but I find it’s tangles too easily…

For downtiding I use the cheapo eBay stuff, 20lb is thin, works well in deep water (400ft). 

benefit is doesn’t matter if needs changing after getting frayed etc 

Cracking pollack 🙂 beats west wales ones for sure 🤣

A mate had an 18lber out of Plymouth on the weekend.

As for the sharks, at least you were in the right place and hopefully hook up soon 🙂 

15 minutes ago, Josh said:

Well done @Herbs73

Always found hardbacks superior when hound fishing  @JonC

its live and it generally won’t get gobbled by a doggie win win

Hardbacks work a treat 🙂 Inused to use squid too. If they are around in numbers they’ll eat most things. 
 

I do wish hounds would grow to like 80-90lb…. They offer an awesome scrap for size of fish….

48 minutes ago, JonC said:

Yeah I sort of got the impression that you was keen, what I was getting at was that I hope it doesn’t become a chore when you start taking paying customers out. I hate working for the public, I often find them to be idiots. 
Im guessing that it won’t be your main source of income so you won’t be under the pressure that a skipper with strap on a £250k  boat is under. 

I’ve got full time work as well, but I love my fishing 🙂 So yes it’s not a full time thing

6 hours ago, JonC said:

Well done Luke @Odyssey . 
I hope that you can keep your passion for it once money gets involved, most charter skippers seem to be miserable fuckers that don’t seem interested in the fishing anymore. 

Pfff no chance of that…. I’ve been fishing for 33 of my 39 years…. I couldn’t sleep on Saturday night as I was off fishing the next day 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Pip the Skip would be a hit with @Andy135 she’s more interested in dogfish…. 🤣

Hopefully training new skipper Saturday and then a day on the reefs Sunday 🙂 

Monday maybe car shopping 😬😬😬

Great report but watch out in case your boat gets jealous 😮🤣

https://www.findafishingboat.com/rodman-1100-fisher/ad-129846
 

Needs new electronics but if you can get the engines working and get it back to U.K. would make a lovely boat…. 

On 4/20/2023 at 12:21 PM, JDP said:

Just a few screenshots from my last time in the water. I did get a little underwater footage of Risso dolphins but the fact they were around 30m away didn’t show them up to well. My daughter missed out filming a good sized tiger shark, thinking she had turned on her head mounted GoPro, while in fact she’d turned it off!!!!!

The blue water is the view looking down into the deep water beyond the continental shelf, staring down watching beams of light makes shapes and colours is extremely relaxing for me.

The other fish on shallow reefs is what most of any shallow structures look like around my area. Often these shallow reefs will have large schools of pelagic species and plenty of sharks feeding on them. 
 

I’m skippering a couple of lads on the weekend for a spearfishing comp, so most likely won’t get chance for a swim myself.

This is a bit of a boredom post, having had a quiet day of doing Bugger all.

 

 

 

 

 

Looks just like the Bristol Channel that. I’m sure @jonnyswamp and @Dicky would agree 🤣🤣🤣

cracking pics 🙂 

Good choice of food there 🙂 reminds of my winter trips, a lot of eating with a touch of fishing 🤣🤣🤣

18 hours ago, Andy135 said:

Those were the days! Not all of that stuff has passed the test of time though but Darude was a particular favourite of mine. Binary Finary was another good one.

@GPSguru, if he likes that genre, tell him to give Lost Frequencies a listen. Similar but better.

Sounds like we need a new thread of trance/dance classics for @GPSguru grandson 🤔😆

9 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

Takes me back to my GCSE years…. 
 

Artbat is one he may want to consider…. 
 

 

And Ian Van Dahl….. Paul Oakenfold etc…. Those were days 🤣🤣

1 hour ago, GPSguru said:

Well, the Grandson is cursing me for introducing him to 20 yr old dance music, he told me 'Justified and ancient' has been going around his head for days 🤣

He was telling me his mates really like the music and he wanted some more to take on board. I have been told off for turning him into a pill popper 🙄🤣

I know that these will bring back memories for both @Andy135 and @Saintly Fish

 

 

 

 

Then we have the @JonC music

 

Takes me back to my GCSE years…. 
 

Artbat is one he may want to consider…. 
 

Folding grapnel work a treat, 2kg and a bit of chain and you’ll be fine 🙂 

It’ll be fine 🙂 Keep a spare tank with you if you’re worried but once you’ve used say half a tank, top it up and all will be well 🙂 

I’m struggling to get out on mine….. life is getting in the way 😞 

Didn’t get out…. Next opportunity is the Bank holiday weekend as next weekend I’m car shopping….

Maybe Sunday…. Depends on swells…. Fishing starting to pick up here 🙂 

When the wheelie bin melts you know it’s the right strength 🤣🤣