mike farrants Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Captain Sensible said: 🤔 Turbot - dream fish yet to catch me too - I didnt say it worked..... 🤪... I have yet to catch one - lucky enough to fish with a mate who doesn't eat fish and took his home instead! he caught one on a simple ledger! boat fishing is very simple - all you need to do is put the bait on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: I have yet to catch one - lucky enough to fish with a mate who doesn't eat fish and took his home instead! he caught one on a simple ledger! I've only ever caught one... as bycatch when drifting for tope! Took a side of mackerel bounced along the bottom south of the IoW. Which reminds me, even when tope fishing I was using a simple running ledger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, Andy135 said: I've only ever caught one... as bycatch when drifting for tope! Took a side of mackerel bounced along the bottom south of the IoW. Which reminds me, even when tope fishing I was using a simple running ledger. Must have been a decent skipper who put you on the meat that day! GPSguru and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Must have been a decent skipper who put you on the meat that day! I would ordinarily agree with you... if we'd been targeting turbot! 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 For thornies, the yarmouth method is a twin hook affair, 30-50lb mono ( I have caught them on single 20lb amnesia before now) take a 2 ft ish length of said mono, hook each end, fold it in half and push the middle through a large swivel, then back over the other end of the swivel so it locks it all in place, then tie on to rig Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 14 hours ago, Captain Sensible said: Turbot - dream fish yet to catch We catch a few of them......... Here is one that the Grandson (Kyle is my regular crew) caught on the Skerries We never over complicate rigs on Bluefin, usually a simple single hook running ledger, and add a bit of bling when drifting for Plaice. In deep water, I often add a small luminous bead, just above the hook. However, most of my time is spent out on the wrecks with slow jigs and Red Gills. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 8 hours ago, GPSguru said: We catch a few of them......... Here is one that the Grandson (Kyle is my regular crew) caught on the Skerries We never over complicate rigs on Bluefin, usually a simple single hook running ledger, and add a bit of bling when drifting for Plaice. In deep water, I often add a small luminous bead, just above the hook. However, most of my time is spent out on the wrecks with slow jigs and Red Gills. It's easy to see where the importance lays in your photos Ian! Or is it a child security issue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 20 hours ago, JonC said: So is that like a wishbone rig? Commonplace for flatties but I never used it for roker( raja clavita for Neil) . Do you get many tangles with it spinning? Not really mate, they may even be a bit shorter. I don't think it really matters as the idea seems to be having both baited hooks together on the sea bed. I don't really see any benefit other than potential double hooking. Have caught all of mine on a single hook rig, as don't usually target skate specifically. But that is the local skate rig and it works. I see you can get shop made booms for wishbones now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 3ft snood, 60lb mono, 4/0 hooks mounted Pennel style. Use it as a running ledger or a bolt rig and it’ll be fine for rays/cod 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 16 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: It's easy to see where the importance lays in your photos Ian! Or is it a child security issue ? It is a Kyle thing, at that time he was wearing a brace for 2 years and really didn't like being photographed, but he trusted me to get it right ! Geoff and Saintly Fish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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