Long shot - but anyone in England fancy a fish this weekend?
Submitted by dkonig82 on Mon, 2014-06-09 21:46
Long shot I know, but I'm in London at the moment and look like I'll have 2 spots free on a charter out of Eastbourne jigging the wrecks on Saturday.
2 of my friends just cancelled. Will be testing out some Temple Reef and JM gear on the local species.
If you are in town and keen to get involved, please drop me a PM.
Cheers,
Dan
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JohnF
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A few blokes in Perth
A few blokes in Perth keen......
Hows it going mate?
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
dkonig82
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Yeah mate going pretty well.
Yeah mate going pretty well. Don't want to jinx myself (probably just have) but looks like we might finally get a low-wind weekend over here.
Last 6 trips have all been cancelled due to wind, so will be great to get out.
Just got back from Thailand testing out the JM Arrester 630 baitcasters. Will put up a report later today.
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Codhead
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My Pommie Mates may be Keen
Hey Dan, I have some Pommie mates who need to practice their jigging technique. I will get them to PM you if they are free
The gods do not deduct from mans allotted span the hours spent in fishing
Ben Derecki
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dk where are you heading out
dk where are you heading out from mate? I've got a mate in Southampton that I'll get in touch with, can you PM me your email addy if you're heading out in that direction?
dkonig82
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Hey BenBoat sails from
Hey Ben
Boat sails from Eastbourne - which is like 85-90 miles from Southampton.
So not super close - but around the same distance as I'm driving (it's 80miles from my place).
Drop me a PM if they are interested.
Cod - no worries, let me know.
Dan
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Ben Derecki
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Ta mate, will let you know.
Ta mate, will let you know.
Ben85
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just out of interest, what
just out of interest, what species are you likely to catch on jig over there. I didn't think they had anything worthy of catching apart from a few trout?
fishy fingers
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in the north sea?
Cod, pollack, Ling, coalfish, conger eel all very nice on the tooth. we were fishing with over Jigs 30 years ago there before they where even heard of over here only we called them pirks and consited of a bit of chrome pram frame filled with lead a trebble on one end and a split ring on the other about 200 to 300 long and 20 to 25 thick.
very sccusessful way of fishing for the above species
derek
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you just took me back 40
you just took me back 40 years to Whitby, doing exactly that
fishy fingers
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ooooh yeah!
went out from whitby many times, we used to go with a skipper who had a bad habbit of going through your lunch box and helping himself.....nobody cared when they where going home with heaps of cod yumyum!
dkonig82
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Yeah fishy fingers has nailed
Yeah fishy fingers has nailed it.
I'll be fishing primarily for cod, but there is likely to be some bycatch. Pirks are still getting used over here, and unscented soft plastics are taking off.
What I haven't seen used though are demersal jigs. It might be that the cod aren't interested in them, but I plan to find out this weekend! Going to be fishing different gear to everyone else on the boat I suspect, so I'll either clean up and convert a few anglers to jigs, or be licking my wounds by the end of the day and investing in some pirks :-)
Though in my experience there aren't many fish in the ocean that can resist a 180gr caprice or an FCL Labo SLZ!
Dan
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
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fishy fingers
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Eddystone eels
when I lived there we also used eddystone eels they where the first soft plastics used more like bait than retreiving a lure ie let it waft in the current but killers on the bottom fish and others
dkonig82
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Yeah mate it is still those
Yeah mate it is still those eel things.
Except the ones that are popular now are called Sidewinder sand eels. Otherwise I think they are the same
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
fishy fingers
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yeah those too
they had those 30 odd years ago too, they probably still use the paternoster rigs made out of stiff brass wire, stiff to keep out from the line and two or three booms on it....heany stuff hey! if you can see one of those put up a pic and give everyone a laugh!!!still they worked there!
davetherod
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I wish !!
coming out to Perth in March next year. Cant wait to do a bit of warm weather fishing. But will have to make do with Rays and Bass if I am lucky!
Ben Derecki
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Sorry dk my mate is in the
Sorry dk my mate is in the middle of the Nth Sea atm and won't be back in time.
Hope you fill the boat hey
dkonig82
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Yeah no worries - with the
Yeah no worries - with the weather looking the way it is, I'm sure the skipper will fill the spots!
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Ben Derecki
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How did the trip go mate?
How did the trip go mate?
dkonig82
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Hey BenWas as good as could
Hey Ben
Was as good as could be expected given the wind which whipped up.
Will try post a report up later today.
Dan
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.