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Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 08 6:47 am Post subject:
Good luck, I hope there's plenty and a few make it round to the Sussex coast and we hope to try our hand again next week. There's been reports of gars and mackerel turning up in decent numbers so there should be a few about.

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
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Location: East Sussex

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 08 6:54 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Good luck, I hope there's plenty and a few make it round to the Sussex coast and we hope to try our hand again next week. There's been reports of gars and mackerel turning up in decent numbers so there should be a few about.

Where abouts do you usually fish off the Sussex coast? I've done lots of coarse fishing (and a bit of fly - my casting is rubbish) in the past and was thinking of having a go at trying to bash out some mackerel to put in my smoker.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 08 7:02 am Post subject:
We've only been once so there's no usually. We have found this site very useful, it has a run down of some of the best locations and frequent catch reports. https://www.sussexseafishing.co.uk/50.html

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
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Location: East Sussex

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 08 7:06 am Post subject:
Thanks for the link, I'll have a good read later. Looks like it cover west sussex more than east, so I may just have to go by trial and error.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 9:05 am Post subject:
Took the boat out last night and got seven beauties, all in a mad 5 minutes. Seeing as I was out for an hour and a half I think I need to find a way to be able to catch more on my own, maybe more feathers in a string? I have 3 at the moment so would 6 be better?

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 9:52 am Post subject:

We went to the North Wales boat show at the weekend. It wasn't exactly Earls Court and a little sparse on exhibitors which included a market stall selling towels, appropriate but somewhat out of place.

We spied these wonderful little craft https://www.marinerevolution.co.uk/av3500.htm and are seriously considering getting one.

We have a old 4m dory which we'll probably sell along to a 30HP outboard which will help finance the new boat. We only need something to potter around the inlets of Anglesey and EV is keen on mackerel fishing and it would make a great dive boat. What's great about these boats is they're very tough, light weight (if you call 100kg light) and dead easy to launch. If we fit an outboard of less than 10HP it's classified as a tender which means no launch fees. All we need is the weather!

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 10:22 am Post subject:
Looks similar to the pioner which is a good boat. You could also try terhi boats, the sea fun is £1899 and will plane with a 10hp.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 10:53 am Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Looks similar to the pioner which is a good boat.

You could also try terhi boats, the sea fun is £1899 and will plane with a 10hp.

We saw those as well. Our local boat yard is promoting them via Yamaha with a bundled deal on boat and outboard.

Choices, choices.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 10:54 am Post subject:
what was the deal?

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 10:59 am Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

what was the deal?

I don't know yet as I haven't had a chance to look at the bumph. I may go there at lunch time and see what it is. I'm trying to do this on a budget (for a new boat) and I know I'll get sucked into spending more than I want to so I'm going to take along EV with her deterent mallet. Boats and money.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 11:17 am Post subject:
Just been looking at the smartwave 3500, very tempting.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 12:50 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Just been looking at the smartwave 3500, very tempting.

What I liked about the Smartwave was the toughness and the overall impress of strength. The front cleat is a big chuck of stainless embedded firmly in the prow and look like it would take an elephant on speed to rip it out. Likewise the transom is a very chunky piece of metal looking like it could cope with 250HP rather than its rated 25HP.

The chap promoting the tehri said they were made of the same material as car bumpers but I've seen an awful lot of them shattered which didn't inspire. The Smartwave is made of polyethylene which is a thermo plastic and therefore repairable, I'm not sure what the theri's are made of. In their defence they are a well respected brand with good dealership support.

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 2:38 pm Post subject:
Mackerel at Arbroath ATM in Big shoals !

mihto

Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 3273
Location: West coast of Norway

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:22 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Took the boat out last night and got seven beauties, all in a mad 5 minutes. Seeing as I was out for an hour and a half I think I need to find a way to be able to catch more on my own, maybe more feathers in a string? I have 3 at the moment so would 6 be better?

Language problem again...what do you mean by "feathers"? When fishing from a boat we use a strong gut with red/green/yellow plastic worms which cover a hook, at intervals of ca 1 m. We use about 8-10 altogether. At the end there is a sinker.

A way to catch many mackerel in one go:

Two rather long - 5 m? bamboo sticks. On each stick you fasten thin lines of gut, approximately 2-3 m long and at an interval of 30-50 cm. At the end of each line you have a standard hook.

Fasten poles on each side of the boat and let the hooks trail in the water. Drive boat slowly. You need no bait; once you hit a shoal of mackerel they will bite on the bare hook and you take 10 fish in one go.

Question: Why do you need so many mackerel? Are you planning a canning factory?

Stewy

Joined: 17 Oct 2005
Posts: 1453
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 08 4:32 pm Post subject:
FEATHERS

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