Fishing - Anybody doing any ?

cainer said:
got to go to bed soon... pick an evening high tide next time Nick :( :p
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High tide is mid day! ;)

Also tried spinning reel + 10lb mono + 8/9 fly rod with the smaller lures (i.e. the 7 & 10oz tobies) .. out performs the little spinning rod when casting so that's coming along instead..
 
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Fished Brighton marina east arm with NickK today, arrived around 06:30 to a flat calm sea,
i caught 5 of these..

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then 4 Plaice, 1st up was a double shot (34cm + 33cm) followed by a 24cm and a 20cm (legal limit is 28cm)

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then a Gurnard at the very end of the day..

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EDIT: il add some more detail later.. need beer/food. @ NickK only got home after 6pm, M3 was closed so all the roads were jammed :/
not sure if the 24cm was a plaice looking at the pic
 
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Twas a grand day.. the sun shining.. the wind blowing from the north over the top of the wall.. many thanks cainer for driving.

I will be honest - I blanked (other than a starfish).

I was thinking more predator fish/squid.. reality was that it was a day of little fish caught using smaller hooks..

Mackerel tonight... then plaice tomorrow (already gutted and prepped). Surprised me the blighter was still alive when I put him in the sink!! A quick sharp blade to the brain dispatched him.
 
cainer said:
bit of bad angling from me there :/
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Reading up on the web they're a bit tough to dispatch. However I think that's because people assume that their brain is between their eyes.. however their skull twists during growth but the main parts of the anatomy stay the same:

http://www.bogleech.com/flatfish.html

The brain is not between the eyes as such, so best flip them over and trace the backbone line to locate the brain which is closer to the boney ridges than between the eyes. It doesn't help that the top side naturally gets some armour from the gill plates.

There's documented survival up to 10 hours out of water. As they don't have enough mass/stiffness to dispatch they need a priest to stun and bled out. Alternatively a bait/fillet knife to the brain.
 
cainer said:
not sure if the 24cm was a plaice looking at the pic
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it was a Flounder!, surprised i didnt notice it was different from the Plaice at the time tbh.
im itching to get back down there again already, if we'd both fished with lug worm all day with small aberdeen hooks im sure we'd have caught a load between us
 
Lovely weather yesterday, lovely weather today.. so I finally got around to washing down the rods and equipment (including WD40ing the guides).. only to have a 5 minute deluge rain shower out of the blue. So it's now not only the rods that are soaked and clean again..
 
weathers looking pretty good for mon/tues next week, still the same NE breeze so the sea will be flat calm, high tides at 3:18pm mon, 4:10pm tues, might go back for another go at the Plaice, its a small tide though so worms might not be available :/ (il only go if i can get some worms)
 
cainer said:
weathers looking pretty good for mon/tues next week, still the same NE breeze so the sea will be flat calm, high tides at 3:18pm mon, 4:10pm tues, might go back for another go at the Plaice, its a small tide though so worms might not be available :/ (il only go if i can get some worms)
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You could try some Isome worms such as berkley gulp. Once you've finished for the session you just bung them back into the liquid to recharge.

Probably a good idea to have some in reserve for times of no live bait.
 
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think il phone the tacklebox on sunday, if they have some worms and will hold onto some for me overnight il go down on monday, arrive for 7am when shop opens and leave at high tide ~3:15pm to beat the rush hour traffic home
latest weather for brighton, still N/NE wind so it'l be nice and sheltered..
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Damn it ... tempting ... and she's just walked in.... with my birthday pressie.. which I can't open but may be allowed to open for monday...

So she's ok with monday :D :D but I have some things I have todo to ensure I have the time :)
 
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The Mrs said if I can guess the birthday present I can have it early.. as it may be useful for monday.

So I am the proud owner of an Icefox 1080P HD waterproof camera (30m) :D so next time I have it available for recording footage on the boat and it can be lowered down at the marina :D
 
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The Mrs said if I can guess the birthday present I can have it early.. as it may be useful for monday.

So I am the proud owner of an Icefox 1080P HD waterproof camera (30m) :D so next time I have it available for recording footage on the boat and it can be lowered down at the marina :D
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nice, it'l give me something to put on my youtube channel ive just created :D
 
What's nice about the model is that it has a LCD display built in. So you don't need to mess around with SD cards read into phones or laptops etc - immediate feedback.

Considering using an extending aluminium pole for the initial test.
 
Garden Pond-o-vision..

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Screenshot from the 1080P video.. not finished playing with it yet..
 
looking good, with the wind this last week being all N/NE the water down the marina should have good clarity, fingers crossed they have some worms

EDIT: will have to be home for 5:30pm as my lil sis has booked a table at the beefeater for 6pm... mums birthday

EDIT: Lug worms reserved at the Tackle shop, roll on monday :D
 
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Man I suck at shore angling.. 3 rods and second blank session.

Thank you cainer for driving again :)

I had a look at the camera footage - it's greener than a green thing. Not surprising that fit can't find jack at the moment.. there must be about 2-3foot max visibility.
 
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