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Fishing - Anybody doing any ?
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I'm taking snorkelling gear so using that to scope out an area is a great suggestion.
I'll have rubber soled sandals for clambering around.
What I'd like to do is find a relatively unspoiled area, like you mentioned, and have some fun catching smaller fish. The south east coast looks quite unpopulated, though I'd have to go right around the bay.
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Bali update:
Our hotel has a section of beach and to the left is a keyhole gap in the surrounding reef that hotel pleasure boats use as a channel to get out past the reef. It is here that the locals congregate to fish.
I got out there early one morning when dawn coincided with low tide, and had an hour spinning some soft plastic lures. Didn't catch anything, but had a follow right to my feet before the fish turned away. I also had a hit on a diving lure, again right by my feet, and the fish jumped up out of the water as it struck the lure, but alas no hook up. Had trebles been fitted, I might have hooked into it. I did see a blue starfish when walking back to the hotel.
There are little man made outcrops nearby with a pergola, and I did an hour at high tide because I'd seen some small reef fish round them when snorkeling.
Again, no fish caught, but I did get the tails bitten off 2 of my smallest soft lures
Yesterday I took a fast boat to Nusa Lembongan island, a small island next to the larger island of Nusa Penida.
From here I went out on a small fishing boat with Manu, a fisherman native to the island. He took me about 3km offshore into 200m of water and I caught 2 bluefin tuna, one of about 7lb and another of about 4lb.
The larger of the 2 gave a good initial run, but with the heavy gear that Manu supplied it wasn't difficult to get them in. Manu also spoke very little English and I couldn't get the concept of catch and release across to him, and as soon as the fish were close to the boat he'd gaffed them through the side and passed my the gaff. Call me a wimp, but it wasn't pleasant watching such beautiful fish die in the bottom of the boat between my feet
Anyway, were here for another few days and I might get another chance to sneak off with the travel gear for another hour or two, though I do keep getting reminded: "It's a holiday, not a fishing trip".
Our hotel has a section of beach and to the left is a keyhole gap in the surrounding reef that hotel pleasure boats use as a channel to get out past the reef. It is here that the locals congregate to fish.
I got out there early one morning when dawn coincided with low tide, and had an hour spinning some soft plastic lures. Didn't catch anything, but had a follow right to my feet before the fish turned away. I also had a hit on a diving lure, again right by my feet, and the fish jumped up out of the water as it struck the lure, but alas no hook up. Had trebles been fitted, I might have hooked into it. I did see a blue starfish when walking back to the hotel.
There are little man made outcrops nearby with a pergola, and I did an hour at high tide because I'd seen some small reef fish round them when snorkeling.
Again, no fish caught, but I did get the tails bitten off 2 of my smallest soft lures
Yesterday I took a fast boat to Nusa Lembongan island, a small island next to the larger island of Nusa Penida.
From here I went out on a small fishing boat with Manu, a fisherman native to the island. He took me about 3km offshore into 200m of water and I caught 2 bluefin tuna, one of about 7lb and another of about 4lb.
The larger of the 2 gave a good initial run, but with the heavy gear that Manu supplied it wasn't difficult to get them in. Manu also spoke very little English and I couldn't get the concept of catch and release across to him, and as soon as the fish were close to the boat he'd gaffed them through the side and passed my the gaff. Call me a wimp, but it wasn't pleasant watching such beautiful fish die in the bottom of the boat between my feet
Anyway, were here for another few days and I might get another chance to sneak off with the travel gear for another hour or two, though I do keep getting reminded: "It's a holiday, not a fishing trip".
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i only sea fish now thru the winter ... first signs of cod .. i'll be cleaning my reels and rods this week .. making snoods and off we go into October .. best thing is no tourists
Cod are turning up here from the beach already.i only sea fish now thru the winter ... first signs of cod .. i'll be cleaning my reels and rods this week .. making snoods and off we go into October .. best thing is no tourists
Annoyingly I was too sick to get out on the boat this weekend (weather Saturday was glorious). Fingers crossed for this weekend.
I need to get my act together. No rigs made and no bait prepped.
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where you at ? roughly
where you at ? roughly
Southampton way, not seen any confirmed catches in the Solent just yet. But at least a few off Hurst
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I am fancying a wrecking session off Whitby, in the next month.....last x4 trips were all cancelled the night before - due to bad weather.
Always get some decent cod to fill the freezer with
Always get some decent cod to fill the freezer with
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Not been fishing for years, used to love it! Wil have to give it a go again! Giving me inspiration this thread
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Sorry for late feedback, I've not checked in here for ages.Bali update:
Our hotel has a section of beach and to the left is a keyhole gap in the surrounding reef that hotel pleasure boats use as a channel to get out past the reef. It is here that the locals congregate to fish.
I got out there early one morning when dawn coincided with low tide, and had an hour spinning some soft plastic lures. Didn't catch anything, but had a follow right to my feet before the fish turned away. I also had a hit on a diving lure, again right by my feet, and the fish jumped up out of the water as it struck the lure, but alas no hook up. Had trebles been fitted, I might have hooked into it. I did see a blue starfish when walking back to the hotel.
There are little man made outcrops nearby with a pergola, and I did an hour at high tide because I'd seen some small reef fish round them when snorkeling.
Again, no fish caught, but I did get the tails bitten off 2 of my smallest soft lures
Yesterday I took a fast boat to Nusa Lembongan island, a small island next to the larger island of Nusa Penida.
From here I went out on a small fishing boat with Manu, a fisherman native to the island. He took me about 3km offshore into 200m of water and I caught 2 bluefin tuna, one of about 7lb and another of about 4lb.
The larger of the 2 gave a good initial run, but with the heavy gear that Manu supplied it wasn't difficult to get them in. Manu also spoke very little English and I couldn't get the concept of catch and release across to him, and as soon as the fish were close to the boat he'd gaffed them through the side and passed my the gaff. Call me a wimp, but it wasn't pleasant watching such beautiful fish die in the bottom of the boat between my feet
Anyway, were here for another few days and I might get another chance to sneak off with the travel gear for another hour or two, though I do keep getting reminded: "It's a holiday, not a fishing trip".
Looks like you had fun, even if the fishing wasn't as good as it could have been.
I'm back in Bali over Easter and you might have inspired me to take a bit of gear with me and try my luck.
Thanks
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@***F1ZZY*** No probs it's always worth bunging a trave rod and reel in the suitcase!
Have a great trip over there.
Have a great trip over there.
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No more printed hard copy rod licence cards.
www.gov.uk
Environment Agency to invest an additional £230k into fisheries through rod licence card change
Environment Agency takes further steps to modernise rod licencing to increase fishing benefits for anglers
this is fine but then they need to invest... in ways for local fisheries to verify digital licences.No more printed hard copy rod licence cards.
Environment Agency to invest an additional £230k into fisheries through rod licence card change
Environment Agency takes further steps to modernise rod licencing to increase fishing benefits for anglers
i have a screen shot of mine and the kids on my phone, but not all have a smart phone and not all with a smart phone can work them.
are lets face it, it very easy to modify a screen shot
my local pond owner im 99% sure the owner doesn't have internet, and i know her phone is a old brick.
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Local fisheries don’t require to put the time or effort in making sure people have them though that’s the thing. We don’t. 3 day ticket people got caught last year and fined and the lake I do the memberships for. Think the total for 3 of them was £1500 between them.
I saw the EA officers walking round and I asked the lads before hand if they had one. They lied to me so I left it up to the EA officers to deal with it.
Unless the EA are willing to donate to clubs to help run it and as you say give access via an app to verify to bailiffs or something.
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Not sure which places you have been to but last year and this year we got checked in total over the two years about 10 times visits. (North East lake). Club run.
Especially the bank holidays.
I don’t know what the E.A plans are. Haven’t heard anything about it.
Commercials and big events have EA presence usually.
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in in pontefract WF9, there is a few competition lakes within a 30min drive and about 9 local privet pond's
we tend to just flick round them on none match days.
I've only been back into fishing about 9months due to the kids wanting to go, but the summer months it was ever weekend and some mid week visits too.
i genuinely don't recall been asked ones.
we tend to just flick round them on none match days.
I've only been back into fishing about 9months due to the kids wanting to go, but the summer months it was ever weekend and some mid week visits too.
i genuinely don't recall been asked ones.