Tie your boat to the trailor with a lorry strap, it wont go anywhere then, and thanks for the report.
Another tough day on the boat!
Not too sure if its worth posting the bad trips but here goes anyway.
After two weeks wheeling and dealing trying to get an auxiliary motor for the strike liner i eventually managed to get out on 'sea trials' took a rod or two of course, just in case they'd come in handy
It was a bit choppy first thing with the tide racing through the 'roads' causing a fair swell, i managed to push through it but it was still uncomfortable on the other side so i decided to stay local and just fish around the islands.
There were stories of a few mackerel showing so i strung up some feathers and immediately caught three small mackerel and a small pollock on the first drop, then i caught absolutely nothing for a few hours, despite moving around a fair bit.
I eventually found a few fish on my LBF rod (lrf really but beefed up slightly for the boat) fishing a grass minnow i caught a few small pollock and a small codling (a first for me on that kit) that spot died so i started drifting with a string of small hokkais (12's) a few whiting and a tiny gurnard left me still wanting something to bend a rod, so i set up a light spinning rod and fished mackerel fillets on a 1/0 just trying to get bites a few more whiting and a couple of dogs finished the days catching. I did motor off along the coast set up a couple of rapala's to troll the 10'-20' contour in the vain hope of a Bass but no luck there!
At the end of the day the boat jumped off the trailer when it found a hole in the beach, damaging the centre metal strip on the hull, more work to do then!!!
Mind you the chance of another sea trial as well:clap2:
Water temps were well into the 11's and i spotted a pod of Dolphins so things are livening up:secret:
After two weeks wheeling and dealing trying to get an auxiliary motor for the strike liner i eventually managed to get out on 'sea trials' took a rod or two of course, just in case they'd come in handy
It was a bit choppy first thing with the tide racing through the 'roads' causing a fair swell, i managed to push through it but it was still uncomfortable on the other side so i decided to stay local and just fish around the islands.
There were stories of a few mackerel showing so i strung up some feathers and immediately caught three small mackerel and a small pollock on the first drop, then i caught absolutely nothing for a few hours, despite moving around a fair bit.
I eventually found a few fish on my LBF rod (lrf really but beefed up slightly for the boat) fishing a grass minnow i caught a few small pollock and a small codling (a first for me on that kit) that spot died so i started drifting with a string of small hokkais (12's) a few whiting and a tiny gurnard left me still wanting something to bend a rod, so i set up a light spinning rod and fished mackerel fillets on a 1/0 just trying to get bites a few more whiting and a couple of dogs finished the days catching. I did motor off along the coast set up a couple of rapala's to troll the 10'-20' contour in the vain hope of a Bass but no luck there!
At the end of the day the boat jumped off the trailer when it found a hole in the beach, damaging the centre metal strip on the hull, more work to do then!!!
Mind you the chance of another sea trial as well:clap2:
Water temps were well into the 11's and i spotted a pod of Dolphins so things are livening up:secret:
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