[CODEM]

Please press link to watch a short video of fishing in 1965.

 

[pigtin]

I was there, my mate caught a thirty pounder from the beach off Dengemarsh, and we had 2cwt in a couple of hours in a little boat just out from the slipway at St Mary's bay.
No one had domestic freezers and we just didn't know what to do with them all. I heard tell that some were actually put back.🤔

 

[Yakdiver]

Happy days never to be repeated, Ah but we have the memory's..........

 

[Ian L]

Ramsgate pier 1965.. that was the days when you could fish whatever the tide was.Now it dries up at low tide,and you can walk right round the outside of the sea wall..

 

[Nick Plum]

Enjoyed the video. Many thanks for posting.

 

[shakey jake]

why do videos need music? bloody racket couldnt even get a minute in

 

[rod_2]

what multipliers were around in the 60s? The old Penn Squidder is one. There was an old Mitchell one that was a nightmare to cast. Were Abus around then?

 

[Nick Plum]

Intrepid Sea Streak was was popular in the late 60's.

 

[pigtin]

Penn were very popular but a shade pricey.

 

[FisherT]

I wasn't born but ive hurd the summer of 69 was good.

 

[CODEM]

Started off with Penn 160s (Beachmaster) then into Penn Surfmasters, 100 with a narrow spool, 150s and 200s with wider spool. I always prefered a Penn Squidder (140) combined with a springheel rod, as can be seen in the vid. The other reel was a Seatreak. The plastic Penn spools used to break often with line tension and were expensive to replace. Mitchell's were more 70s.

 

[Nick Plum]

Yep the plastic spools tended to implode on both Penn and Intrepid multiplier reels.

 

[bassaholic]

I had a red sea streak that used to screech when cast , awful racket
upgraded to the mitchel 602 narrow multiplayer with a anti - birds nest machine !

 

[Yakdiver]

I had a red sea streak that used to screech when cast , awful racket
upgraded to the mitchel 602 narrow multiplayer with a anti - birds nest machine !

I had the same set up, the anti - birds nest thing was ahead of it's time

 

[Nick Plum]

I had a red sea streak that used to screech when cast , awful racket
upgraded to the mitchel 602 narrow multiplayer with a anti - birds nest machine !

Yep they weren't called the Sea Shriek or Sea Screech for nothing.

 

[CODEM]

I had the same set up, the anti - birds nest thing was ahead of it's time

Actually there was a reel from the 1930s that had the same action.

 

[Yakdiver]

Actually there was a reel from the 1930s that had the same action. View attachment 1402915
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WoW didn't know that thank you

 

[Ancient paddler]

Yep the plastic spools tended to implode on both Penn and Intrepid multiplier reels.

That's because numpties didn't know how to reel in. Pump and reel, not grind the reel. I never had any trouble with plastic spools, and we had tons of Cod off Dungie.

 

[Ancient paddler]

The shingle would freeze solid at Dungie, and the lugworm. A big bright moon, and the seagulls would start diving into the sea over the shoal of Cod as they made their way along the coast. That was at night. My late Brother and I would catch around 100lb of Cod some nights. It was knackering carrying them back to the van. Also plenty of good Cod caught during cold overcast days. Brilliant times, never to be repeated. RIP Roy.

 

[Nick Plum]

The shingle would freeze solid at Dungie, and the lugworm. A big bright moon, and the seagulls would start diving into the sea over the shoal of Cod as they made their way along the coast. That was at night. My late Brother and I would catch around 100lb of Cod some nights. It was knackering carrying them back to the van. Also plenty of good Cod caught during cold overcast days. Brilliant times, never to be repeated. RIP Roy.

Sadly i was too young to experience the Cod bonanza back then. But a couple of my older friends have some great stories. One of them was After catching so many big Cod and taking several trips to the car (Ford Anglia) The stacked them in the boot and on the rear seats.
On the way home in the early hours they got stopped by the Police for having faulty rear lights. Some while later a deal was done. The policemen went on their way with some lovely fresh Cod.
And the 2 anglers in question went home with the rest of their catch And no paperwork was done about the faulty lights.