Chris_E's *definitive* guide to catching fish from a yacht

Re: Chris_E\'s *definitive* guide to catching fish from a yacht

I have tried frankfurter as bait & that did'nt produce results (being to lazy to dig for rag worms) & also a little shiny gold spinner with red spots on it & though I noticed small fish following this out of curiosity they did'nt seem to bite or maybe it was just to big for their gobs.
My question is is there a special type of lure that is guaranteed to attract the more exciting type of fish?
 
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"My question is is there a special type of lure that is guaranteed to attract the more exciting type of fish? "

Decades since I did any serious sea angling (beach casting and pier fishing), but when I did I remember the two killer baits were lugworm (if you were gonna leave it sitting there) and a mock sand eel (if you were gonna wind it slowly in).

No doubt those more expert will have better suggestions.
 
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Yeah I did a lot of beach casting & I heard of the magical properties of sand eels but could never procure the blighters (we used to dig rag worms on Western shore).Now I want something more exciting than the odd flounder or occasional bass.
I hear of porpoises seen off the Isle of Wight & have watched those programs on black marlin.......sometimes it can be so lovely anchored in a little bay that for now I shall keep private but I yearn for that exciting stuff......I would'nt want to catch a porpoise don't get me wrong but just the setting seems so lovely & the prospect is not entirely without hope?
 
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In short, yes. TK is right about lug as bait and sandeel as a lure, there are newer and better lures but the sandeels still works well. However, both of these things pail into insignifiance if they're aren't fish to eat them in the spot you are sitting in...

Prob with bait such as lug or rag worm is that a. you have to find a shop to buy it from ad b. it doesn't last that long. Which is all very good if you are going on a fishing trip but in my experience doesn't chime with yotting arrangements.

Hence, I carry a couple of rods for feathernig and spinning and if I want to bait fish I use slices of whatever I've caught feathering and spinning, usually mackeral.
 
Re: Chris_E\'s *definitive* guide to catching fish from a yacht

Thanks;I shall try & sort out some feathers & try trolling that sand eel thing across the bottom.Have you ever seen porpoises & is there a good place for them?
 
Re: Chris_E\'s *definitive* guide to catching fish from a yacht

It's not by chance that they keep out of sight - they do it on porpoise...
 
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Harbour porpoises are pretty common in the Clyde; we see them about 50% of outings. I haven't seen dolphins up there yet (though, of course, a porpoise is simply a small dolphin in taxonomic terms).
 
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In 40 years of sailing I've only seen porpoises once in Channel waters - near Les Echrous, between Jersey and St Malo.

Maybe they don't like seeing me?

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Switch the engine on for five minutes, it's like a dinner gong to porpoise, tis in the bristol channel anyways.
 
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Switch the engine on for five minutes, it's like a dinner gong to porpoise, tis in the bristol channel anyways.

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You sure they are porpoises and not dolphins? Porpoises are shy and retiring. Dolphins are the friendly/inquisitive sort.
 
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Hmmm I wonder what they were then. They were small and had a porpoise like snout, but behaved more like dolphins. They were absent unless I switched the engine on, upon hearing it they would race over swim around for 30 seconds and then disappear, I presumed because there was no food for them.
 
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Basically, if it was 1-2 m long, counter-shaded with a blunt snout, it was a porpoise. And I have verified this with a cetacean biologist who was a former secretary of the IWC!

They are both toothed whales (Odontocetae (from memory)), anyway!
 
Re: Chris_E\'s *definitive* guide to catching fish from a yacht

I thought I had a rubber sand eel but what I have actually got are some very life like looking prawn type lures.I guess you jig them about on the bottom in the hope of catching bass?
Would they be any good for a Priory bay/Osbourn bay type location?
Getting quite excited here & off to find a cook book /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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