fishing off a yacht
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Hadenough
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I've seen it in the Sea Life Centre :encouragement:
PaulRainbow
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Ah, so Mr Kelly has been fishing in the Sea Life Centre, is that where he did his sailing too ?
lenten
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use heavy polyprop twine----not nylon fishing line---i trail 5lb lead weights no problem----plenty of mackerel up your way----i caught 40 gently motoring back to eigg from muck-----get your handline out---you will catch enough to feed the island
BelleSerene
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It's a great thing about the 'Cuban Yoyo'. You take the weight in your left hand with the yoyo. Pull it towards you, then as you lengthen your arm back towards the fish and the line is slack for a moment, your right hand takes a turn of the line over the yoyo. Do it again and again, pumping in and out. The LH takes the strain and the RH is only handling the line when it's slack.
It's much easier than using a rod IMHO. With a rod, the fish (or 6 mackerel!) has (have) mechanical advantage: it gets to use a lever on you. With a handheld reel, it doesn't.
BelleSerene
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They're bottom feeders, and KellysEye just told you, he was swimming!
PaulRainbow
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Hmm, i know they are bottom feeders. Kelly said "swimming lures all fish come to the surface." he wasn't swimming, he was using a lure with a spoon under its "chin", such as the Rapala countdown etc. I've done a wee bit of fishing and i have never seen a Plaice come to the surface
Of course, i was being a little facetious
Mr Kelly is somewhat correct though, trolling lures such as the Rapala is effective for mid to high water feeding fish and is much simpler than fishing with a paravane. Personally, i prefer a rod to a hand line. A 6 foot boat rod is perfectly suited to fishing from a boat (the clue is in the name). For Mackerel, a trace of 6 white feather with an 8 ounce lead on the end works well, either trolled slowly or jigged whilst stationary. Just don't expect to catch any Plaice on the surface
Lon nan Gruagach
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Thanks. That's on the list of I'll give it a go. What I didn't mention is that I fish from a dinghy, getting the height to clear the gunwales can be tricksy.
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For mackerel I go between the southern end of Castle island and Eigg, pollack is better north West of the red perch
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fisherman
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If you can't get slow enough then a rod and reel allows you to use thinner line, dyneema etc. I did fishing trips for the tourists one year, a kid brought his trout rod to catch mackerel, he had great fun.
Fr J Hackett
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Fishing and catching mackerel, bass and mullet with a fly rod, fly and light tackle is very good sport.
RobbieW
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Just remember that many lures are designed to catch fishermen more than fish 
Fr J Hackett
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Just remember that many lures are designed to catch fishermen more than fish
I tie my own
shan
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It's the blood sacrifice you make to catch the fish.Just remember that many lures are designed to catch fishermen more than fish
shan
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I don't want a sport's day - I want to eat fish.
rotrax
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I like a halfway house.
I keep 2 rods, a heavy one with a large multiplier and 80lbs braid-that should cope with most things, plus a lighter outfit with a large fixed spool and 20lbs monofil line for smaller stuff and casting when on a mooring or at anchor.
The Yo-Yo and paravane is used when sailing slowly-under 4 knots and is successful. If cheapo Mackerel spinners are used I only get the ones with treble hooks. The single hook ones dont hook so many, and they get off easier.
I bought an adjustable tension Downrigger clip from NZ into which the line from the Yo-Yo is clipped. When a fish is hooked the extra weight causes the line to break free of the clip.
Fisherman's home made ones dont need this refinement-they come to the surface as the weight and drag of the fish straightens them up so they stop diving.
When I stop typing I'm off to make a couple..........................
Mackerel dont completely dissapear in the winter. I have caught them off the Owers deep down in November. Also, on smallish Sabiki rigs, plenty of prime herring off Yarmouth in the winter months.
In Wellington Harbour we have to be a bit heavier, 4 Kilo Kahawai are pretty common. You would not want a 20 Kilo Yellowtail Kingfish on a Yo-Yo without heavy gloves! There were plenty of those caught last summer too.
I keep 2 rods, a heavy one with a large multiplier and 80lbs braid-that should cope with most things, plus a lighter outfit with a large fixed spool and 20lbs monofil line for smaller stuff and casting when on a mooring or at anchor.
The Yo-Yo and paravane is used when sailing slowly-under 4 knots and is successful. If cheapo Mackerel spinners are used I only get the ones with treble hooks. The single hook ones dont hook so many, and they get off easier.
I bought an adjustable tension Downrigger clip from NZ into which the line from the Yo-Yo is clipped. When a fish is hooked the extra weight causes the line to break free of the clip.
Fisherman's home made ones dont need this refinement-they come to the surface as the weight and drag of the fish straightens them up so they stop diving.
When I stop typing I'm off to make a couple..........................
Mackerel dont completely dissapear in the winter. I have caught them off the Owers deep down in November. Also, on smallish Sabiki rigs, plenty of prime herring off Yarmouth in the winter months.
In Wellington Harbour we have to be a bit heavier, 4 Kilo Kahawai are pretty common. You would not want a 20 Kilo Yellowtail Kingfish on a Yo-Yo without heavy gloves! There were plenty of those caught last summer too.
solent clown
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after two days of sailing and fishing, I can confirm I am the king of all anglers, as long as what you want to catch is seaweed, human flesh, main halyard, rudder, another long line. No fish, the cunning little bar stewards.
BelleSerene
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Have you trolled around the Portsmouth forts? Dawn and dusk are particularly good anywhere, but that’s not easy around the Sumner solstice!
solent clown
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yesterday and today was western Solent/IOW, but it was quite a good sail in the wind, enough to have me laughing maniacally and Karen telling me to slow down, until one of the old Tufnol jib heet blocks exploded, ans we heaved to for a while to do a replacement. We did head out Portsmouth way this afternoon, but tiredness led us back up towards home.
