I want to catch a fish.....

2/4 kts, baited or feathered hooks (silver paper also works a treat) and trail the line for mackerel. For more advanced techniques, PM ParaHandy, fisherman of This Parish.

EDIT: I believe trailing a baited line may be known as "trolling".
 
Re: I want to catch a fish..... now round Cork way ...

Used to catch millions of them ... Mackerel, Horse Mackerel and Dogfish ..... using either feathers made from rope strands, silver paper or even slivers of fish sliced from earlier catch .... as long as it flashed, shone or gave impression of movement - BHAM ....

Northern Ireland .... when we used to run into Belfast Lough with the coasters never had much luck ..... caught a few Marines via Zodiacs boarding toi check for guns etc. !! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
The first thing is to order a new boat from one of the main builders, say about 10m, should only set you back 100k with basic electrics. The licence should be no more than 20k, unless you go for a short wide deep 300hp beamer, then up to 300k all in.
If you are over 10m you may have to buy or lease the fish before you try to catch them.
You might consider a basic hydraulic package, say 10k to haul a few nets or pots.
The various tickets for you and your crew cost little, except for the time.
Get yourself a fleet of pots or nets, say 30k, before you shoot away make sure you know where the trawlers intend to go or you may lose the lot.
This will make you a small fortune, provided you had a large fortune to start with. Good luck!.
 
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One of those cheap (£12) rod and reel set from the seaside shop seem to work when at anchor. Caught a few nice size fish in the summer as an evenings entertainment ...

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Now that's impressive. I see the b*ggers (probably mullet) but never get them to bite to paternoster, float or spinner! I think they see me in the water & recognise a predator.
 
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On a frigate they used to project a depth charge, put out a couple of boats and pick up enough fish for all the ship's company and then some - they could have fed much of Plymouth also.
 
If one is trolling in blue water (as opposed to trolling for trouble on here /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif), I have found that any simple lure like a pink squid towed just one boat length aft of the transom works brilliantly.

Especially so for dorado (aka dolphin, NOT Flipper!) on eg a transatlantic passage.

And even more so if the lure is airborne half the time - fish have to make decisions faster then re if to go for it or not.
 
Re: I want to catch a fish..... now round Cork way ...

Use a chinaman,you don't have to tend it and when it pops up there's a fish on the hook. Take off fish plop it in again and wait until it pops up again.
Harry.
 
We use one of these behind the boat. The paravane pulls the lure down, then when a fish is hooked it comes up to the surface. Once we found best length, I tied a loop in th e line to drop over one of the mooring cleats on the quarter. I cut the barbs off the hooks .. much easier to unhook the catch and I've not lost a fish off the line yet.

Max 10-15 minutes towing before a hooking a Mackerel, assuming there are some around.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PARAVANE-Trolling-...VQQcmdZViewItem
 
Mullet like .....

Cheese .... bread ..... etc. - basically fish for them like you are FW fishing with small flaot etc .... light tackle and absolute quiet.

But please - not around anyones boat ... as monofilament line is deadly to a boat's prop and shaft.
 
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