Chris Playle

Macky1, Thanks once more the info. You're a real diamond, M8 Went for a goosy at the beach at Mappleton last night. Nice section of coast. There were a few blokes fishing, mostly casting well beyond the area where the waves were breaking and one bloke with a spinner. Don't know if anyone was catching or not. Was in a rush to get back up to Hornsea for Chippy at Sullivans Think I'm just about set up now. Really looking forward to it. Thanks again for the info peeps. Let you know how I get on. Chris.

Macky Hopefully going on the beach after the Bass this weekend. Just one last question, though. Bait, or more specifically, Ragworm. I've read up on how to collect Ragworm and if I can't collect any there's always the tackle shop. The only thing buggin me is that there are some places on the East Coast where digging for Ragworm might be illegal. I've rung the council and they just passed me between contact numbers like a hot potato, the local tackle shops don't seem to have a clue either. Maybe someone on here might know areas along the East Coast where digging for Rag/Lug might be illegal. Many thanks. Chris.

Macky, Thanks for the PM with the info. Much appreciated . Quite looking foward to the change of scenery to the usual still waters and rivers. Once again, thanks to all those who took the time to reply in a constructive and adult manner and thanks to Macky for taking the time and trouble to PM me with info which has helped a great deal. Chris.

Sorry for delayed reply. Needless to say I was out on the rivers yesterday. I'll compose E-Mail tonight. A bit busy with work at the mo (punishment for taking the glorious 16th off, I suppose). Thanks for the offer of help Macky1. I'll be in touch shortly. Chris.

Hoping you guys on here can help a bit. I've been coarse fishing for quite some time and I'm looking to branch out into sea fishing. I was chatting to a mate of mine at the weekend about Bass fishing as I fancy giving it a go. To be honest, I won't have a clue first time I go so I'm gathering info hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. I have access to the East Coast between Whitby and Spurn Point so where would be the best place to start? At which point in the tide cycle is the best time for Bass ?? What method would be used for catching ?? Lures ?? Surface or Diving ?? Big lead on the bottom with live/dead bait ?? What main line would you recommend ??? How strong and what material ?? I currently have a 2.5TC carp rod as the strongest rod I own. Would this suffice as a rod to use or should I be looking at getting a specialist sea rod. Bearing in mind I'll probably only be going sea fishing a couple of times a year. I'll probably end up putting the majority of any fish (if any) I catch back in the water but if I may try cooking my own fresh caught fish. If this is so, are there any size limits on killing your catch to take home to cook ?? Any other info would be very much appreciated. Sorry if these questions are a bit on the noddy side but I'd rather ask a few daft questions on here and know what I'm doing rather than make a total pigs-ear of it and have a really bad day of it. Many thanks for any help offered. Chris.

Tyke, Better to be a bit gutted now than alot gutted after a trip to the local Magistrates and a fine + costs. Not long to wait now for the open season. Got June 16th booked off as a day on Hols...Woo Hoo...the only thing is I have no idea where I'm going yet So many places and only one me... :confused: Tight Lines. Chris.

Tyke, June 1st USED to be the case when Yorkshire Water Authority controlled the old Rod And Line licencing. But, now the Rod And Line licencing is controlled by the EA it's June 16th everywhere. Drive over Hull Bridge at Tickton (E. Yorks) the other evening and someone was fishing the River Hull . Amazing how some people can blatently ignore the close season rule. Chances are he probably didn't have a licence either. Unfortunately I wasn't in a position (running late - as always) to go and tell him. Tight Lines. Chris.

Steve, An excellent article ! To be honest, I'd forgotten that you had posted them when I posted my question about hunting down a particular P.B. Perch that got away from the camera Perch Thread Actually reading through the Commercial Fishery Perch article sparked my mind off to what I've been doing differently. On the original trip when I caught the Perch I laid down a bed of fine breadcrumb which clouded up while sinking. This will have attracted a load of small fish and ultimately the big stripey !!! All previous tries have been without crumb and just a load of Maggots and Worms....BINGO !!! Going again on Thursday night....fingers crossed. Brilliant Steve....absolutely brilliant...cheers for the advice !!! Tight Lines. Chris.

Tony Blair : The fact that the chicken also crossed the road earlier in the day and no-one noticed is absolutely astonishing. To conduct a perfect u-turn on it's "crossing the road" policy without anyone noticing is an astounding media coup. I will be calling George later on today to see if we can have him in the cabinet... Green Cross Code Man: Well, the chicken didn't look left and right before he crossed. Remember kids "always Use The Green Cross Code". Mystic Meg: I see a chicken, and a road. The number 56, a bus and the words "Truro via Cambourne and Redruth". The word "Spatchcock" will be significant toooooooooo. Tight Lines Chris.

Thanks for all the info. As always, a mine of useful stuff. My Perch would have been about the same size as the first one pictured in the article posted by Lid. Certainly bigger than the usual 2-3" long Perch I usually catch Anyhow, the only way to find out how much it weighed is to get out there and try and catch it again or even better it. I've got some more methods to try and, hopefully, a photo (and correct weight) will be forthcoming. Once again, thanks for the info peeps. Tight Lines. Chris.

Me and my fishing buddy went fishing the other night. It wasn't the best of weather, the wind was blowing a gale across the pond and the going was slow. Had two fish all evening, one was a Tench of about 5lb which was OK but the other was a personal best Perch of about 2-2.5lb (didn't get chance to measure or weigh it but I'd say it was about 10 or 11 inches long so if anyone can figure the weight out from there...). It was a cracking fish (well I was pleased with it anyway). It was caught on 4 bronze maggots fished hard on the bottom (I was fishing for Tench) and caught around dusk. Wanted to get a piccie of it and the camera was in the car. My mate kept the fish in the water in the landing net until I got back with the Digi camera but when we pulled it back out to take the photo and put the landing net on the staging it went flap, flap, plop right back into the water and swam away. Curses said I, well I said something a little more coarse and not to be repeated on here... I've tried the same method around the same location to try and catch it again but to no avail. Are there any other tried and tested Perch methods you can suggest. I know Perch will go for a nice juicy worm (any particular type?) or even small livebait (how do I go about presentation/rigs and bait species?). Is dusk/early morning the best time for Perch. Correct me if I'm wrong but don't big Perch prefer lowish light conditions for hunting? It was such a nice looking fish, the colours of the stripes was almost perfect and that bleeding great big mouth it had looked like it belonged on a basking shark let alone a Perch...Only thing is....big Perch, big spines...still got the cuts to prove it...it wouldn't stop wriggling. I'd like to hook the little begger again (even if it was to even the score between me and it). Any advice you can give on targeting big Perch would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks... Tight Lines. Chris.

Who cares ???????? Probably the same the people who cared enough to write to to OfCom and complain about the advert on the BBC with Johnny Vegas sat in a fridge. While vast majority of people (myself included)will respect the fact that Matt is quite welcome (and legally old enough) to smoke, some people will see that he is, however, a public figure in the angling world and also has quite a firm fanbase in young anglers. A young angler (who maybe looks up to Matt as a role model) might see the packet of fags there and see smoking as something they have to do to catch the fish that Matt does. Just like the possibility is there that kids might take all the food out of the fridge to sit in it and be just like Johnny Vegas. Personally a packet of fags on the telly wouldn't make me go out and buy some just like Linda Barker would never make me think I had to buy furniture or electrical goods, or a whole host of sporting celebs would influence me into buying a particular soft drink/ jeans/ sunglasses/ sportswear..etc..But the point is there are people out there who WOULD be influenced by such things. That's why advertising exsists. Solely on the purpose of "if you have our product, your lives will be so much better". Now, if you want the perfect example of smoking creating the illusion of a glamourous, rich lifestyle and influencing youngsters, watch the latest Beyonce Knowles music video (recently seen on Sattelite Music Channels/CD:UK and alike) of Naughty Girl.....watch it and you'll see. And when is this video shown? Music TV programmes which are predomenently viewed by under 16's....nuff said. Fair do's to Matt, he can do what he likes, but the producers should tighten up a bit on the editing in the cutting room. Tight Lines. Chris.

Just been trolling round some of the older posts and found this one. Found this website a few weeks ago. It's a UK Spherics plotter. Updated every 60 seconds. Net Weather Spherics Plot Another good tool for predicting storms is the CAPE and Lifted Index - click on CAPE and LIFTED INDEX ANALYSE for recent CAPE & L.I. plots for europe. Goes out to 144 hours in advance. A high CAPE (colour - Blue = Low CAPE / Pink = High CAPE) and low L.I. (number 12 = Stable / -5 VERY unstable) means there's a very good chance of thunderstorms. To see how CAPE & L.I. correlate to Spherics (Lightning) check the CAPE and L.I. plots from the site above and then check the Spherics plots for Europe on Wetterzentrale - Spherics Plots - Still Wetterzentrale - Spherics - Animated Happy Core Punching dudes.... Chris.

Dammit...knew I'd been going wrong somewhere. Tight Lines. Chris.

Elton, Might be a bit far to travel for a service but here's the link anyhow... This link gives you the Seat Dealers homepage. Click on the North East area on the map and on the list under Hull is listed Trenton Hull. Tried to post the direct link but it won't work for some reason. Tight Lines. Chris.