manxlad

hi all just to add to this topic, my last trip out in my boat was january of the east coast of the isle of man, fishing was really poor with nothing of note coming over the sides when i noticed the finder suddenly showing the depth had changed from 86ft to 12ft and after a check to make sure all was working we found we sitting over a massive shoal of small six to seven inch herring! the shoal was that dense that it was fooling the sounder that top of the shoal was the bottom. the shoal was about two hundred yards in diameter so we caught a few fish for tea but the oil content in them was poor so were not that tasty, but goes to show that the seas are changing, unknown for around here since the seventies. interestingly there were no predatory fish such as cod or anything else around or underneath them. reports since then are poor so we are all waiting till the sea temp rises and all will improve hopefully tight lines to all

we have seacats going past in the summer months very close by, sometimes within a few hundred yards, they dont slow down ever so you get a cat going past at 40 knots or so, so first advice is if you see them get the hell out of the way and try and put as much distance between it and you asap. if you are at anchor ditch it as you will be swamped big time! (if you have not got time to buoy it) cos by the time you try and retrieve it the approaching boat will be on you. in my experience if you have to ride it out go straight into to it in gear and slowly as usually the first wave is ok but there is a huge trough very quickly after it and then a massive tall wave immediatly after it. belive me the colour of fear is brown!!! hope this is of help.

hi guys interesting topic, i had a similiar chat with fishing mates in the pub recently and an interesting point came up. i have and wear an auto inflate lifevest which i feel very safe and use at all times, a pal said that he would not buy a auto again as he fell over the side of his dory when fishing alone. lucky for him it was still in the harbour, but the point was that the lifejacket did its job and inflated, but he then found that he could not swim anywhere as it kept him afloat but unable too swim cos he could not use his arms to swim properly, to his embarassment he was picked up by a local yachtie. he now has bought a manual lifejacket so he can swim back to the boat, an not just bob around like a cork! only going by what he said but this if true may also be something to consider, specially if you fish alone regards paul..

hi all sad days ahead for your areas it seems! here on the isle of man used to be brilliant for spurdog fishing both of the boats and of the western beaches at this time of year, but about ten years ago word got round and five cornish longliners came up and fished for two autumns and raped our waters, they were each using ten lines of three miles long and made serious money. now it is barren to the extent that i have not caught a spur for six years! manxman will probably confirm his lack of catches also..something needs to be done but it is all legal so the picture is bleak for other areas.. pity there is no market for lsd's as we have them here in plague preportions!!

hi john good to hear that you are getting a few spikies,tried at glen moar tonight but the wind was too much! plenty of cod yesterday of psm, had thirty cod to 6lb so not a bad day, how did you get on out on the florence? hope all went well. will be round for a chat.

total agreement with stan, tried to get a power handle for my 7HTs, from two different dealers, both asked why and then said that they don't recommend it as you will destroy your gears etc and bye bye reel! pity as they are great reels but i now use slosh 20's for most of my fishing

hi yak have used the duel sb slider over the past two seasons and have found that they outfish all other surface lures by far,the bigger size 125mm is the better one. try and get the yo zuri mag popper which is the exact same lure but cheaper!as the slider is £12.50 and the yo zuri is around £9. still not cheap but they put fish on the beach!!! one thing we have noticed here is that the bass don't seem that intereted in surface lures in daylight but go mad for them the last half an hour before dark, they attack them really aggressively. best lure in the daytime is the good old toby type lures 28grm in silver or gold or copper, anyhow hope this is of help

cheers alan i will mail albert tonight fisho, thanks for the info on din tur.

my experience here in the iom, is if the dogs are about they are a curse and will take any bait that is put in front of them. night time here is even worse. ya best bet is move to a nearby venue. fish baits are to be avoided as they are a dog magnet!! was fishing for bass a couple of nights ago with lug, eleven dogs in eleven casts, give up and went to the local!! sorry, not constructive advice, but i dont think there is a real solution. we have them here in plague amounts so i sympathise with you

thanks for your replies, will give them both a mail, as you know to go to to a new venue fishing is much better informed than to be told told afterwards oh you should have gone to such a place it would have been far more productive!! its a lot of effort and money to get it wrong. cheers

hi all am trying to get some info on sea fishing in norway as i am trying to organise a party four anglers to go in the summer. ( small boat fishing)have got dave lewis's brochure advertised in the sea angler which gives a lot of info but i thought maybe some of you guys may have been, or know any extra info that may be of help. any constructive advice would be great. cheers paul..

had a good day today also off derbyhaven, had a tope of nearly fifty lb on baited mackerel feathers!!! what a carry on getting that in, just tailed her as the trace finally gave way. no other runs but what fish we have had there are big females, all the schoolies are on your side of the island! ha ha!! also had a bass of 7,1/2lb, the other night right in front of you when you were in the boat, slapped it's arse and put it back, pity more of our locals didn't do the same. hows the other manxie getting on?

hi good to see you have joined in, i know lots of manxies read this forum but don't contribute. spoke with manxman today and he is up for meeting with you sometime for a session when tides are right etc so maybe we can all meet up and get amongst the fish where do you normally fish? as i don't normally bother with the rocks, spend most of my time on the beaches or the boat, or the mullet at all the usual places. grant.. good to see ya got back from australia in one piece, tell us all how ya got on!! bet the barras were bigger than your smoothie ha ha. chippy doesn't believe you actually caught one, he reckons it must have been your double we were fishing with give me a call too let me know when you are back up here.

hi john been up tonite, thought you may have made the effort, ya missed a brilliant night, had twelve bass to 5lb all on the magnet popper, they were going mad for it, steve had 5 on the fly, a muddler type.but the sad thing is i lost my popper as i had a snap off with that dam fluro so that is going in the bin!!! will call in for a brew. paul..

hi all got the chance to use a mates holiday cottage in mont pinchon in normandy this sept, not a clue about this area, any info about what fishing is nearby, coast and charter fishing? any advice would be great. cheers