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My favourite part of the world, you lucky b*std. Spent some time further down the coast S. of the Sian Ka'an reserve near Majahual. We were handlining 5lb fish from the surf about 10 m. out, dunno what they were, but they tasted great BBQ'd on the beach. C'mon then, lets see some photos....

Unless you are familiar with latex seals and don't mind the way they feel (like big rubber bands, not nice, especially around the neck) I would definitely go for the neoprene ones; they are much more comfortable and quite water tight in my experience.

Worth a read http://www.worldseafishing.com/lures/spinning_bass.shtml Persistence is the key; get yourself a kayak and you'll catch plenty

Have to agree, I took the to be a nice bit of self mocking irony. It did get a bit ugly for a couple of posts, but c'mon, everyone's had their say and MM has shown he can take it on the chin. Think he deserves a break.

Can you explain a bit more about the rig/trace/attachment to mainline. Do you use any kind of weight to get the bait down or will it naturally swim down? Cheers

Yeah, lucky escape Martin. Glad it didn't ruin your trip. From the scorch marks in your picture it looks like you were using it directly on the grass, which could have been the cause of the problem. There's a lot of these type of stoves around now and I think they all vary slightly in design (certainly in price) I just bought a Campinggaz version off the internet for about a tenner. The instructions don't say anything about not using it directly on grass, although it does say at least 20 cm from inflammable material, which I suppose it could be argued that grass is, especially if it's dry. I'll be doing a heat check on the underside of mine before I use it again and might even take a couple of bricks to prop it up on, in future.

Yeh but, no but... ??? The trip was originally planned on a 450-mile route around the south coast, but bad weather forced Mr Cullen to paddle an equivalent distance on inland waterways. Not trying to diminish his feat, but what exactly did he do?

Thanks to Starvinmarvin for locating this comprehensive list of CG stations. I reckon it ought to be a sticky (Elton?) Also a great link to all the Coastwatch Huts taken from John’s very interesting blog (hope you don’t mind John) http://www.nci.org.uk/stations.htm So, no excuses not to call now Eastern Region Dover Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre Langdon Battery Swingate DOVER CT15 5NA Tel: 01304 210008 Fax: 01304 218505 Humber Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Limekiln Lane BRIDLINGTON East Riding of Yorkshire YO15 2LX Tel: 01262 672317 Fax: 01262 606915 London Search and Rescue Unit 28 34 Bowater Road Woolwich London SE18 5TF Portland Maritme Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Custom House Quay WEYMOUTH Dorset DT4 8BE Tel: 01305 760439 Fax: 01305 760452 Solent Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard 44A Marine Parade West LEE-ON-SOLENT Hants PO13 9NR Tel: 023 9255 2100 Fax: 023 9255 1763 Thames Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre East Terrace WALTON-ON-NAZE Essex CO14 8PY Tel: 01255 675518 Fax: 01255 675249 Yarmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre HM Coastguard 4th Floor Havenbridge House GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 1HZ Tel: 01493 851338 Fax: 01493 852307 Wales & West Region Brixham Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Kings Quay BRIXHAM Devon TQ5 9TW Tel: 01803 882704 Fax: 01803 882780 Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre HM Coastguard Pendennis Point Castle Drive FALMOUTH Cornwall TR11 4WZ Tel: 01326 310800 Fax: 01326 314331 Holyhead Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Prince of Wales Road HOLYHEAD Anglesey LL65 1ET Tel: 01407 762051/763911 Fax: 01407 764373 Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Hall Road West Crosby LIVERPOOL Merseyside L23 8SY Tel: 0151 931 3341 Fax: 0151 931 3347 Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre Gorsewood Drive Hakin Milford Haven Pembrokeshire SA73 3HB Tel: 01646 699600 Fax: 01646 699603 Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre HM Coastguard Tutt Head Mumbles SWANSEA County of Swansea SA3 4EX Tel: 01792 366534 Fax: 01792 369005 Scotland & N.Ireland Aberdeen Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre HM Coastguard 4th Floor Marine House Blaikies Quay ABERDEEN AB11 5PB Tel: 01224 592334 Fax: 01224 575920 Belfast Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Bregenz House Quay Street BANGOR?Co.Down BT20 5ED Tel: 028 9146 3933 Fax: 028 9146 5886 Clyde Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Navy Buildings Eldon Street GREENOCK Strathclyde PA16 7QY Tel: 01475 729988 Fax: 01475 786955 Forth Martime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Fifeness CRAIL Fife KY10 3XN Tel: 01333 450666 Fax: 01333 450725 Shetland Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard The Knab Knab Road LERWICK Shetland ZE1 0AX Tel: 01595 692976 Fax: 01595 694810 Stornoway Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre HM Coastguard Clan MacQuarrie House Battery Point STORNOWAY Isle of Lewis Western Isles HS1 2RT Tel: 01851 702013/4 Fax: 01851 704387

Noted Actually, I was wondering about the effect of Bardsey when you mentioned Aberdaron, but I guess the bay must be sheltered enough. What about those 2 little islands I can see on my road map Ynys Gwylan Fawr or would that be pushing your luck? Thanks for all the great info, hope we get the weather, I'm off to Lands End/St Ives tomorrow.

Yes, I was just looking there. Those islands look accessible, although I wouldn't be surprised if there's a fair old rip through them at times. Have I got the launch right?

Hmmm, you've got me interested now. I've been looking for an alternative to Land's End when it gets busy in August. Looking forward to the report. Have a great trip What's the South coast like? Looks like it could offer some sheltered launches (Abersoch?) if the weather doesn't behave.

We deliberately go out in the summer in choppy seas for fun. Commonly known as dunking the biccy

Sent my cheque off a week ago, still hasn't arrived

Photoshopious Splendidorus

Sounds like an amazing trip; unfortunately, the link didn't work

Is gutting alone enough to bleed them or should you cut the gills/take the whole head off as well ?

Hi Andrew, Yes, I'm aware of the problem with difference in sizes of the plugs and cables. Obviously, my design would entail a custom moulding for the gland, which would still have to have a blob of silicone applied to ensure a water tight seal. But I'm sure no yakker would object to doing that. In fact the teats are probably uneccessary; it could just have slits. Then as long as the cable gland sat below the rim of the threaded opening, you could just fill with silicone around the protruding cables to the level of the rim. I won't be updating my kayak for at least a couple of seasons so, hopefully, you'll have come up with a solution by then Cheers Kev

Mine's on its side leaning against the wall in my hall. I installed a pulley system to hang it above head height, but I've never used it I imagine the upside down recommendation is probably for if it's stored outside.

Well, seeing as you're listening Andrew, what about something along these lines? (Scuse the crap drawing btw)

Agree. Think they've missed an opportunity to provide a way of routing the FF cables directly through to the hull from underneath the base or elsewhere in the compartment. Basically, people don't want to have to cut or drill holes in their nice new yak and if they've gone to all that trouble to design a compartment for the FF, they should have thought of that too imho. Probably be on the next model though, eh? (I must admit the centre hatch is a very nice feature)

Presumably to try and cover up the problem that Fishfinders are not in any way waterproof, as so many people have found out to their cost

Tart-tastic .... Go on then, what is it?

Neat job Gilbo Not meaning to steal your thunder, but I had exactly the same idea a while back. I'd bought the second rod holder to canabilise, but before I got round to doing the job the first one fell apart through corrosion at the screw tightener (mine were Fladen cheapos), so I opted for a pair of Ram rocket launchers instead. Might still give it a go in future though, as I've still got a base mount on the yak and I hardly ever use the rod holder. Could be worth checking those screws and slapping some vaseline on them occasionally.