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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.
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I have been plug fishing and spinning at Constantine and Booby's Bay on the North Cornish coast for bass but without much luck. I have used a mixture of plugs/spinners - mostly Rapala J13 (blue) and toby's and tried a variety of locations from the west end of Constantine all the way round to the East end of booby's towards Trevose Head, fishing mostly off the rocks rather than the sandy beaches.
I am now getting frustrated by a lack of fish and a lack of confidence. Does anyone have any advice they can offer for plug fishing the area - precise locations to fish, state of tide, speed of retrieve, plug selection - any tips much needed and gratefully received
Worth a read
http://www.worldseafishing.com/lures/spinning_bass.shtml
Persistence is the key; get yourself a kayak and you'll catch plenty
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strange thing the internet!! I took the little whistling fella to mean I'm staying out of this / here we go again , and gave a little chuckle!! Others viewed it differently obviously.
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. -
I always hook live prawn and shrimp through the tail, as this keeps them alive a lot longer and seems to ensure a hook up on every strike.
Prawn and shrimp on a flowing trace about 3ft long.
From a structure I would use the same rig for sandeels, but from a boat, lengthen the trace up to 5 ft. long.
Small sandeels are just hooked through the lip, but larger ones have the hook passed through the lip and then lightly nicked under the skin, about half way along the back of the eel.
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
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Nice report Martin. The cooker exploding is worrying - similar models to that are sold in a lot of camping shops. Were you wearing shorts at the time? If you'd been in paddling trousers it would have been an expensive replacement.
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. 
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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?
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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
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Talking of islands...I don't think those two are too bad but DON'T EVER BE TEMPTED TO GO NEAR BARDSEY OR THE NEARBY CAREG DDU!!!!!
You can sit at the top of Mynnydd Mawr at the end of the Peninsular looking down at the sea and you are about 2 miles from one of the rips but you can hear it roar. It is potential suicide to kayak there on anything but the meekest of tides please don't try it.!!!!!
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. 
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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?
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I know it's a special place....this is our 13th year in the same cottage. It's like Cornwall only less commercialized. Penllech is just behind us, if there are 12 people on a mile and a half of sand we think it's busy.
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.
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We deliberately go out in the summer in choppy seas for fun.
Commonly known as dunking the biccy
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Cheap as chips and nearly as tasty, much easier than weighing.
Sent my cheque off a week ago, still hasn't arrived
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Sounds like an amazing trip; unfortunately, the link didn't work
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Always enjoyed a feast of the old "Rock".
Secret of a good tasting meal is always to gut and bleed the fish immediatly after capture.
If this is not done the fish will taste of ammonia due to the fish peeing so to speak through its body and skin.
Also always tastes better if left a day or two before eating!!!!
Bon Appertite!!!!!!
Is gutting alone enough to bleed them or should you cut the gills/take the whole head off as well ?
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It's an excellent drawing....
It is available in chandleries & goes under the name of a cable gland. We have played with splitting one of these to allow the large end (which, for efficient working cannot be removed) of the transducer cable through & it has worked after a fashion. I think many kayakers have experimented similarly but the problem is that you really need something that allows the width of the end through yet seals round the width of a wire (it's a male dream!)..I would welcome feedback from anyone who has had success with any brand so we can share that knowledge?
We'll keep trying!
Regards
Andrew
(JO UK)
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
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hanging in my garage by four straps right way up
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
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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)
Well, seeing as you're listening Andrew, what about something along these lines? (Scuse the crap drawing btw)
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The ability to store rods in the hull via the center console would be a welcome feature for me. Not sure about the fishfinder wave deflector. Look forward to reading more about this model.
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)
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diy :-clear plastic bag
Think you may be right there YD. Pain in the bum to have to do that every trip though, especially when they're sold as being waterproof
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Wow! That is the design I would buy without question were I in the market. Central fish hatch/storage hatch, wave deflector plate for the fishfinder, perhaps I'll ebay the P15's at the end of the year for one. It's spot on for my needs by the look of things.
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
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They are stainless steel and have been used several times with no signs of any corrosion. I always drag the hose pipe out after a trip and everything gets a good wash down in clean water. Like all things if they are left salty then they will soon corrode away - sounds like them Fladden ones are a poor build to corrode away.
I was surprised, them being Fladen and all, though; I've got one of their rods, which is excellent.
I also always use a bit of WD40 on terminals and fasteners to keep them good.
Vaseline's better apparently
I dont understand how the price of some rod holders can be justified. Almost 25% added to the cost of a kayak!
Couldn't agree more.
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Ordered a nice new reel as well
Tart-tastic
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They will lift them up 8 1/2" - which I hope will be fine.
Think this is the same as the scotty extender height so thats what I followed. Could have made them shorter or longer.
Wife advised that 8 1/2" was fine with her too.
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.
mexico
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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....