Last Nights Report

[Scotty T]

Went out on the boat last night from 6.30 to 10.30 or there abouts.

 

18mtrs of water, strong flood tide, mackie and squid baits on 8/0's to 100lb traces. 2lb of lead barely holding the bottom, first fish came to the boat after 10 minutes for my mate, conger guestimated at 35lb, T barred at the gunnel.

 

I had a shocker of a night, 5 bites and 5 hook up's and 5 dropped fish , all felt like good fish of similar size 30-40lb, with the second lost fish going off like a rocket, stripping line as I got it mid-water, deffo an eel and deffo the biggest one I've hooked yet , got the right hump and had a sad on all night.

 

But hey ho! Roll on next time

 

Scott

[Grant]

At least you know the fish are there! Were you using circle or J hooks?

[Scotty T]

At least you know the fish are there! Were you using circle or J hooks?

 

Was using J's Grant, two snap off's due to dodgey knotage , stacks of tide and a big angry eel don't mix very well.

 

Scott

[hembo]

great to read a catch report,

[Grant]

Gutted- I have started using a two- three turn uni knot for heavy mono, and so far OK. Blame it on the swivel breaking though- cant have been your knot!

 

Out of interest, what knot were you using?

[Elton]

Out of interest, what knot were you using?

 

A slip knot, by the sounds of it.

 

Sorry, Scotty Better luck next time - looking forward to you catching that big one.

[Scotty T]

Gutted- I have started using a two- three turn uni knot for heavy mono, and so far OK. Blame it on the swivel breaking though- cant have been your knot!

 

Out of interest, what knot were you using?

 

Bog standard bloodknot Grant, my own fault 4 being lazy, the other one was a dodgy crimp on some traces I made at home a while ago. Never had that problem before though, last time boated 4 out of 4 eels with no worries, but a strong tide seriously increases the tackle tension.

 

Good effort on the uni knot tip, will deffo heed that advice

 

Scott

 

A slip knot, by the sounds of it.

 

Sorry, Scotty Better luck next time - looking forward to you catching that big one.

 

Cheeky

 

Felt like a real good un Elton, don't want to guestimate size, but..........................BIG!

 

The air in Swange Bay was blue last night, theres no way I could ever host a fishing program

 

Scott

[Norm B]

Snipped

 

The air in Swange Bay was blue last night, theres no way I could ever host a fishing program

 

Scott

Probably be alright on a cookery programme though.

[Scotty T]

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QUOTE(Norm B @ Nov 10 2006, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Probably be alright on a cookery programme though.

 

Pukka Norm