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29 January 2012, 22:52
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Country: UK - England
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Fishing
First off I am not an experienced fisherman !
Have done a bit of mackerel fishing in Cornwall and had reasonable success using a cheap £10 telescopic rod and a £40 multiplier reel.
The reel is not too bad but the rod is pretty useless so I was thinking of getting a half decent rod to keep on the boat and some tackle that would allow me to try a few different types of fishing (uptiding etc..)
ANy suggestions about what would form a good basic set up to try my hand. Also any good books for a learner
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29 January 2012, 23:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
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we use 20-30lb rods, 6'6"-7'. Any longer than that & they get unwieldy on a small boat. Fladen do reasonable gear at sensible prices, the fish can't tell the difference
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29 January 2012, 23:22
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Country: UK - England
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There are a couple of travel rods on ebay one is an ugly stick the other an Abu Conlon.
Any ideas on either of these?
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30 January 2012, 00:31
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
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Both tidy makes and generally well-respected by the local fishing gang around here.
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30 January 2012, 09:36
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Hi Chris, stick with Penn, a good reel is 330Gt I've had 2 of them for years they are a good all round reel go on Whitby angling website you will get that reel & a good rod combo deal for just over £100 ,you will catch the big ones with that setup just like I do
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30 January 2012, 10:09
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Originally Posted by hadd
Hi Chris, stick with Penn, a good reel is 330Gt I've had 2 of them for years they are a good all round reel go on Whitby angling website you will get that reel & a good rod combo deal for just over £100 ,you will catch the big ones with that setup just like I do
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But not Bass
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30 January 2012, 11:06
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I show you & kerny how to do it this year
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30 January 2012, 11:31
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
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I show you & kerny how to do it this year
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You said that last year and the year before that
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30 January 2012, 16:58
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telescopic rods sound like a good idea for the sib, what makes are recommended
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30 January 2012, 19:46
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telescopic rods sound like a good idea for the sib, what makes are recommended
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Better off with a decent 4-section spinning rod for Bass,plugging-trolling ect.If space is an issue.
Chris,get yourself a decent up-tider mate.. Abu do plenty for around £40 -£60 then you'll be able to use it in the Channell for Cod fishing in the winter (Without raiding the company Lead stock! ) and still use it for Wreck Bass fishing in the summer.We had some Crackers last year.Took 'Big Chris' to my favorite Beach spot and as a complete begginner, fitted him out with a Rod Fixed spool, and Toby's....12 AND A HALF POUNDER BASS!!!... just goes to show 'A Good turn never goes unpunished!!' He's Bloody Hooked now!
Got a good mate who owns a Tackle shop,he used to sponser me when I was into Tournament Casting.. so let me know what you need
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30 January 2012, 21:54
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Chris I got one of these but of ebay for £45 but this looks a good price, also Grey's offer a lifetime guarantee. Not bad for £35
Greys G-Series Boat Rods – Glasgow Angling Centre
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31 January 2012, 20:04
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1 use a uptider for tope, 6lb class braid rod with small multiplier for general, 10foot spinning rod for bass, and will be trying a fly rod this year. have mounted a rod rack on a frame, also carry a 40foot sandeel net, and a 30 gallon livebait well. my rib looks like a pin cushion floating on the menia straits..if i had to pick one rod it would be a 9,6, uptide rod, abu 7000 type reel full of 30lb braid..........
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31 January 2012, 20:26
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if the menia bass bandits are giving a go this year, let me know, and i will net some bait and show you a few marks, you need a tidal range of 28 to 30 foot, early low water for netting, fishing 3 or 4 marks starting at caernarfon on the flood and finishing near puffin on high water..
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31 January 2012, 22:03
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abu 7000 type reel full of 30lb braid..........
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A great reel.
Bait is key too. I've used rag worm, fresh peeler crab, squid, etc. Carry hooks, weights, line rigs in a multi-compartment tool box. Fishing bags are a waste of time at sea.
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31 January 2012, 22:19
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A great reel.
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I've got one of them too - nice bit of kit.
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02 February 2012, 09:03
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for general inshore fishing the uptide rod is the way to go, mine's a 9"6. Ugly stix.
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02 February 2012, 13:00
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Country: UK - Wales
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Make: RIBCRAFT/ Suzuki 250
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for general inshore fishing the uptide rod is the way to go, mine's a 9"6. Ugly stix.
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Bet you could pole vault with that thing
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02 February 2012, 13:59
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I've got a Shahespere cheapo thing, cost me £11 brand new from the local tachle shop and it does the job fine, its 20lb class.
Reel wise I have an old Shakespere charter special reel and a Scarbrough reel.
We used to go on my mates keel boat and use rods with two eyes one of which wasn't the tip one and use Scarbrough reels with a wood screw and end of a broom handle as your handle, still caught stuff!
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02 February 2012, 16:53
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20-30lb rods are well to heavy for rib fishing, we only use 8-12lb max 7ft rods armed with shads,eels etc when fishing around the gower for bass caught 10lb bass, 5-10lb cod and 5-8lb rays using light rods . secret of using light rods is using 20-30lb braid line as light line will give before rod will, you can play a big fish using thicker line and light rod
we use mitchell premium 7ft boat rods £15 amazon and ocuma baitcaster reels around £30 so not expensive stuff
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