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Post by pilgrim on Jan 27, 2014 17:31:44 GMT 1
UPDATE! To the other angler who gave himself a hernia helping me lift the anchor last time out. Today I installed an "Alderney Ring" system for lifting the anchor, using the Club's anchor, my chain & warp (the club's had too much chain & not enough rope, & my lifting bouy, lazy line, & "banjo", so now it should lift itself & we just pull in the slack. I have rigged the club's anchor chain & warp to my anchor & stored them in the hold as a spare. So no more killing ourselves getting the anchor in. We still have to work on the tea/coffee/sandwiches problem though!
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Post by pilgrim on Jan 26, 2014 18:56:11 GMT 1
Unfortunately anglers aboard "Mumbles Belle" will not be able to enter this competition, because of the "leave & return" from River Afan rule. "Oystercat" will probably be OK because she has the speed to get across to the River Afan in time for the start, & the speed to get back from there again in the evening, if she has to go in to get anything weighed. We on Belle have no doubt that we will outfish the Cat (yet again) , but somebody might get lucky & find themselves attached to a "challenged"" cod by sheer luck, as they charge around the Bay! We on the other hand will use the "stealth" method, & lie in ambush using baits that get bigger & bigger throughout the day, in between catching large amounts of jumbo "Richie Pearce special" whiting, & extra large dabs. Don't forget lads luminous green muppets, fished off the bottom 2 hrs before & after high & low water is the secret to filling your fish bucket! By then we should have sorted out the anchor retrieval, but we are still scratching our heads over the tea/coffee/sausage sandwich making, but it is under consideration, so we should have a good day on 16th Feb
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Post by pilgrim on Jan 22, 2014 1:41:42 GMT 1
We took Mumbles Belle, with 5 on board, out beyond the SWIGG & anchored up confident that we were going to be "In the money", but unfortunately the only cod we had throughout the day were between 4ozs & 8 ozs. However we did have a good number of "jumbo" whiting, & some lovely big fat dabs, & luckily only a few dogfish. Richie Pearce once again showed us all up pulling in jumbo after jumbo, & double shots of dabs, I did quite well too ending up with 9 jumbo's & 5 dabs & I think everybody had fish to take home. We eventually managed to get Richie to pack in when it was pitch dark "to avoid the crowd in the lock" he said (& he was proved right with only 5 of us locking in)! The "Belle" was a pleasure to be out on, providing plenty of space for those who wanted to fish 2 rods, & despite being beam on to the quite choppy SSW swells not a drop of water came over the gunwhales. The only "downer" of the day was the struggle to get the anchor up, despite going ahead & 2 of us heaving on the anchor rope it must have taken us a good 10mins of struggle before we got the anchor back aboard! I think the first reaction must be to set up the "Alderney Method" of lifting the anchor without any effort, it makes sense to use my lift bouy & ring, & lazy line & "banjo" to establish that it works first, (I haven't pulled an anchor up in 10yrs lol). I have asked for the "Mumbles Belle" to fish the Afan Boat Club Cod Comp on Sunday 16th February, lets hope we get some cod that day. if not I will be quite happy to catch more jumbo whiting & dabs, the secret of our success? green "muppets" baited with mackerel or smelly lug mmmmmmmm
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