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Recent content by Wattsy

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    East Anglia Sizewell 31/3/2021

    I don't know what the green is but I was told it's nothing to worry about. Unfortunately I was told that after I'd caught half a dozen dinner plate sized dab and thrown them all back! Maybe I was told it's something to do with what they have been eating? As for your mates catching more - even...
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    South East Will the Cod stocks now start to recover?

    So my thinking is that the large beam dragged say 1,000 metres is 100,000 square meters totally obliterated. But the smaller trawlers would be cris-crossing the areas that other trawlers have left destroyed and leaving areas untouched so there would be islands of life able to re-colonise the...
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    South East Will the Cod stocks now start to recover?

    No pulse trawlers can only be a good thing. Although the quotas could be lowered, the way the quotas are caught has an effect. Consider the hypothetical situation where the quotas are caught on rod and line and then the same fish being caught by a beam trawler. Then consider a hypothetical...
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    South East Southend 2020-12-10 evening

    Yeah I was optimistic but they were Cox and Rawle Uptides and there wasn't a much bigger gape than Sakuma Mantis 4/0 that had failed to deter the whiting a month ago. I'm not going to mention the C-word but I did have them in mind having read of some coming out of the river recently, albeit a...
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    South East Southend 2020-12-10 evening

    High tide was about 20:30 and of a mediumish size. Wind was quite strong from SSE. I fished about opposite the Kursal. I fished a couple of rods with squid and black lug baits pennelled on 6/0s. I was pretty quiet compared to previous sessions with the odd rattle that didn't turn into...
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    South East Southend 2020-11-14 night

    If anyone's interested, I managed to get the new liners back in. I want sure I'd manage at first but figured it out in the end. The top of the butt ring had ever so slightly deformed and flattened when it hit the ground and in fairness to the guides, the frame wouldn't bend back. The knack...
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    East Anglia Lowestoft

    I've never been there, I don't even know where it is but I'm gonna have a punt and say "whiting" ?
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    South East Southend 2020-11-22 late afternoon

    Fished 3:30pm to 9pm. High tide 17:57 / 4.91m. Very slight breeze from the west, water clear and colourless. Given I'd had fish on the flood in daylight from the off I thought I'd use my remaining lug and start a bit earlier in the tide. What a difference a day makes (or a 20cm lower tide...
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    South East Southend 2020-11-21 Evening

    Fished near the gas works from 15:30 to 20:00. High tide was about ten to five and medium small in size. There was a fairly strong wind from SW. I started with a three hook paternoster with size 2 hooks and lug. I wouldn't normally bother with lug this time of year but a friend was supposed...
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    Advice Difference between M-Sport and M-Sport Elite

    That's a great answer @Grimleyfiendish thanks!
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    Advice Difference between M-Sport and M-Sport Elite

    What is the actual difference between the Icon M-Sport and the M-Sport Elite? www.iconfishing.co.uk just says it's a more refined blank and a choice of reel fittings but it doesn't suggest what the actual difference is. I've confused the hell out of myself looking in the various online...
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    South East Southend 2020-11-14 night

    Nice one, cheers. I've ordered some liners from fleabay. If and when they arrive I'll have a selection so I can afford a few more calamities!
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    South East Southend 2020-11-14 night

    I've just ordered some liners from eBay - £10 for two sets of 12 with a wait of between 2 weeks and 2 months ... hopefully they'll pop into the frames and I won't have to worry about whipping and gluing! It's worth a punt in my book.
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    South East Southend 2020-11-14 night

    It's getting the existing one off that bothers me!
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    South East Southend 2020-11-14 night

    During the day I'd tried a few practice casts off the beach and managed a magnificent over run which I spent ages and ages unpicking before I took the side of the reel and eventually gave up and managed to snap the line and tie it together so I could retrieve the lead. Note to self - always...
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