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  1. Plaicehunter

    Wots yer biggest cod ??

    17lb. Boscombe Pier, September 1969. Carried it home while pushing my bike. Gave it to the local old folks' home and it made 77 fish cakes.
  2. Plaicehunter

    New lure reel

    I have a Graphex and think it is best suited to a 4000 or 3000 reel. The Slammer is a much heavier reel for its size. If the reel is going to get dunked, I wouldn't recommend the Vanford, but otherwise it is smoother and much more refined than the Penn. I would get a Vanford 4000 unless you are...
  3. Plaicehunter

    Inline lures?

    I think the concept of inline lures is that when sea trout fishing in the Baltic, the fish jump and thrash about but the lure slides up the line rather than being flicked out. They certainly work for bass but beware the possibility of the leader being damaged by rubbing on the entrance hole of...
  4. Plaicehunter

    Mussel

    Me too!
  5. Plaicehunter

    South West Should have stayed in bed 🙄

    Two points about circles. One is that offset circles deep-hook fish just like J hooks, so use only online circles such as Mustard Perfect Circles. Second point is that they don't work very well for conger. This is because they swim backwards with the bait, rather than turning to swim off and...
  6. Plaicehunter

    South Coast Plymouth trip

    I think Sea Angler II picks up from the pontoon at Mount Batten, or used to. PH
  7. Plaicehunter

    South West Slapton open

    Free parking.
  8. Plaicehunter

    South Coast Boscombe Pier: 13th

    I have many happy memories of fishing Boscombe Pier when I was a teenager and young adult. My brother and I had some cracking bags of flounder, big dabs and many other species, but my best catch was a 17lb cod in autumn 1969 on my ABU 484 and Penn Squidder 146. It was landed by hand from the...
  9. Plaicehunter

    South Coast Boscombe Pier: 13th

  10. Plaicehunter

    Advice Circle hooks

    Circle hooks work on the principle that after taking the bait, the fish turns away and the hook is pulled into the scissors, the corner of the mouth on a typical round fish. This works reliably only if you use inline circles, ie hooks which are not offset. Unfortunately, not all fish obligingly...
  11. Plaicehunter

    South West Late report - whiting from Devon, one with a guest🤢

    My one and only red band fish was 'caught' coiled up like a belt inside a rather plump whiting!
  12. Plaicehunter

    Plymouth Angling Centre.

    Well it is Sunday, Gary! PH
  13. Plaicehunter

    Any slow pitch jigging experience on here?

    Seems to have a lot in common with what I do! PH
  14. Plaicehunter

    Any slow pitch jigging experience on here?

    Sorry if you found my answer unhelpful or lacking in detail. PH
  15. Plaicehunter

    Any slow pitch jigging experience on here?

    I have had quite a lot of success fishing South Devon reef marks and inshore wrecks with a variation on slow jigging. I use a killer rig with two Slug-gos on droppers above the pirk, black-and-silver or black-and-gold being the most generally effective. The droppers are about 2ft and 4ft above...
  16. Plaicehunter

    South West Your fish of the year

    Easy answer for me - this 80cm bass taken on a Megabass Flatbacker lure from my local estuary in May. Obviously a veteran fish which probably weighed a lot more than 10lb 8oz in its prime but what a tail!
  17. Plaicehunter

    Is ABU still a quality brand?

    There is a lot of pleasure in casting well with a multiplier. Back in the 1960s, when I started sea fishing, basic multipliers like the Penn Sea Boy and later the Mitchell 602AP had no braking system, so you had to use your thumb. Frustrating at first but very satisfying when you had learned the...
  18. Plaicehunter

    Circle hooks

    Always a good idea to fish hooks with incurved points when fishing over stony ground - less likely to snag or be blunted. PH
  19. Plaicehunter

    Circle hooks

    Circle hooks work by the fish swallowing the bait, turning and swimming away. Once you tighten up, the hook starts to pull out then catches the corner of the mouth. This works well with some species but not conger, because they swim backward with the bait rather than turning and swimming off...
  20. Plaicehunter

    Trout Fishing

    Feature on Blagdon centre pages this week's Angling Times, Bacon! I had a brown and a rainbow from Burrator bear Plymouth two days ago. PH
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