South Coast Portland wrassing

[Valleyboy]

It’s a small version of his human trap ??

I can just picture it in a \/an outside Butlins in Minehead baited with kebab and bottles of WKD

 

[Mr Fish]

Prawn trap? I ga\/e you too much credit, I'd assumed you'd been turning rocks

God no, work smarter not harder!

 

[Mr Fish]

I can just picture it in a \/an outside Butlins in Minehead baited with kebab and bottles of WKD

Who gave you my secret design?! ???

 

[Tatunka joe]

I can just picture it in a \/an outside Butlins in Minehead baited with kebab and bottles of WKD

????????pmsl

 

[tdxs133pm]

I can just picture it in a \/an outside Butlins in Minehead baited with kebab and bottles of WKD

Will it still be there when I get there at the end of July.Minehead not Butlins. ?

 

[Mr Fish]

Will it still be there when I get there at the end of July.Minehead not Butlins. ?

Maybe! What drink do you like...? ?

 

[tdxs133pm]

What drink do you like...?

Thatchers Gold.Draught or Bottled.

 

[Mr Fish]

Thatchers Gold.Draught or Bottled.

Expensive tastes eh?

I just usually settle for whatever I can catch with half a bottle of White Lightning...

 

[tdxs133pm]

White Lightning..

YUK! Sooner have a or

 

[Mr Fish]

YUK!Sooner have a or

God yes, would sooner have a ? for that matter!

Not really keen on cider, I must admit...

 

[Tatunka joe]

Will it still be there when I get there at the end of July.Minehead not Butlins. ?

Probably he likes northerners they burn really well in the wicker man ????

 

[Mr Fish]

Probably he likes northerners they burn really well in the wicker man ????

Yep, they tend to have a higher alcohol content... ?

 

[Valleyboy]

Yep, they tend to have a higher alcohol content... ?

A diet rich in lard and beef dripping helps as well

 

[bananas]

Great report and great pics too, shame wasnt loads a fish out on the day for you. Ever considered using pebbles instead a leads, its a lot cheaper.

 

[Shirleycodlin]

Brilliant report Mr fish

 

[Mr Fish]

Great report and great pics too, shame wasnt loads a fish out on the day for you. Ever considered using pebbles instead a leads, its a lot cheaper.

Thanks Bob. Yea, I have actually done that. They’re a bit large and cumbersome to get something around the 5oz mark but they do work for short range stuff.

The only way I could find to fix them though was by making up little pockets of chicken wire. That seemed to be the quickest and easiest way.
I keep meaning to do some more but don’t have any wire - or pebbles - at the moment.
Drilling and fixing an eye in is more trouble than I could be doing with, and I don’t have a bench drill or anything that would do the job anyway.

The other thing is, they are quite bulky to carry. Not the end of the world though.
I seemed to lose less of them as well - I think there was less opportunity for them to get stuck in nooks and crannies.

 

[Trampster]

Thanks Bob. Yea, I have actually done that. They’re a bit large and cumbersome to get something around the 5oz mark but they do work for short range stuff.

The only way I could find to fix them though was by making up little pockets of chicken wire. That seemed to be the quickest and easiest way.
I keep meaning to do some more but don’t have any wire - or pebbles - at the moment.
Drilling and fixing an eye in is more trouble than I could be doing with, and I don’t have a bench drill or anything that would do the job anyway.

The other thing is, they are quite bulky to carry. Not the end of the world though.
I seemed to lose less of them as well - I think there was less opportunity for them to get stuck in nooks and crannies.

A few people have mentioned using Pebbles & stones as weights - good idea but it conjures up images of me stealing Wifey's kitchen scales and scouring Slapton beach for 4 & 5oz Pebbles!

 

[Mr Fish]

A few people have mentioned using Pebbles & stones as weights - good idea but it conjures up images of me stealing Wifey's kitchen scales and scouring Slapton beach for 4 & 5oz Pebbles!

Haha, there is that! I can get them readily enough.
What I found though is that you need something about tennis ball size (ish) to make a useful weight.
Which doesn’t make them the most aerodynamic things or easiest to transport - can hardly fit them all in a coffee tin like I do now.

I have heard of people drilling them out and using resin to fix an eye in, but that’s really more effort than I can be arrised with!

 

[bananas]

I wrap a few turns a 10lb line around the pebble then stick it all down with loads a electrical tape, not ideal for casting to the horizon, but ok for a good lob, getting right size ones for the tide is the pain.

 

[Cfish]

Old sparkplugs we used to use but not very heavy.