Boat Gear

[dave craig]

Got myself a boat few months ago after spending too much frustrated time on the rocks losing gear and not getting enough fish to justify the time and money spent.
anyway i would be greatefull for any advice on decent mid-range rods and reels, ive had a brief look around and fancy some sort of shimano multiplier, rod wise its basicallly 'up and down' jigging in the north sea so something around the 20-30lb class rating is what i think id be looking for (not too keen on the broomshank 50lb class type rods - not enough sport in them!)

anyway any advice will be much appreciated.

cheers

[northeast1]

Eveyone has there favs and you will no doubt get 20+ opinions.

tld 20 or pen 245 ld for your reels...i just picked a tld20 up £86 new and my penn reel was £95

Rods wise i only use abu 10-12lb class rods, i have 3 of them and used one of them for 9 years now landing fish upto 40lb and its still as good as the day i got her..only cost me £28 new from ID

If your using braid and i was defo do so you want to keep away from roller line rods and dont over do it i.e in my opinion anything over 30lb on our shore is way over kill...8-15lb class rods the best for sport and able to land good fish also.

[Norman]

pretty much as rich says for the reel, I have a Penn 225 and a 245 but find the smaller 225 the most pleasant to use. For rods I go with Ugly Stik rods circa 15-20lb class (thats big enough for anything in these waters).
For line I`m sure there is no choice ........ "There can be only one !" ... thats "Dynon 3000" 55lbd braid ...... perfect.

hope this helps , here's looking forward to the spring !

norm

[The Great Wallsendo]

Reel - Shimano TLD 15

20lb class Rod - quite a number of people now using the Fladen Maxximus Solid Carbon rods...skinny as a pencil but immensely strong

Agree with Rich that 8-15lb class rods are good fun but wouldn't totally trust mine when snagged on a wreck in 100+Ft of water. Tend to carry two rods with me on each trip - if the conditions are favourable for fishing with 6oz leads (IE not much drift) then I switch down to the light rod

[Fishery Pokery]

Some people use an uptide rod to downtide as they are longer and also softer in the tip. This is sometimes useful with braid as it can provide a bit of cushioning to the zero stetch.
Even with a mono buffer I bumped a couple of fish of last summer. This may have just been down to me, but I will be trying an uptider next year.

[oldessox]

Got myself a boat few months ago after spending too much frustrated time on the rocks losing gear and not getting enough fish to justify the time and money spent.
anyway i would be greatefull for any advice on decent mid-range rods and reels, ive had a brief look around and fancy some sort of shimano multiplier, rod wise its basicallly 'up and down' jigging in the north sea so something around the 20-30lb class rating is what i think id be looking for (not too keen on the broomshank 50lb class type rods - not enough sport in them!)

anyway any advice will be much appreciated.

cheers

You will have to be good to catch enough fish to pay for boat fishing lol.
I'd say the same as Rich and co for your tackle , braid line being probably the most important part of the outfit. Only other thing that springs to mind for boat fishing success is a chartplotter and fishfinder , they really are invaluable.


Ray

[dave craig]

thanks for the advice lads much appreciated!!
i'll get looking and spending!
ive learned quickly that a boat is a hole in the water in which you throw lots of money into.

[northeast1]

Yep it is but if the weather treats us right the sumer is heavan

My spending since end of september £1210 on the boat and fees.

[dave craig]

too right, where about do you fish? i launch up at beadnell, you know any co-ordinates for any wrecks around that area? or anybody else for that matter?
any info appreciated.

[northeast1]

I am from the Tyne..not really my last wreck mark is 2 miles north of Amble, some crackers 2-3 miles north of Blyth thou but only fished them once this year.

[Kev1n]

too right, where about do you fish? i launch up at beadnell, you know any co-ordinates for any wrecks around that area? or anybody else for that matter?
any info appreciated.

Yes, with a little detective work I managed to find a list of over 700 wreck coordinates from 50 to 56°N with plenty of them in our area.

PM an e-mail address if you would like a copy of the XL file.

[dave craig]

they would probably be ok, as on a decent day 2 miles north of amble isnt really that far from beadnell, u got any tips/advice for wreck fishing, is it simoly a case of repeating the drift over the wreck or do you anchor?

[5150]

too right, where about do you fish? i launch up at beadnell, you know any co-ordinates for any wrecks around that area? or anybody else for that matter?
any info appreciated.

This might be a start for you:
Beadnell and Newton
UK Diving Wrecks

[oldessox]

latitude: 55°33.884' N
longitude: 001°26.980' W

Have a mooch around there , it's about 5 miles out , never fished them but there a few wrecks together in that are and some decent sized ones , worth a look

Ray

[northeast1]

They all get hammered them as they with in easy range of both the Tyne and the Wear, always wortha look thou.