Boat Lead Shapes and Anchoring on a Wreck?

[Graham B]

I must admit Tony it was the cannonball type leads I had seen on slinky's photo's that spurred the thought process, they looked the business. The main advantage on the adjusti bell ones I found was perfect leads every time with no rejects. I am probobly just being lazy!
With regards to anchoring I was thinking along the lines of two anchors as well, kind of a running moor straight over the wreck up and down the tide and shorten one up or lengthen to keep position right over the top?
Ray I bet those two downriggers were almost as much as the marina fees or did you find them somewhere cheaper?
Micky took care of the engine service at the weekend so a couple of little jobs to do twhen I get home then out of the piers and turn right! Until about late May anyway!

Graham

[The Great Wallsendo]

they'll prob feature quite a bit this year as well - as we made a load in the melting sessions so we've got a healthy mix of cannonball and conventional Bopedo styles

I bought the cannonball mould off ebay

CANNON,BALL,LEAD,MOULD,12oz,BOAT,SEA,FISHING,TACKL E X 1 on eBay (end time 22-Mar-10 03:23:03 GMT)

this fella in fact

[Norman]

Yeah Tone, look forward to trying the ball leads, especially with the fixed in swivel, they look and feel "Right" not long now ........

norm

[jason]

anything that requires less than 12oz i use ball leads in either 10, 8 or 6 oz - you can normally knock off about 4oz in weight if you use the cannons ie 16oz normal lead = 12oz cannon. They drop just as fast as bopedoes, have less drift due to the shape and seem to loose less as using less lead.

[The Great Wallsendo]

not long now ........

norm

Forecast looking iffy...still it's not even wednesday yet

mind if it's the worst season already and we've not even left port I might stop at home

[Norman]

I`m sure Rich will cheer up when he gets out there

norm

[Norman]

Weather still looking ok

[northeast1]

Not worst season just think it be a hard season with the reports of massive shoals of sprat off shore, think it was 2004 last time they reported in such numbers maybe year before and the fishing was poor but they say bad winter good summer so lets hope.

I be happy to get more days at sea this year and the fish an added bonus..think 70 trips out this year will be the target 3 a week with the current shift pattern if mr west wind hangs around

[wildcard]

With regards to anchoring I was thinking along the lines of two anchors as well, kind of a running moor straight over the wreck up and down the tide and shorten one up or lengthen to keep position right over the top?

Graham

We twin anchored the rig wreck just when the neap tide was starting to run. It runs at about 210deg for the 1st 2 hours, so we placed the 1st anchor uptide of her at 195deg and the second at 225deg to give a 30deg triangle uptide of her. It was then a matter of letting out warp on both anchors to get over her. We attached the 1st anchor to the bow and the 2nd anchor to the samson post on the starboard stern. You can then fish over the back and port side bumping leads which run into the wreck in a NW direction.

Alan

[dt1]

Rich , There were sprats showing close in off Cresswell both on the surface and showing on lads sounder whilst yak fishing last Sunday morn.:.......Dave

[Graham B]

Thanks for the link Tony, just bought one!

Graham.

[northeast1]

Yer i heard a few reports and from our area the sea is packed to the brim with them from 1 mile to 12 miles out..sounds close as the pipe fish invation from a year or so back.

Guess it would be right, less big fish means loads more smaller species.

Anyway lots of days at sea in a light west wind with sun above, odd fish on the line, slipping on mackerel bits with a never ending flat glass like sea

[Norman]

Rich , is that almost a smile

[jason]

there is an article about smaller fish - the link is on the whitby site. there is an explosion at the moment of very small tommies, there are however fewer 3-4lb fish. The article is about protecting the smaller fish stocks to allowthem to grow.

[northeast1]

Well i been doing my bit all winter by not wetting a line and in the summer i am planning on taken 1, yes 1 codling per day out and no ling unless dead. The ony fish that i will hold my hands up and say i will kill around 200 of is the mackerel, 20ish for food and the rest used as bait, reason is unless someone asks me for fish or on the boat that adys wants to take them it be going back.

Maybe more used as food if Alan Charlton pm's me one sunny day