Noise pollution

[Mike Fox]

Found this and wondered if this is another contributory reason why anywhere near Poole seems to have fished badly in the last few years...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/...000/8708318.stm

 

 

Mike

 

 

[great white]

Not sure about this, it may have more about it than we think initialy .

 

But after the recent Alderney trip I have given it some thought and already discussed it with others.

 

when on the wrecks we had several occasions when the fishing started well then every drift got worse.

 

On one mark the first drift all four rods were in, then on subsequant drifts zero.

 

an adjacent boat also reported that his fishfinder was being blanked with interferance from mine every time we got close.

 

There may be more to this than we think,

 

I will see if the sounder can be turned off next time, although on a combi unit I will have to look into that.

I could drift with plotter alone but not without both.

 

Charlie

[Tomo]

Charlie,

I have had the same experience on a number of occasions fishing wrecks...A few years back when I fished out of Dover, we only located the wreck and then switched of sounder as we found exactley what you experienced.

 

I know Rob Thompson on Shogun always used to switch of the sounder once the wreck was located and the drift was set. but as soon as other boats joined the drift the catch rate went down, but as you say combi units are a problem as I can't isolate my sounder.

 

 

Tomo