Adam F Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 Well, after the wrecking we all enjoyed in Alderney, my palate has been wet for a little bit of deep water action on my own boat. Martin and I have discussed it, and reckon the Ripps look like a good idea. Who wants to come and when? The plan would be to pick a nice settled forecast, them steam out in convoy. As it is an area of rough ground and not wreck, their should be enough room for several boats. I think it is about 20 miles? Is Poole best to launch from? Adam Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 Hi Adam Yep I am up for it. I would launch from Poole, I think it is slightly more than 20 miles but will check that. A mid tide would be best to avoid the worst of the chop given by big tides on marks like this. A smaller tide would also save us on fuel as you would probably want to drift this mark for cod + pollock etc. Who else is up for it? Martin Quote
Adam F Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Posted May 9, 2004 Look on your charts. From how martin and Pete Jnr described it, about 26 miles SE of Poole (SE/SW??) It is an area of very rough ground, as rough as any wreck, and littered with Pollock now, and Cod in a few weeks. Crusing at 15-18knts it will take around 1.5 hours, stopping for a few mackeral on the way to break up the trip. First week in June?? Quote
shytalk Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 25 miles south of boscombe pier as the gannet flies Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 26.38 miles from my house Half way to Alderney huummmm Martin Quote
Adam F Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Posted May 9, 2004 So: Blue Warrior Splash Out Maverick Loyal Royal I think that should do it...unless anyone else wants to join the party? That is 8 fishing. Now all we need is the weather. Shall we pencil June 5/6th in the diary? Anyone know what the tides are for then? Quote
Newboy Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 Don't know the exact tide info, but this's 3/4 days after a full moon, so the tide should be fairly big. Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 9, 2004 Report Posted May 9, 2004 Tides for Sunday 6th June at Poole entrance Low water 0640 height 0.4 High water 1259 height 1.94 Low water 1909 height 0.62 as Newboy says quite large tides Martin Quote
Swainiac Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 Guys, the last time i fished the Ripps, we had to fillet the cod as there were that many in the box!!!! If crew is needed, I'm up for it. Cheers chaps.......Rich Quote
Adam F Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Posted May 10, 2004 Okay - the week after then - give the tides a chance to calm down? Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 Adam I think you'll find that the week-end of the 12th, 13th June is our 48 hour specimen hunt Martin Quote
Adam F Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Posted May 10, 2004 Correct - Just not enough hours in the week! Well May 22/23 offers small tides - hw - 1.8m and lw - 1.2m may 29/30th hw1.8m lw 1m How does this sound? Quote
great white Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 Hi all May is a good time for the RIPs 1 point you should note, last time we fished it [2 weeks ago] we were in 248ft of water. plenty of Pollack no COD. So if you are thinking of anchoring you will need a long warp. Tight lines Charlie Quote
duncan Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 As the first week in June is the school break I hope to be down from the 29th May untill the 7th June and would love to run out there on a suitable day - have you thought of the bank holiday 30th - tides will be smaller? The other thing is that the Lulworth ranges will be closed over this period so there is always the fall back option of dropping onto the inshore grounds there as well. Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 Charlie Talking to Mr. Caines on our recent trip that you might of heard about, he said that the pollock are on the channel marks first with cod coming in a little later and that the next week or two should see their arrival. So fingers crossed that he is right as I have enough Pollock in the freezer. Adam any date for me is fine except for club comps which I will be fishing in preference to other excursions. Martin Quote
Nipper Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 martin will we need to be at anchor to fish the ripps or will we be drifting just so i will bring enough rope 248ft so we will need 500ft of rope then . mark b Quote
Maverick Martin Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 Mark I would probably drift the rips but would be guided by more experienced members who have fished the mark before? Martin Quote
Newboy Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 How deep? 240+? that's 80metres and 3 times that equals 240metre!!!!!! You'll need an extra boat to carry the warps for the boats. Quote
duncan Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 how about one boat anchors (using everyone's warps tied together) and the rest tie off from that on their mooring lines? Quote
Paul J Posted May 10, 2004 Report Posted May 10, 2004 You might want to gang up a bit to keep the cost down say 3 in a boat instead of two. It might be tight while drifting but im sure it will be quite expensive to burn all that fuel. anyone got an idea of fuel cost for a run like this? Paul J Quote
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