Swainiac

Big Gay bear, on speaking to commercial Bass boys, they think the larger fish are lazy, and tend to feed off mean peak of tide, smaller Bass outnumber these larger fish, the demogarphic pyramid will show this on any sustainable fishery, so it follows that the smaller fish will nab the bait first. I have tried freelining livies, but have had better success with a small weight to get them close to the seabed., but at the end of the day, my own personal theory is if a fish wants your bait, whatever size it is, it will nab it. I stick to this, and it hasnt failed me yet!! Rich

Why waste time dipping buckets in the sea?? Simply include a good circulation of fresh sea water from a decent GPM bilge and the problem is surely solved...........waits for the boffin from TekTanks to shoot me down here. The whole point of a bait tank is to give the bait fish a similar environment to where they have come from, so just circulate sea water at a sufficient rate to A) Keep the tank water at the same temp as the sea, Keep the tank at a similar aeration content as the sea, if you see the fish flagging, and you get good signs, as the do surface and gasp, simply aerate if need be. Rich

Isnt he that cheeky scouse chappie who is thick as thieves with "our Cilla"? Rich

Tom, I can do tuesday, if you have a space, many thanks chap. Rich

Mark B and I will be out, Ive got a lure only comp on the following monday, which I won last year, so will probably fish lures only as a warm up for that. Rich

Bugger, Bugger, Bugger, I wish these guys had come on board before the weekend past!! Looking at their range of DIY gear, it seems that all of their push fit fittings are the same as the ones I have used on my bodged job!! I must admit, they are cheaper, but we all know B & Q charge like wounded Elephants!!!!!! Great addition to the site, welcome Tek Tanks. Rich, miffed!!!!

Great Value at that price with the harness.........mine just cost me 34 squid without. Rich

Welcome aboard Alan, lure man after my own heart. See you on the water. Rich

Should solve the problem!!!

Dommy...dont waste your bait elastic m8, snap off a leg and poke the the hook point through the hole and out through the hardback of the shell. Follow bruv....stingers if you can get through the weed. Tight lines chap Rich

Sold to the dude with long black curly teeth, otherwise known as Gnasher. Rich

I have a well used tackle bow, the smaller of the Shakespere boxes, up for grabs as I have upgraded to a larger one. The lid has bungee inside, which holds rig wallets and a set of avon size scales, not included, and down one side in the box are two tubes which I used to hold booms. On the lid, is a white nylon filleting board, which is held in by screws from the inside. A bargain at a tenner, I feel. First come, first served. The new boxes retail at around forty squid I think, depending on retail outlet. Rich

I can see that location getting a hammering!!!! Superb fish, though. Rich

mmmmm. the secret weapon isnt so secret after all. Good reading, watch out for libel!!!!!!!! Rich

PJ, to combat this, I placed my inlet high in the tank, put an elbow in the inside joint, a downpipe all the way to the base of the drum, a blank on the bottom of this downpipe, then drilled holes at the four compass points down the pipe. All my holes were drilled of the same diameter, in hindsight, smaller holes or indeed no holes at the base may have worked better, with slightly, and I mean only slightly smaller holes in the top half. Also, maybe it would be better to only have holes on one side of the downpipe to create more of a current inside the barrel. I may cut another length and try this next time were out. With placky screw fittings hand tight, its a piece of cake to change parts. As the water is pumped into the tank, the spray from the inlet downpipe is at the height of the water in the barrel, UNTILL such time as the water lever reaches the outlet pipe, which is three inches below the inlet pipe, thus allowing a spray jet of water into the barrel from above the waterline, oxygenating as it pumps in. You can also use a natural method of iducing O2 into the barrel, by piercing the inlet pipe at the top by the outside of the barrel, and the movement of water going through will pull air through this hole. I didnt like this method, which is why I included a small aerator on mine. It kept four inch trout alive all day in circulated borehole water. Hope this helps. Rich

Nice one Adam, you did better than us!!!! rich

Terry, good stuff, I'm sure BB will be over the moon it fits too, I'll tell him and pass your regards when we speak later today, Rich

Jack, cracking fish, a very good undulate, also, may I add what cracking trollies you are wearing kind sir!! Did you borrow those from Billy Short by any chance?????? If so, he'd like them back please Rich

Nice one guys, cracking day it sounded!!! Well done on the PB. Rich

Cracking report Dan, nice to se three generations afloat! Superb Thorny m8, get it registered.......our day wasnt so hot....................shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Dont tell the others!! Rich

Thanks Mike, see you suntag, Rich

Happy Birthday Reg..........I thibnk Neptune must have thought it was my birthday this week....................He sent me a bloody Cod!!!!! Have a great day m8 Rich

Guys, Ive noticed that since coming back from the factory, my ABU 7000 Big Game isnt leveling the braid on the spool, in fact it is loading it to the left hand side of the reel..........any thoughts why?? Ta muchly, Rich

To put another spanner in the works, its also illegal to store ANY size fuel can in the boot of a car IF the bulkhead of that vehicle is not seperate from the passenger carrying body, ie, if the seats fold down to leave an open boot space, technically you can reported for summons. Its all about fumes and driver consciousness. Rich

Fred, to ensure a good demographic size range of fish, for future conservation of fish stocks, it is advisable to not just return one size/age class of fish, if you see the size of fish kept by commercials, its anything above the 37cm MLS, I know they have to earn a crust etc etc, so I dont feel bad about taking a couple of fish for the table. You are talking to a bloke who caught a 13lber which was returned with respect to fight another day, despite the fact that that specific fish was probably far beyond its best breeding days. Studies show that the most succesfull breeders are the fish in the five to six year class, and at the end of this year Wedger and I will post on how our club Bass survey has gone, and post on age /size averages for fish included in this survey. So long as a form of conservation exists by us anglers, there will be, in theory, fish stocks for the future to enjoy. Rich