First trip on a boat - Advice

[broony]

Alreet

Going on me first boat trip this comming Monday, going on Upholder from Amble. I need some advice if possible please?

What to wear? I take it can get canny cold out there. Will I get away with a few layers and a fleece or do I need a bit more?

I will need to make some rigs up, what's working at the moment and can you point me in the direction of some diagrams/drawing online to copy? What size hooks and line strength?

Been told that squid, lug and prawn have been working well, anything else to try?

I'm a bit scared of getting sick, is there any particular brand of travel sickness pills or owt that works well?

Cheers

broony

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/boat-fishing/23220-boat-fishing-beginner.html

Have a look here

 

[broony]

Thanks again mate

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Have a good dump before you leave as well...nowt worse than trying to hold it in for hours and hours - serious advice

If you do feel like you might start feeling squiffy have a bite of your sarnie and a glug of water and it should help

 

[5150]

Make sure you've got some waterproofs, if you get soaked out there you'll learn what cold really feels like!

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

I posted this elsewhere...

These are the two main rigs that I use a lot:

One Up One Down

Tied on 60lb Mono

5/0 Hooks - in the pictures they are feathered but you can also put muppets, shads, firetails, grubs etc etc on them

27" Main trace length

17" Bottom hook snood

10" Top Hook snood

Large snap link on bottom for the lead - this can be a large overhand loop if you want to keep it even simpler (and cost down)

Snoods attached to main trace using double overhand loops and pulled tight and the top loop done in same way

Flowing Trace

3 Way Swivel forms main component

Tied on 60lb Mono in this picture

Top eye of swivel tied with mono to overhand loop to connect to main line.

Hook snood on middle eye of swivel - 30/40lb line...anything up to 3 foot long - longer snoods can result in tangles unless a swivel is incorporated

Hooks - in picture single 5/0 but this rig can be adapted to use a pennel if preferred or even increase hook sizes up to 8/0 or 10/0 if going for big Ling

Large snap link for lead although again mono with large over hand loop can be used - some people use a rottom bottom.

Hope this helps

 

[broony]

Fantastic mate, will knock up a few tonight. How many do you reckon I will need?

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Fantastic mate, will knock up a few tonight. How many do you reckon I will need?

Taking 30/40+ rigs is not a daft number...you might find that on some occasions you'll just lose the lead off the bottom in which case lash another on...other times you'll lose one or both the hooks off a rig in which case you need to change the lot.

By all means make a few but I'd always take some shop bought stuff as well for convenience...

 

[Kentish Bassman]

I go out on Upholder quite often and Dave is a canny skipper, he`s sure to find the fish for you. I usually use hokkais and last week it was the smaller sizes that were taking most fish. Tip them with thin strips of squid to add a bit of movement or prawns for a bit of colour. You should be prepared to lose a few rigs and weights as the ground Dave usually fishes is very rough. Remember to take some good waterproofs or a floatation suit as it can get really cold and if you get wet it`s 10 times worse. You should also take a flask of hot drink as Dave isn`t well known for his on-board facilities.
Finally, have a great day out. If it fishes as well as last week you`re in for a treat.

 

[KeithB]

I posted this elsewhere...

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Hook snood on middle eye of swivel - 30/40lb line...anything up to 3 foot long - longer snoods can result in tangles unless a swivel is incorporated

Hooks - in picture single 5/0 but this rig can be adapted to use a pennel if preferred or even increase hook sizes up to 8/0 or 10/0 if going for big Ling

Large snap link for lead although again mono with large over hand loop can be used - some people use a rottom bottom.

Hope this helps

A decent ling would laugh at a 30lb hook line

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

A decent ling would laugh at a 30lb hook line

...me biggest is only about 8lb :red:

 

[willywetegg]

There are lots of different sea sickness tablets out there, if you are not used to being on the sea I would advise you to get one of them. I have only been sea sick once in my life and it was calm so I didn't take any. I don't think I would even think of a days boat fishing without taking something, just thinking about it makes me queasy lol. If you are not sure what to get, ask at your local pharmacy.

Jim.

 

[mick dunn]

i take stugeron 15 sea sickness tablets-you can buy them from chemists and they are good. They work by dulling the senses in your ears so you are given advice by staff selling them about driving etc. . Only the diesel fumes set me away these days.

 

[codhw]

I always take joyrides to stave off the old sea sickness and get a packet of crystal ginger from holland & barret to chew on if I start to feel a bit dodgy. Oh and dont forget the camera:yltype:

 

[johnf]

i take stugeron 15 sea sickness tablets-you can buy them from chemists and they are good. They work by dulling the senses in your ears so you are given advice by staff selling them about driving etc.

Same here, I swear by them. Mind you sleep for three days solid afterwards

 

[KeithB]

...me biggest is only about 8lb :red:

I'd think about going for a minimum of 60lb snood, wouldn't wanna loose a lunker.

I think a lot of sea sickness is in the mind, if you are occupied and catching fish it doesn't seem to start. As mentioned stay off the drink the night before and try and have a good brekkie.

Best of luck!

 

[broony]

cheers everyone.

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Good luck mate and enjoy .

My advice is ,toilet ,toilet ,toilet ... before you go out .

A good breckie always helps .

Remember you can always take gear off if it's too hot but make sure you've got enough in case it's cold and wet.

Take plenty of ,rigs ,bait and weights .

Don't be afraid of being sea sick as it probably won't happen ...I've been fine without taking anything except a good breakfast ,mind you as mentioned there's plenty of tablets out there ,one bloke reckons ginger bickies during the trip help to settle the belly.

Take a knife to gut your fish and it'll come in handy for loads of other things as well.

 

[Topfly]

Steve , Good advice for broony i'm convinced the ginger snaps etc help, and also if you feel a bit queezy keep your eye on the horizon for a minuet, then get back to doing what your out there for. still a bit early for the best conditions, but hope you have a pleasant day and catch a few.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

You've either got sea legs or you haven't I think - agree with the comments that it's mostly in the mind...been close to calling Hughey a few times but often that's been caused by the demon drink the night before or not eating any breakfast (mainly coz it's 0345 in the morning and you've only been asleep 3 hours )...gutting the fish sometimes invokes a reaction as well

Most of all enjoy it - it's a great feeling being out there