What Makes A Good Boat Angler ?

[Tadpoleman]

I have had this topic raised a few times because in the words of any shore angler "anyone can catch fish off the boat!!" All you have to do is drop your line over the side there is no skill involved at all its easy !
Boat ?
Skipper?
Bait?
Weather?
Location ?
Knowl how?
The best tackle you can buy?
or where your finger`s were last night?
etc
or is it all luck ? just ask Eddie

 

[Norman]

all except the last one bert .... lol

(eddie that is hahaha)

 

[mark]

all except the last one bert .... lol

(eddie that is hahaha)

on board fridge?? (adequately stocked!)

 

[KeithB]

Aye I'd say you've those in about the right order.

A bit SH*T for luck doesn't go a miss

Dirty stinking mackeral, I had just said to Jim a couple of days earlier always point them ar$e end away

 

[Norman]

Bulls Eye ........... well , keiths face anyway haha nice one keith, the smell and taste of the sea eh ....

 

[willywetegg]

Hahahaha nice one Keith.

Apart from last year (one trip) I had not been on a boat for a long time, I think it is always good to ask questions of the skipper, on the boat you are on as most of the time the skipper is the man that can give you the best advice on what has been catching. After that you have to trust his judgement and skill for putting you over the mark.

I have been out with some great skippers and some that were only after your money, the good ones are worth their weight in gold.

Jim.

 

[sless]

norman
just as well you hoyed a few beers over
so he could get the taste out of his mouth
hahaha


i would say its all down to the skipper

 

[mickthefish]

I have had this topic raised a few times because in the words of any shore angler "anyone can catch fish off the boat!!" All you have to do is drop your line over the side there is no skill involved at all its easy !
Boat ?
Skipper?
Bait?
Weather?
Location ?
Knowl how?
The best tackle you can buy?
or where your finger`s were last night?
etc
or is it all luck ? just ask Eddie

i would say a good skipper is 75% of it .
lure and weight choice depending on water colour and strength of tide.
bait choice depending on time of year.
lure action and depth fished all come into it.
ability to free a fast hold while using braid without slicing your arms off !

 

[mickthefish]

Aye I'd say you've those in about the right order.

A bit SH*T for luck doesn't go a miss

Dirty stinking mackeral, I had just said to Jim a couple of days earlier always point them ar$e end away

sh1t faced in the true sense of the word !! heheh!

 

[KeithB]

lure action and depth fished all come into it.

Good point that mick, that Eddie seems to hammer the cod on pirks, while others don't get a sniff, he must practice his wrist action a lot.

 

[Norman]

lol sless, I take it keith took the "sophisticated" drink well the color matched his face

 

[Tadpoleman]

Well that bit of tiger cack certainly did the job Keith ! because i remember a certain PB getting beaten a few hrs later !
It get me a little Hot under the collar when people say boat fishing is easy ! its all the above things and you also need to be patient esp if you are waiting for your first double fig !!
I was spoilt as a kid in the boat fishing department because i was in the South Shields Boat Angling Club and there was never a shortage of boats who would take me out fishing every week !And each skipper had his own speciality of certain species,and being young a very keen to learn from the "Old Timers" nudge nudge say no more when is that species comp again ?

 

[mickthefish]

Good point that mick, that Eddie seems to hammer the cod on pirks, while others don't get a sniff, he must practice his wrist action a lot.

kieth ive done all my boat fishing from whitby this year and every single time ive been out , the skippers have wiped the floor with everyone on the boat using nothing but the humble pirk.
ive learnt a lot with these lads.

there was a group of lads from sheffield on the other day just after that northerly we had and they were moaning about catching next to nothing ,their comments seemed to be unfairly directed at the skipper who was up on the bow pulling them up 1 after another using a pirk.
their tactics were to cram as many different baits on a string of hokkies as possible even though they were told to do away with the bait.they wouldnt listen !
result - skipper 1 x box of cod
sheffield lads - a few small ling between them.

 

[KeithB]

Well that bit of tiger cack certainly did the job Keith ! because i remember a certain PB getting beaten a few hrs later !

Oh yes!! obviously the cack didn't position the boat over the fish, so thanks again mate

 

[KeithB]

kieth ive done all my boat fishing from whitby this year and every single time ive been out , the skippers have wiped the floor with everyone on the boat using nothing but the humble pirk.
ive learnt a lot with these lads.

That sounds familiar, best advice of all, copy what the skipper's doing.

 

[davem2005]

I have to say that the skipper is the main person we all rely on. But then again why does one person catch more than others?

I can not understand why anglers when seeing one person hammering on one method will continue using what they have on the end of the string.

Recently I went out with 4 people on a charter boat. Three oldies and a young un...also a film crew on board so the pressure was on for the skipper. We fished in a normal way for here in the NE...ripers, daylights etc over rough ground. But the young un fished crab and squid cocktail on some of the best tackle and end rigs money can buy.

He absolutely wiped the floor with the rest of us catching three fish to our one. So theres a lot of old experience being showed how to do it by someone who is prepared to experiment and go against the norm.

IMHO the most important thing is to be prepared to try different things other than what you have been doing for 20 years....and also a good skipper helps.

Cheers
Dave.