your distance from land

[northeast1]

Alright everyone

I have been marking a host of wrecks on the gps and ended up wondering around with the cursor looking at qrecks. Some I have never fished before or have any info on, chances are they not there anymore. Anyway whays the furthest off you have been? I was looking at the north grave yard wrecks and my gps puts them at 37miles from The pier.

 

[lingking]

about 23/24 from amble rich,about 3 1/2 hrs in an 8 knott plodder,fished 7 wrecks for not a fish.

stopped off at 12 miles on way back crazy hour and half,plenty fish

 

[kayos]

I have booked a trip to the Graveyard on JFK2 on July 10th Rich.........Can't wait!

 

[northeast1]

Nice1 thats upto 42 miles off depending what part of it, I willbe having a trip a month to the area if we get a settled spell of weather, would not risk it on anything but perfect conditions.

 

[Skingz]

Heard lots of good reports about the Graveyard ... Must be a long trip to get there..... Are the wrecks known ie named ships ? Was wondering if standard rod and reel would be used ? Also depth ? ..... Sorry just interesting

 

[northeast1]

Depth about 70-85m, standard gear does...its hit or miss like all wrecks just dont get fished often at all due to the distance from land and the need for a good sea for smaller boats or a larger charter boat....good charter skippers like the well known ones in our area will know when to hit these areas that far out...the fuel cost also be a killer for most, in my new boat i would say £100 would be drank by the boat for a day on the graveyard and a charter engine takes more fuel so they would need to charge more for a trip like that.

Its all on the day if a mark fishes or not but the thrill of fishing new wrecks and that far out is just great.

Anyway the thread was just about how far people go off in general, i know the 4-8mile wrecks IMO always seem to out fish any the others i have tried but do get over fished our days.

 

[Skingz]

Thanks for the info ... Sorry didn't want to hijack the post ... 100.00 worth of Fuel WOW ..... But like you say the thrill of trying new wrecks .... As you say charter boat would cost more .... Charters aren't cheap..... But then having a boat isn't cheap ...... But fun I imagine

 

[lingking]

100 quid not bad if between 3 or 4 rich:exclam::exclam::exclam:

 

[big_sean]

I have done a little bit offshore and about 55 miles will be my furthest. I have been to the wreck before and it fished very well not loads of fish but quality fish.

Going offshore is a great buzz but to do so you have to kit your boat out for doing so to minimise risks.

Below is a list I would say is a necessity and not a nice to have for going offshore.

Offshore Flare pack

Compass and a backup one

GPS and a back up one (preferably a hand held back up)

Radar is a 100% must as if the fog arrives you are blind!

Active Radar reflector: The big ships cannot see you! check out the reports on certain types all info on the net.

PLB's if you hit something in the water and sink how will they find you???

AIS you can see the big ships and their course and avoid them in fog.

Auxiliary engine: even just to give steerage encase of been caught out.

Auto inflate Lifejackets with spray hood and light AND WEAR THEM!!! see link to what happens without them http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-27076882

VHF(with DSC) and CG66 registration. so they know who you are and act accordingly.

Hand held back up VHF with DSC.

and a nice to have is a Life raft

Well that's my list of what I think you should of at least have, I may of missed stuff or others may have different views but its a lonely place sometimes out there especially if the visibility suddenly disappears!

Anyway go for it have fun but stay safe as no fish is worth a life!

Sean

 

[ships cat]

And loads of sarneys

 

[easyfish1]

And loads of sarneys

And crisps....

Our limit was about 12m offshore, and probably the same heading south..

Planned days with the weather being spot on, I hated the slow.plods back in a good chop sea...

 

[northeast1]

No limits for me as long as i felt safe, my old boat only did 10mph so some days we went none stop for almost 3hrs, the new boat will almost half that time but the weather and safety never changes...all must be bang on.

Mind distance does not always mean fish as we found out many times but it makes a nice change

Hope everyone has a good season and comes home safe with no issues this season.

 

[Kev1n]

12~15 miles looking for the less frequently fished wrecks. The water that far out is usually 250+feet deep making it difficult to fish in much of a drift.
Perhaps this year will see a calm enough spell of weather to allow a run out to the Graveyard. I’ve a load of coordinates for there and hear that there are other unmarked wrecks in between.
As Sean posted, it’s worth having a full set of safety kit and for me a life-raft is a must have as there isn’t much traffic that far out and even with a lifejacket, the cold will get you before the rescue boats do. I’d add spare drum or two of diesel too.

 

[oldessox]

I fish out to twelve miles, there aren't many wrecks out there , but they are usually good if the conditions are right to fish them , the biggest problem with fishing them is the depth they are at means if you hook a fish it's a long wind up and a long motor back for the next drift, but it's often worth it. The next wrecks after twelve miles for me are the graveyard wrecks, which are about 26 miles off if I remember correctly , with virtually nothing between.

 

[kingcod deano]

Honnestly i don't see the point in travelling 12miles plus most of the time the fish are in the 5-6 mile bracket if not closer

 

[lingking]

Honnestly i don't see the point in travelling 12miles plus most of the time the fish are in the 5-6 mile bracket if not closer

depends where you fish dave in some ports the 4 to 6 mile wrecks fished to death,never get the chance to recover

 

[kingcod deano]

Everywhere fished to death mate just makes it more interesting lol

 

[Norman]

Yeah Rich, been thought about many many times and planned to an extent ... would suggest the ONLY way for us private boats to do it would be in a group of no less that 3 boats ...... at least that way to cancel 90% of the main dangers ......

but ... to be honest, in the 16 years or so I've been at Royal Quays I think I've only ever had 3 trips where I could say that past 12 mile (distance east of piers) was any better than the 6-8 mile wrecks. Probably Satellite wreck was the best we've been to "On a good day" but bearing in mind the odds of it being "a good day" say to me .... probably scoure closer in ..... 20 mile north or south aint such a bad idea sometimes mind .....

If you do decide to look at the graveyard let me know in advance .......

norm

 

[big_sean]

Honnestly i don't see the point in travelling 12miles plus most of the time the fish are in the 5-6 mile bracket if not closer

If you drop lucky and the offshore wreck which holds fish hasn't been hit for a while you can fill the boat, but it does take some running about as most are hit but not hit as much as the inshore ones.

Sean

 

[big sid]

Distance

Distance

All this talk of distance has me wondering how long it will be before were tying up in a Dutch port for a slice of cake and a cup of tea.