Innholdsfortegnelse for February - March 2023 i Saltwater Boat Angling

FISHING AND TRAVEL SEA TROUT SWEDEN The average size is between 40-55 sms (about 2.5-4lbs there is a fair chance of catching a bigger specimens. The season starts on the 1st April and runs until 30th September. After that fishing is not allowed and the spawning starts and the fish are allowed to rest during the winter. A full day guiding with on his Ockelbo B18CC boat, (plus from kayaks or land). Fly fishing is recommended for two and up to four can spin on the boat. Fjordguiderna www.seatroutroad.se Jonas Nordigårds jonas@edgeflyfishing.com +46 70-631 04 44 Lagunen Camping & Stugor https://www.lagunen.seleon@lagunen.se +46 709 64 57 64 Early in the summer got an unexpected call in late June from an old angling mate, Jonas Nordigårds. I first met him in France…

What is it? Relief Shading delivers highly detailed shading that combines colour and shadow to provide an easy-to-interpret, clearer view of bottom structure than contour lines alone. For coastal and inland boat owners who need to know as much as possible about sea and lakes beds, Relief Shading offers a better understanding of bottom detail for improved fishing and diving. Navionics use the best data available from the sources that are available to them. In some cases, high-resolution data is mixed with low-resolution data to produce a more complete image. The most convenient way to preview relief shading in your area of interest is on the Navionics Boating app. Introduction Most anglers with boats will know about and use Navionics charts, we have written articles and produced videos on the…

SPORTFISHING BLUEFIN TUNA Thunnus Thynnus Atlantic bluefin are the largest of all the Tuna and can grow to over 700kg, (1,500lbs), and live for up to 50 years. They can attain speeds of around 70kph (45mph)and dive to depths of over 1000 metres, (1,100 yards or 3,300ft). They undertake great migrations each year, some on a par with those other great ocean travellers, blue whales. Following our piece in the last issue about the CHART tagging programme and now the 2022 season has ended and we are learning more we take a closer look at these magnificent fish, why are they here, what do we know about their physiology and what a recreational fishery would look like. We also experienced first-hand the incredible excitement out on board one of the…

Plaice Editors note... The biggest plaice I’ve ever seen, apart from one dustbin lid I lost at the net a few years back, is a fish of 20lb mounted on the wall of Hastings Fishermen’s Museum. It was dragged up in a trawl 25 years ago. According to science, the maximum recorded length is 100cm (40 inches) that’s about 20lbs in weight. The British record is 10lb 3oz and was caught in 1974 in Scotland but a fish of 5lb is a cracker. I like to plan. I live a long way from the sea, and I want to make the most of my time fishing. I try to maximise my chances of catching, by putting in as much work as possible. This particular trip had been in the pipeline…

Our long awaited trip to Vesteralen Norway had arrived and despite our fears about covid and a pilots’ strike our team comprising, owner of Medway Tackle Supplies Mick King, Wayne Edmeades and Dave O’Neil, were all ready and eager. Our flight was from London Heathrow and after a connection from Olso we arrived at Evenes airport where it was much cooler than the horrible 38c heat we left behind in London. Wayne and I have been to Norway before but the others had never been and this was a bucket list trip for them. They went with high hopes after two years of constant raving on about `Norway being the best angling place on earth. None of us have been to the Vesteralen camp before but I have been to…

Specification and performance figures Length: 6.4m (23’) Beam: 2.32m (7.7’) Draught: 500mm Engine Rating: 300hp Deadrise: 24 degrees Est. top speed: 40 knots Electronics Plotter/Fishfinder Raymarine Axiom Radio: ICOM Audio: Fusion Marine RA400 Seats: Bespoke design with mechanical shock absorbers. Decking: Seadek First, a bit of history The original mould was designed by a boat builder called John Moxham whose companies’, Railcraft and Reliance Marine, whose first design was a boat using aeroplane design technology, a wing design integrated into the hull design and was well ahead of its time in 1970s. John has been extremely helpful to Steve in designing the Hurricane, on hand to help with designs and suggestions for improvements. Basic design Based on this original design the boat is based on a deep V sharp keel…

UK Bluefin Tuna Now that the 2022 Bluefin tagging programme is finished (the season started in August and ran until December 2022). Over 1000 bluefin have been caught tagged and released, over 1000 anglers on 25 boats in the South West have been out fishing. There were also limted-programmes in Wales and Northern Ireland with some impressive fish already brought to boats in Wales. On these pages are a few pictures to illustrate the quality of fishing. For more on bluefin tuna go to the UK Bluefin Tuna Association web site here www.ukbfta.co.uk…

WHIPPY AFLOAT AUCTION WINNER STEVE HORROCKS very generously entered the Angling Trust Auction in March 2022 and bid for a day out on our boat Lucky G based in Eastbourne Marina. The Auction is an annual event and the proceeds, nearly £40,000 which goes toward their campaigning work. For more go to: www.anglingtrust.net As both Tim and I are great supporters of the Angling Trust, we thought it would be a good idea to offer a couple of members the chance to come out with us to sample the varied fishing off Eastbourne. The highest bidder turned out to be Steve Horrocks, who has more form on the river bank than at sea. Mind you he revealed later that he had spent several holidays fishing for tarpon and the like…

Tub Gurnard (Trigla lucerna) Record: 11lb 7oz. Blue tinge to the pectoral fins. The Grey Gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) Record: 2lb 7oz. Grey without the coloured fins or the yellow gills. Red Gurnard Latin Name: (Chelidonichthys cuculus) Record: 3lb 2oz Yellow inside the gills. bright red. Streaked Gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza) The upper body is red, dark spotting on the head and the back with a paler lower body. Grey pectoral fins with blue spots. General description They are demersal predators found in shallow water around the UK. They really are very distinctive with a large armoured head and spines around the body to protect them. The pelvic fins are adapted to act as feelers which they use to “walk’ along the seabed feeling for prey in the substrate. They have large…

SHARNBROOK TACKLE BIG GAME TUNA ROD, CURVED OR STRAIGHT ALLOY BUTT A new range of Stand-Up game rods with straight butts & bent butt versions have been made to order and to the highest standards using a mixture of “E” glass & 42 ton Woven Carbon Wrap, an extremely strong combination for the rigours of Big Game Tuna Fishing. The rods are fitted with aluminium butts both straight butt and curved butt to suite all styles of fishing. They are also fitted with Hi-Quality roller guides with stainless steel components. These rods are extremely well made and will no doubt stand up to the most brutal treatment likely to be meted out by bluefin tuna and other big game fish. The range of rods are: 1.73m, 1.8m and 1.98m in…