Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2022 i Saltwater Boat Angling

Welcome to the first issue of 2022. We’re looking forward to a very good fishing year with all sorts of fishing opportunities to look forward to. There is more about this on page 28 and there are a few really exciting high profile events and festivals to look forward to; the Sea Angling Classic, Reel Masters and The Mull of Galloway Sea Angling Festival are just three. We’ve also got a few trips to look forward to including more of those when theyre confirmed but we hope it it will include chasing bluefin tuna. Bringing you some sunshine fishing Talking of big game fish we have some sunshine angling in this issue, Martin Salter, Policy Chief at the Angling Trust, reports from the Maldives on his experiences catching GT’s and…

Sussex Manx Belle is gearing up for the 2022 Species Hunting competitions (see page 18 for more). Apart from that John and his crew have been getting out as much as possible catching whiting and dogfish inshore and when the weather allows getting out catching pollack and the occasional cod and coalfish. John Little can be contacted on 07737242055 Brighton Diver has been out of the water having are fit and is now ready to go for the new season. Check out the Brighton Diver Facebook page for dates and trips. Tempus Fugit from Chichester was still catching some decent bass at the end of the year and their annual species count caught on the boat ended up tallying at 33 which is pretty good all round. Dale Ford ttp://tempusfugitseafishing.tripod.com/07763…

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Boat and engine maintenance are a vital part of owning a boat. It’s also quite satisfying to carry out, as long as you know what you are doing and have the tools to do it. Some aspects of it should be done by professionals, particularly engine maintenance. Maintaining the engine in good working order, regularly checking the batteries and the bilge pumps (if they are fitted) are essential activities. For moored boats, hauling out annually cleaning the hull of fouling and applying antifoul coatings is recommended. We’ve just done this on the Saltwater boat and you can see from the pictures that it really needed it. Without regular de-fouling you will find the fuel consumption will increase and the maximum speed range will drop quite drastically. Here are a few…

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MANX BELLE John Little skipper of Manx Belle can be contacted at 07737 242055 His boat,and AQUABELL 33 is based at Premier Marinas in Eastbourne. Contact Manx Belle Facebook page www.facebook.com/manx.belle 07737242055 After spending most of the autumn going back and forth to and from Cornwall in pursuit of bluefin tuna and fishing in Scotland and the Solent I realised, over Christmas, that I hadn’t been out fishing in my own back yard since early July. When I got a call from local skipper, John Little, inviting me out on a practice trip for anglers taking part in forthcoming species hunts during 2022 I couldn’t resist it. Despite the fact that it’s January and the weather is usually difficult and the days very short it seemed a good chance to…

After many attempts, over several weeks, to get the Southsea Marina Cod Competition underway it was finally fished just before Christmas, on 19th December. With the wind in the north east it was a break in the weather we needed to get this event in full swing. Run, for the last ten years by Steve Kelly, this cod competition is a popular one on the south coast amongst the local anglers with huge numbers fishing the event. In 2019 it had over 100 anglers and 48 boats fishing it and as a result must be one of the biggest in the Solent if not beyond. In 2021 event was supported extremely well considering the current issues with Covid19 interrupting all our lives and an impressive 88 anglers in 37 boats…

THE SPECIES LEAGUE A national event with 56 boats operating in 26 ports. Rules: 1 rod and 2 hooks allowed with no other rod ready to use. Bait is supplied. Points are awarded for each fish up to 10 fish with 10 bonus points for each species, for example mackerel are worth one point, so the first one caught is worth 11 points and spurdog are worth 10 points, the first being worth 20 points. It is always good to get a message telling me of spaces on a trip and after a very lean November and December the one from Ray Evans, organiser of the Species League, a national charter boat species hunt was very welcome. The trip was fishing out of Weymouth, a port I had not fished…

ANALYSIS Porbeagles Conservation pressure group, The Shark Trust, has been creating some potential issues for recreational anglers by encouraging and lobbying the JNCC to recommend including porbeagles in Schedule 5 of the Countryside Act. This could mean a total ban on targeting porbeagle sharks for recreational angling purposes. They believe they have a good case, the reality is they do not. Many anglers will recoil in horror at this, and rightly so. The Angling Trust in collaboration with the Shark Club of Great Britain have been working hard on a case to push back on this rather uneccesarily draconian proposal. It must be pointed out that this is just a lobbying excercise, the JNCC might reject the proposal and even if they do accept the argument it’s unlikely DEFRA would…

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LING FACTS One of the largest of the Gadiformes (cod), which can weigh up to 30 kg. It is long and slender with large teeth and upper jaw overhanging. It is generally a solitary species can be found in hiding in crevices in wrecks and over rocky reefs. It is primarily a predatory fish eater. The British record is a 67lb 5oz fish caught off Muckel Flugga in 2013 by James Ibister. The fish was 2m long. MIKE MILLMAN TELLS THE STORY OF AN ICONIC SEA ANGLING SPECIES Pre- and post-war, recreational boat angling in the waters of the lower English Channel was a pastime enjoyed from privately-owned small boats, mostly between May and October, and the fishing was rarely beyond the twenty-fathom line. Areas of rough ground yielded pollack,…