well guys im going shark fishing at 445am and i cant wait im fecking crapping myself .were goin out from colwyn bay for a 12hr tope trip. iv been b4 but not been one of the lucky uns to catch one. But iv got really good vibes about the morning in fact im sure il get one i hope anyway il put some pics up of our day regardless of the outcome ......you no i wont be able sleep tonight here a pic of my rod an bad ass reelClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentso wish me luck an il post some pics tomorrow eve see ya leepy

Have a good day mate

And no groundbaiting

Owd

dirty fecker. cheers owd im sure i will leepy

post some pics leepy and let us no how ya get on is the boat from rhos on sea ?

have fun dude and good luck

i sure will mate theres 12 of us going so theyll be plenty of pics to come an im not sure were the boats from but il let you no tomoz i do no its fucking fast which is a good thing

cheers fd

good luck leepy hope the weathers good 4 ya look forward 2 seeing some pics


dont forget your discorger

nice one cheese

can i sleep can i feck an my heads twated

I hope you haven't been blown off Leepy, there's a bit of a lump on at the moment, sea state getting better tho later. Good luck...belatedly

well guys what a waste of fucking time that turned out to be . 16hrs of my wk end wasted plus 100quid cost to be tossed all over the fucking sea like a bastard cork .it was that bad it took us 3hrs to catch a dozen mackrel to use for bait (that alone tells you its gunna be a bad day ) between 10 of us aswell. total fish count after 11bastard hrs an i kid you not. about 20mackrel 6very very small bull huss an were talking 7in max now thats a fecking disgrace from 10 men fishing 11hrs the skipper got paid 350quid for this. he rang us at 8last night to confirm the weather an told us he`d been pulling in tope up to 40lb every day this wk( WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLACKS) the weather was that bad chaps i dint get to take any pics not that there was any worth takin unless you like seeing 10 blokes sorry chaps one very very pissed off leepy

I didnt say owt but i thought youd suffer with the weather,in fact i didnt think you'd go out

But boat owners need to eat

Owd

leepy's nightmare

needs to eat needs to fecking eat he`s lucky i dint wire his jaw up for him the lieing twat .owd im not jokeing mate there wasnt any other boat that went out but i did see one of those container ships been tossed about. he`ll be eating well tonight the twat 350 quids worth of chinky

cheers bish................... il be havein fucking nightmares thats for sure mate .....................i hope that skipper dose everyday of every wk for the rest of his lieing fecking life

Loads of prawn crackers

Owd

You should have been with us on the Bridlington trip - no other boats would go out, but seeing as we'd travelled a fair few miles for the trip, skip took us out

One Dab & total chaos

sounds familiar experience i had tope fishing on thames estuary. all i caught was a mackeral for bait, but hey its all part of the fun.

i now freshwater fish

js

id av been ok with brid mate it only takes us an hour an 10mins but today 3hrs 45mins there an the same back now thats a lot of time to think how shit your day was

Sorry to hear about your trip, must admit I wouldn't have taken a boat out yesterday. If you're after Tope, Cardigan Bay is better. Try a trip from either of the Abers..Dovey or Ystwyth or Barmouth. And for the big females, late May or early June is best.

Some skippers are sods aren't they

went bridlington fishing myself a few years back, the first hour or so i was fine loads of codling, after that constant spueing over the side
thought i was gonna die , the twats i was with said just look at the land youll be alright
werent no land for fucking miles so i dont envy you leepy on that boat in shit weather

thanks for that horse il look into these mate cheers leepy

Arghh fishing from a boat in rough conditions a true test of ones metal i reckon, tying hooks on or baiting up whilst kneeling on the deck as she is rocking and ah rolling with a good bucket of spray coming of the sides, real mans stuff...!!

hey you should try this in the english channel mid feb over the varne bank, when a container boats goes by her wake sets a really confused sea for a good 10mins, mate you slop around like a stick in a bucket...!
Fcuk knows if you get any takes your just hanging on for grim..

And all the time skip is sitting in the cabin swilling the tea down, calling out over the mic "wreck coming up, over the wreck, ok lads thats it real them in" and bolloks your £10 perk has just snagged the wreck, oh well clutch in and let the boat snap you off...
Then back onto your knees trying to find another trace form the bottom of your box....

A good old dose of deasal fumes as he turns and motors back up tide to start the drift again....

Fingers like frozen sausages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But then when you get out there sometimes and the suns coming up over a glassy mirror flat sea, only a few mates on board, and the Bass are taking the gills on nice light tackle, arghh every bit as good as sex...

Not all skippers are wankers few good boats from Dover

Well guys its a year ago i posted this thread an now its time to try again were going on sunday the 27th but NOT on the same boat an with a bit of luck it will be a good day

Better luck this time, really fcuks you off when the skipper rips you off like he did last year, we ahd one last week rip us off to the tune of £220, for some 2lb codling....!!!

Same old storey from any skipper "yesterday they were jumping in the boat"

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41019:P070107_15.14.JPG]now thats a better day same skipper same boat same time of year very different wether the fish were begging to be cought i even hooked a seal that took my bait i fecking shat myself the basterd nearly dragged me into the drink with it 5mins later it went down deeper deeper an deeper till it smashed my 100lb mainline like cotton and i saw a pod of dolpins for the 1st time in my life

couple of nice fish there mate. forgive my ignorance but what type of shark are they??

thats funny about the seal, although i m sure the seal didnt find it funny

i'm off sea fishing off the coast of wales in a week or so's time but nothing as deep as you, just going for a few mackerel for bait and see what we get from their, i aint a sea fisherman as such but i do enjoy a good day out with the boys.

T1

Must say....haha...Good for the sharks!

Fishing is fishing...But Shark hunting is just tight! There should be laws against it.

Shark facts

Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. They are divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays and skates) and Holocephali (chimaera, sometimes called ghost sharks).
Animals from this group have a brain weight relative to body size that comes close to that of mammals, and is about 10 times that of bony fishes. There are exceptions: the mormyrid bony fish have a relative brain size comparable to humans, while the primitive megamouth shark has a brain of only 0.002 percent of its body weight. One of the explanations for their relatively large brains is that the density of nerve cells is much lower than in the brains of bony fishes, making the brain less energy demanding and allowing it to be bigger. Extant cartilaginous fishes range in size from the Dwarf lanternshark, at 16 cm (6.3 in), to the Whale Shark, growing to at least 13.6 m (45 feet).
Lifespan

Maximum shark ages vary by species. Most sharks live for 20 to 30 years, while the spiny dogfish lives a record lifespan of more than 100 years. [14] Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been hypothesized to also live over 100 years.

SHARK INTELLIGENCE

Despite the common myth that sharks are instinct-driven "eating machines", recent studies have indicated that many species possess powerful problem-solving skills, social complexity and curiosity. The brain-mass-to-body-mass ratios of sharks are similar to those of mammals and other higher vertebrate species.[32]

In 1987, near Smitswinkle Bay, South Africa, a group of up to seven great white sharks worked together to relocate the partially beached body of a dead whale to deeper waters to feed.[33]

Sharks have even been known to engage in playful activities (a trait also observed in cetaceans and primates). Porbeagle sharks have been seen repeatedly rolling in kelp and have even been observed chasing an individual trailing a piece behind them.

Easthed, I would imagine most if not all those fish would have gone back alive and also they should have been tagged too, sea fishing isn't all mass fish kills these days, lots of people just fishing for sport and fishing catch and release these days.

Nice one Leepy, you lucky bugger I would love to go out shark fishing especially if I had the chance to catch some fine looking fish like yours.

Barbel last week, Tope this week, what you gonna do nextweek?

there are laws against it ..... all sharks caught in the uk are tagged and released . its not half as tight as steak,tuna ,chicken,etc etc etc

peppi

Thanks for that jakk, peppi
easthead im not at all sure what you mean by this "Must say....haha...Good for the sharks!" whats good for the sharks and as for the law regarding sharks the law is ALL tope ARE released back unharmed and as quickly as possible you clearly no nothing about shark fishing so instead of posting shite that you'v googled or were ever you got it from why not stick to posting on something you know about
T1 They were tope that we were catching matey AND we were fishing from wales just past colwyn bay AND were only a couple of mile out AND the 1st tope to be cought was by my mucka who WAS fishing for mackrel for bait the tope took it as he reeled it in an the skipper said you'll never get it to the boat b4 it snaps ya but he fucking did mate so with a bit of luck mucka we might see some pics of your very own tope soon good luck anyway matey
jakk
thanks for the kind words fella and we'v booked another trip for about 2/3wks time if you wanna make one in your more than welcome mucka and as for next wk my mate il tell ya what ill be doing mate and thats lamping wi my dog and my gun cos the farmers have just been cropping there feilds were i live so thats my wk end sorted pal take care matey (leepy )

Good fish there Leepy, I'd love a tope and a few smoothhound!

Topes about the biggest 'sharks' Id ever want to go at. Why peeps want to spend 4 hours being towed around by some huge fooking great shark/marlin/whale and landing it 3 miles from where they is beyond me!

It's a public forum mate..

Can post what i think..

I just know that sharks are intelligent and in my opinion it would be tight to kill them and after all i come here to share my opinion like every one else, But if you tag em and set them free, this isnt hunting.

Maybe if you had of stated this i wouldn't of made the comment.

Gutted you didn't catch any.



Didnt you find the shark facts interesting?

l8rs.

I think i'd shit myself if i caught one

the trip is arranged for this coming sunday (weather permitting if not we are off to watch swansea V WBA )

Whatever we get i'll be sure to have some pictures of it!!

T1

yep your right there ..... its the tight lines section for fishermen ..........

peppi

Uk420 is for hemp lovers. Tightlines is a subsection.

If you want 'fishermen' only, why not put a password on it?



Didnt mean offense i just didnt get the point. Hunting to eat is how it should be. Hunting for fun is in my eyes pointless and cruel.

Maybe i should of asked before i jumped in...

I dont think i was wrong in what i said. Shark hunting is tight, I am sure you will all agree?

peace.

Yeah, killing sharks is tight.

Hunting for fun is fun. Thats the point. Not that I go shooting or owt, but I can see the point, its pretty obvious. Most people who hunt DO eat what they kill, most fisherman put what they catch back alive.

Im going barbelling for the first time in over a week now. I've been waiting for the rain the weatherman said was coming but it dont look like coming. Chubbing for the first few hours, back to my baited swims (& hopefully the barbel) as dusk approaches.

Tight Lines