I am planning to organise a trail-a-way to the first day of the Dartmouth Plaice festival on Sat 24th April.
Details are still being decided by my sidekick - Roger the Cabin boy (Bob) but the brief itinery will be:
Leave Dorset at approx 4am
Trail to Dartmouth
Register
Launch
Fish
Catch Plaice (hopefully!!)
Come in and retreve boats
Log our catch in
Come home.
I need an idea of what boats wish to come. Ideally the larger boats with 2 crew (3 in total) as this means we take less boats down.
I wil then do some research on where and how to fish - although the Skerries bank looks like the favourite, with normal Plaice tactics.
So who fancies it???
Adam
I think I will be alright for the Dartmouth trip, just need to check with the boss and my crew member
Martin
Yep, ok with me. I'm waiting for a reply from the organizers for details.
Bob F.
If anyone needs crew............I'm available, great fishing down there!
Rich
Hi
Spoke to Dean and he is up for it, that is if he can get up at 4am, never been known before unless carp fishing of course.
Martin
Here's the booking form and competition details.
Bob F
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Right! - Bring it on!
What do we need to organise next? Boats? Who is coming and who is bringing a boat.
Crew?
Chart and info on the area?
Leaving times?
What do we do if the weather is bad? (cancel?)
I presume we all need to fill in a form each. I can then collate them and post them away (or Bob can?)
Adam
I suggest we fill out the forms ready for our April 1st meeting.
We can then collect them and send them in together (with the cheques!!)
Bob F.
Good idea. If we can get a list of names on the forum, you can then bring them along to the meeting.
We just need to know what boats will come?
I will have a look on the web to see if I can find any info out about the fishing - althoug i suspect it will be similar to the shambles on the skerries?
adam
If you are having trouble getting to the page, try this.
http://www.daba.eclipse.co.uk/how_fishing.htm
why dont any hyperlnks work on my computer - on this forum?
Because I didn't set up the permissions correctly on the forum. All sorted now.
Bob, I have a 2000 copy of chart no.SC1613 (Eddystone Rocks to Berry Head) which covers all of Start Bay, which you are welcome to borrow, I also have a few marks on the Skerries from historic trips out of Dartmouth with my old club, Kingsbridge SAC.
We used long traces with baited spoons, quite large ones, and had mixed results. One trip we had nil takes untill 40 mins to steaming home, then the fish went mad and we boated over twenty decent plaice, but no larger species.
If you want, I will call my pal down there, as the club will have already gone out on the banks by now, to see what the score is thus far. I'll also check my hand held GPS for any marks I have on it for you, ok?
Regards...........Rich
PS.........I'm still availabubble for crew!!!! ;0)))))))
Cheers Rich - all of that will be very helpfull.
As for crew - dont worry! - we will find you a place (plaice??!!) regardless - even if it means taking another boat down.
So far I think we have Martin & Dean - Maverick (nb. will you take 3?)
I am waiting to see if Mark and Loyal Royal will come
Bob may take Splash out
I may take my new boat (fingers crosed)
Neo?? - Dont know yet.
Thanks
Adam