Popular Post Hooked1980 Posted October 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2021 Nice day out with a couple of mates Fishing was hard due to tide strength but founds loads of jumbo mackerel,the occasional undersized bass and a lonely turbot looks like the summer fishing has come to an end let’s dust off the cod gear 😂😂😂 Dicky, Scotch_Egg2012, GPSguru and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Those are fat mackerel! Good work. And a turbot too - great eating 👍 Must get busy on the Varne, what with all the shipping passing by? Yep, it's on to the cod next, which for me means several months of whiting or blanking. 😭 Hooked1980 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 love turbot - i've not had much chance to get out on the turbot banks - and they still elude me, but I am lucky enough to have a fishing mate who doesn't eat fish........ he gave me is 8Lb turbot earlier in the year and it was delicious! Hooked1980 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked1980 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 14 hours ago, Andy135 said: Those are fat mackerel! Good work. And a turbot too - great eating 👍 Must get busy on the Varne, what with all the shipping passing by? Yep, it's on to the cod next, which for me means several months of whiting or blanking. 😭 Yes it gets very busy especially with our friends the migrants 🙈🤬 It is a bit strange to have very large ships passing either side of you all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 28 minutes ago, Hooked1980 said: Yes it gets very busy especially with our friends the migrants 🙈🤬 It is a bit strange to have very large ships passing either side of you all day I wondered whether you might have seen the little rubber boats. 😤 But how do you get noticed (aka avoided) by the big ones? Do you run AIS, or a great big radar reflector etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 i'd assume the big ships don't want to hit the Varne Bank - so just by being there you are safe! 🤣 not that i'd feel safe lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 51 minutes ago, mike farrants said: i'd assume the big ships don't want to hit the Varne Bank - so just by being there you are safe! 🤣 not that i'd feel safe lol! Agreed, I was more thinking about when travelling to and from the bank. mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 yes small fish in a big pond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked1980 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Andy135 said: Agreed, I was more thinking about when travelling to and from the bank. When you travel you cross the shipping lane at 90 degrees and always cross behind any ships The varne bank is in the middle of the separation zone so Dover side the head to dungeness and beyond and the french side they travel in opposite direction as a rule The bank has a big red ship moored at the Dover end called the varne light vessel and the edges and other end on sandbank is marked with large yellow marker bouys(similar to attached) Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 8:21 PM, Hooked1980 said: When you travel you cross the shipping lane at 90 degrees and always cross behind any ships The varne bank is in the middle of the separation zone so Dover side the head to dungeness and beyond and the french side they travel in opposite direction as a rule The bank has a big red ship moored at the Dover end called the varne light vessel and the edges and other end on sandbank is marked with large yellow marker bouys(similar to attached) And that’s what it’s important to understand the meaning of cardinal buoys 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 36 minutes ago, JonC said: How wonderful that whoever edited the picture cut the top off so you don’t know if it’s a north or west. You're such a stirrer 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked1980 Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 9:36 PM, JonC said: How wonderful that whoever edited the picture cut the top off so you don’t know if it’s a north or west. @JonC it wouldn’t help you as this marker is situated on a completely different sandbank further along coast off dungeness (aka the bullock bank)😉hence why post said similar to Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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