Popular Post Josh Posted November 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) So trip planned for the lymington launch (as per last post) arrived 7am ready for action unstrapped boat ect ready to go bung plug in . Turn , turn , click..... spin... oh dear .... threads gone... wow this is a first . ok so now the trip is done... I’m head in hands gutted. hold on i kno I’m keen but I’m not putting lives at risk over a cod ... hold on There’s still some thread in there 🤣. get the electric tape out . Thicken the screw head up in she went and much tighter ! Not as tight as normal but a damn sight tighter .. gameplan was if in the unlikelyhood it was now to come out , whack the bilge on ... then throttle wide open to the beach’s. to be fair I was confident with the bodge or I wouldn’t of gone.. anyway the fishing . so plan was to go on a cherry pop south needles ground but with the above I felt a little better about staying in the Solent also a first, I usually fish the east IOW. found some ground set the anchor a little way away from the masses of boats. We were straight into straps from the off and a steady flow of pouts coming in bursts. about half way thru the day I had a solid bite that I was convinced was a cod and turned out to be a better conger of the standard we was getting Rebait drop down off it goes again . Another eel I said to Charlie , ‘Yeah pulling really hard defo another eel .’ up she came my first in years ! into the cool box. thankyou very much. ‘twas the only one but a very happy bunny . Absolutely flat calm eary foggy water all day. a salvage success ! josh Edited November 8, 2020 by Josh iowspence, Andy135, GPSguru and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Top job on the cod Josh. What did it go to ? I reckon around 8lb? thanks for sharing the day ! Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Thanks mate , 5.2lb all about the angles 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Just now, Josh said: Thanks mate , 5.2lb all about the angles 😆 Well I was being kind seeing as you went to some effort to go get it! Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Just now, Saintly Fish said: Well I was being kind seeing as you went to some effort to go get it! Haha yes ! Sounds like there was a good few out there today, be nice if we have a bit more weather like that to go with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Josh said: Haha yes ! Sounds like there was a good few out there today, be nice if we have a bit more weather like that to go with them How was the fog ? Andy and I were out on the solent and the return was probably 80 yards visibility at best Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: How was the fog ? Andy and I were out on the solent and the return was probably 80 yards visibility at best Yeah I’d say about that too, it did lift a bit around 3pm but didn’t want to move far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Well done on your bodging up skills. Nice to see that someone fishing that area can actually catch anything other than boot laces and dogfish. Thanks for sharing. Josh and iowspence 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Good report and lovely cod. Well done 👍👍. I've never heard of a bung thread stripping. Presume you'll need to replace the whole bung fitting, plus new bung? Top bodging to save the day. Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Nice cod, I heard there had been quite a few in Solent, more than previous years 🙂 Hopefully I can get out in Bristol Channel soon to find some Josh and iowspence 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Josh said: Turn , turn , click..... spin... oh dear .... threads gone... wow this is a first Sorry to nag Josh, but you should always carry a wooden or cork plug, for those with sea cocks they should be carrying a size for every sea-cock .................. BTW: Your plan was perfect and it definitely works, but once you have got rid of the water by planing, then run back to the stern and stuff some rag tightly in the hole with a screwdriver to pack it in ........... On the RIB we don't have an outside bung, just a hull void drain into the sump, which is pumped by an automatic Johnson Bilge pump .............. for the deck I have 2 x 100mm elephant trunks and once lowered these remove water at the rate of 38,400Litre per Hour ...................I have only used them twice, once out on the wrecks I took a huge wave over the stern from a charter boat that should have known better (I gave him earache on 16) ................and the second time was drifting beam to the sea (2m swell in overfalls), when I took a huge wave over the tubes (next to no freeboard on a RIB) ............... Well done on the Cod, superb fish ..................👍 Saintly Fish and Josh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 Thanks GPs ill take any piece of advice mate especially when it comes to safety. Appreciate it ill be sure to source a wooden plug And aswell as a new bung set up for next trip... whats people’s thoughts on Plastic vs the metal bungs. sounds a bit scary those waves at overfalls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Andy135 said: Good report and lovely cod. Well done 👍👍. I've never heard of a bung thread stripping. Presume you'll need to replace the whole bung fitting, plus new bung? Top bodging to save the day. Thanks Andy, yes will be getting straight on to a new one today, just need to decide if there’s a need to hunt for a little extra quality in the material .. that’s probably the original unit. Which means 14years of tight screwing suppose these things can happen, unfortunately. like for like will no doubt see me good Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 sounds like you had a good day. nice to see someone is getting some fish Josh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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