Minters Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Hi my name is Ian and I have been fishing all my life - mainly coarse and game fishing. 5 years ago I bought a Merry Fisher MF755 Marlin with my mate Gordon and we started boat fishing out of Sparkes Marina Hayling Island.It is a tremendous fishing boat although it can be entertaining trying to berth it in any wind! I rapidly discovered Im a much more successful coarse and game angler than sea fisherman - but I love being out on the boat. We don't generally venture that far - the overfalls is about as far as we will go , but mostly we tend to fish over towards Selsey , over Isle of Wight way or out in the Nab region Ironically the better we have got at sea fishing the worse the results have been - maybe reflecting the continued pressure on fish in our region. Anyway Im always happy to share my experiences and what little knowledge I have acquired. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Welcome Ian! What a great catch photo to kick off your Intro post with! I take it that's an east Wight cod? If so, then I'm highly envious - all the cod in our neck of the woods seem to give my hooks a very wide berth! 🤣 Post up some pics of your MF on the Show us yer Boat thread if you haven't already - we love a good boat pic or three 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Welcome Ian. I hope you find the site useful and entertaining. Ask what ever you want, generally there is an answer somewhere. Oh and check out the boat meet thread. As your a solent dangler it would be good to get you on board for that! Hopefully you’ll have plucked up a bit more courage to stretch further west by the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Welcome Minty, glad you Miraculously found our site. As the others have said get some pictures of your boat up, we all like looking at boats. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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