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Member Joined: Aug 13, 2009 Posts: 36 Location: havant

hi all my name is kevin and as you can see from the user name im from havant...im fairly new to sea fishing myself and and new to the forum and good to be here...im have been a carp fisherman for quite a few years and decided to try sea fishing and im hooked so im gonna put all my carp gear on an auction site and spend the proceeds on sea fishing gear as i should get over a £1000 for it all...tight lines all

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:23 pm

HI HAVANTMAN,

A warm welcome to the Forums,..............hold up !!!!!!!!, a lot of your Carp gear could/can double up for Sea angling ,don't be to hasty!!plough through the Forums postings there has been a lot of talk about how versatile a lot of Carp rods /reels are,.............check them out

Best of luck Regards JOLI

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:42 pm

Hi mate, A very warm welcome to the forums, My advice foir what its worth is to keep your gear as its so hard to replace and you never get its true value.

Sea fishing can be done on a very small budget and build up gradually. I and a few older ones are not tackle tarts and are happy in the knowledge that is the hook and whats on the end of it that catches the fish.

Cheap combo's can be had for less than £50 and do the job.

I would hate for you to part with your gear that I suspect has taken years for you to aquire. Whatever you decide I wish you luck and look forward to reading your posts and exploits.
Cheers keith big grin

Member Joined: Aug 13, 2009 Posts: 36 Location: havant

thanks for the advice guys...i will take what you have said on board and have a think about it...i have 11 carp rods all 3lb test so i could keep a couple...i went out on a boat on friday14th august for the 1st time and caught 2 blonde rays the biggest being 6lb and a spotted ray thought i caught a big fish till they came to the surface lol... and a 2lb bass and this 4lb bass...

was well happy talk about beginners luck... tight lines all

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:29 pm

Hi Havantman, welcome to the site, Were looking forward to more reports, hopefully all good ones. Cheers.....Mick

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:38 am

havent a big warm welcome from the east forum,please keep hold of your carp gear as rabbi suggests,well done on your boat trip you jammy so and so lol.as i say to all new members,no such thing as a stupid question only stupid answers,i have learned so much from this site its unreal,and i would like to think i have given so good advice back.tight lines kevin. Andy1i

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:08 pm

Hi mate, I could have a look at your kit if you like and let you know which items are good for sea and which you could dispose of if you wanted. I live on and fish Hayling Island regularly.