Deep Sea Charter Tackle Box Contents!?

Member Joined: Nov 08, 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Wiltshire

Evening All,

I'm looking to go out on a charter boat on the South coast (West Bay) in the next month or so on a Deep Sea excursion.

I would be grateful for any advice on what to bring in terms or rigs, lures and baits. I'd like to go with everything I might need but not so much kit to risk sinking the boat!

Many thanks,

P.

Member Joined: May 15, 2008 Posts: 94 Location: South West

Best to ask the skipper when you book. They will know what works best.

Some skippers supply weights, others don't. If not ask what you need. I take a selection of hooks from 1 upwards. I also take line, 30, 30 and 50lb. Swivels, some shads, beads, swivels, some booms, scissors, lunch and nibbles, waterproofs, some coloured ziplocks to mark fish. Clothes as appropriate and sometimes even sunscreen (mainly for waterproofing at the mo). Obviously a rod and reel, if you havn't got one they may be able to loan you one.

As for bait, again ask. Some will supply at cost. It will often be fresher this way and works out cheaper.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:27 am

Waterproofs are the main thing , there are normally spares of other things. Don`t wear trainers unless you know its a dry boat ,you can get a lot of seawater sloshing about.
Don`t forget a hat if its sunny as there is very little shade out there.
Long nose pliers, old towel for de-sliming, cool box for sarnies and if you are lucky fish. And a thick skin , everybody gives and gets lots of stick out in the boat. Have a good day out.

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:07 am

I'm not an expert, but this is what I'm getting together for a wreck trip next month.

Booms. 15inch booms for flying collar and hopper rigs. 12 inch sliding booms for ledgering for conger.

Shads, artificial eels, jeelyworms and pirks.

Conger traces.

Ling traces.

15ft traces with a swivel in the middle for flying collar rigs.

4ft traces for "hopper" rigs (supposed to be about right with weighted shads).

Mackerel feathers.

For the rigs, everything is ready to go and just needs to be clipped together. I've tied the articificial eels to some trace ending in a swivel and put a link swivel on the shads so they can just be clipped on the end of the trace. So hopefully the only knots I'll need to tie on the boat are for attaching the weights.

Weights.

Rods (2 - 12-20lb and 30-50lb)

Reels (3, loaded with braid - 20lb, 33lb and 50lb)

Lines, clippers, knife, etc.

Spare line from 10lb to 80lb.

Butt pad.

Have a good trip!

Tokai

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:36 am

Hi, pjs -

In your post you suggested taking "coloured ziplocks to mark fish". I wasn't sure what you meant by that.

Did you mean cable ties? And presumably you mean putting then around the tail or something like that so you know that a particular pollack is yours at the end of the day?

Tokai

Member Joined: May 15, 2008 Posts: 94 Location: South West

Yes I did mean cable ties. Some people like to mark the fish they catch and a coloured cable tie through the jaw/gills is one way to mark it. You can also mark them with a cut to the tail fin, etc.

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:21 am

Thanks, pjs. Good tip!

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:49 am

Pirks are a must although I have not seen anyone mention them.

These can either be shop bought or home made. I myself have a mould for mine, but they can be made from something like an old bicycle handle cut to length at an angle drilled so as to take a split ring and lead filled.
Cheers keith big grin