In message , Terence Lynock
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A bait boat is a radio-controlled boat. You load it up with bait then
guide it to your chosen spot. On receiving a signal from you, the
boat dumps its load of bait. Then you steer it back for the next load
(if needed). They are useful for putting bait precisely where you
want it, particularly if you are fishing at distance.
Welcome back to fishing. It's baffling going round a tackle shop
after a 10 year break isn't it?


Very true, when I look at what new tackle like rods and reels cost now
to be honest there isnt much difference to 12 years ago when I paid 35
quid for a Daiwa Moonraker 11 foot beachcaster to take on holiday

Very true. A mate of mine wants me to teach him to fish, so I bought him
a beachcaster & reel for his birthday. And, obviously, one should teach
by example, so I bought myself one too... Rod: £20, reel, £15. The rods
are 12ft and fibreglass rather than carbon. The reel is a big, simple
fixed spool with the sort of long coned spool and oscillating line
laying mechanism you only saw on top-end reels a few years ago. They're
both perfectly serviceable. I gave him a casting lesson over grass, and
he was getting 80 yards with an overhead thump. The rod will do 120
yards with an off-the-ground cast, which is quite adequate most of the
time. 20 quid. Unbelievable.


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Steve Walker