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Boat Fishing -=- Help -=-
Steve, don't be silly! The DTI will not allow you to operate marine VHF
with a ham ticket because the marine ticket is just a TAX!! You'll do well to pick up a copy of a boating mag - say Practical Boatowner - lots of radio courses in that. If you have no boat experience you'd do well to take a short motorboat course as well...the sea is bloody big, very deep and utterly, utterly unforgiving. Fall off your boat when boating a big catch and you are one lonely dude! You can also find RNLI people who come and look at your boat to check you have the recommended safety gear on board...and it's free. Do it right and you'll have a lifetime of fun ahead, do it wrong and you'll have exactly the same...just a much shorter lifetime! david "Steve (EI2GYB)" wrote in message news How do i go about getting a licence for VHF Marine ?? I am a licenced Ham Radio operator would that not count ? Where about do you fish ?? Steve "Derek Moody" wrote in message ... In article , Steve (EI2GYB) wrote: Hi Guys, Thanks for the fast replys... The boat is only quite small and seats anout 4 people max ! I have been out and bought life jackets & water proofs and a pack of flaires & some ores OK, next get a compass, then a VHF radio and a licence to use it. You may think you will only go out in good conditions but it only takes a little distraction (lots of fish biting) to be caught by a summer fog - or a minor problem to delay your return beyond dusk... I will be looking at fishing on the north coast of ireland in Culdaff bay near to the slipway / peir. You need at least 100m of anchor line in Culdaff bay btw. 200m is better. Donegal waters are very fishy. Your target species are reasonable, there should be bass in the area too and flatties. A little farther off there are wrecks which hold a range of interesting species - this is a clue - you do not want to add to the wrecks. The tides in Culdaff Bay are -strong-. You are sheltered from the SW but if the wind veers N of W you are open to full North Atlantic weather. You *need* local knowledge, find someone who knows those waters to show you the basics. It may be a bit of a trip but if you have a trailer I suggest you consider making your first experiments on L Swilly or L Foyle. Have fun. Cheerio, -- |
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