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Written by Rodney Davidson   

 

      NOT GETTING YOUR SHARE

OF STRIKES FOR TIME SPENT ON THE OCEAN?

( FULLY BOOKED FOR 2007 - 2008. SORRY! )

Some sport fishing vessels consistently catch more fish and have more strikes than other vessels for hours spent on the water. In a competition situation always take the major share of the prizes and prestige.

It is, in most cases, JUST the boat of course! Each vessel has its own combination of signature underwater sounds and vibrations that can attract the near target fish to investigate the ' positive ' moving boat FAD.

Have NO attraction to near target fish, or again in many cases, the vessel's out of sync harmonics may repel fish as though an invisible ' negative ' force field situation surrounds the vessel.

No matter how much money a vessel has cost or the most expensive lures trolled, your vessels strike rate will always be low, relative to a knowledgeably well tuned vessel.

CV of VESSELS WORKED ON SINCE 2006  

seafortYou know that there is more than something in it when the professionals choose to come to Whangaroa for a vessel tune up pre 2006 / 2007 Albacore season

FV SEAFORT from Timaru, South Island, New Zealand. In this case a rebuilt RSW fish room and culminating in a ten day early season exploratory trip offshore out to the two hundred mile limit. Light, hard fishing which really tested the line set up for effectiveness and allowed time to tune the catching gear to the maximum.

CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ASSOCIATION WITH FV SEAFORT AND THE OWNER RICHARD PRENTICE IS TERMINATED AT THE CESESSION OF THE 2008 ALBACORE SEASON DUE TO THE OWNERS FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF BLACK ART CATCH TUNING CONTRACT. THIS VESSEL IS ' BLACK LISTED '

 

FV CAROLINE, A six day trip over to the West coast on Albacore tuna trolling. A 75% catch rate improvement on this vessel off the port side only ( this vessel carries a permanent stabilizer arm ( port side ) at sea. Much turbulence comes off this which needed to be sussed and worked into as part of the catching system off this side. 

Kansai just continues to get hotter as a catching unit which is very gratifying as the vessel tuning continues there!

All the same principals apply to your recreational game fishing vessel in catch tuning for game fish, so if you do want the best out of your own vessel, then book time with ' Black Art Vessel Catch Tuning' 

Rodney Davidson has put together an unique set of experience to offer to the Sport Big Game Lure fishing world, a professional vessel tuning service ' Black Art Boat Tuning Service ' to lift your own vessels strike and catch rate above what is expected at present.

Many years Commercial and Game Sport fishing experience, Professional boat building, and Marine coatings expert, all linked together with vessel design from practical knowledge, Marine Navigation and specialist in Meteorology and underwater acoustics are combined in this service to the sport fishing world.

Three vessel designs; A steel 72' offshore Albacore trolling vessel, ketch rigged.( Now redrawn, 2007, and extended out to 95' with a revised sail plan to ' Single Mast Ketch ' rig. ) A study print of this vessel will be shown soon'

A 30' cruiser / racer sailing yacht in cold moulded timber construction
A lengthened hull extension rebuild from commercial to sport fishing for ' Kansai ' are part of this CV of experience. A fourth design is on the drawing board now of a 50' Sport Game fishing vessel with full cool room capability for handling fish once caught to the best degree of chilling and preservation before weighing,  smoking or canning. Study print soon. 

Marine qualifications
  • NZ Coastal Masters
  • 2nd Class Diesel Trawlers engineering
  • Radar and Radio certificates
Social qualifications
  • NZ Kiwi Host training
  • Diploma in Neuro Linguistics Programming.

With a home base of Whangaroa Harbour, New Zealand, A vessel Kansai just recently refitted to the Black Art standard for Sport fishing and a Home stay situation coming on stream in 2006. This service is now launched to sport vessel owners to take advantage of should they know that their vessel is not attracting and catching to their expectations.



MARINE COURSE OPPORTUNITYis being made available to students wanting hands on learning / training experience on a sport fishing vessel as a homestay live in option for up to three months. In harbour and open sea time, all aspects of line and lure sport fishing with fish catching and handling to commercial standard. Colour Sonar, Colour Depth sounding, Radar, GPS, Plotter, Auto pilot, safe use of, plus basic navigational skills taught. Deployment of Sea Anchor at sea, use of stabilizing Paravane's while at sea or at rest, Vessel painting/ anti fouling preparation and application plus normal maintenance skills covered. Cooking at sea, Basic Vessel design can be included as a shore activity A customized course can be arranged depending on interest in any areas. Course fee US $1500 per week per student, maximum three students per class

rdavidson ABOUT THE MAN Rodney @ 63 years old now, currently single, very fit and together,has positioned himself perfectly for maxing out opportunities and enjoyment for this stage of life in Whangaroa, Northland , New Zealand.

Both daughter's, Petra and Heidi, are well established in their own right and making their own way in the real world. Petra in Appaloosa horse breeding with her own property / stud and Heidi currently living in Peterborough England as head of Thomas Cook travel E -Commerce department

Rodney is widely travelled Internationally visiting and living in,for various lengths of time, a number of countries. Mostly connected too, but not exclusively, Marine in some capacity and the oceans of the world surfing, sailing and fishing Involved in the first wave of New Zealand's ' long board ' surfing as a surf board builder with his own label and around that time too as a foundation member and builder for the Takapuna Ski Club on Mt Ruapehu in the North Island of New Zealand.

There are many side to this man and the home in Whangaroa reflect some of this in an open plan, simple but very liveable interior, and in the surrounding grounds is visible to all the appreciation of time and space as a wealth asset. The home is being built on to now with the addition of ' North and South ' wings, the north wing will contain a ' full ' size Snooker table room with a guest room and the south wing to contain a Master bedroom with ensuite and large dinning room opening out on to a large deck for a sense of space.

A great deal of experience has been accumulated within this life time and is available by way of information sharing within a homestay visit, charter fishing day or day's, or by taking advantage of the Marine Course opportunity. Surfing too, the Mercedes has a roof rack and I still have a long board. Looking forward to meeting you in the future

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