Welcome to the club John, feel free to post some of your previous fishing experiences in the thames estuary, ie fish you caught /time of year/ species etc. sure this would be very interesting for us to be informed. slipway locations for us trailer boaters as well. My main launch is baiter by the way. Sure we will meet at some stage, Fishing wise suggest you do what i do, rely on a huge amount of luck, listen to any of the many top anglers that will be able to advise you, you wont go wrong. i also try and think outside the box , o and try to cook bacon butties when fishing is slack, that always gets the line pulling! Best wishes and Good Luck farmer Colin. P. S. Less of the old gits please Terry, i do mid week jobbies because the fish feed better, well that or the wind is 45 m p h different!