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Dave's crew made the most of the weather that we had at the weekend, they managed to fish through the wind inshore on Friday, but it was a bit tough. I joined them on Saturday. The wind was a bit fresh to say the least in the morning and the fish were hard to find when the wind dropped by lunchtime. But it was good to be out again. Two days of tough fishing did not put us off, an early gathering on Sunday and off we went to try some wrecking. The visibility was poor but the sea state and the fishing were great. Many miles covered and a lot of wrecks fished, but it was like old times, plenty of fish report and pictures to follow. Good company, nice weather and good fishing, who could ask for more

Nicked this one, that Jerry took on Sunday, LOL

After the aborted trip to Alderney Tigerfish's crew (Alun, Graham, Ian, Steve) spent the Sunday on the Shambles, being the next best thing. The sea was flat enough but the fog was an unwelcome companion the whole day. We had turbot fairly regularly throughout the day, the best going around 5lb and reasonable numbers of keepers, many were small, just one brill. There was enough launce around and happily quite a few mackerel, some caught near the bottom were of very decent size. An enjoyable day in good company, the boat was washed down and made shipshape in record time, thanks guys. We had our AIS on as did Loobie IV (very sensible in the conditions) it was nice to have a bit of a chat mid way through the day. One commercial charter had anchored plum in the centre of the banks; Oh yes they had their black ball raised but in the dense fog I thought it was risky. We drifted on collision course with them and took avoiding action, but with such little visibility it would be oh so easy to not spot them in time. Ian (who else) politely suggested to the skipper their actions were inadvisable. It was an accident waiting to happen. No photos, however I did use the waterwolf. There is still tons of footage to go through, some of it interesting, most not. I'm planning to turn the interesting bits into a video and upload to our YouTube channel, that won't be for a few days yet.

Leo and his mate Thomas dune jumping down at Hurst shingle on Saturday, whilst the dads blanked.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The whole 3M range is good. Tip: When using the 3M wax or the light cut and wax put some into a bowl and mix with a little water. It thins out a little and can be brushed on or sponged on the hull directly, this ensures an even coverage with minimal waste. Then use a polisher, the last step is a dry cloth to remove the wax not polished in. This maximises the coverage of the really quite expensive polish, I've been doing this for years. Note: the 3M range will mix with water quite well, some other brands won't.

Gary with PB Blonde Ray.

You can if your wallet is big enough Mick. I used to protect my boat from the sun by growing veg all over it. 😃