Jim

And of course we believe the Face ache apology ! Well done to Mr. Cullen.

Welcome to the club Matt, As I understood the rules . . . . . . . you CAN'T keep any Bass whether from boat or shore for the whole year. I expect I'll be corrected on this if I'm wrong. Anyway . . . . . . Have fun. there's other fish out there ( although I can never find them ) Jim

Happy Birthday to you. . . . . . . .Happy Birthday to you. . . . . . . .Happy Birthday to Lofty Happy Birthday to you. . . . . . . . There! You didn't know I could sing did you ?

That's an old picture ! I was still slim in them days !

Well done Hooky. You sure ain't a quitter !

I gave up coarse fishing about 24 years ago so I'm behind in what's current. We had to use barbless when I fished the carp pools.

Both sides of this argument carry weight. The Bass will be hammered by illegals whether boat or shore fished. The poor old sea fish never get a chance to learn because we catch them and eat them ( not doggies though ) Barbless hooks would mean they get that chance. ( good for the fish but not good for crap anglers like me ) I don't know what's best but we need to be careful not to destroy our seas.

And Me

Happy Birthday Graham. Hope it's been good. Too windy for boating so cake and beer would be required. Jim

Gimp is a free photo editor similar to Adobe photoshop. It was Rob who posted info on it on here a few years ago. Yet another learning curve that requires Doombar ( or equivalent )

I had a smaller but similar style boat with that type of window. Previous owners used to sit on the roof. That broke the pillars and the windows were forever falling out. I plated the pillars with thick stainless and glued & bolted new windows. Sorted. Glad you got home safe ! Did you have spare underpants on board ?

Naughty !

Found this: What is HEIC? HEIC is the file format name Apple has chosen for the new HEIF standard. HEIF stands for High Efficiency Image Format, and, as the name suggests, is a more streamlined way to store image files. Using advanced, modern compression methods it allows digital photographs to be created in smaller files sizes, all while retaining higher image quality than its JPEG alternative. So ! Cool old Grandad's got a modern iphone and the rest of us CODGERS need to catch up. I'd never heard of it as I'm an android If it's any help I opened with GIMP and then exported as a .jpeg so the rest of us could see it. Hope this helps. Jim

Cheers Kev.

Well Kev, I had never heard of .HEIC files. Got it sorted. Hope this is what you wanted to achieve. Well done Grandad. Glad you managed to get out.

Yeah Jacqui doesn't get much free time but she really seems to be enjoying it. I'm just happy to be out on the water in lovely weather with the woman I love. ♥️

We got out again last Friday. On the water for 2 ish Back in for 6:30 ish Jacqui had 3 mackerel and some fat bloke nicked one of them for bait. I had 4 doggies and what I think was a Thornback. Big spikes on his back which made my fingers bleed. Lesson learned ! We both got a bit tanned and thoroughly enjoyed it. This weather's great for boating and fishing but all those jobs will sneak up on me later in the year. Ah well! Enjoy it while we can.

Brilliant! Never be afraid to post on here. It's good to see how it's going and we're proud to do our little bit to help. Thanks. Jim

Sounds like lack of fuel to me Hooky ? ? ? ? Glad you got out . . . . . and back again safely.

What do you call a Mexican streaker ? . . . . . . . . . . Say it in a Mexican voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Seen your Willy.

If all goes well . . . . . . . when you get back . . . get someone to take a photo of the grin on your face whilst standing in front of the boat. If no one about it'll have to be a selfie

I went to the zoo yesterday and saw a baguette in a cage. The zookeeper told me it was bread in captivity.

Are you taking anyone with you ? A buddy boat would be good. Hope all goes well Hooky. Jim

Quote Charlie Yes Charlie I suddenly thought about that this morning. GO PRO software is designed to only work with GO PRO video. It's also very limited in what it does. I found it OK for very short film but used to crash for anything over 5 minutes or so. I checked the error codes on line and it just seems to be the way it is. I think I did a cheat on the non GO PRO films by opening them. Not editing and then producing a film which seemed to mark them as GO PRO ? ? If you knew which properties to edit you may get around it that way. Or you could buy a real program: https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/search-keywords/xx_xx_xx_xx_xx/cyberlink-powerdirector-16/xx-criteria.html There are lots of different programs and places to buy from so do some research. If anyone knows of a free and easy program could you post on here...................... I think there's a Windows program ( Posted by Rob ) ? ? I tried it but it's very basic. Found this: https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-windows-movie-maker-alternative Jim