dicky

If you're happy with the fishing where you are then i would save the £1600 for a year and see how the drive is. You may find that at 7 am on a Saturday or Sunday morning the roads are fairly quiet. We regularly travel to hayling from Oxfordshire and the motorways are normally clear in the morning but a bit busier at 5 in the evening

watch out for weevers

I've seen that somewhere else recently lol, again fine looking boat 😁

That was in Shetland if i remember correct. Underground tunnels transporting fish to a secret packing area for distribution. There are many factors leading to over fishing but mainly rule makers and commercials are responsible. I don't think recreational anglers even scratch the surface

do you mind me asking why you want to use mono? is it in case an oversized mackeral comes along?

that's the sort of attitude that will really mess up fish stocks. Don't believe all the bull about the EU boats doing all the damage and our fleet being whiter than white. We have a shady history when it comes to commercial fishing and a free for all would result in the collapse of all fish stocks.

diesel 10p a litre dearer in Witney, Oxfordshire as well.

Fantastic fish, I do a bit of winter piking when it’s to rough for the boat but have yet to get a brute like that, nice job.

Nice work, how long did it take you? If they quoted £210 just to look at it then that equates to around 3 hours labour?

I’m not wearing a gimp suit to open anything!!!!!

In this instance being a pillock may be the cheapest option

how many miles on average to 140lts. On our 18ft we would be getting close to 200 miles.

just out of interest how far are you prepared to take your Parker? I've only seen them at shows but have been impressed with them. Is fuel capacity a restriction?

How did you all get on? You certainly had the weather for it

Have a good trip guys, stay safe

i remember when Hugh Fernlywhatshisface did a program about discards. He was on a boat off Hastings i think and they had no quota for cod. They kept the cod they caught and when they returned to shore they threw them over the side and there were "locals" on the beach with waders and nets picking the dead cod from the water and taking them. Apparently as the boat hadn't landed them then no offence was committed. Maybe we could do the same with bass?

Bank transfer, if it's cash then you need to pay into bank before he drives away with the boat in case the notes are moody.

take a look at car 2 pack paints

Have you tried ringing or emailing him?

Thanks for the offer. Looking to fish Monday to Friday probably early September. Will have to sort accommodation and boat storage.

great report, we hope to be trailing down that way next autumn.

i would have thought a new outboard would give you near enough equal performance and running costs and a lot cheaper installation than a new engine and leg and all the alterations needed to fit. You wouldn't lose any deck space and modern outboards now seem to be just as reliable as inboards, just look at the new big cat charter boats swapping to outboards.

very easy to repair. gently heat with a fag lighter to melt glue whilst pulling gently on the ring with a pair of pliers. Once removed take to your local tackle dealer and they should be able to glue a new one on. Or just take to your tackle shop and let them do the whole repair. if you use them regulary they probably only charge for the new ring. it really is only a 5 minute job.

i have some Berkeley ones which way up to 50 or so lbs and they have lasted well. got them for subscribing to one of the mags bout 4 years ago.

I noticed on another thread you have a few trailed boats planning an away day to West Bay. Would there be any interest in resurrecting comps between the 2 clubs again either home and away or at a neutral venue like West bay? I am the comp sec for Burnham now and mentioned this at our club meeting last week and there was some interest from members.