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Well done Bob.... What an Xmas pressie....!! hope the others measure up to this one. Hope 2011 allows you more opportunity to get out fishing again. Have a good festive bit .....see you in Jan Dave

Just some of the highs....... Retiring from full time employment !! Getting my first boat and learning while having so much fun..... Taking my son, nephew and a few mates out and about in the bay at different times and getting them into fish.... Joining PBSBAC and meeting such a "varied but great" bunch of similar minded boat/fishing people. Annual family days with the club... thanks Tony D !! So many PB's sea fish in the last 2.5 years.... Cod, conger, JD, Starry smoothound, Undulate Ray, Wrasse........ Thanks to Gordon M, Neal, Paul D and Tomo for the trips out on their boats. Thanks to so many for friendship, advice and comradery. Winning a prize in the PBSBAC OPEN.... Happy New Year all !! Dave PS winning the "double " on the club charter SHOGUN trip was a pretty good feeling too !! thanks Nige..

Happy 16th George !!! Hope all your presents are fishy stuff ......Xmas too !! Dave

World gone mad since the 70's .....and we keep foreign families and immigrants better than we keep our own. Needs some RADICAL housekeeping at Government level but I fear the rot is so deeply set that it will take a brave new government and a few decades of pain to get it back on track. Makes you wonder where it will all end up !! Hope ur boy gets sorted Graham. Hope they have a great Xmas and New Yearl Dave

For all those who are undecided..... Recent History should tell you that once privatised the "services " will be sorted into categories and the more you want the more you pay.... and each year the categories will be trimmed, sorted and sensitised to ensure the highest returns... Radical change like the intended privatisation are always the Governments way of a "Quick Fix" knee jerk solution and the only losers are the users of the service and those who pay tax for the ever diminishing services and ever increasing wages / expenses bill of the Government. Death by a thousand cuts !! RR / NHS / a host of Local Government Services / BL / TV / BT / B gas / B Elec .......list goes on. AND as PJ says .....call centre in India !!! Keep what we got and if change is needed .... introduce them at an acceptable pace. Dave (just mho)

My My ....... this "cabin Fever " strain is really spreading fast !!! Hope this is a "club only " area ... and we can keep a lid on this !! Nige....... keep 'em coming.....nose.....bedside cabinet......cracker !!! oops !! me too !! Dave

Done... Dave

SORRY seem to have put this on wrong thread......so here it is again !! With my limited experience and frail nature I was not inclined to offer my version of the "cod rig" for fear of ridicule ..... However .....with Trev's cry for input .... and realising I have only caught one this year BUT not dropped any !! I thought you might like to know Pennel rig for cod.......Djhh style is............ 70 lb clear mono.....length depending on conditions ( swell and tide) 15" to 30" To keep the bait Nailed to the bottom. On the bottom.........6/0 O'shaunessy eye tied with a 4 turn tucked clinch knot and 1/4" tag left Penneled hook 5/0 or 6/0 wide gape has been loose but with line through from the front and a couple of turns of the line to "fix" at time of baiting ( can be " fixed " in any orientation to suit my bait.) I slide a muppet down the line ( I use a bait needle to thread this so I have some control where it starts on the trace at least )That's one muppet on the rig and one muppet holding the rod (got that one in b4 any one else !!) Bait is min 2 and up to 4 small 8" squid Same as last year and had 4 .... dropped none Dave PS.....I have tied a couple of pennel rigs with circle hooks using the snell knot or similar !! but have knot tried them out yet

With my limited experience and frail nature I was not inclined to offer my version of the "cod rig" for fear of ridicule ..... However .....with Trev's cry for input .... and realising I have only caught one this year BUT not dropped any !! I thought you might like to know Pennel rig for cod.......Djhh style is............ 70 lb clear mono.....length depending on conditions ( swell and tide) 15" to 30" To keep the bait Nailed to the bottom. On the bottom.........6/0 O'shaunessy eye tied with a 4 turn tucked clinch knot and 1/4" tag left Penneled hook has been loose but with line through from the front and a couple of turns of the line to "fix" at time of baiting ( can be " fixed " in any orientation to suit my bait.) I slide a muppet down the line ( I use a bait needle to thread this so I have some control where it starts on the trace at least )That's one muppet on the rig and one muppet holding the rod (got that one in b4 any one else !!) Bait is min 2 and up to 4 small 8" squid Same as last year and had 4 .... dropped none Dave

Was this part of the research ref cod rigs Trev.... If so what was the rig and bait ... Give it up Wedger !!! Dave

Well done Paul.... one cod a trip is a good average I'd say !! Dave

"we had a problem so were on 72 most of the day talking to helpers" Nothing too serious we hope Charlie !! ?? Dave

As usual James.... great read and I stick by my original assessment of yakkers......Absolutely BARKIN' Well done on whiting.....shame about the cod Dave

Nice one Alan / Dave ........ a couple of 2.5 lb whiting for the plate sounds good to me on any trip let alone the first trip.......well done Hope you like ur new boat Alan and have many more safe and successful trips on her. Dave

Duncan.......I have to say that I have heard the exact opposite of the snell / no snell on circle hooks ( now I am totally confused). I was told that either / or would be ok for standard "J's" but that Snell for circles give the best hook up rate. With laid back / offset eye pass line straight down.....with straight eye go in from the front !! Ooohhhh dear !!!! HELP !!! Dave

"Happy Birthday Neal" May all your pressies be biguns !! Dave ps......for yesterday !!

Moving slightly West....a wise "old" salt told me !! Hope you have a great day Tom. Dave

I agree Trev.....been around (and in several variant forms too) for years. Similar to the knot for spade end hooks too ... some variations use the grinner down the shank and others use the tagged end "over" the tightly wound turns on the shank...and through a loop that was formed by the first turn. KNOT sure which is the strongest, but the original snell appears to be the neatest. Good thread !! Dave

Great way to spend a day !!! I enjoyed the read ..great photos too....Thanks lads Dave

Wide angle lens ....... Dave

EXCELLENT.... Amazing how one fish can completely change the complection of a day. Wonderful first cod on Boblin2 and a PB too......well done !! Dave

Happy Birthday Rob .... soz the day yesterday was not the "pressie " it should have been. Hope you have a cracking day today !! Dave

Thanks NIGE FOR ORGANISING..... Rob for having the idea....John for the prizes and the cod for choosing my bait to fall to....... Lumpy and hard going but a great day !! Dave ps...thanks to Charlie for remembering the camera and getting the snaps !!

About time you started your own "tag and release" programme Charlie.......Pity they don't have ears you could "nick " like they do with cattle......Eh? Dave

Niggle....That's the same man as I use......Simon Hutchings...... service Rd off Hambledon Rd