Steve S

Good advice from Charlie as usual. I would add, generally the more often you go out the less of a problem it becomes

Sorry to hear that Charlie. Boats...

We are having another bot attack on our site. The site is just about continuing to work, patience is advised

and the 2nd winner!

We have a tie! one of this months winners

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Depends on the size of your boat. A good way to see if it's going to be ok to use is to try it. Regarding the bouncing, sounds like something is wrong.

Mark has implemented a work round that should allow the site to work properly even with another of the same bot attack. Let us know here if you find anything broken.

The site should be working normally now. If you get any issues let us know here. Warning, If we get another Bot attack it may get suspended again. Mark is looking for a better solution.

This morning we had a bot attack to our site, presumably in an attempt to hack into it. Freeola spotted the attack and suspended the site. they have implemented a fix to stop the type of attack used. Unfortunately this may have stopped some features working. Mark is onto the problem to get us back to full working order, hopefully not too long but we can't guarantee that. We will keep you posted here. The site will be down at some point today while an upgrade is applied.

Photo of the month winner

Lovely fish Mal, well done, looks in great condition

Solent Gilthead 2-9, my PB

This is a fun comp to spread a little interest around, any club member can add a photo. Please add your fish/boat/marine views photo's taken this month here, most likes (and only likes) wins. The winner is announced in this thread on the 5th of the month following. The winning photo will be added to the photo of the month gallery. Only photos placed in this thread for the month will be considered when totting up the likes.

A idea trip for kids, brilliant

A turbot for Ian

Thanks for taking the trouble for writing the report Charlie and taking all the photos, it was a great read. Every time I've been I've enjoyed it. The biggest pain for me is keeping dates clear in the diary and the replanning when the weather doesn't play ball. I'm surprised more boats don't go, age is probably a factor as 3 or 4 days constant fishing is tiring, but I had 72 year old Ian on board with a bad back (temporary I hope) and he enjoyed it! Guys if you are thinking about just take the plunge and try you will get plenty of solid advice.

Alderney is very much on. Reel Magic and Tigerfish are making the trip on Friday, great forecast. Bring on the Turbot!

Colin is April's photo of the month with a great Turbot