Steve S

Tigerfish: Saturday, Steve with Lloyd Scott, John Evans (both non members)

Thanks Fred I'll try that

Tigerfish is fitted with 2 D4-260 A-B with a DPH drives, approx 980 hours The port engine intermittently will not increase revs as I push the throttle forward (reverse is fine). Forward gear is engaged and there is drive at tickover, but trying to increase speed has no effect. If I then select reverse gear for a moment, then forward gear again it was normally ok again, but this is not now doing the trick. Half way through last trip (fishing on the drift) it would not increase forward speed whatever I could think of doing, so I started to make my way back slowly and then after 10 minutes tried neutral and forward again and it worked! Just moving the throttle forward with the drive disengaged does increase the engine revs up to 2000 as I think is normal. As an intermittent fault hard to figure what is going wrong, any ideas? May not be related but the same engine also intermittently stops once up to normal temperature when taken out of gear.

Congrats Chris, a very good bass to win with. Next year watch out I'll save my most reliable big bass spot till the day of the comp [emoji6]

Tigerfish Lots of bass caught well over 20, the sticking point was 4.5lb plenty around that size but nothing over. Alun 4.5lb Steve 4.5lb bonus bull huss, wrasse and so many mackerel of all sizes they were crawling up the rods had all we needed in no time at all. Great day out, fantastic weather.

Phew Chris well done, we are going to have to go some tomorrow to beat that!

Tigerfish - Steve and Alun, on Monday

Freshpack Eiffel Pro Usage report I been using the Freshpack Eiffel Pro since February for filleted fish and mackerel for bait. It works really well, I find I can fillet fish, wash them, remove most of the water off the fillets with my hand, put them in the bag with say 6" of bag above the fillets and let the vacuum packet do it's stuff. If a little water/blood gets sucked into the packer it gets caught in a small drip tray and the bag still gets sealed ok. The tray is easy to clean afterwards. ​It will work continuously, so on the few occasions there have been a lot of fillets to process I've not had to wait for the vacuum packer to 'rest'. I've been using rolls supplied by Freshpack rather than bags (except the ones they provided with the packer) as I think it is more economical as they can be cut to size. Fish sealed in vacuum bags comes out noticeably fresher than just bagged and frozen sufficiently so for me to vacuum pack all the fish, even if I think will be eating it in a few weeks.

You explained the situation in freshwater pretty well Billy. I'm a freshwater fisherman turn sea fisherman too but a few years further along the path from you. The main things to get your head round different from inland IMO is: The seasonal nature of the fish present our waters. The importance of tides to where fish are and when they feed. The importance of water carity (for many species anyway). The sheer size of the sea and number of possible places to fish. Sea fish are not very tackle fussy. Personally I love the challange to figuring out where to go and when and what method to use there is so so much to learn. Results do improve with time and effort. Joining this club had given you a real leg up but the learning curve is still there and isn't that all part of the enjoyment when the plan comes together and you have a great day.

Jerry, I've got a couple of D4 260s, I keep the boat in the water. I like the engine leg setup and would certainly get them again. The engines and legs are pretty trouble free and Volvo have fixed issues that used to occur. The plus for legs over a shaft for me is more economical and I can raise them to free off ropes if needed (I've had to do this) it's also been handy to raise them somewhat when in some very skinny water, the neg for legs is they are more complex than a straight shaft so more expensive if trouble. I service the legs myself, it's no great trouble, new anodes (if needed), change gearbox oil and grease drive shaft (props need removing to change gearbox oil), lube gear change mechanism, antifoul and that's pretty much it. The cost is the gearbox oil and anodes as required. Make sure the steering rams have gaters over the shafts otherwise they will leak after a time. Dan Chapman services the engine's and he does a good job, suggest you ask him what he would charge, I buy all the parts myself.

And a bigger boat!

Looks very well thought out, ticking all the council's objective boxes. Clearly has been with detailed consultation with the council. Even includes 96 public parking places. Will further progress the gentification of Poole, as to whether you think that's a good thing or not...

Great trip Charlie, well done you two. Tigerfish - Plan B It seemed like the fish were really having it on Saturday; with the team reduced to Alun and me we planned a shortish local session from slack water (for bait) fishing the flood till the forecast rain set in, we targeted bass. Things looked up when the initial pout bashing for livebait produced a bass of 5lb to ragworm! Armed with lures and pout live bait we fished a number of spots across the east of Poole Bay and caught bass at every one. It started off bumpy but smoothed out as the wind dropped with the rain arriving just after midday, with the tide slackening and the bite rate dropping the rain prompted a return to base. We weren't really counting properly but we caught more than 20 mostly in the 2lb to 5lb range, Alun caught the last one, a cracking fish of 8lb 6oz. Bass have been few and far between so far this year and then a day like this, you just never know with fishing!

Tigerfish doing a shorter local trip now and we will be adjusting what we do based on the conditions, it may be a very short trip, but I hope it's not. Tightlines out there folks. Cherbourg in 2 weeks time anyone?

Wind levels are ok for Saturday but having had a good long look at predicted wave height and periods mid channel it has become very marginal to be much fun so we have decided to postpone.

With such a changeable forecast, I'm going to leave it to Friday to make the call, we will try and do a one day trip if one of the days is good.

Super session Steve, well done Plenty of photos for the Undulate ray project.

Hi Jack Lots of questions I see, the guys in this club can help you in so many ways with great advice and cost saving ideas. I would suggest you can't afford not to join.

I've stocked up on lures and line, all set to go. First time I've looked at the forecast and it looks great, you doom monger Alun!

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Very well done Oli, the ever shifting sands of the IT world, clearly this has been more than just a few hours work for you. The whole system has been very stable indeed over the last few years so congratulations guys for there being so few problems. Moving server etc I assume this is in the light of what just happened to get ahead of the game again. As for having to have new layouts, well we just have to accept that when using third party software.

Alfresco Tigerfish - Steve, Jones brothers and Scott Reel Magic Madness - Martin, Mal, Tony

And while I am at it. Compulsory video of the fishing and the catches. We don't need a patrol boat to check the video and see what they are up to (lots). Better to do than view

Think this is a political gesture to try and show some benefit. What will make a real difference is banning beamers and scallop dredgers as a first step as they destroy the environment. Our politicians blame the EU for most everything, our hands are tied EU policy etc . Well that has not stopped Ireland for instance have a commercial bass fishing ban for many years. We could do lots to improve our waters in or out of the EU but very little has happened. Our commercial fisherman export a lot to the EU, they are not going to want to stop that. So something will be traded... Better to do than view

Full crew sorted on Tigerfish now