Paul J

i'm wondering whether this cold snap will bring on another showing of Cod? am i just being optimistic? I'm sure the guys going out Thursday will tell us. Paul J

Welcome Scott Paul J

Charlie, Yes i can wait, i'm still a scrubbung and a scraping

Guys do you have any photo's of your console layout? i'm trying to decide how many switches and sockets to install and where to put things. Cheers Paul J

All good info guys, i too am looking at this at the moment. Iwould really like to move the batteries up under the centre consol of my boat but the leads at the moment are about 3ft short. The total run would be about 10ft from the engine. Will this work? or is it to far? Paul J

interesting stuff paul Thanks Paulj

Well done guys and nice report

yes please and no i can't i'm working

This is the photo from the Ad

Got a great deal on an Old Boston Whaler Newport so i took the plunge and bought it. Its a 17ft Open Boat with a 50hp 2 stroke mercury blue band and 5hp johnson aux. It needs a bit of tlc but it is a sound boat and should be perfect for a lot of my inshore fishing. From what i can gather the engine has been looked after by the guy at Strides boat yard and after a chat with him i'm fairly confident it will be ok. Fingers crossed on that one. Lots of things need doing so i have a good little project on till the weather improves and the fish start to bite. I have to start from scratch so first thing is to sort out the electrics out I need to install another battery and 2 way switch, hook up the lights etc. Buy vhf, gps, saftey kit, rope, life jackets, etc etc Then at some point i might just get it wet Paul J

Just bought the Trailer Piccies once its home and cleaned up a bit

i've just bought an 18ft Boston Whaler but need a trailer for it if anyone knows of one for sale please let me know Cheers Paul J

just the thought makes one shudder

Rich, i know a man that can rebuild it give us a shout if you want it done

Happy Birthday and best fishes

not a bad way to grow up kids

Welcome aboard Gary

I'm probably going to get a multi tip rod this year- 3 rods in one seems to fit the bill for light travelling.

Bass, Mullett, Bream, Wrasse, i love them all.

You don't you keep them all!

And here's another A great reason to buy a boat WATER MAGIC, HYDROTHERAPY: When you have experienced the dawn breaking with the sun slowly rising and felt the sense of freedom, excitement and challenge that this brings, then you could be `hooked` on the joys of boating. As far as I can tell there is no known cure! Peace is possible (turn the mobile off). This is hydrotherapy, where our connection to life and nature is restored (however briefly), our body says "thankyou" and our mind finally stops its endless chatter. The colours are a little brighter and life a little sweeter - we have escaped to peace and freedom. Pressure and stress are absent for a few hours, days or weeks. We can choose how we `invest` the next twenty four hours. We can allow ourselves the luxury of rest and relaxation; we can leave the traffic behind, look good and feel great, put fun and joy back into our lives, we put life back into our years instead of just putting years into our life and, if we choose, we can create challenge and excitement as well.

i'm probably available Sunday but not Saturday cheers Paul J

Nice one James, hope your on the water soon Paul J

Rich, Drags should be set using the pulling power of the rod. eg: hook a loop of line around a cleat and pull with the rod until you are happy that the line on the reel gives under the pressure of the bent rod. If you guess by just pulling line off the reel your not taking into account the rod and they can all be different test curves so the reel should be adjusted accordingly. Cheers Paul J

Welcome aboard One more to go!