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Of course we do Terry, good to hear from you PJ

Make sure you leave plenty of slack in your mooring ropes if the tides dropping. We almost got caught out while refueling last year. You may have to wait a while for the donkey to arrive with all that fuel PJ

Happy Birthday Paul PJ

an interesting blog from WSF that covers the response to the EU proposal http://www.worldseafishing.com/blogsdiarie...ell_2ndfeb.html PJ

Happy Birthday Tom How come you get two threads - must be our age PJ

Happy Birthday Tom PJ

Happy Birthday Martin, Shame you can't go fishing today- enjoy it anyway PJ

Good Luck Bob Try and enjoy some of the extra time PJ

Happy Birthday Brian PJ

Hi Will, Rob Francis is in the middle on scribing the club name on them. im sure he will respond shortly letting you know when they will be ready for use, if not send him a PM cheers PJ

in the mean time if anyone wants to offer specific advice then a PM would be better than giving up all our hard-earned marks over the net Cheers PJ

It's going to be catch them as you need them if you don't have a pump. You can use a bucket and keep changing the water to keep 3 or 4 alive for an hour at best. alternativley you can get one of these to keep 3-4 alive http://www.landbigfish.com/tacklestore/showcase.cfm?PID=2238 PJ

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Just received this today:- have you two minutes to save your sport? Dear Members, If you care about the future of recreational sea angling then please visit the Government web site through the link below and sign this very important email petition opposing the EU Article 47 proposals to control and regulate Sea Angling from boats. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/rsa-eu-proposal/ Thank you in anticipation of your help. Yours faithfully Richard Ferre Marine Director

is that to keep an eye out for our runaway tenders? PJ

I wish, have fun Tom PJ

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes That way you're at least a mile away and you have his shoes PJ

Just tell them there are 600 plus people on here watching for the outcome - no pressure PJ

Happy Birthday Jack Have a good one PJ

Wishing you a speedy recovery Gordon PJ

Below is a request for help ref the Lyme Bay Closures the survey runs to the end of the month: Dear Sea Angler You may be aware that on the 11 July last year, the UK government closed sixty square miles of Lyme Bay to boats using scallop dredges and heavy demersal trawls in order to provide protection against damage to marine ecosystems incurred as a result of towed benthic gear. The area, however, remains open to sea anglers, scuba divers, fishers using pots and nets and other recreational users. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), University of Plymouth and Marine Biological Association of the UK have since been awarded a contract by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to monitor, over the next three years, the economic, social and ecological impacts of the 60 square nautical mile closed area. PML will specifically assess the impact of the closure from economic and social perspectives. As part of our remit we will aim to interview all relevant stakeholders to build an accurate picture of the socio-economic implications of the closure to them. We have therefore developed a questionnaire (available at http://web.pml.ac.uk/lymebay/ ) to collect views from sea anglers. This questionnaire applies if you have been sea or shore angling at any location in Lyme Bay (including sites near Portland, Start Point, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth, Lyme Regis etc). We would appreciate it if you could fill in the online questionnaire so we can take your views into account. Alternatively if you would like to arrange a telephone interview please give me a call on the number listed below. If you have club members who would be interested in participating in this research please could you forward this e-mail onto members of your club. The questionnaire will remain available until the end of the month. Many thanks, Sian Rees A521 Portland Square University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA Tel 00 44 (0) 1752 584732

Happy Birthday Derek and Dave PJ

Happy Birthday Peter PJ

Reg, You sure the models correct? could it be a Garmin 3005c or a Lowrance 3500c ? PJ

illegal fishing punished: http://www.mfa.gov.uk/news/press/090106.htm