Paul J

Rich, Thats a unique way of leaving your business card PJ

HaPPY Birthday Adam Best fishes ( if you can find them) Paul

wow that went well ( despite the pervy looking picture of Paul D )- what are you going to do now, have you decided?? PJ

top Tip Don't sit next to Rich during the pub Quiz- he's a bit too friendly with the Chef He's the only chef in the Village PJ

Letting them drive keeps their attention- mostly

_GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:_** >> > >> > 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptise cats. >> > 2) When your Mum is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. >> > 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch >> > the second person. >> > 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. >> > 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food. >> > 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair. >> > 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. >> > 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. >> > 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. >> > 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.** >> > >> > >> > **_ >> > GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:_** >> > >> > 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree. >> > 2) Wrinkles don't hurt. >> > 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts. >> > 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. >> > 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside. >> > 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the >> > toy.* >> > >> > * >> > **_GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD_** >> > >> > 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. >> > 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. >> > 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're >> > down there. >> > 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking >> > chair that you once got from a roller coaster. >> > 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers >> > to ask you the questions. >> > 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. >> > 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. >> > ** >> > >> > **_THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:_** >> > >> > **1) You believe in Santa Claus. >> > 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. >> > 3) You are Santa Claus. >> > 4) You look like Santa Claus.**

Mission complete, decarbed the engine today without too much fuss. Took a spin round the harbour to blow out some of the crap, it looked quite nice out- better than yesterday. The Sea temp in the harbour is 7c apparently 8c is when it all starts happening PJ

Paul, Nope not a thing, but i only tried for a hour. If you see a load of Smoke up the Harbour, that'll be me decarbing my engine this morning PJ

Went down to the boat about 8:30am and did a few jobs ( always something to fix) with low water at 9am i thought id better wait for some water before running the gaunlet at the entrance. Brought everything but the kitchen sink with me and forgot my gps and fishfinder! getting through the enterance was no problem except having to go so slowly provided me with a good soaking as i took a couple over the bow Once out it wasn't too scary, wind with tide and a fairly big rolling swell but not horrendous. (not for the faint hearted either though ) Got into the deeper water just west of the head and fished for an hour both on the hook and on the drift with mackeral baits, Nothing doing and totally soaked from all those showers i decided to surf back in. Good fun to be out and didn't expect to fish anyway let alone get a bite . PJ

errrr maybe i'll have a lie in

Dan, I'll decide in the morning, give me a shout if you want a ride Launching about 9am PJ

Dont worry my arse will be firmly planted in the harbour if it's too rough

I might poke my nose out of Christchurch tomorrow but I got a feeling i wont be out long PJ

i found this article from a US site interesting Bob, Whens the next tutorial? PJ

Why don't you go Saturday.? the forecast is better and mothers won't be annoyed PJ

has anyone tried flushing with Salt x yet? I am yet to try it so i like the idea of muffs with hose to a smaller container. this way you don't use all the saltx at once and if you catch it at the tell tale in a similar container you can recycle it through a few times. it's whether you can get enough pressure for it to flow properly? i'll give it a try at the weekend PJ

When mentioning the amount of footy on the telly this summer due to the world cup my dear wife went a sort of green colour. I jokingly said i would buy a portable telly for the boat to save her this hardship. She jumped at it and said " yes please do- thats a great idea Women- the more you know the less you understand. Footy and fishing combined this summer- i'll be in heaven. i'll be getting lots of brownie points by being out fishing rather than staying in and watching her telly Who would have thought that buying an item for the boat would get you brownie points as well! Paul J

Ditto to all the above- thanks to all, i had a blast Sam. I too was impressed with the leaflet-well done, can we have some for the boat jumble? PJ

I got a cannon powershot A75 3.2 mega p's im happy with it, not the smallest but i don't want to fumble with something tiny on the boat PJ

welcome to the troutsnatchers section Rich

yep. miss a couple of days and you have some serious homework ( reading) to do PJ

of course, will return to the post in April PJ

i fancy an evening trip in about a months time

Al, What about further up from Ribs outside the civic center. theres a boat there currently with a sticker on it saying it's illegally parked. It's been there a while so i guess he didn't pay his fee's yet= could be a space going I think this is West Hants also Paul J