Paul J

Peter, i'll join you if your going Paul J

Flared nostrels and crazy scientist hair-do = 25kts Puffed out cheeks, silly smile and watery eyes = 30knts Thats Mike at 5 & 10 knots Paul J

Should we start a new page of "What not to do's" ? it might rival the jokes page Not taking off your trailer board is also a classic Paul J

Mike I'd like to state for the record that none of the incidents decribed were anything to do with me these were stories from some of our more experienced members Paul J

Mike, We have already written the book on Cocks ups and have added a few more chapters recently: "recent ones of note are : filling your unleaded tanks with deisel and launching straight onto the concrete slipway courtesy of new nylon rollers. You'd have to go some to beat that! Anyway, have not fished Poole recently so i'll leave that one to the locals Paul J

I need a new set of HT leads for my outboard Can anyone suggest the best place to get these? Thanks Paul

There did seem to be a lot less tide than i had predicted and it didn't last very long But we were close in Paul J

It was great to be able to troll so close to the Island with no Swell to make us worried about crashing into the island or the rocks below. with the island protecting us from the NE wind it was stonking hot, so much so that we went in for a swim which chilled us down very quickly! We also saw a school of small bass chomping sandeels at the surface near the bridge. We tried a few lures through them but they were so tuned into a feeding frenzy that you had to match the hatch to have a chance of a hook up. one had a go at my surface popper but we never did get hooked up- great to watch though. Lovely day out and good fun. We bumped into the guys with the boat named Ultimate chaos at the Lymington Slip. We had a quick chat before they had to drive back to London - poor Sods Paul J

Mike i do my best to keep mooring charges down Paul J

not sure but also consider where your going to keep your trailer Paul J

fishfinger, im your neighbour mines at the waterloo compond PaulJ

Duncan, good report nice photo and some great tips= who's got sore legs then I reckon Bassing at the island is on the menu this Sunday, anyone up for it? Paul J

Christchurch is a nice place to be and can be good fishing. Try it for a season if you can afford it, you can always go back to trailering Paul J

Welcome to the madhouse Paul J

I also use the 12-30lb Daiwa TDX and agree with Martin - superb, i have the tdx 20-50lb which covers me when the going gets tough Paul J

i could use some of that- er whats you name,oh yer mike

Marks going to be a crew boy for a while I'll have him scrubbing me decks soon enough, it's pay back time Paul J

Cheers Coddy

And one for me please Bob Cheers Paul J

Amazing sight especially in these waters Charlie, i wasn't fishing the comp, i got a few of hours in between 1pm-4pm but i was stuck in one spot due to engine problems. caught a coule of bream about 2.1/2lb but the weed was getting bad so i decided to limp home. had fuel starvation problems when in gear so i could only get 1/2power and it was a slow ride home. I checked one of the filter screens today in the top carb which was clear but then the heavens opened so i abandoned the mission, i need to check the other one tomorrow. This happened about 6 weeks ago but that cleared itself and has been fine till now. If i find the other sreen is clear tomorrow i cant think what it might be. any ideas? Cheers Paul

Kam, Thanks for the links Mine's an 89 4 cyl 50hp blueband Any pages of the carb and fuel system would great if you can cheers Paul J

Just on the off chance Does anyone have a service manual for an older model Mercury 2 stroke 50 hp? Ta Paul J

i had a couple of hours in Christchurch harbour 6pm-9pm Wall to wall mullet with most of them going about 2 lbs, (i didn't have my scales or my camera) all caught on a spinner Plenty of checker bass to ragworm, but no biggies to the dozens of casts on a plug. Got back and in the car just as the first drop of rain came down-perfect! Paul J

ask James to show you the conger cuddle

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