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Reminds me of my Sunseeker days The cabin would arrive and I'd have ten days to make it look beautiful. My mate still does panels and upholstery for his business. If you want details drop me a pm. It only gets better from this moment on

Some more food for thought. 26% of NHS doctors are foreign born. Good luck getting an appointment without them

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Bloody tapatalk Had to sign in proper to post the link Grrrrrrr

Check out his other YouTube vids They are great Here's a conger

Its a minefield for sure

Well done Mr fox

Returning for 2015 is a spring meet to get everyone motivated for Summer This will be a great meet and a good excuse to raise funds for Heroes on the Water. This meet will to promote our sport with the Cam Clearie memorial trophy presented for 1st Plaice(pun intended) and a glass tankard to keep. This will run along the successful format of the flounder meet. Yakkers will register on the cliff top at Southbourne from 8am ,and can then go and fish from Boscombe to the Coast Guard hut at Hengistbury head . Most will launch from Southbourne but the parking can be a pain so first come,first served. There is also a pay parking with height restrictions further along towards Boscombe and parking near the pier. I've put a limit to the area as beyond the coastguard hut can potentially be trouble for beginners. Weigh in and prizes will be on the beach in the afternoon. Looking forward to meeting friends old and new. This post has been promoted to an article

Glad he was ok.

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Have you looked at the Raymarine dragonfly Lots of kayakers are going over from humminbird. I shoot through without loss as you would expect on a thin hull, although my transducer is the specific boat shoot through one. I'll be looking closely at a dragonfly when the time comes

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I need a conger for my species hunt and Blue Anchor seemed like a safe bet. Launched about 12.30 onto a windier sea than I was expecting The photo isn't as clear as it was taken through my new phone case I took live peeler, frozen peeler, lug, rag, squid, and cuttle . I was fishing 6/0 hooks and using 8oz leads I tried for 4 hours trying for a bite and nothing touched the baits except a pout with cod ambitions It was starting to get a bit depressing . As the bait dwindled down I opened up an old bag of cuttle with three huge ones in it. Too big for single baits so I cut the tentacles off and used them. First up a thorny about 5lb Then a strap conger around the 10lb mark Then a 69cm bass Then a smaller bass about 3lb Finished up with a smile on my face after all , all thanks to my manky old cuttle fish All fish went back for another day

Launched at Branksome. Weather was as predicted so a bit choppy but not to bad. Set a pot on some rough ground with loads of maccy guts etc in it and drifted down to about a mile off the pier. Mackerel were around so soon had some grub for tonight and bait for today. My big baits remained untouched all day but my rag was robbed by scad , maccy and robber bream. The arrows started and then Bri called me up on 8. He had a bend in his rod. Pulled anchor for the money shots I was expecting a SER or undulate so was surprised when a lunker thorny came to the surface. I managed to fold it into the torque forward hatch as Bri is going to have a crack at cooking it( tips anyone?) and then spent the rest of the afternoon tied to a Geordie, enjoying the aviators. Great to finally get out after a month away. Some shots Must be over a thousand small boats Looks like I should have my pipe and slippers Last of the lancs Our neighbours A PB for Bri I surfed in on a lovely wave. Perfect landing on a crowded beach. Felt like a boss A happy Geordie chappy, in front of his house 10 lb Wings anyone?

Been looking forward to this as I've heard great things about it. Had a meal out with chums on Weds night and left Poole at midnight for Wales, arriving at 3.30 am on the campsite,and dossing in my mondeo. Up and at them for a practice on Friday and to find my feet with a new venue. It was horrible in the morning,lumpy and choppy, but it settled down in the afternoon. Fishing was hard but a guesstimate double smoothy put a smile on my face, and I'm hoping Chicky took the money shot? Had 5 species on Friday so had a personal target for Saturday The campsite filled up and had a nice night with old faces and new. Everyone was up at the crack of sparrows and down to the sign in Carpark was rammed and we all rigged up and assembled for the sign in, collect our photo card number, and receive a nice little goody bag from the sponsors. It has to be said straight off that the organisers and sponsors put together a prize table to behold. Well done Swka,escape watersports, palm, and all the others that donated and worked so hard to pull this together. Paul gave the safety brief , explained the rules and orf we jolly well went, all 141 of us. Watch out fish! I had a plan, get away from the crowd and go fishing. I wanted a plaice so down goes my spoon,rag and beads and start a nice slow drift, with a bit of jiggling for movement. Seems everything liked this rig bar plaice Should of kept going with it but fancied a change of scenery so headed over to the cliffs I became very popular as 4 others drifted into me for the next hour and my scissors were poised to cut wayward rigs off before they got me. Fortunately everyone managed to sort themselves out so the scissors of doom were put back Three more species and then it all went quiet http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photolofty/media/July%2014/509894FD-0608-4CF0-85B1-96BAD0F65383_1.jpg.html I paddled up to the wreck and it was rammed. I know I could of got a few more out of it but I wasn't confident of dropping the anchor and snagging another kayakers anchor. I should of tried with hindsight, but I gambled on a short session to get on the prize table. For a while I was king of Oxwich I could of spent two more hours without a bite, maybe next year I'll try for the wrasse and pout earlier. By four o'clock it was all over and with a score board full of eights and nines I placed at 11. Happy with that, and a ctug courtesy of railblaza. Big thanks to Starvin who lent me his gel seat. Massive well done to Zebeddee who thought his trophy would bounce too. Really enjoyed the days fishing and the banter back at the campsite. Looking forward to 2015 now A few randoms http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/127B067A-D8AC-4FC1-8573-1F9438372254.jpg http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/814353C3-CD3D-4977-A39A-68F93C84CA4D.jpg http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/2B0D040C-46DC-4814-AB6D-6B90E70EAA80_1.jpg http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/49F69D1D-53D1-4FC5-B2AF-E003757CE028.jpg

Please no one buy an inflatable. If you want to go out I'll get you a loner plastic kayak from someone.

I luvs Dorzet. If you get a chance then you won't find a friendlier family launch than Knoll Beach. National trust carpark open at 8 and £6 for the day. Great for family kayak days as there is toilets, a cafe, and a nice sheltered beach with kayak hire, so you can bring your own fishing yak and hire a scrambler or rtm for the famalam to come too. And it is stunning on a day like today. Launched at 8.30 with the Barfleur in front of me and the hire hobies behind As I was going bassing I hugged the coast line around the bay rather than cut across In the photo below you can see what looks like a wall on the cliff top. It's actually an observation bunker where Churchill watched the valentine tanks practicing for D Day You can access it via The Pig on the Beach restaurant A fallen pill box Following the cliffs along to old Harry I picked up some schoolies( mission accomplished) They took my mullet rig that Cam showed me, on the rod that he advised me to buy Old Harry coming into view http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/B5B21259-30B3-4B8F-A20C-B7AAA8D3FCAB.jpg I tied on to a buoy and fished but it was very quiet. The wind picked up at lunch time and I headed back through the race. Bumped into Nigel( bass man ) and had a brief chat but I needed to concentrate on the swell. Sorry for seeming a bit "lost" Nigel In all honesty I don't think it would be possible in a dumpy yak as it was hairy but exhilarating. No pictures there as I was using my balance . Back on the beach and in the carpark they have showers so everything was rinsed down and put away at home . http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/845B0813-3504-4E2D-B3B5-1A4650217DF1.jpg http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/B75D3093-4F01-407C-B043-0354DCF0D005.jpg Chips and a coffee to end my day. Not amazing fishing but a great way to spend a Friday http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/48FA7DA8-15EA-40D3-B583-CCA1DA63429C.jpg And as a footnote I love these hto? Lure clips. Great for all lures and rigs Once you Suss the technique Marvellous things http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g388/photolofty/July%2014/A2D99397-6019-46E6-95C2-76C1BD54197B.jpg

1.3 million recreational French bass bashers!

Not a lot to report fishing wise. Dogs, wrasse and black bream. Was using up Thursdays rag and squid really . Just a heads up for those thinking of coming here I arrived just as the local yokel was unlocking the parking hut. 8am " Oi don't know ow much to charge e?. Should be a tenner for a boat but yor the first today so a fiver." Result. Stopped for a piccy on the Smedmore road in Set up , launched and headed out of the bay and drifted with the tide towards Swanage. Feathers and lures but no takes. Who cares when its so beautiful? Fish finder was silent as the grave. Tied on to a pot and realised my leads were to small. I only had 4 oz from Southbourne and the tide rips through here so double them up. It's also snaggy and fishing for wrasse always is a tackle killer. I was hoping for a cuckoo or Ballions but all I had were orange kelp coloured ones, up to 2lb. Lost a lot of terminal gear so at slack I decide try further out for something bigger. Back with the tide and drop the hook and down go big squid baits Not a lot. A few dogs kept me interested and then the wind dropped and the sea glassed up I baited my hokais with squid and started catching sub lb black bream. Lots of fish breaking the glass around me. Herring by the look of them. I cast various lures at them but no hook ups Called it a day about 4, back on the slipway Slow fishing but you can't beat a day at Kimmeridge for a bit of scenery, including this fixer upper on the way home And for the lure men here's a selection that didn't work today Cheers Abdul

There was a 90lb stingray netted in the Solent last year. Possible candidate for pbm