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No it's OK Martin, no need Just wanted to clear my name Cheers Nick

For the benifit of the "Forum Members Only" on PBSBAC, this thread was moved because a club member thought I was fishing illegally in Christchurch Harbour using live bait ...... Without going into too much detail he was wrong..you are allowed to fish live bait. Davis Tackle will give you everything you need to have a go... great sport Thanks.... Nick

Did I upset someone...???

Nice Huss well done.......caught on that evening we passed in the Harbour no doubt...... Nick

Cheers ....thanks for the info Nick

Finger injury number 3.....I warned ya..... Well done on getting some fishing in nick

Wanting to add a DSC Radio onboard Aquajak...do i need to take a course on DSC.? I took the VHF radio telephony ticket back in 1994 and my present radio is registered with Ofcom.. Any advice would be helpfull...save me trying to navigate round the Ofcom website... Cheers... Nick

Well done for getting out Nige......hope you solve the engine problem Nick

I'm guessing that your right handed and you drilled through your left hand index finger ..... same one as my Angle Grinder conflict.....that makes 2 of us...they say these things happen in 3's..... WARNING.....restrain from DIY this weekend...you could be next.... Nick

Had a fight with an Angle Grinder on Thursday and lost... ..so Friday's weather window gave us a good chance to let my finger heel and get another Bass trip in...... Weather was very still with a flat sea and after a quick gathering of Mackeral we were fishing on our usual drifts. Cam was the first to catch with a Small fish of about 3lb and a short while later a Squid of about 2 foot long. We then started to catch a steady stream of Cuttlefish....at one point I had 2 wrapped round my bait with another one underneath......lovely big Cod baits... Charlie boated the biggest Bass of the day with a 5lb 8oz...well done mate After a move up on the shallower parts of the Ledge, we found our selfs sharing a drift with Alun on Gastronought.....here I managed a 3 and a half pounder on the freeline... Great day out.... did my finger the world of good.... Nick

Hummingbird uses one Tranducer for the lot....if it's Hummingbird you have, looking at the pictures it should go ok just inside one of the tabs.....but the only concern would be prop wash.......I went through this back in Febuary, I ended up buying a through hull and fitted it on the lowest part to the boat...it was the only way without buying 2 of them at nearly

Off the mooring at 6.30 with Cam, Charlie and Si as crew and out to our banker mark for the Maccy......an hour later, 4 fish in the live well.... Off in the distance we saw this white flash as Wishing Too came skipping past...a quick chat with Nige who told us he had bagged up at Hengistbury...knew i should of gone there first... but instead we took a chance on Sun Corner and bingo a full well in 20 mins..... The tide was taking it's time to swing so we had a poodle around the Bridge taking a look with the side scan....that is some piece of ground, totally different from what we thought it looked like.... Eventually the tide began to flow and we started to fish....first drift 2 Bass, then another on the next, this was starting to feel good... The days weather was up and down with some ee'rie fog banks engulfing us. But all in all a great day afloat...total, 16 Bass with an average stamp of 5 to 7 lb..... a couple each for the pot and the rest returned. Happy days..... Nick

I must admit Nige when we spoke on the radio I thought you meant "The Shingles"..... Fair play though mate, thats one hell of an inshore round trip... Nick

Lol...Had an encouter with a large Squid last year......latched on to a Mackeral being used as a live bait....everytime it came to the net it let go.....down time after time, same result...in the end we knew it was timing the release just as the net got to within a foot of him, on the last attempt Charlie moved to the back of the boat and started waving his arms as a distraction..hid under the gunnel I quickly jumed up and netted it before it could get away.......That Squid caught me a 16lb Cod in the winter......worth the effort..... Nick

Out again today with Mandy to make the most of her day off.....put the hook in again on the flood to try for a Bream.......we were the only one's on the ledge for an hour or so then a few more boats started to arrive... We ground baited, fished Maccy, Squid and worm and started to catch the usual Ledge inhabitants...Dogfish, Wrasse, Pout and finally a couple of decent Bream.. As the slack came I just had to have another go for a Bass... our bonus 6lb'er the other day had given me the bug Instant live baits on the mark gave us a good start to our drifts.....As the day went on the sea breezes got up very quickly......that hot air on land with the sea still cold, pushed it up to force 4 or 5....."just one more drift then before we go in" were the words, as my 12' Avon tip keeled over....moments later this was netted...... 11lb 12oz......Double bonus..... Nick

Yes it is Nige....but I'm the only one in the team, none of my other crew wants to wear one...dunno why....

Fished the Ledge yesterday with Simon and Charlie on board.....out for 8am to catch the last few hours of flood. The Bream were being shy again as they have been for the last couple of trips out there.......seems everything is a month or so behind this year..... After a fruitless couple of hours we up anchored and moved to a deeper mark and had a try for some Mackeral...with these in abundance a good supply of fish were kept for the my wifes summer Fish Cake making, this usally takes up half our freezer...but boy they are good... Fish box full and with a healthy supply of lives in the well, we started to drift down through the anchored boats on the Ebb...a couple of drifts in and we kept to a line that was looking like it could be productive.... and bingo....a nice 6lb 3oz bar of silver graced our net.. Bream rods away for a while now.. me thinks..

Sunday forecast lottery.... Met office got it right yesterday..Guru and XC only gave light winds, blew a hoolie on the Ledge... But still we only want to believe the better forecast.....

Well done Mal...once you eat one of them...it' gone...but the photo lasts forever.. Nick

Pretty much the same for us...the patches first, then southbourne rough, even close in at Hegistbury, we gave the ledge a miss after watching all the other boats leaving.....just one of those days..although that wall of dark brown water that made it's way across the bay couldn't of helped much... Next time... Nick

Well done Nige.....always liked them....I,ll have to pop round to Ribs and have a look Nick

I've gone down to Quiver tip rods and Centrepin Reels, loaded with braid line......fishing the Ledge I get away with 2 to 3oz leads....no need to go heavy. Nick

Sounds like Poole Council have employed the same sort of bloke who came up with the Boscombe Reef idea...... And which one of them have got finacial interests in the manufacturing of Traffic Lights.....

Always a problem on the Ledge......I have nearly lost my anchor on many occasions there, luckily the trip always worked... With this in mind we decided to have an anchor made just for the ledge.... A 3 foot scaffold tube with 4 re-bar prongs welded on and used with no chain.....it works great, cheap,very light, quick retrieve and no trip needed...would recommend it to anyone. BTW..if your leave a marker bouy on the ledge the commmercial's will remove it Nick

A few years ago in Florida we watched a pack of Dolphins which we thought were killing a huge Tarpon...after a while we realised that the fish was injured and they were actually trying to revive it Incredible creatures....nice to see them getting some help themselfs Nick