reg

I live just outside newcastle upon tyne so it takes us about seven/seven and a half hours if your from the poole area it would take you another eight hrs. The three skate that where cought was between five boats. normally each boat would have at the min two to three skate a day as we have been going up there for years so we know the deep holes they are in. roughly between 320 to 400ft but the last two or three years they seem to be in decline . the females tend to stop in one spot and the male's go roaming.but if anyone fancys coming up I can get them safe storage near washington for the night free. I towed my boat down to poole afew years ago with two stops it took 8 hrs but it was all m/way and dual carrageway. but going up to the mull the most is two lane and once you are off the ferry it is 30 odd mile of single track with sheep and deer jumping out onto the rd quite hairy at times reg

Having missed out on last years trip I made this years The weather was great we were out every day we trailed five boats up. the fishing was to say the least poor over six days only three skate were cought 209 lb 196 194 A few years ago we would have had this amount on every boat in a day. even the doggy's were short on the ground a few congers up to 25lb were cought but it was one of the most dire years that anybody can remember. even the maccys were short on the groud you had to seek them out. a disapointing week fish wise but a good time was had. I would advise anybody coming up from the south to look on the wsf site to see if the fishing has improved any.

we did see one in the mull a couple of years ago reg

thanks lads. Im feeling my age this morning after last night. Reg

Do you have a phone number for ram reman as I am thinking it's down the south somwhere and i am in the north east thanks reg

Just as an afterthought anybody know were we can get a recon one reg

Thanks chaps for your input We did not realy want to go down the road to the usa but Coddys idea sounds great so will look into that or it's the usa. reg

I am doing this for a friend of mine who has a suzuki df 40 bought in 02 and the trim and tilt has packed in. It will lift the engine but wont drop it on stripping it down it was found that the ram was rusted and would not drop. doe's anybody know where he can get a refurbished trim and tilt as replacing it new is going to be costly thanks reg ; ;:s

I have for sale a cannon uni troll hp downrigger. Just been respooled with 365 stainless steel line.and comes with a 3lb weight mould. Which would cost you

Have a good one tight lines Reg

WOOPS. also would share expenses petrol/bait Reg

HI ALL. As I dont have a boat to trail anymore would be interested in coming down for the weymouth day/weekend/week as crew/dogsbody/whatever if anybody needs the afore mentioned. well versed in the art of beach/slipway launching. Had a great time last time I was down Martin and dean looked after us very well. But would have to know the dates asap so I can arrange b&b for me and the other half who will be doing the shopping side of the trip cheers Reg

I dont think we will use that charter again. we are compiling a list of charter boats that take you out in any conditions so long as they get the cash and to hell with the anglers. They are giving the decent charters a bad name. Once we have a list we will publish them on the net and send copys to the charter boat operaters board this is not sour grapes on our part. anybody can get cought out at sea its a known fact. but taking anglers out knowing the conditions and fishing will be a waste of time for the paying anglers seems to becoming a regular habit with some we have four boats on the list at the moment. as it was 2lb lead would not hold bottom in 30ft of water. reg

I have nothing but high praise for RNLI as last saterday they took eight of us off a charter at st abbs in a force eight. there were two lifeboats and a rib that had come searching for us. we had asked the skipper before we steamed out if the weather was safe enough to fish out in as we had been following the weather pattern all week and it did not look promising It will be flat sea when we get into the bay's he said. So much for local knowledge. glad to be safe Reg

Thanks Tom we did have a few marks but had to fish the place at the top of the tide.As that seemed to be the time. but as you know it ain't no fun getting thrown about in a small boat.we did stick it out as much as we could but we was out 17-18 hrs a day and covered a fair amount of ground the petrol bill for the two boat's came to just under