britboard

Nice fish, Simon. By the way, looking at the stretch in your arm and the fact that I can see the camera in the fishes eye, it must be all of 2lb.

Oh terry! surely the camera can never lie

Welcome Phil, hows it going, are you catching yet? if you go out with some of the other members i'm sure they can show you where the fish are Attached is a piccy to prove i can catch fish sometimes

have you found your Raider yet?

Glad to see you joined up it will prove to be the best money you will have spent on your fishing

Simon L

Brilliant !, lets hope the justice system dishes out a suitable sentence!!

Simon L

The bar is littered with bits of prop and skeg

Yep!, if anyone goes down at low water can i have my bits back please

Simon L

quote Gnasher "Sorry, its normally free winter parking"

Not anymore

The slip at Lymington is a

I used the quay a lot until i discovered christchurch wick, the problem with the quay is that it can be a bit of a walk with your boat to get it floating. Fine if you have got a little boat, also you take you chances when it comes to parking your trailer as it "first come last to leave system" as the trailers get stacked up alongside the slip. i once had to wait for 4 hrs to free my trailer as 2 other people had chained theirs to mine .

Christchurch Wick is a better bet, good steep slip, plenty of parking and a freshwater wash for your engine on the way home.

Try this for Size.

Simon L

please tell all your lady friends to take note of this, and keep your eyes on the road, PLEASE!.

This morning on the Motorway, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Polo with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner. Can you believe this? I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that damn makeup.

As a man, I don't scare easily. But she scared me so much; I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the steak and kidney pie out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, splashed, and burned Big Stevie and the Twins, ruined the damn phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call.

Damn women drivers.

I know what you mean

I got a unplanned day pass (to windy to teach Flying) so shot down to Lymington early this morning, with friends and fished over towards the island just west of Yarmouth and only caught a few Doggies. One of my party was horribly ill so decided to steam down to Colwell bay to find shelter and had my best day on the Bass ever, i personally landed seven fish smallest being 3lb 2oz and the best being 7lb 4oz, all fell to whole squid on a 4/0 pennell fished tight to the bottom.

My friends had two each at about 3 1/2lbs

Who said it always "fishes rubbish" on an east wind.

It made mine and my friends day and even though he was royally sick

Also there is something big lurking in the bay as at one point my rod tried to make for the sea and i just got hold of it, only to feel the biggest set of thumps i have ever felt, promptly followed by the snap of my 50lb leader knot.

It can run but it cant hide forever, i want my tackle back, its only a question of time

Simon L

Its a ball and socket joint with a spring loaded retainer, i've used those on the rudders on various hovercraft that i've made and never had a problem with them pre-releasing. Make sure that everything is free with the sliding collar and its well seated and you should be good!

If it fails again you should be able to pick one up from any good chandlers (not very expensive).

Simon L

Cheers Martin, i'll see you on Thurs at the meeting if thats soon enough?

Simon L

I think i got it wrong, it appears you dont need a boat licence unless you a 21years old or younger.

boater exam

&

boat rental

Simon L

Bikini-clad blondes, lots of fish, resturants you can park the boat in, my day is just getting better and better

i was thinking about getting a travel rod to take with me so i can fish of the coast in the evening, can anyone tell me what i should take, beachcaster with a fixed spool? what sort of tackle etc.

I have found the web site for the florida marine agency and you can take your boat licence on-line with a simple test and you only pay when you pass. they can also issue your fishing permits as well.

Also found a company that will rent me a "23ft Angler" with 200hp, gps and radio for $1100 for 8days with insurance and they deliver it to my hotel marina with all mooring fees thrown in. I'll post up the links if they prove to be any good.

Thanks

Simon L

What a girl! i arrived home today to be told that as i always get so bored on the run-up to christmas, i'm being taken to the Florida Keys (Key Largo) by Lynne. "Its booked and your going, i'm going to lay on the beach and you can fish all you like" she stated "Oh Bugger" i thought .

Now i need to decide how to go about getting my fishing in, is it better just to charter or hire a self drive boat? I was thinking about going on a charter for a day or two and then getting my own boat. not sure if that is a good idea although it would give us good access for the reefs, do i need a licence to fish and drive boats? i would prefer to self drive as you can hire a boat for the week for about the same price as a days charter ($1000 US) but not sure about hidden costs (moorings etc)

I have never fished abroad so have no idea what to expect. I have looked at various web sites about fishing the Keys, but it is always better to get first hand experiences from people who have been.

Super Happy

Simon L

Alun, is it an external gps module LGC2000 and have you got a battery isolator fitted for when the boat is not in use?

The reason for me asking is that all NMEA 2000 products are active as long as you have power to the network, so they would all be drawing current unless disconnected, is it possible that you may have a battery that is down on voltage?

if you want to wait until tommorrow pm i'll take a look as it is an identical model to mine and we can test it on my boat.

Simon L

thanks Terry, appreciate it

Simon L

You could try moving the little vertical tab sticking down from the underside of the cavitation plate to compensate for it

I thought that moving the trim tab on the engine was only to stop steering drag, i may be wrong please correct me if i am

Also mercury quotes moving the tab the other way round, see picture.

Simon L

As kam states, not a lot happening on "Cimarra" (Britboard is my forum tag Kam) left the Wick at about 08:00 and steamed out behind the island for some bait, nothing, nada not a bite so made our way to "Biggies mark" and soon found some Mackerel. Tried drifting the mark for some Bass Kam got one take which snapped off and nothing for me. Aquafresh was drifting also but disappeared over the horizon after a while, as those boys seem to know what they are doing we figured it was time to head for the ledge. Kam went with squid baited feathers and pulled a few Bream whilst i opted for a 4/0 pennel with Mackerel strips and got nothing but my hooks stripped each drop. After an hour or so of that we headed west a bit and anchored below the coastguard watch Kam stuck with the feathers and got Bream, Pouting and a scad and me with the pennel hooks which were stripped again until a Bass of 2lb 2oz decided it liked my bait thank god for that i thought as it gets difficult to justify to Lynne why i spend time fishing instead of with her if i go home empty handed. Although i have been known to dash to the Mudeford fish stall just to fool her. (hope she doesn't read the forum i don't think she does )

Finally called it a day at about 15:30 and headed in and as the water was lowish i thought i would follow the big boat with twin 225hp engines though the quay the theory being that he would bottom out before me and i would be ok. "Yeah right" another prop please I'm going off Mudeford!

Anyhow it was more fun than sitting at home doing chores, thanks for coming Kam and your welcome out anytime.

Simon L

Oh bugger!

Does that mean that we win by default

All fingers and other bits crossed

Simon L

Saved at the last bell by Kam (Newboy)

See you all on the water

Simon L

What no-one? am i going to be condemmed to watching televisual drivel.

save me!!

Simon L

looking for someone to join me on sunday to fish the comp or just to fish for fun the plan is to launch from wick 08:00ish.

fuels free, so all we will need is bait.

Or if no offers are forth-coming can anyone squeeze me onto their boat as crew.

Let me Know as i need to fish (going mad, land locked)

Simon L

If you find out who they are i'm sure they would make excellent groundbait (just a thought)

Datatag seems to only be of any use if your gear falls into the hands of someone who wants to know if it is stolen, if you stole it in the first place or are receiving you wouldn't care! datatag themselves have only issued 36 guns in the uk over the last 12 years. My district constabulary don't even know if they have a datatag gun and it took 3 weeks for them to send an SOC officer to see me after i had a jetski stolen that was stored in my alarmed and monitored garage. Marine theft seems to be a low priority in the eyes of the law.

hope you get it all back together without a fuss and get back on the water soon

Simon L

I could do with doing the course Martin, if you find another body count me in!

thanks

Simon L

any fri, sat or sun evening suits me too, but please let me know as early as possible if it ends up on a fri, sats and suns no problem.

Simon L