Paul D

Happy Birthday and hope it is "Just Purfick"

You are using the crew as groundbait ?? - A bit drastic

Have distinct memories of going over Peveril Ledge in Alfresco on one of her first trips out and seeing nothing but green water through the windows. I was wondering at the time if Charlie had doen a good job building her. Thankfully he had

well im fooked then Me too

Done my bit too. Was quite quick

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Planning on an afternoon/evening trip in the solent for Smoothies / Bass and maybe stingray. Friday afternoon 4pm ish and fish into evening / dark. I have a crew from work who may be not able to make it. Will know tomorrow AM, so if he cant go then will be looking for crew. If interested PM me your contact details and I will be in touch. First shout get the place. cheers Paul

No problem there Charlie - quite a quick exercise of late, in my case

Will see you out there

Have a good one Sam and hope you and Dan have fun again in Alderney on Alfres ....... ( )

Glad to hear you all had a great trip ( expecially those for who it was the first time over ), regret not being able to come along but someone has to be left behind to work

I think you are possibly doing "these people" a great disservice calling them "barmy pillocks". From what I can tell from their website is they are campaigning to have a loophole within Clause 114 closed which if left would mean an area which can be shown to be scientifically of benefit to have as an MCZ would not be chosen as such due to economic or financial reasons. eg.. If the legislation is passed as it stands it could be argued that an MCZ cant be put where it scientifcally should be because either it would cost commercial's lots of money or because say PBSBAC boats fish it a lot. Do we really want a loophole which would effectively mean any MCZ is put where it is least effective ? At the end of the day some areas need to have fishing etc. activities banned and if this means more/bigger fish for all then surely has to be a good thing ? Or are you saying it is wrong to have our access prevented but everyone else should be stopped ? I quote from Dorset Wildlife Trust Website

No probs Colin. Hopefully should be able to see how its done now.

Mike, I bought a spare wheel from Ambrow Trailers along Barrack Road in Christchurch. They had a pretty extensive range in stock, so I guess should stock one.

I concur; this would be my starting point (and I have had 2 fail) - but am worried about the deck wash factor indicating a wider issue... Read Tom's post a couple of times and if turning on the deck wash blows the fuse then this certainly implies a fault with the deck wash. ( a low battery / poor connection wont cause a fuse to blow ) What was done to "bypass the deckwash" ? Does the fuse blow every time ? Does the deckwash work now ? Isolator switch check is a sensible start.

Got added on Facebook by someone who I suspect is a member of BASS. Interesting catch picture here ...

Good question. I have got the vouchers by the way. Just need to know who the winners are ( Got a good idea who mind )

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Actually glad ( in a weird sort of way ) we have had to cancel ....... Last night got a horrendous tooth ache and have some sort of infection - dental appointment tomorrow at 10:15 now. Can't bear to imagine what it would have been like sitting on a boat for 4 days with a toothache like I have at the moment. Tony is looking to go bream fishing tomorrow but not sure what he has planned re: crew or if he is crewing for someone else ? I have told him not to hang around for me as I shan't be able to fish until at least lunchtime and even then not sure I fancy fishing with this pain . So if anyone wants to go breamfishing contact Tony !

Good point the "50% increase on a stock level which is only 2% of that previously = 3% of that previously". Also it is easy to blame the Common Fisheries Policy and I think actually quite convenient, since it is popular to blame the EU for the lack of fish and in my opinion the commercials know this so push the agenda as "the good old british fishing fleet" versus "the fish raping spanish/french" etc. I suggest the book Cod: A Biography of the Fish that changed the world should be a "Must read" as it shows the phenomenal decline in cod stocks on the Grand Banks and no prizes for guessing what was to blame .....

Me too - Happy belated birthday

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As they say, every cloud has a silver lining .,.... Checking the weather closer at home to get some fishing in for Bream on the ledge ! Well - got the time booked off work and I can't move to another date around the 20th May ( other things which definitely cannot be moved planned then ), so do I :- 1) Go to work on the Thurs / Fri or 2) Go fishing ..... Decisions, decisions