Paul D

Jim, That is a definite possibility then. I have to collect some glasses, so no fixed time to get them. Could go early and make sure I am back in Christchurch by 4:30 PM ish. ( If I can get off work early, could collect them on Friday possibly and then Saturday I have nothing stopping me going any time then ).

No boat and have an opticians appointment

Thank god for that. All I did was post what I consider a useful link for the members who run E-Tec's. Why am I not surprised it was hijacked by some ??

Jim, LOL is what the smilie face is ( it stands for lots of laughs ). ie. I would have been up for a trip out on Friday afternoon, but don;t come under the experienced category ( although not totally inexperienced ) - just not very good ! However, I have my nephew and sister coming over so taking them out fishing myself hopefully. cheers Pauk

Have you seen the video ??

Welcome to the forum Charlie. Is this the old club boat Splash Out as in Bob's old boat ?

and you can renew / pay to join using the link below :- Join Here

A similiar thought crossed my mind. Find someone to run / house it and I could purchase it for the club using some website proceeds ? Also involves getting it plumbed in ( I find plumbers are always so busy ). Then there is the running costs and access to the ice by all and sundry.

One suggestion which will help you is to join the club

Saw this link on WSF - Useful for all the E-Tec owners. E-Tec Forum

A mentioned above you will eventually receive a customs bill ( I got mine via Parcelforce who charge a fee to collect the duty as well - The fee was almost as much if not more than the duty they needed to collect as well ). I got a letter through the door and went to the parcelforce depot to collect ( and pay the duty ).

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Spotted Play Hooky returning from first fishing trip.

Ooops - I missed the earlier post. ------------------------------------------------ With Court Jester added. Just need "Play Hooky" returns now. Position Points Angler Score 1 20 Gordon Moore 127 2 19 Aaron Murray 88 3 18 Rich Swain 82 4 17 Paul Dore 73 5 16 Neal Sturt 64 6 15 Carl Hurran 59 7 14 Charlie Chapman 55 8 13 Simon Sandford 54 9 12 Dan Chapman 53 10 11 Charlie Annear 46 11 10 Carol Fox 20 12 9 Mike Fox 20 13 8 George Fox 7 12 7 Rob Francis 5

No report from "Play Hooky" crew yet so these are provisional at the moment. =================================================== Position Points Angler Score 1 20 Gordon Moore 127 2 19 Aaron Murray (Jnr) 88 3 18 Paul Dore 73 4 17 Carl Hurran 59 5 16 Charlie Chapman 55 6 15 Dan Chapman 53 7 14 Charlie Annear 46 8 13 Carol Fox 20 9 12 Mike Fox 20 10 11 George Fox (Jnr) 7 11 10 Rob Francis 5

We now have the ability to accept payments using Paypal and Credit Card payments for renewals and new membership. There is a link in the forum in the JOIN HERE category. I will also be setting up the ability to purchase some items of club clothing online as well and if the demand is there will increase the items available. Feel free to comment on this new facility - Good or bad

Paul D + Gordon M on Enticer.

I bought this book from the BASS society and it is a really good read. Since some of the proceeds will be going to the restoration fund I think it is reasonable to show the advertisment here :- [dohtml] <h5 class="sub">The book of the Society: 'Bass and B.A.S.S.'</h5> <p>A superb selection of articles and letters from the B.A.S.S. magazine over the years, with some new material specially written.Designed, edited and published by Geoff Gonella in conjunction with Peter Macconnell and John Morgan.</p> <p>Bound in hardback with dust wrapper, a high quality book.Price:

Specimen Comp - 13th July 2008 chester kocak Prodigy Cuckoo Wrasse 1lb 14oz 1lb 4oz 150.00% gary austin Prodigy Conger Eeel 56lb 40lb 140.00% Pete Russell Jnr Prodigy Conger Eel 50lb 40lb 125.00% Dan Taylor Dat Dam Boat Thornback 14lb 10oz 13lb 112.50% Pete Russell Whistler Bream 3lb 12oz 3lb 8oz 107% Rupert Morrell Aquafresh Small Eyed Ray 9lb 8oz 11lb 86.36% Dan Chapman AlFresco Undulate 11lb 8oz 14lb 82.14% Paul Dore Neo Thornback 10lb 8oz 13 78.85% Neal Sturt AlFresco Bull Huss 7lb 14oz 10lb 78.75% Alun Jones Hydeaway Pollock 10lb 12oz 16lb 67.19% Gordon Moore AlFresco Bass 6lb 4oz 9lb 8oz 65.79% Alan McAvoy Aquafresh Blonde Ray 15lb 23lb 65% Terry Bartell Fugazi Bass 6lb 3oz 9lb 8oz 65.13% Mike Fox Frisky Fox LS Dogfish 1lb 11oz 3 56.25% Dave Samuel Lady Christine Bull Huss 4lb 14oz 10 48.75% Bill Smith Lady Christine Bass 5lb 8oz 9lb 8oz 47.89% Aaron Murray(jnr) Overdraft Bass 3lb 2oz 9lb 8oz 32.89%

Gordon, What have I done !! - Jimbob does indeed have a raider and manages to catch bass no problem. I think the solution is to get the float away from the boat - but there again my catch record is hardly prolific in the "stealth Orkney".

Terry, We also caught some of those minature mackeral. Never seen them so small before, sprat sized mackeral.

She looks good Simon. All shiney.

Perhaps I will be able to keep up while Simon is still running in Easier to jump onboard though. Christening your new boat with a bass sounds a great idea to me

Nope - you are quite correct Simon.