Paul D

I fished the comp and fished the ledge. If I had not dropped the big eel I had hooked into, I am sure it would have got somewhere up there. ( Don't the ones that get away always seem bigger !! ) I won the competition 2 years ago fishing inshore ( 4lb 7oz Bream ) and beat 2 boats who went all the way to Alderney to fish the comp along with Charlie on his wrecks - certainly do'able and the winning fish was an exceptionally good one as well. Big bream was what I would have gone for if I hadn't been tempted offshore away from the comp

Chris, Sorry to hear about this. Will have to keep an eye out around the boat jumbles / car boot sales. Do you know any serial numbers at all ?

Results Dan Chapman Conger 57 0 142.50% Alun Jones Conger 52 0 130.00% Dan Taylor Ray Small-Eyed 12 4 111.36% Dan Taylor Mullet Thick Lip 4 9 107.35% Carl Hurren Bream Black 3 10 103.57% Dan Chapman Conger 38 0 95.00% Gordon Moore Conger 38 0 95.00% Dan Chapman Conger 36 0 90.00% Aaron Murray Bream Black 2 14 82.14% Dan Chapman Bull Huss 7 8 75.00% Alun Jones Tope 30 0 66.67% Charlie Chapman Tope 30 0 66.67% Charlie Chapman LS Dogfish2 0 66.67% Gordon Moore Tope 28 0 62.22% Alun Jones Bull Huss 6 0 60.00% Dan Chapman Tope 26 0 57.78%

Pete (g), I was actually replying to Shytalk's ( Pete R Jnr ) question but more than happy to take your money as well

Interesting though Charlie, I was only thinking much along the same lines. It is becoming more and more uneconomical to trawl for fish. This surely, must help conservation ?

Pete, You can give the money to either myself or Adam at the next club meeting. cheers Paul

I presume that Adam and Bob are booking into the comp as part of "Team Alfresco" ?

Fisherman Protest

There was a tuna caught a couple of years ago but I think it was one of the smaller species ?

I am only going Friday to prevent Gordon getting too much of complex Seriously, worth fishing with Gordon. Enticer is a superb boat and it is always good fun.

Video here :- [doHtml]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/doHtml] Also noted that if you play the video and select the icon on the bottom right then select the one that pops up above the icon you get a selection of related videos you can scroll through and view - very smart - you live and learn every day

Fishing from 1600 Friday to 1600 Sunday [All or part of} all fish to be reported to myself or Adam by 1700 on Sunday 15th. ( It is possible that myself and Adam may be out of phone range on Sunday ;-) in which case a text message or PM to myself will be sufficient for recording your catch. I will then collate the results on my return to land. This is the summer prize competition entry fee

I almost get the impression that Dom thinks he can win this comp and wants a big a pot as possible If I get out Saturday with Paul Rowcliffe then you can add his name to the pot. However, depends on if I go fishing Sunday and/or what time we fish to on Friday.

Not sure if these times in the attached link are the same - but would appear to be. In which case you are OK this weekend. If they fire a shell at you Duncan then I will know they were not Firing Times ?

Neal, I think you may have a problem with your battery isolator. If one or more of the diodes break down then you will fail to get charging current to the affected battery. The symptoms we had in Alderney were as you would expect from this fault I think. As Duncan surmises, a reading of voltage at the affected battery ( as opposed to the alternator side of the isolator ) will show that the voltage is not rising sufficiently when the engine is running. So I would get a voltmeter and look at the voltage at the battery terminals. - I think your GPS can effectively do this for you though ). With engine running I suspect it will not change / barely change regards Paul

All the best Charlie.

I am crewing for Gordon M on Friday evening. Might even be crewing for him on Saturday as well. Sunday I might have crew from work but will offer Paul R a crew space first. ( although 3 days afloat might be a bit excessive ).

Good luck tomorrow. Wish I could have wangled a day off work Hope it is not as breezy as it was out there today. Forecast light breezes but must have got up to F3 to F4 this morning.

I think the problem including mini species in species comps is one of identification. We have enough trouble getting rays identified, let alone weird coloured Wrasse and gobies/blennies etc I guess the reason we do not have comps with up to 4 anglers fishing on the same boat is most of our boats are small. ( i.e 2 or 3 if lucky ) ?

Mike Ladle Fly Fishing for Mullet - From the DVD - Flyfishing With a Pinch of Salt [doHTML]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/doHTML] Norwegian Sea Bass [doHTML]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/doHTML]

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Gordon, I have added his result in ( Fortunatly it wasn't well up the list ! ). Chris Gould Fugazi Black Bream 1lb 9oz 3lb 8oz 41.07%

and now starring on the front page

I wish I knew ! We fished the ledge o n almost the same drift as Alun on Sunday and had 2 cuttlefish to Alun's/ Adam's 3 Bass.

Tell me about it ! - I got covered in ink from the first one I caught.