Paul D

I will be out fishing Sunday and will book in for the comp ( although I am on-call from work, so may have to return at any time ) . Please could all members who are fishing on Sunday book in for the species comp ( even if only catching one species ) as without sufficient numbers we will not be able to enter the comp into the BFM National Boat League And - I cant fish the 17th Sept comp either as going to my nephew's christening ....

VHF DSC radio ( UK certified ) is possibly a little out of the price range at the moment...... Alderney Ring we recently had on the forum ( as in Anka Yanka ) Fishing Tackle seems to be the preferred choice at the moment, so that gives a large range of possibilities.

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All the best Mike. Have a good day

or buy using this link and the club will get referral fees as well :-

Adam, I think that needs to be made clear that is WEYMOUTH town quay slipway, as I can see Simon waiting in Burham for us

Nice report James, wish I was out there as well ..... Oh yes, I forgot, I was Didn't have quite the same success on mackeral earlier in the evening.

Neo will be there - I am assuming Sam will be crewing, otherwise I will also be hunting for crew, but I am sure there will be plenty of possibles.

I thought Kam was asking to go on Enticer ?

Beautiful fish. I have only ever caught the one and it was nowhere near the size of that one. Shall have to target them on the weekend me thinks ?

Due to lack of demand I have removed the club shop link at the top of the forum, still need to know peoples opinions on what to spend website money on though.

Steve Irwin

Unfortunately, I was thinking of going Friday PM and that is looking much worst. Will be interesting what the forecast winds along with the huge tide will bring .....

Trevor, It it possible to go into a little more details on the smoker itself. ( as in what is exactly in the "fire box" ). cheers Paul

Yes - I am fully software updated now - can't say I can see any difference mind ! Weather also looking good for Friday as well, will probably be aiming to get out Friday afternoon/evening if anyone is interested in crewing. If I can get away from work early enough on Tues will also have an evening fish.

Dave, If you can fit a fixed VHF radio then that is the best route to take first. Your transmissions will then be heard by many more boats than when using a handheld.

Only 10 votes so far. Please vote as I would like to know what to do with the income - also any comments would be appreciated. cheers Paul

Isn't that a normal trip for you though Paul ?

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Competition Prizes - What competition prizes would you like to see on this site ( as I have

Personally, I think the restrictions are being looked for due to some boats returning with not insignificant catches of high value fish ( in particular turbot ). You only have to search out pictures on the net to see why.....

Had an eventful trip out today. As the wind was a westerly ( up to F6 gusts though ) and as the tide was flooding, figured it would all be wind with tide so headed out with PJ to try and bag some bass. Launched from Wick and saw pegleg ( aka legless ) launching with a friend on a boat which was around 12ft long ? - I thought we were pushing it !! Conditions up to the ledge were fine, we pushed out past the ledge towards the X-Ray area and it was a little choppy but fishable for the mackeral. Had a tank full of really nice small joeys so headed back toward the ledge but not before dropping the lead on the end of my mackeral string and hooking a hockeye straight into my index finger. Hook was past the barb and was not coming out, so I grabbed the hook and cut the eye off it with some pliars and then pushed the pointed end around and back out my finger from the inside ( strangely it wasn't hurting much then ) - grabbed the pointed end with the pliars and pulled the cut end through - a quick wipe with an alcohol wipe from the first aid kit and a plaster slapped on and back to fishing. - Nothing stopping me fishing ! A fair few boats out there, including Aquafresh ( which is always promising ), so off for some drifts. I got the first bass of around 3 lb after a fair few drifts. Tide was slowing so we moved to another spot but nothing else showing, so moved again and had a second bass, then a final drift where I dropped a fish ( within casting distance of the shore - so must note that one ). Went back out to try to get some more mackeral but conditions getting well snotty, so decided to give it a go with some dead baits, PJ then had a call from his wife and found his kitchen was getting flooded by the washing machine, so headed back in. Second bass was still swimming around merrily in the live bait tank when I got home, so doing something right there.

Congratulations on the new boat Alun. BTW: If you want some horizontal rod holders to mount at the rear of the boat ( as mine are ) then I have some which would fit the bill