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Toerag, get yourself a deep diving plug, Ive got a bucketfull I bought in the states for 90c each! They dive to 25 feet and 35 feet respectively, far less hassle than paravanes! Rich

Mmmmmmmm, you wont be needing those fleuro spoons then Andy! Rich

I'll second that, I need to sqeak out a last minute life saver, worth an estimated 250 squid!!!! Rich

Adam Ive a bucket full of black powder coat, it rounds off the corners on lead weights, if you want a box of it, its yours for what I paid for it.......namely 5 squid. Its full, and not been dunked into. Rich

Paul, isnt that guy on the first pic Kiteboarding? Rich

Good to see you back, Gay Bear, well done nipper, outfish Dad again!!!! When do you want this seatbox gathering dust in my garage?? Rich

Welome aboard, Terry, the best small boat fishing club on the net. I personnally would love a trail down to Sussex..........my family hailed from there, Hastings in fact, grandfather being a fisherman back in the days when men were men, and women were glad of it. Isnt Rye Bay where that huge Plaice in the museum in hastings was netted? 16lbs if I recall correctly??? Look forward to seeing you out there.....trail down for our open comp, and bring a few buddies. Rich

Rob, sorry that your son was taken into hospital and that you couldnt make the meeting. Hopefully, he is comfortable, and in good spirite. Hope to see you next month. Rich

Mark did raise the question of filleting, although I couldn't see a problem when the lip is only 2mm. Rich

Charlie, I remeberred the cutting area on GW, and thought that the idea of a raised lip/edge was a good one, so adopted it for Nipper. The lift out design will allow the board to be dunked into the sea periodically, to wash off gunge and guts. I also lile the idea of a sponge on a chord, I do like to keep a clean ship!! Rich

OOOOOOOPS!! Fingers like pigs whatsits! Then I bang it into a bain marie, melt it down proper, and pour into neat 1 ounce block moulds. PM me if you want some Mike. Rich

Thanks guys, Ithink I'll try the beeswax, if you want a few nuggets MIke, I'll dig you some out. I take it off the hives with a solar extractor, which melts the wax using reflected rays from the sun, the molten wax pours through a seive, which takes out all the dead bee body parts, then

Oil then varnish?? Two contradictory applications, surely? Mike, will beeswax suffice, as I have an abundance of this natural wax from my hives. Rich

Mark nipped round the other day, and we decided to make up a couple of bait/filleting boards for Nipper. I had some marine grade ply in the garage, so used the old lift out seat as a template, cut four sections of ply, obtained a couple of nylon chopping boards, used them as a template to sink into one of the sections of ply, cut out said section, fixed the top and bottom ply together, dropped the chopping board into the snug space, fixed, finshed with a bead of silicone around the internal edging, then Mark checked for fitting into the seat space, at the back of the boat. Question is, is it best to finish the timber with a preparatory yaght.........(how do you spell it!!) varnish, or simply seal with an oil?? Cheers, Rich

I expect that the congers released after last years weigh in are lurking about there somewhere! Rich

Welcome aboard Bob, great site of yours. Enjoy the best small boat fishing club and forum on the net. Oh, great to have someone famous in the club, I watched every episode of the Bill Rich

Whats brown and sounds like a bell?? DUNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

Jas, hats off to you and you fellow amputees, worthy work, should be well recieved by the emergency services. Nothing can really prepare you for the sights at a serious RTA, or indeed, a terrorist bomb or shooting. Casualties look so different with limbs missing, and this I'm afraid is a fairly common sight now, at high speed, heavy impact road traffic accidents, so your group can at least let trainees actually get hands on experience. Nice one. Rich

Don't you just love Jasons lighthearted attitude to this boat fishing lark, I wish Mark and I could take it like this. Rich

Andy.......send boybilly a pm, he lives in weymouth and is well up on the competition scene, from boat and shore. I'm sure he will help you out. I'll be speaking with him soon, so will mention that you have posted. In short, winter species are now showing off chesil, codling being taken from the shore. We have a west bay trip for oct, expecting whiting etc, marks west of the bill will now start to produce huge ballans, but they are close in. Bigger bream are congregating around rough ground and wrecks, before moving off to the Channel Islands. Bass will still be in the race untill at least the end of the year, some flatties will be taken over the bamks, but they tend to be farther east, around the east bouy area of the shambles. Hope this helps, tight lines, Rich

Saving my next foray untill we can get back on the banks for the late Turbot, Brill and Bass...........................bring on another Weymouth Slam!! Rich

I anticipate that Mark BB and I will go out on Nipper, but will have to see what/if a weather window appears, as the long range isnt good for the immediate future. Fingers crossed though, for next week. Any other takers? Rich

Adam, fancy one more Weymouth trail for Brill? The mackeral will still be there for a few weeks yet, plus a chance to bag a few Cuttle and maybe a drift over the Hartlepool for Squid. Rich

Smats of local knowledge does this one Dave, I expect the reg plate may have been changed for the theft to have occurred in daylight hours. If not, I expect doors were knocked early am this morning! Then again, the speed that Lymington Police move at, they may have recahed the north coast of Africa by now!! Rich

After rounding the Bill, the tide tends to go in a circular motion, creating an interesting fishing ground, so you can find areas which are easier to fish. The farther east you go, you get back into the main tidal flow, so good use of tidal flow makes sense. Some of the bigger boats were actually steaming into the main flow, whre the overfalls were too big for us, so it made good sense to stay just out of these. Still good fishing though. My guide was watching Flamer, as Colin, I would imagine, didnt want to use excess fuel steaming in bigger tides, so we basically were doing the same-ish drifts, although he joined us later, and didnt bag a flat. All in all, I think we made the right choice, netting our Weymouth Slam, albeit not to one rod!!! Just goes to show they are still out there. I thouroughly enjoyed the day, and thanks to the other guys who trailed, it made it interesting seeing different ideas and plans netting different species, which basically was what the day was about. Rich