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Has anyone tried the collapsable pots sold by interex trading, and advertised in the sea angling mags? (cost

The Ross Tiger, Sister to the Ross Zebra, is now a museum piece, part of the Grimsby fishing heritage centre Part of the old dock in Grimsby is now the Humber Cruising Association marina There are only a handfull of trawlers left now But plenty of angling (and sailing) boats I guess its the same story everwhere The muddy Humber still holds plenty of Cod in the Winter At times it must be one of the best Cod fisheries in the country As i said in my introduction, we are waiting for the Whiting to arrive Whiting from October to Jan, Cod from Dec to April When the Whiting turn up, there are millions of them When we are after the Cod they are a pest But in October, it is good fun catching them on light tackle, spinning rods and braid

Just thought I would say Hi Been looking at the site for a while, very impressed...... My name is Chris Banks I am a displaced Southerner living Near Grimsby and am the Secretary of the Humber Cruising Association, which is a boat angling club with 150 members with approx 70 boats ranging from 14 ft dinghys to 40 ft cruisers I own a trailed Icelandic flyer, a 15 ft Seahog lookalike I fish the Humber and Lincolnshire coast. At the moment we are waiting for the transition from Summer to Autumn fishing, the Whiting (and Cod) are on their way.... Enough about me I will stick my contribution in every now and then, perhaps a different perspective from Up North

Hi.... Maybe you could help or know of somebody who could make a pram hood for my small bonwitco 375 Open fishing dingy (12ft 4"), which I use for fishing in the harbour. could be a sail maker or somebody similiar - need to keep the cost down Thanks, Grant

Out of Baiter at 11.30am with friend and his son who had never fished before. I have a half decent rod and a cheapie that Tim uses but needed a couple more for the guests. Not organised enough to go down to second hand shops to look for some cheap quality so ended up on Wimborne Road and popped in on the off chance. Rod and reel for

The same mark yielded this bass which fell short of the mark and was returned. Nice sport though off a 10lb line and a little

A short trip giving us little choice of mark but the first place nabbed Tim his first plaice.

Thanks for the offer of the ride but I'm out on mine tomorrow - might even get down to Weymouth... or maybe not as it's a long way from Poole!! Perhaps we could sort something for another time.

Thanks everyone for your replies. It would seem that I need to be looking for a new trailer not necessarily a new boat! Has anyone had a DeGraff roller trailer or know anything about them as there are some cheapies on Ebay?!!? Also, the Raider is evidently now being made in Poland and the first boats are due in the UK in September. Jimbob: Are you launching your boat anywhere local this weekend so that I could possibly have a quick look.

If them Okuma jobbys are anything like the

I'm looking for a trailerable fisher and am stuck between a Raider 16 and a Warrior 165. Any comments, good or bad, about either boat gratefully received, especially to do with engine sizes and performance. Also is there anyone willing to let me look at theirs!! ... or there's always the Predator??!!?? I have a Quicksilver 580 at the moment and wonder if I'll be wrong to change it but am finding it too hard to launch and recover??

Thanks for tips all. Hoping to get out again on Saturday with the same winning combination of fathers and sons providing the weather follows the forecast and winds stay below the 10mph that a cathedral hull seems to tolerate!

Good to have you back, fancy an evening this week? S Pinafore

Travelled out of Poole Harbour into the bay for the first time with son, his friend and friend's father. Looking for a mark AlunJ had shown me which of course we could not find without GPS. However cast in hope and had some early luck on rag and a simple ledger. Catching some small bream too small for the pan and a mackerel that was good on toast on Sunday afternoon. This was followed by two bass which we returned being under 15". Moved around then using the sounder which Pinafore has as a poormans 'fishfinder'. Although it shows some bottom variation it's a poor substitute for the real thing so memo to self, 'Which is the best and also the cheapest combined GPS fishfinder?' Carried on with the boys having the fun that a first real trip brings and helped by them catching two small sharks (dogfish?) and a gurnard. Then picked up two larger bass that had gulped the barbed hooks too deep to recover with long nosed forceps, now thinking about barbless hooks. Some more bream with a mackerel for luck and we returned after 7 hours at sea. Son's view summed up by: "Please Dad can we stay longer it's so much fun!" Meanwhile, despite heavy overcast conditions, got a bald head red so there's a lesson!

A first mackerel on Pinafore!

I have a microplus 501 16ft with a 40hp marina + 4hp marina,tackle boat rods with matching reels 30lb line plus light spining rods.Navman gps garman 250 fish finder,vhf dsc radio. we have been out on the outer patch and caught bream,mackerel.Would like some info on catching bass.

ANY ADVICE ON MARKS AND BAITS + TACKLE FOR A BEGINER TO BOAT FISHING,HAVE DONE A LOT OF FRESH WATER BUT ONLY HAD A GO A FEW TIMES ON ARE BOAT,GOING OUT FROM BAITOR. THANKS DAVE

UltraFisher 21' fast fishing boat 1998, Mariner 90HP 1998,Mariner 8HP 1991 aux, Simrad CE33 chart plotter, Lowrance X71 sounder, VHF & CB radios, Rapide rollercoaster single axle trailer, All other equipment necessary to get out on the water fishing ( except rods & reels!!! )

Thats mustard m8!!

Thanks for the info chaps, I don't think I'll be getting the r/rover. I watched one bury itself up to the axles on Suday recovering a jet-ski. Apparently they are prone to diff-lock failure.

Any chance of guests attending? i could either trail down or crew, but crewing would be in exchange for education as to the way of the boat fisher!! I've got all the gear but am unsure as to whether I have any idea!!

At the moment I am using a front wheel drive deisel van (Renault Kangoo) for lanching with. The bottom end of the slipway I use is covered in sand so I have to un-hitch the trailer and roll it down. Retrieval is equally fun, the boat has to be put on the trailer and then the trailer attached to the back of the van with 15m of rope and then dragged up using a skid plate on the front of the trailer untill it is far enough up that I can hitch it up conventionally. The top of the slipway is quite steep so last Saturday I left about 2000 miles worth of rubber on the slipway due to wheel spin. Not the best way of doing things!! I have the chance of an '89 Range Rover for

Thanks maverick for the number and advice.There's a good bunch guys down here in general and a nice place to fish from to. we are good friends now with malcom and they know use quiet well in the tackle shop. all the best chas...

sorry marina club. chas.

The Welsh will be invading you on this weekend coming as Carling wales will be fishing sat/sunday 30/31st july. two boats we are using is good old malcom 'true blue' and I believe 'random harvest'. sat will be a species hunt followed by a night down the marina so hope to see some of you there maybe. sunday will be a bream trip,has someone got the tele no for poole tackle shop. thanks in advance. all the best chas.....