Graham Nash

I hope you have a better day tomorrow than I had today Martin. It was very disappointing.

Im out tomorrow as I have to work on Monday

Obviously no one took their grandchildren out! Theyll need to be a bit special to beat Daves shark for this month!

Thats the model I looked at, but the 65 (also from Marine Superstore). Ive already got relief shading on my phone and tablet, but maybe next year Ill upgrade for it to be on the combo too. How do you find the side scan?

Thanks Jerry, looking at his (very impressive) website, I'm guessing my little tub probably isn't Seatronix target market 😉. Ive just looked into the model i mentioned, it would seem the pictures were deceiving and the navionics + isn't what produces the relief shading type of screen, shown on the advert. That's the "extra" navionics platinum (or something like that). It also doesn't come with appropriate transducer .... so would probably end up double my budget and more than the boat is worth!. I told you I was useless.

Guys n girls. I have an old Raymarine Dragnfly4 on my boat that has done me proud for the last 8 or 9 years. BUT, it has lost its track lines and waypoint marker facility. Theres still a few old ones there, but I cant work out how to put new ones in, or how to get the track lines back). Anyway, I think its time for something new. I've got a budget of £500 or £600 been looking at the lowrance and garmins. The Garmin SV Echomap UHD2 touch looks to be a bit nicer than I'm used to, and presently showing as down from £830 - £590 at Marine Superstore with delivery tomorrow! It looks like it has Navionics+ that seems to be something like the relief shading Im using on my phone and it has "side scan". Do those of you with sidescan actually use it? The other thing to say is ..... if it is anything other than a TV or satellite, I'm technically useless! Will I be able to use it?

Don't change the anchor set up, change the cable ties. I was out a couple of weeks ago and didn't have any ties so I used some 100lb line. It worked fine. Ive now got ties on it again.

its 5.15 and im just leaving for weymouth. Do we drift Lulworth banks or anchor?

I wanted to go hunting for something bigger tomorrow but the tide is rubbish for getting out of Ridge at anything like a sensible time, so I'm loaded up on the trailer all ready for a trip to Weymouth instead. Ill be looking at the Shambles to start. Is there anything I should know about them? I can see there's The Bill and St Albans Head within reach, but they worry me with their races and of course Lulworth Banks.

So after years of using this set up and reading the comments above about the rope getting twisted around my anchor line, (which had never happened to me), I had it happen on Wednesday and it was a bit of a pain in the proverbial! When I backed up to see where the buoy was, I noticed it was twisted round the anchor line about 5 or 6 times. I have since removed the rope between the buoy and the ring.

I've just arranged with my neighbour and his son to be out from Ridge on Wednesday. Low water is around 6.30am so we'll be putting the boat in at about 9. , high water is around 11. I'm open to recommendations with a youngster on board where we are likely to catch a fish. I was thinking of heading to Dolphin sands or the patch. Ill not be heading to Peverel with a youngster on board (especially his first ever boat trip).

nice Turbot Nigel.

I agree about Covid and our politicians Greg. But I wasn't asking him to do anything other that come out and have a good day. If he didn't want to, that's absolutely fine, but the excitement and texts in the days before, then waiting until 12.40 in the morning (about 6 hours before we were due to go, and obviously too late for me to arrange an alternative) showed a complete lack of responsibility or respect. Maybe I'm just old school? Anyway, my post was really about the sea weed, it made the harbour completely unfishable. The grandson preferring to spend the day in bed is his business.

How did it go? I hope you didnt follow Martin, because it sounds like he went to all the blank marks

and breathe 🙂