Graham Nash

I am looking out of my office window at flat calm and sunny conditions, just right for getting out on the boat and drowning some bait. As my boat/engine has just had a service and I am hoping to fit my new electronics over the next week or so so the boat is on its trailer at my place, I am getting itchy feet. I know the fishing is likely to be anywhere between slow to dead (but my fishing generally is anyway). I JUST WANNA GET OUT. I am considering towing the boat over to Kimmeridge and using the slip way there, or maybe to Castletown Beach at Portland. I am hoping to drop a hook over one of the many wrecks around Portland or The Shambles. I could motor out there, but I fancy giving it a go at towing her. Has anyone got any experience of either of those public slipways?

That will be lovely if the weather is as nice as the last couple of days. The only bait I ever use in the harbour at this time of year is rag worm. With big tides you will possibly struggle with weed and the crabs in the harbour can be a pain in the proverbials too. Enjoy.

He doesn't fish?!?! Shadey character there Brian!

sounds like a plan ... isn't that the same date as the castaways flounder comp?

As I expected I allowed the salesmen to talk me out of matching a HD head with my existing Lowrance 7200 I think I have ended up with what I want. A Garmin 750s which is a 7inch plotter/sounder matched to an HD randome and a new transducer. Together with a G2Vision card for 3D charts etc. Saved around

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/S...-Angling-Trust/

Once the exact dates are confirmed, is anyone looking for crew?

Ha Ha ... mine was no where near 30lb. Thank you for clearing that up Martin.

Good point but I doubt it because elsewhere in the policy wording it does say that I can travel in the shortest route to get to my destination even if it takes me beyond the 12 mile limit and I will still be covered.

The area I caught the blonde from was definately South East of Old Harry possibly between 3 & maybe 5 miles out. Could it be "The Spoils" then? I hear all these names but aint got a clue where they are!

I too am with Towergate Mardon and I have just phoned them. They have set limits which they will not exceed on certain size craft and unfortunately they wont exceed the "Non tidal and coastal" 12 mile limit on mine ..... but they WILL ALLOW THE CHANNEL ISLANDS!!! (which I am sure is more than 12 miles)! So I can travel the 72 miles to Alderney???? So we have to make sure the wrecks are somewhere between here and the Channel Islands I have the paperwork being sent to me for the extra.

I caught a blonde on (what I beleive to be) the banks off Old Harry. About 3 or 4 miles out.

absolutely crazy!

I got a 13.8 Pollock a couple of years ago off the needles. Mmmmmm tasted lovely :-)

I like that idea but need to speak with my insurers first and see if we can increase my coverage beyond 12 miles .... unless you all promise not to sink me till I am within the covered area :-)

I am heading to the Boat Show on Sunday and gonna make my decision whether I mate a new HD head with my existing setup or whether to start again with a complete new BB setup. I am hoping to pick up a bargain from the traders not wanting to take stuff home again after the show. Whatever happens I expect to be radar compliant by Sunday evening :-)

Many thanks Duncan. My 7200 is already wired through a "network hub" with spare outputs so it sounds like this may be a route i should be looking at? What a fantastic source of information this club can be. Worth the membership in information alone. Well done PBSBAC!

I have just realised that my Lowrance 7200c will accept radar reading on t'internet it would seem that it is not Broadband whatever that means?? Does anyone have any info on this? What do i buy and what will i get? or do i need to go broadband?

Went out, water was realtively flat but not as flat as the fishing .... 3 doggies all day nothing to add to my species hunt I'm afraid

It is looking like the windguru site over estimated the winds. Looking at the "Liver weather in Poole" the winds are force 1 with gusts of the same. Game on :-) .... hopefully see ypu out there Mike.

I am out tomorrow for a while. Weather permitting I will head East of Poole.

wowwww I like that V2 card that goes in it. Another couple of hundred quid but rather nice!

With all this talk of fog, I have been looking at this one just today! http://www.mesltd.co.uk/furuno-1715-radar-p-7350.html

Good luck and happy hunting in her Mike. I would have bought her myself if Gordon had been selling her 6 months earlier.

Exactly Rob; My plotter seemed to be doing its job very well, it was ME that was not doing MY job so well. When I looked back at my trail, it was like lots of quite tight S bends!!! I could not beleive how disorientating the fog along with such a slow speed could be. The fact that we "should" be passing Aunt Bessie by now but were actually still in the lee of Rockley didnt help at all.