Graham Nash

I used my 5kg and 11 met chain once!!! The boat wouldnt start and I couldnt lift the anchor by hand in the worsening conditions so I had to cut it loose!!! I am now back to my old faithful danforth for now :-(

cant see it being on if windguru is right. force 10 gusts with 13ft waves!!

Jay Kay .... I have only been into boating for the last 2 years, in that time I have bought 4 boats, an inflatable, 2 kayaks and numerous engines. I have lost a small fortune in wasted purchases, but have learned some expensive lessons along the way. A few of these lessons are ... I am NOT a boat builder, so don't kid myself that I am. Buy rubbish, buy twice (or more in my case). Get the best and more importantly the most reliable engine you can find. I would seriously suggest you get out on a few boats before you decide on the boat you think you want as they all have different deck spaces, handling, performance and characteristics, speak to owners at the slipways and see what they think of their boats. I had a couple of displacement hull boats, which were great cutting through rough seas, but rocked like a pendulum at anchor and took all day to reach the marks. I now have a 17ft dory type boat with a virtually new 15hp outboard which i use very occasionally within the harbour (or just outside). This is great, very light to launch and has masses of deck space, but very low sides so I wouldn't take it out of the harbour if there were any waves or swell. I also now have my bigger boat for use outside the harbour, which I use much more since I have had it at Rockley.

I am pretty sure i have one lying about at my factory .... will have a look tomorrow. There are actually speaker brackets that do exactly what you are wanting.

I was talking to someone fishing the Wednesday Flounder League last night and he told me there was an 8LB Cod caught in the harbour on Saturday. It could be a fishermans tale, but I have no reason to doubt him.

that made me smile .... wish I had thought of it.

Excellent Colin ..... we were just uptide of you and left around 3. Fantastic day to be out and to catch a whopper like that is the icing on the cake.

Fantastic conditions Paul .... we were out, anchored just down tide from Fugazi. Ended up with about 12 whiting (most of a good size) a few dogs and a half decent bass. Great day to be out and i can't wait till the next jaunt! I also heard of an 18 & 14lBer being caugt, but not on my boat i'm afraid.

I will be out ..... non member as company.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/871...s_biggest_carp/ a beast!!!

and yes it was freezing!!

Shame but probably the right decision ...... bloody weather!!

I have dived in areas of natural beauty and I'm afraid that I would happily refrain from anchoring in such areas (nothing to do with being a goody goody or preacher, just a personal opinion).

I was having my lunch on the cliff tops at Barton on Sea this afternoon and i could see quite a few small boats all parked about 4 or 5 miles out ....... lucky beggars!

I think i put the kiss of death on it! I think Tomo is right, no point getting excited till Saturday evening.

1) Adam F - JV 2) Graham - Little Sal (with Sprinter as crew)

Can the weather Gods be looking down on us this weekend?? I have just checked windguru and they have the best day of the week not only being a SUNDAY, but being THE SUNDAY of the Cod competition ...... surely this cant be right?!?!

It could be worse!!

Windguru have been wrong the past two weekends, I am relying on them getting it wrong this weekend again.

I have every intention of being out Sunday .... I was hoping to get out of the harbour and park near someone who looked like they knew what they were doing :-/

Graham Rarely does the crew let us down, more often the weather and that always scuppers a few individuals / boat plans. I suggest we go with 4 days from 12th May with a back up date of four days from 1st June??? Tom I can understand that the weather is obviously the major deciding factor, but how do you all get on with booking accommodation (or do you sleep on board)?

Ok, if there is anyone with a space I would be happy to crew and obviously share costs. I am the "all the gear and no idea" type, but will be a very attentive learner. When will the dates be decided? I am yet to book next years holidays so dates and accomodation dependent, once I confirm/commit I will not let you down. Graham.

I would love to come (own boat or crew) .... I will start to stock up on stugeron :-)

I have absolutely no doubt something will conspire to scupper my plans but i will endeavour to be there for the crack alone. I will not however be getting wet! It will be good to see you nutters again. Graham

Whether we like it or not, ultimately there must be a demand for this sort of quantity of fish, otherwise it would not be financially viable to the big boys. I don't pretend to know the answer, but if one is wishing to preserve stocks for the good of the species (and the food chain above it) then that is a good thing, if however they wish the stocks to be preserved so that we, the recreational angler have some sport left, that is probably not the right reason. If the debate is the unfairness of the quota system then i fully agree that there should be a quota system, but it needs to be something more sensible than "dump all your dead catch so you don't exceed your limit".