Graham Nash

Am qualified Adam

fantastic pictures Adam. So good in fact, that they inspired me to take a day diving course over at Swanage as a taster. Absolutely amazing and i am booking the PADI open water course in a few weeks. I am totally hooked!! Thanks.

Oh, maybe i need to try it one evening when its nice and quiet before getting too excited then. I only live about 400 yards from the slipway so i can play more or less any time.

What an obvious suggestion Freddie! Why didnt i think of that? My trailer is braked so wouldnt pull off the slipway and i would possibly not look like a wally every time there is a side wind or bit of swell. A tip worth the price of membership on its own i think.

I had a mooring inside holes bay, (best part of 1100 per year). Had to row out there with kit, then check to see what had been nicked or damaged before finally motoring to pick up the rest of the crew. My heart was always fluttering on the return trip in the hope that the dinghy was still where we had left it (it always was) but to be honest, the above along with the time it all added to the day made the whole experience less than fun. I now launch and retrieve my Plymouth Pilot at Baiter but know that because of the draft, i am limited by the height of the tide. The only time we struggle is when there is a bit of a swell (and the boau tides over the trailer) or when there is a strong side wind (which seems to be about every weekend at the moment). We are getting better, but i would prefer no one videos us and sends it to the TV just yet!

As long as the "system" requires skippers to dump huge amounts of dead fish back into the sea, it seems likely that some will be tempted to break the rules and land their catches illegally Surely the above should be taken into consideration tho??

I use a Honda 5HP 4 stroke on my 18ft Plymouth Pilot. Works absolutely fine on the very rare occasion its needed.

Fished the flood tide on Sunday 11th May just inside the harbour and had a couple, one 5 1/2 lb (which i kept and ate) and one at 9lb which i put back alive.

I will definitely join soon, I just keep running out of time!!

Although not actually in the competition, I fished just off Swanage bay alongside about 16 other boats, I only managed one bream just over 1 1/2lb but fished an hour or so inside poole harbour while waiting for enough water to get back on the trailor and caught 2 bass, one 5 1/2lb (which is on my plate tonight) and one at 9lb (which went back)

I was just at the end of the training bank last Sunday (19th) and got a couple of similar sized bass too.