Maverick Martin

Damn I forgot to cross my toes

Fingers and everything else crossed

Hope you enjoyed your birthday Stuie Martin

If my body was a car, I would be thinking of trading it in for a newer model. I've got bumps, dents, scratches and my paint job is getting dull. My headlights are out of focus. My traction is not as graceful as it once was. My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. It takes me hours to reach maximum speed. But the worst is...Every time I sneeze, cough, or sputter, either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires! Yes winter must be coming

I sharing this with you because it definitely worked for me today, and we all could probably use more calm in our lives. I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished, so I have managed to finish off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how bludy fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner piss. An telum u blody luvum!!

Well done and have fun safely in the new boat Martin

So what did you end up buying? Martin

http://www.fowlerpenfoldmarine.com/ sponsor our club give them a try Martin

Welcome David You won't find a better place to learn the ropes. Just ask the questions join in and you will get answers. You would learn even quicker if you joined the club proper, easy to do on paypal Martin

Looks to me a little like the IP15 Can't be 100% sure though. IP=island plastics Martin

Rob I don't think there is a duffer in any of the mainstream makes. I guess whatever you decide on will make you smile Best of luck with your purchase Martin

I once had a sea trial on a Trophy 2150? with a 150hp Verado on the back. All I can say is it takes a lot to make me smile but I had a grin from one ear to the other that day. The engine is awesome however I wouldn't know about longevity or running costs though Martin

We went to one of the offshore banks but its was not very successful for us. I had a 10lb 120z blonde, Both Rory and Tony had much smaller ones I'll let them post the weights. We did have a little flurry of tope and dogfish but that aside a very quite day Martin

I intend to fish the flat fish and Ray comp this Sunday but Dean is away so I am looking for 1 possibly 2 peeps to crew. Post here PM or phone me if interested Martin

Happy birthday Paul Martin

Awol will be fishing the comp however Dean is not around so I am looking for 1 possibly 2 crew, share costs and work as per normal. PM me or post here Martin

Niggle you made it Many happy returns hope you had a goodun Martin

Many happy returns Mick Martin

Definition = fishing permision officer

Looking at the last 3 piccys of lucky I don't think he will be for much longer Seriously though looks like he might be a liability get him to join another club, Only joking, to speed up the learning curve he really should join a club of like minded souls Martin

Dave Are are you all screwed up Sorry no other suggestion but couldn't resist a pop Martin

Poole canoes as said above are not really suitable for outside the harbour although I used to have an 18 footer and we used to take it out as far as Poole Patch. The thing to watch with them is 1 the free board as most have very low free board and 2 following seas (read as ripples) as anything from the rear will bury the nose. If you are only going to use it in the harbour then they are more than suitable especially for getting into the shallows after flounder and the like. For anything else there are far more suitable angling boats out there that are not to expensive Martin

Personally I don't blame either the commercials or RSA's for the demise of fish we are imo innocent victims of others incompetence. I blame the common fisheries policy and those that purport to know whats in our and the fish stocks best interest. They cocked it up and now expect everyone else to pick up the pieces yet again with more half baked ideas. They have been given answers to problems but they will not listen to those that are in the know. They are like children and have to make their own mistakes but at what cost! Martin

Ask Defra I believe they undertook a survey almost the same as the one proposed here 4/5 years ago so where is that information. Also where is the information more recently collected by finding sanctuary to help them identify where mcz''s were to be located. I am not against conservation in fact far from it. I am respectful of the fish I catch and only take fish for my own needs. I am though very cynical of those on the gravy train. So far I have not seen anything that would lead me to believe that this survey would not be used to the detriment of anglers. I believe it is the EU that have told HM guv & co to provide this info to help formulate policy or they will be heavily fined so read into that what you will. Everything written may not be as it at first seems, they need us to fill in the gaps or they (read as us) get another EU slap. Also agree with Peter 100% Martin PS glad I'm going on me hols soon as I can't stand politics

This was taken from the Times newspaper. A 98 year old woman in the UK wrote this to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the Times. Dear Sir, I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the cheque and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my Pension, an arrangement, which, I admit, has been in place for only thirty eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account