Maverick Martin

A copy from our membership secs email sent to new or prospective members: Martin

Dean was out today on AWOL he also had a reasonable day Good you got of your mooring for a change.....what did you miss if Dean had known you were leaving your mooring he may of had another plan Martin

Hi Ben Welcome to the club forum, now you don't have to look over the old fellas shoulder you can log on and participate yourself. I have updated your forum status to that of club member so you can now see all areas of the club site. Martin

Dean and I will be offshore (hopefully) on saturday and will monitor ch6 Good luck Dave Martin

Perhaps we should start using magnets instead of bait fishing Seriously though surely a fish has more of a chance if a deepset hook is left in than it would have after an angler has used his surgical skills to remove it. At least with catch and release we are trying to give the fish a chance to survive unlike the commercial sector that has to discard bycatch whether dead or alive Martin

The constitution is for the governance of the club only so competition rules should not be written in there. Competition rules are normally written on the annual competition sheet although I think they should be available as a separate document and stored on here somewhere Martin

Bad luck John what a dirty thing for a company to do to someone Hope you get something sorted soon Martin

I have used Lowrance on a previous boat and found their kit to be good. When I first purchased AWOL she came with Navman kit that worked but to be honest I personally didn't like. The picture quality was very blocky (not enough pixels) I now have a basic Raymarine A65 with a ds600 sounder. Both are good units with good picture quality but the menu system on the A65 can be a little awkward until you learn what all the buttons do. The A65 has been superseded by the A700 that looks a good bit of kit. I would suggest that for a plotter go with a minimum 6" screen in fact the larger the screen the better, saves your eyes a bit. The sounder size is not quite so important however pixel count counts here to give a nice picture that's not to blocky. I prefer separate units as if one unit breaks you don't loose all your electronics but thats just me. I can see as a larger dual purpose unit doing the job but would suggest if you go down this route get as large a screen as practical/affordable. Colour or mono? no contest colour all the way, makes the picture much easier to see and decipher I use MES electronics with Matt Sydenham being the contact. They have an office at Salterns (not always manned) and a unit on the nuffield industrial estate. Chris at Greenham regis is also very helpful their in West Quay Road Poole Martin

Dean and I will be out this week-end but not sure yet of what day. We will pick the best forecast although with a big high coming looks like both days will be good. Will make a final decision on Friday Martin

Hi Paul Our flounder comp is for club members only so your friends would not be able to fish the comp unless they joined. Our only competition thats open for none members is our Open Specimen comp held in September this year. Re: 2 in a boat rule. If fishing a competition your crew members do not have to be club members however their catch is not counted. The 2 man rule is purely for safety and nothing else. Not sure how this would or indeed could work with a kayak? We have pondered over kayakers for a while and even asked a former forum member if he would be interested in fronting a kayak section of the club, he declined. Personally I am not against a kayaking section but am a little apprehensive about the implications for the club. A lot of the apprehension is probably down to ignorance so perhaps you could sell the idea to us Re: proposals. Any member can bring forward a proposal to the AGM (April meeting) You would though need to put if forward by the February meeting so the membership and committee can consider it prior to voting. Hope that helps Martin

John Lean away I'm sure you will get plenty of help through the club Martin

Congrats Colin and Bobi the Cheetah cats are brilliant looking boats. No need to apologise either we love being bored with boat news Martin

Terry What you been up to? thought you would have finished that bathroom weeks ago Martin

James happy birthday matey Martin

Cracking day out although it is a noticeably smaller show this year, still plenty to look at and do though martin

Charlie Do they make much of a difference? if they do what size would suit AWOL? just interested to know if they are worth purchasing Martin

Welcome to the PBSBAC website Jay Kay Martin

Rob Its a shame when something like that happens as it does totally spoil a days fishing. Good luck and I hope you find it, if not get cobbling Martin

James A broader range of species weighed in that made the weigh in more interesting. A Gurnard won, will post results when Paul D sends them through to me. Also waiting for photos from Andy at PSA centre Martin

Makes a good read, nicely written Charile Martin

Bad luck Dave (again) Regards oil clean up, suck up as much as you can with a vacuum type hose and bottle. Use plenty of rags to remove what cant be got at with the vacuum. There are plenty of proprietary cleaner fluids Bilge Ex being one (very good btw). As an inboard boat owner you will soon become used to dirty bilges. I got that fed up with my boat I nicknamed her "the dirty bitch" as it seemed every time I cleaned her out she spat something else in there Martin

Neither has anyone else : : Martin

Well Done Craig on a good fish, coming 2nd and good report. Also well done Jackie for putting up with Craig, I can just imagine the banter between you Martin BTW it was 82:1

Firstly thanks for the pats on the back but I and I'm sure the others are feeling a little sore now so that's enough of that I agree the venue is near perfect certainly not a better one available to us in Poole. The comp could go forward another year. We have been offered the venue and a few sponsors have intimated that they would be up for supporting us again however! we will need some new blood to take on the admin, organising and promoting side of things. Neil Alun and myself more or less let the beast take its own course this year. With a little effort from someone I feel it could grow greatly into one of the best comps around but it would need new helpers each responsible for their own little area of organisation. Spread out this way we could have a good comp without onerous amounts of work that would allow even the organisers to fish it or at least most of it. Have a think guys and we will discuss at the next meeting Martin

Dave Lynes Martin