Maverick Martin

Hi Overrun Welcome to the best small boat club forum on the net. Use it as much as you like you'll be more than welcome Martin

I have a Raymarine A65 and cant fault it apart from it cutting out once, this was due to a power surge when starting the engine. I always make sure the plotter is switched of now when starting the engine. The plotter part is very clear with a good picture quality. I only have the plotter not the sounder part as I have the Raymarine DS600 sounder. This has a through the hull transducer and works a treat Have you inherited one with your new boat purchase or are you considering buying one? Martin

Just for the record club specimen comps do not have the 50% rule. As there is no weigh in there would be no benefit for the fish so members can record any size fish they catch. The 50% rule its only for our open comp to reduce the amount of small fish brought to the scales Martin

The pc brigade really pee me off with their off the wall prejudices. The quote below is an extract from an email I received Red Arrows Petition If it does for you what it does for me sign the petition Martin Proud to be British - English & a PBSBAC member

Alun Your crew so long as you promise to let me catch some fish I will be in touch towards the end of the week to firm up arrangements Martin

Due to Dean going to Thruxton on the weekend of the 14th Oct "Awol" will need crew to fish our flatfish/Ray comp Post here if interested Martin

Nice boat Graham hope she brings you lots of fishes Martin

Excellent news that she sold nice and quickly. So what type of boats are you looking at? Martin

Rob Sam has a brother that used to work for Mermaid marine on diesel inboards. so I would guess if Sam can't Ben could. Ben does the maintenance on Awol and can thoroughly reccomend him. Martin

Well done Paul, nice to hear of your exploits when were all busy beavering still week end is nearly here Martin

Didn't realise you were that old PJ Hopefully Martin

Sneaky eh

Paul Good to see you and Alan out playing today. We managed to collect Frank and tow him into quieter waters so he could get onto his bathing platform and cut away the offending rope. No damage done and he was able to carry on with his testing of new props. We went and played in the harbour with just a half a dozen or so chequers and one lone miniscule flounder, we did have a very nice fry up though Then went around to Pottery pier and rafted up with Tony Deavin who was out on his new Jenny Merry Fisher 695 with wifee and friends, nice boat Tony Martin

Happy bithday Paul and all the best to you and yours on you anniversary BTW did you get Helen a fishing set up for the anniversary or were you not that brave lol Martin

Dan The reason is that braid is so expensive that if you filled your spool soley with braid it would cost a fortune. Also as you say protects your spool from imploding What you have done should work ok Martin

Well done PJ sounds like excellent fun apart from the getting up early bit Martin

Simple answer is no need for a gaff get a large net, congers, rays, tope and all fish we are likely to encounter can be accomodated in a net Martin

Yep TV is total rubbish thats why I play on here Martin

The competition sec has decided that the comp will be held on the 14th so the 14th it is Not all members have access to the website so by giving us a chance to tell others at the monthly meeting it give other members a chance to fish the comp if they like Martin

Poole Sea Angling Centre definately have some Martin

Gordon Not bi annually but annually, we are not river fishermen so a season to me is 1 complete year. The only reason to reverse the braid would be to rule out the chance of premature failure of the braid. Sun degrades all lines and as a large proportion of braid never sees the light of day reverse it and extend the life. Martin

Dan Castaways does do squid but I wouldnt know if they have any in, best to give them a call. Numbers in the telephone book Martin

Hi Zed Good advice from both Paul and Mike above. The sliding clicky thing on the reel is best left off as most anglers find the noise very annoying. The only time we use it on our boat is if the rod is put in a holder and left to fish itself. The idea is that you get you tackle on the bottom fishing set the ratchet and either put the reel out of gear or if resistance isn't quite enough leave in gear and back off the clutch until the reel stays put without letting off line in the tide. When a decent fish comes along it will pull line from the reel with the ratchet giving an audible alarm of some activity. If /when this happens pick up the rod, turn the ratchet off, either turn the handle to engage the gears or tighten the clutch up to a pre-determined point (not locked up) and play your fish. I would strongly recommend the use of braid especially if you intend to go offshore any distance however as braid has no stretch you will need to set your clutch slightly lighter. The reason for this is that mono with its stretch (typically 30%ish) gives you a kind of added buffer that you do not get with braid. Either a slower action rod or less clutch/drag is needed to compensate for this. Do use backing line of about 20-25lb and nearly fill the reel, leave about 8/10mm of room on the spool to take your braid. The 6500 is a lightish reel so I would suggest you load it with about 200meteres of 20-25lb braid. After a seasons use you can reverse the braid to get another year out of it. Ordinary knots are not that good in braid and as Mike posted try the albright or get a member to show you their preferred knots. Martin

Me to Pete same problem as you Martin

Hi Alun We already have a species hunt on this day Martin