Maverick Martin

All the best both, hope you had a great day

Call Martin Cobb (07860200220) or some other glass fibre guru. They can make invisible repairs unlike my attempts. Even if you did a good job on the glassing colour matching is an art

Dean and I decided to take advantage of the small tides last weekend and make for the offshore bass marks & wrecks First stop was at Brownsea Castle to stock up on livelies, after half an hour we decided that wasn't going to work so off we went to see if we could get some mackerel. First drift at our chosen banker mark off Swanage saw us getting as many joey's as we needed in quick order. Bait sorted we then sped off to our bass mark some 18 miles offshore. Half a dozen drifts and zilch, nobody at home other than Tope which bit off our light lines and cuttlefish that ate the head off of every other bait we sent down (kept one cuttle for home) Moving on we went to several wrecks non of which gave up anything to write home about. Our tally for the day was several jumbo pout, red gurnard, one solitary 6/8lb pollock a couple of tope and cuttlefish. We ended up closer to Portland than Poole and some 20 odd miles offshore covering around 80 or so miles in total for not a lot. Lessons learned are that wrecks don't fish that well on mean neaps and that we need to invest in new rods as our current line up of aging equipment no longer seem to work......................well at least that's our excuse to go shopping

Great report Charlie you certainly had a better day than Dean and I. Would you mind if I move this into the open forum where the named skipper would have a chance of seeing your praise? No problem if you would rather not.

All the best Allan, hope you've had a great birthday

Well done Charlie, they certainly go don't they

That is a thing of beauty, wishing you many happy fishy hours aboard her. Where is that dry stack?

Don't put so much rope in the locker as that is what probably causes bunching. You need space for the rope to fall into the locker and not form a little mountain under the windlass, we have the same issue. Multiplat is the best for coiling but expensive, Nylon is decent and what we currently have, poly is cheap and that's for a reason

I wondered where you have been

Allan you just twist the jet attachment. Also I need to call in and collect the reel, are you in Tuesday pm?

And me

I'll call you early next week, Thanks

Hi Allan, not bothered whether boxed or bagged, I can collect but not until after the weekend. Would you rather cash or transfer? pm me details if its transfer

Ooh a bit of a Diva are we

1 for me please Allan

Happy birthday Lofty hope you have a great day

That sounds cool Chris even jet skis can't do that

Chris in Kingfisher enjoying a bit of wakeboarding behind Madness

Yes it was me that responded to you however wasn't fishing as had the grandchildren aboard all wanting to swim

Was it you that came behind Madness in Studland on Saturday? If so you should have shouted out for a coffee, a chat or something stronger :-) If it was it's a nice looking boat you have

the thing is it maybe flat when you first go out but weather can deteriorate really quickly. Don’t forget the affect tides can have on the water especially with wind against tide. A prime example is the swash channel with an flood tide running with easterly winds can be comfortable. When you return from wherever you have been the same easterly wind against an Edd tide could be horrible

Bayliner sold off the Trophy mark years ago. The original Bayliner trophies were lower quality but the newer Trophy (without bayliner prefix) are much better Personally I love that style of boat even with covers. I used to own a Karnic 2460 with covers and she looked after us in all weathers That boat is quite a bit larger than you're looking at but they do a 2260 which is smaller and outboard powered, maybe worth a look. Personally I would not buy a bowrider for fishing as in the rough stuff everything that comes over the bow would go throughout the boat also not a lot of protection for inclement weather. Exciting times especially when the wife takes an interest. Good hunting and do, as you move along the purchasing bus ask all the questions you have here. There's more experience in the club than you could shake a stick at :-)

You lucky boy Terry, another toy to play with. you'll soon need a bigger pram lol