Maverick Martin

Hi This is the Turbot caught by Peter Russel (safety officer) on the Shambles last week aboard Maverick, only a little fishy but a fish all the same Martin

Thanks Peter

I agree with your last comments Paul J Weymouth is certainly a nice venue and we should do it more regular Im up for it Martin

Yep Weymouth sounds a good bet to me and hopefully Dean can make it this time. I wonder when the Bass arrive of Portland? might be worth a try we can make final plans after next weeks comp Martin

Bob H & Peter R were my crew for the day. The weather and conditions were excellent. The plaice on the Shambles unfortunately didnt think so, we never had one. Peter R had a small but pan sized turbot on worm only!. Later in the day as the tide eased we started feathering Launce, Peter and I had about 30 apiece to freeze down for use later in the year. Does anyone know marks out of Poole that hold these eels? The last hour was spent catching pollock on and around the hood, great fun. Overal it was a great day afloat. My van towed the boat effortlessly but could not get traction at the bottom of the very slippy slip. Thanks guys for the push, saved me roping the trailer out. Looking forward to the next day out (18th April first species hunt) Martin

Nice report Adam Not all their cracked up to be then Martin

Paul I'll bring it 2morrow Martin

The last two sweatshirts embroidered with the clubs logo for sale Be a part of it and look the part Size = large Colour = Navy Blue Cost =

James Excellent idea re the trophy for best released specimen can I leave it to you to bring up at the next meeting in aob Cheers Martin

Bob Excellent news glad they sorted it in the end, nice gesture waiving the service cost, but only right really. Martin

Paul Thanks for the offer but I ordered bait for my crew a week ago, theres confidence for you. As for bait to use ragworm and squid cocktail for the plaice. I will also be taking some black lug and blast frozed sand eels. You can also feather up Launce on the banks at slack water. Martin

Oops I thought this thread was about adam joining rope and expecting to fish our area with around 80/90 metres of rope, missed newboys comment. Sorry if I have confused everyone. St Albans is obviously not in the solent but is half way between poole and weymouth Adam are you sure 90metres will be enough to fish all our club waters? Martin

But if you go toping around St Albans 55m+ is the depth you could be fishing, check your chart

Newboy If they both fit on the transom and dont interfere with each other and assuming the aux is clear of the water when underway then no problem The only thing with a bracket is your aux would be well clear of the water and the main engine Martin

Bob I am really sorry to hear of your problems and sympathise 100%. A sorry tail if ever I have heard one. My suggestions are as follows: Firstly contact the manufacturer direct, give them the full story from your side, as posted here. Se what their response is. Secondly contact the local trading standards office and give them the low down on what has taken place they will advise you. Thirdly get a contact email address for Suz oops the manufacturer and let us all have it we will in turn send an email asking how they can expect members of this club to have confidence in their products when they wont even satisfy one customer, or something along those lines. We as a club can advise our members of the service to be expected from suppliers, we have the vehicle to do this via our site, we do not have to be slanderous when we do it there are ways and means. In fact we have started by discussing the issue. Lastly write to the sea fishing magazines and put them in the picture, how can they take advertisments from companies that do not fullfill their promises. We are the magazines customers as well and as such take advice from the writers of such publications. Guys any more ideas Martin

Northish winds Paul

Weather for Saturday is looking good http://www.metcheck.com/showdayweather.asp...ntry=&Coastal=1 Bring it on Martin

Received my braid orer from Tacklebargains.co.uk today, ordered two types. Type one is called Climax 9.2kg breaking strain (20lbish). It is very thin for the diameter .08mm as opposed to around .40 for mono. Soft and limp to feel, cant wait to try it. Not cheap though at

Hi all I have been reviewing the measures I take to keep my boat safe out of the hands of others I used to just have a wheel clamp of the type caravanners tend to use, you know the big yellow things . Then our friend mr Trevett had his boat nicked, the toe-rags just ripped the boot off and drove the whole rig away. Paranoia then set in and I started looking at the measures I took. I now have these measures in place: The big yellow boot still clamping the wheels A tow hitch lock, the barrel kind that the hitch manufacturers fit to the hitch And now a bulldog hitch lock that fits over the complete hitch I also park my van in front of the rig at night so to pinch the boat they must first pinch the van which is of course immobolised and belled up. Is this as safe as it can be made? Is there anything else a self respecting trailer boater can do to deter unwanted attention? What security do you have? I feel its getting to the point where the locks and security measures I take cost nearly as much as the boat Martin

Mikes Back and on good form Martin

I would say if you are fishing from your boat, whether it is on the pontoon or away and that the fish in question is landed on the boat and not the pontoon you are boat fishing. Charlie? Martin

Hi all This is a part of the forum that has'nt had much use since its formation. Hopefully this will change now that our comps are starting. The first species hunt of the year is on Sunday April 18th. Dont forget we are registered with the Boat Fishing Magazine so not only are you competing against your fellow club members but your against other clubs. There is a chance that if you reach the finals you could win a brand new outboard motor (see BFM for details) Your club also benefits if you win so give it your best shot Martin

Cheers guys I have emailed a link to the member so he can follow this thread Martin

Adam is correct If your machine is displaying the incorrect time when you visit this board then click My Controls just beneath the Tacklebargains logo, Scroll down to the options panel and click on board settings, tick the daylight saving check box, click on Change my account options everything should then be hunky dory as they say Martin

Bass are very slow growing fish and do not mature for many years. Those small 2/3lbers may have to survive a further 3 years before they start breeding. I'm sure Bob during his species article development will research this and let us know the exact breeding cycle. Martin