Rob

Oh Tomo - if ever you need anyone to mind your garden \ fish, I'm your man!!! Rob

I think you can put your trailer on the grass if behind \ connected to your car but you still have to buy 2 tickets, even though you are only taking one space, aka a stealth tax!! Did I mention that last time I launched there a cyclist riding across the slip advised that "it would be useful if I had lights on the boat as it was difficult to see it was reversing" "I'm not having a go, just letting you know". I advised him that it was a slipway and I was launching and what did he expect me to do! I should have offered for him to lie down behind the trailer. must have been a full moon! Rob

Bad luck - to be honest, that's fishing. If you want to learn get out and about on others members boats or take members out on yours! Rob

Dean, Charlie A and myself are heading out for an evening session from 17:00. Rob

Jim - you are a classic!!!

Nope - only if you have to leave it attached to your car because there is no room. Rob

Oh: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SINGLE-AXLE-BOAT-TRA...emZ220435623958

Dan, Just be careful as this would have to be legal and if ever you had an accident and it wasn't you would be in the *@#

Trev - nice fish and report, thanks. Rob

After washing down JoJo today I realised that one of the gas struts on my Smart tabs has no resistance and is doing nothing!!! Does anone know where I can source a replacement? Also, the Handle snapped off my jockey wheel too whilst I was away but I have fixed that, it was the pin that had sheard so I have replaced with a nail! Always in three;s so what next!? Rob

Well I have just returned from Dartmouth. What a fantastic location! After the initial problems - drivway not suitable for boat on trailer! I ended up keeping JoJo on a pontoon berth for the week, I could hardly sleep a wink due to worry!! I managed some trips just outside the mouth of the river to search for maccy and pollack but the state of the water mean't I couldn't go any further. But the water state was quite changeable and I did manage to get out. I ended up with only one day suitable to make the 5+ mile jouney to the Skerries in JoJo. So I headed out mid morning to find a flat sea and blue skies - amazing. I ran out to the bank in no time at WOT cira 28knots! Not sure if that was more fun than fishing!!!! Anyhow - when I arrived I thought i would break out the new binoculars (first ever fathers day present I have received!! (Auto\fixed focus - very good, no idea how that works but they are great!)) I spotted 3 boats making regular drifts a mile to 2 further down the bank. So I headed over to join them. close to the marks there were huge floating rafts of weed, surrounded by millions of fry and a few jellyfish. I soon had a good few maccy and some launce from under these rafts. Long story cut short - great weather and location - not flatties to report and I saw only one small plaice landed. Still, better to be out their doing it than thinking about what could be. I headed in about 14:30 and popped over to investigate some wreck numbers I had found, only could locate one wreck our of 3 looked for so I tried a shad over the top on a couple of drifts. Nothing, so headed to some interesting features, rock mounds coming up 20m from the seabed in 60m of water - anyhow I managed a pollack of 4lb and a few days later one of 6lb so I was pleased with that. I had read Adams post re. the bass in Alderney earlier in the week and yesterday stopped in a cove in the mouth of the Dart and I flicked a dead launce over the side during a lunch and a coffee, the line tightned and started to move off - I will never know what that was but it was there for 20 seconds and gave a good tug - the trace parted just above the hook so who knows!!! But hey - next time I'm there it will be bigger!!!! The place is great and getting to it is fairly easy - With sand bank and rocky outcrops and deep water close in, with shelter available in most winds, Dartmouth has good potential for a club trail away \ camp away! I will be back and get a flattie from the Skerries one day! (note, if usinf mackrell feather dont just add launce feathers to the end of that rig, at one point I landed 7 maccy on trace with 8 feather!!! It was a little much unhooking that lot single handed in a reasonable swell!!) Rob

Nice one Tom.

Well done guys! We'll never shut him up now! Rob

Rob - welcome to the club as a member. See you in July. Rob

We could give out one decimal per monthly meeting!!! I would take a while but you should get a mark in a year!!!!!

Welcome. This is a great opportunity to "try before you buy", there are many different boats from 30+ feet to 15 or smaller (?). No doubt you will be taken out to try a variety if you want and pick up some tips and get an idea of what you want. See you at the next meeting hopefully. Rob

Photo may help! there are some keen eyes on this forum!

Adam, Members of the RNLI can stay at the HQ in Poole - very reasonable!! There are a number of rooms at the college. They may not all have to be members. Rob

Happy Birthday Mate - hope you have a good day!

Well done Stuart - thats a cracker. If i was that Turbot I would not have fancied my chance with Will onboard!!! Rob

Mick - sounds like a story for thursday!!

Don't underestimate the term "drop off" it is worst on the up river side of the slip and we saw someone break their stub axel ( ) a couple of weeks ago. Rob

I'd heard that about you!!! No wonder you have problems getting crew sometimes

Well - all did not go to plan. Unfortunatley the comp with Burnham was called off the night before due to predicted sea conditions So what to do - pack and fueled up wit nowhere to go! With Play Hooky already in Burnham the discussion was frantic and eventually it was agreed that PH would go out of Lymington with AJ as crew - I assume they did. And that Enticer and JoJo would head for Kimmeridge for a mini trailaway. Well we were motoring out of Kimmeridge at 7:30 and heading in search of live bait for later. Once we had a few we headed to St Alban's head - I couldn't help but keep stopping and circling over and abundance of interesting features and chucking down feathers!!! Charlie and I headed to search out a Ray tip from Neal S - not luck so if you could send me the numbers Neal I would be grateful!!!! Enticer headed to a deep hole for rays \ tope. After some mean radio chat from Enticer (the sound of bacon cooking) we headed to a bank for Rays. We gave it a shot but the tide built too much, so JoJo headed in to look for some bass after some direction from Enticer (Gordon) who were heading for a wreck. JoJo handled the sea past St Albans with a strong tide and wind against it was a little hairy, with overfalls and breaking waves. However JoJo perfprmed brilliantly and only Charlie got a soaking!! Anyhow, long story short, JoJo return the Bacon radio call with one annoucing that the crew were having bass for dinner!!!! We met up with Enticer for the return to the Slip. Gordon, I really appreciated the help and guidance and enjoyed being your buddy boat for the day - was good to know there was someone there close by. Even though it wasn't the great adventure to Burnham, it was a nice change from the usual sites and could have been anywhere in that weather. I even got a text from a French mobile provider advising me how to access my voicemail!!!! Cheers Rob

Unlucky Dave - glad your VHF was working!!!