Rob

Not an early start but myself and friend Nick headed out of Poole at about 9. The harbour was a millpond and it was fairly flat outside. We headed to outside of the Spoil Ground and dropped the pick. Put out a call to any PBSBAC boats but silence!! Started off slow with a LSD each (only ones all day!). Then as the tide slowed it went mad for an hour. We had numerous Whiting on Maccy or squid. Some of the biggest ones went 2.5 lb+ and came on whole squid. Spoke to Foxy Fisher Too who had had a nice double figure cod and a few whiting also. The tide which I thought would easy around 14:00 never happened so we headed back with a few fish for dinner and returned many little'un's to grow bigger. Nice to see Reflections 2 on the way in to the quay. Good luck to the boats going out tomorrow. Rob

Many happy returns Paul. Rob

Black means heat in the sun - v.bad for fishies! Cooler water = more oxygen. Rob Solent plastics - Southampton http://www.solentplastics.co.uk/marine.htm Check out the blue drums

Have a good one Tom. Rob

Bob, On the Witter site you can look at a pdf diagram of the unit under "fitting instructions". This should give you an idea of which one you have! I see the nearside of the Senic one has a distinctively kinked arm. http://www.witter-towbars.co.uk/towbars/price_list.aspx Rob

All the best Martin. Rob

Jack, I made mine last year, it is the post towards the bottom of this thread: http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=6356&hl= I think the important thing is plenty of fresh water, nice'n'cold\well oxegenated and not too many live baits and no bleeders. I had an un obstructed barrel and I am sure no one told the fish about the ant-clockwise thing - they go up down accross and both ways! I have a 360Rule pump and it only just has enough pressure to lift water in my boat (probably 4ft). I am looking at changing to an Attwood V500 Bilge Pump (has a head of 10m max and at 3.3ft 350gph and 6.6ft 200gph) cost - way under

The bass-man strikes again! Well Done Alun for getting out. Rob

I was not amused by this, though sadly true!: "Rob Francis got lucky with a flounder of 3lb 3oz....". Liked this bit: "cleaned up the big prizes." - I'm still spending it! Though the credit card bill is in from the Post Xmas sales! Thanks Tom for getting such good exposure for the club. Rob

Peter, If you mean CQuip who have it on their website: http://www.cquip.com/Page.php?id=169 I might be able to help as one of the directors is a friend of mine. Rob

Just checked my email and this is the big brother of above and good value @

Get one of these solar panels and leave it plugged in in the window. One of our cars has an issue of draining the battery via the alarm and immobiliser, if left for 2 weeks. All we do is pop this in the cig lighter socket (this must be live with the ignition off!), and hey presto (some also have croc clips). This trickle charges the battery and you would be suprised how effective it is. You could even hard wire it in so you don't have to remember. Ebay shop selling them: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Home-N-Hobbies The best

Sounds like a great day out Dave well done, I am sadly jealous! Rob

Nice one Alun, Was that the same spot we fished comparatively unproductively before Xmas? Mackerel bait? Rob

I like the look of the Penn Captiva. Paul Rowcliffe has a 5000 (I think) it is very nice. There is also a baitrunner\freespool version too. I has 7 or 10 BB and is very smooth! Rob

Hey - I netted it! Alun just did the hooking, playing and taming!!!!!! R

Paul, You could say you reversed in to a piece of that wood and claim on their insurance

Charlie, From the MCA news site: At a quarter to one this morning, the general cargo vessel `Ice Prince sank in very rough weather approximately 26 miles south south east of the Portland Bill 50 09.9N 002 02.08W Rob

Chris, Your in the best place for advice and honest reviews. Remember you can always join via post, forms are here: http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/memberform.doc Prices on website front page Rob

Adam - OOTB is looking a little high at the bow, lack of ballast? From that I assume this was the day you forgot you giant plotter!!!

Charlie, I wasn't much use, either drunk or hungover! Rob

No Charlie he is a PO who has just made Chief. As for the fuel, you know how those guys exaggerate! Rob

Charlie, I was informed it was 6.5 tons per hour when running on the Olly's a full blast. The Tynes are supposed to be much more efficient for cruising. BTW I did have a chance of steering it! Not as responsive as JoJo!! I also got to sit in the Navigator seat in the Lynx, took control when in forward motion, I guess you have to practice before hovering! Seriously fun when going vertical then free falling back on it's self, got that weightless feeling for a bit - amazing! Got some great video of our flyby's at full wack. Must have passed the ship a dozen times during our trip, it was the last one of the day and the pilot gave it some! My brother-in-law asked him to try and make me sick - not a chance! Rob

I had mentioned to a few of you that I was spending a week on HMS Southampton with my Brother-In-Law, sailing from Gibraltar to Portsmouth in early December. 4500 tonnes with 50,000hp doing 30knots is pretty impressive! I have put a few pics in my PBSBAC photoalbum: http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/photoalbum/thumbnails.php?album=110 Cheers Rob

Happy Birthday Gordon. Rob