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Jack, The harbour is controlled by Christchurch Angling Club, a day ticket for the harbour is

I have just spent 5 days in the fantastic Brecon Beacons. We just happened to be staying next to Llangorse lake and I just so happened to have a Mercury 3.3hp outboard with me! So a day on a rental boat was in order. Generally this is a pike fishing water and I had some insider info from Alun J as he has previously spent time pike fishing at this venue. Well, the day was overcast, slight wind and not too cold - perfect. I managed 6 pike - best going 8lbs. 5 on dead baits and one on a lure - missed one on a surface lure which was surprising for the temperature of the water and the brown soup-y colour of it. Pics - below: Eyes bigger than it's belly - that lure is 28cm overall! Just thought I should give it a chuck as I had it with me! Not the 20lb+ I was hoping for - more like 5lb. Note the scares on the belly - must have had a close call at some point. Self portrait with the 8 pounder. Life Jacket - check. No crutch straps - it was inland! Stunning Sunset.

I only have a single batteryon the boat (starting type obviously) and then run my bait pump from a portable jumpstarter, therefore it can be easily removed to save weight when not carrying the live well. Had just the one starting battery on my old boat and never had had a problem with them. Has anyone tried starting their engine with the pull cord? I did on my last boat and all I managed to do was attract the attention of a yachty who offered me the use of their tool kit! So there not all bad!!!! Couldn't get it started though - 40hp 2-stroke 2003 Johnson. Rob

Nice one guys. There was me thinking we should give the pike another go and you catch a bass Paul! Rob

I bought a pack of 12 for about

Trevor - you would be surprised! Oh no you wouldn't as you are also married and would understand where it goes! Rob

Thanks Paul. As Pete says it still references 2007 in the first line. Rob

I can't find the 2008 competition dates - only 2007 dates are under the "Competition Dates" link on the homepage. Any help would be appreciated. Rob

I have recently bought a 220meter roll of 10mm 3 strand nylon twist from http://www.ropesandtwines.com for

Mike, I must say that the Lowrance LMS-520c I won in the open is superb 5" screen. This is a combo FFinder and Plotter but there is a plotter only version and the 7" is

Pete - good to see you out yesterday. We did fly around the harbour yesterday - got to make the most of the speed limit lift in the main channels! We we doing 29knots on the way in, you have to blow out the cobwebs occasionally Rob

Alun, You have a half page in Sea Angler March Issue! Nice pic of Dan T's whiting on Neo too. Good PR for the club! Rob

As my travel spinning rod created quite some interest at the meeting I thought that I would post the details here: Shimano Exage AX STC Spinning 8-9ft Rod 15-40g -6 Section Part No. TEXAXS2427MH

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