Rob

Unlucky Nige, good luck with the issue. Rob

How about a floating rope between boats? Can be withdrawn when a friendly passes at sensible speed, like a police stinger!!

Make the most of it as JoJo is outside club waters!!!!

Though on the iPad, you need an external GPS source (like Bluetooth receiver) if you don't have the iPad with the SIM card/3G slot. As the 3G option also contains the GPS chip. The basic iPad guesses where you are from wifi locations near by. Rob

"Sorry for your loss" - spend some of the cash on some ear defenders for when you are on MantaRay!

No criticism felt or taken Allan! It is a shame when rays die before being weighed. I we only had one blonde that didn't go back, possibly some small eyes too. I guess it is down the individuals and the choice they make on the species they target. We dropped the Undulates as they are on the IUCN Red List as endangered: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/161425/0 Though locally common, we are lucky!! Rob

Not sure it would be 'interesting'! But please forward any ideas how to get honesty with £100's on the table with many unknown faces fishing the Open. I already calibrate the 3 sets of scales against each other and known weights as it is! Let alone measures against approximate tables! Even the well supported and made BASS tape doesn't cater for anorexic or obese fish! But it would be 90% accurate, but that isn't good enough! Rob

"All I could manage was dinner with a couple of the office girls here followed by a Thai massage, just trying to make the best of every situation you understand..." With happy birthday ending.....................

You need to add any catches at the Open to the fish recorder to qualify for a monthly prize etc. Charlie, can you or get Will to add his RG? Rob

I have an HDS5 and an LMS-520c - both dual FF & plotters. Don't need them to both be plotters but a good backup so I keep an old chart in the 520. I used to have a lowrance 3500c with the 520 which was good, map on 3500 and ff on 520. Both networked with NEMA so I could share marks / waypoints & it syncs data and things like screen brightness. Now I will have an Ethernet to both, so can get FF on either but only Structure in the HD from the broadband box. If I were you I would get a secondhand combo like a 520. Rob

Oh no it isn't!!!

Enjoy! Rob

Here is an electronic version of the harbour guide: http://www.phc.co.uk/downloads/latest/PHG2013-Low-Res.pdf

Welcome Chris! Rob

From Baiter you are in the harbour not the bay. The bay is outside the harbour and open sea. Speed limit in the main channels is 10knots, not sure but maybe 6 elsewhere. They (PHC - Poole Harbour Commissioners) have rasas and video tracking boat movements, & patrol boats and jet skis!!! Mind shallows and sandbanks from no where?, get a chart and stick to the channels!!!! You would be surprised how much mud is on show, even on a neap low!!! Rob

Can you let Jan know that I have some Open prizes for him and his crew please? I will get them to home some how! Rob

You could always berth at Cobb for the night, and the one after!!! Or weigh in at Cobbs then head back to Xchurch after the prizes, which is not too bad with the comp having a daylight finish in August!!! Good effort Nige & Crew! Rob

Has anyone got any photos of any of the fish especially the winning fish? Will;s Gurnard and Jacob's Ray? Thanks, Rob

Nice! Are there drain holes so the juice runs in to the well? Rob

Those would have been well in the prizes!

Thanks to sponsors, sponsor gatherers, supporters, The boathouse, Cobbs, Christchurch Angling Centre, Poole Sea Angling Centre for yesterday. Special thanks to Charlie A and Brian at the weigh-in to help it go smoothly. That was a real help. Thanks to Adam who always does a great job setting out the prize table. I will post the results soon, however, we had 51 adults and 6 juniors fish. 40 fish returned for weighing to the scales, many alive and returned. (A few good eating fish didn't make it back to the water!). As a club we were well represented and fished well. Our Chairman managed 3 prizes, he was more surprised than the rest of us! Will Summerell won with a red gurnard of 1lb 3.3oz, Neal Sturt 2nd with a blonde of 21lb 6oz & Mike Toms 3rd with a spotted ray of 4lb 12.75oz. Well done all those who fished. Great turn out for a poor forecast, that turned out to be ok. Even with the 12-20knt westerly we fished off Ballard in a big sea, wind against tide in 17ft Shetland with an 8yr old fishing! Welldone StarTurn and Sam Annear. We only had to move inshore as 3 times our anchor dragged, even with 60m + of rode out!!! Thanks, Rob

Martin might be on to something, you need to ensure the transducer is just below the hull, check instructions!