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Gas, ensure that the GPS unit is set to output throught the NMEA interface, as some do not output automatically! Charlieannear, the ringing means there is no GPS input! press ESC on the VFH unit to stop the ringing, but it doesnt solve the problem!!! Dan

press "esc" and it will stop the ringing we get that every time we turn the plotter off when anchored up! loud and annoying, but I guess its there for a purpose. Also I THINK there is a way (through the menus) of stopping the VHF set looking for a gps input, thus stopping the ringing! Hope this helps! Dan

looks like the sea is just crammed with conger! and i still havent caught one!!! nice photo aswell! lol Dan

cant work out how to shrink a photo on my macbook... but its still there for me!!! Try a different browser martin... it may be whatever your using has cached the webpage when you originally removed it... or delete history Dan

first ever....! thats a bit hopeful!!! Cheers for the messages guys, im going out tonight, and should remember it! (only a meal...) Its tomorow night ill have no memories of! Dan

havent got a spare one... but go for a Nokia 5100! there absolutely bullet proof! we used to play american football with it on concrete (yes it was the ball), and it came out fine! http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-5100 I believe they did a newer one with camera, but cant vouch for that! Dan

Got three food bags of guts and stuff your welcome to.... pm me when you want to collect!

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I heard theyre going on the brittle star banks! Dan (only joking...)

If youll have me, can i come?! No exams and No work! Dan

how much??

groan...... within 20 miles of the BSGs... that limits it to 1256 sq miles of area then.... or within 20 miles of poole? Arrghh! well done though!

Looking at some of the catch report photos on WSF forum, it seems quite a few guys have a lot of success at the wind farms! (cant remember where though.... ) Could be good for us! and an easy mark to try Dan

Nice report! Was That out on the BSG's? Dan

So wheres this video!?! Dan

cheers guys! Looks like ill be using a combination of them all then, as well as the local shops! Tackle bargains is good, but it does my nut in trying to find something!!!! Dan

Hey, could anyone reccomend a good, comprehensive Online fishing shop? ive been previously ordering through Gerrys of Morcambe, but they just havent got as much selection of certain bits anymore... like not many shads... one type of leadhead etc.. so any reccomendations guys??! Cheers Dan

wow! What can i say! Looks like you had an amazing day!!! Im not sure if im more jealous of the Cod, Conger or Pollack! well done guys! Dan (and Nice flipflops Tom )

Ansewerd my own quesiton On Apple chat,... the verdict: Ipods dont have GPS, but using a wifi network you can get onto a mapping site, to get directions, then follow them... so i guess the directions to the cod grounds would be "head south" lol One thing the technician at apple did say,, (might be useful to you terry), you can download a skype application for your Ipod touch, then make free calls when you are accessing a wifi network! Dan

Ipods dont have gps do they? isnt it just a wifi based location system? Dan .... backup plotter plan out the window, as there arent many wifi points in the channel!!!

Did it cost much to get all the charts???? or is it not a detailed chart, as you would see on the plotter? Dan

how long do they remain local for?? Dan

Wow great fish guys!!! Any pictures soon? For tope, where abouts were you? Far off? Well done again! Dan

Very different, it's like an underground cliff coming up over 100' in some places. Oh... Ive got confused into thinking the brittle star banks are the same as the rips! doh! lol Where abouts are the rips in relation to the banks then? Well done tom! was that the same place as us? Dan

Agreed, but it seemed silly once we were out there to follow the 5 or 6 charterboats, who were catching, and of course need to satisfy their customers for a living! The drift we were following seemed to be heading in towards a "crab claw" like contour line, but stopping before it went up and over the contour. We also pressed the Waypoint button on the plotter every time we hooked up, and all of the fish were in a very close area, every time we passed over it! I would have loved to have tried other areas, but spending quite a bit of time and fuel getting out there, It was difficult to make the decision to try elsewhere on the bank (and its a huuuuge bank!), and risk not catching as much, when we could see the charters were having success! Saying that, we did try one or two drifts outside the conveyor belt, albeit without much success.... I think for the next trip, i need a greater variety of lures, pre rigged, as Dad had a habbit of catching the bottom, leaving me to re-tie his rod!!! How Long were you out on the banks for? And are the Rips any different to the brittle star banks? or am i getting confused? lol Dan