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I chose the 7th to 11th June as the dates as it is before the main holiday season. The meet is over 5 days, but a few are coming down the day before and some are staying on at the end. Boats are being trailed from Wales, Kent, Lincolnshire and London, with a few local guys joining in as well. I think all the boats from WSF are just about fully crewed now, but a few boats from Pool with crews will be very welcome. First night meet is at the Sailors Return, with an auction of some fishing gear for the RNLI. Moorings are discounted by 10% by mentioning the WSF Meet when booking. Come for a day or more if you like.

Hi Gas As the organiser of this meet you will need to give me a WSF Username and I can then get you access to the private forum. All of the information you will need is in there but an email or PM to me and I can help with anything else you need to know Terry

Update 19th Jan 08 Well there are now more than 20 boats confirmed that will be coming to the meet from as far as Lincolnshore and Wales. Anyone else that is interested please have a look at the thread on WSF and get your name down on there if you fancy coming along. Weymouth Meet June 2008 There are a few crew spaces available too for those that do not have their own boat. Get your name down on this thread with the dates that you need a space. If you are a boat owner with crew spaces free then please use the same thread. There is a 10% discount on launch, mooring and trailor storage fees for the meet if you mention Worldseafishing when you book your mooring. Stay 3 nights and the 4th night will be free too! I hope that as many PBSBAC members as possible can make it. Terry

If you can get 3 for me I will send you a SAE with the money. Terry

After a couple of good trips to Weymouth over the past couple of years for a few days at a time I am trying to organise a meet there next June between the 7th and the 11th. I posted on WSF to see how many would be interested and got a good response. See below: http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75808 Any PBSBAC members are welcome to come along either for a day or 2 or for the duration. Maybe we could have a WSF versus PBSBAC comp but which side would I fish for

I also put up 5 trips on my boat out of Newhaven for the same charity raising over

I would not mind a couple if it is possible to get more

My 640 is fitted with the Mariner 100hp. It is based at Newhaven so I do not have much slow speed pottering, apart from when wreck searching, but my average consumption with myself and (usually)3 crew is around 1 1/2 ltrs per mile (3mpg)

My mate Ray that regularly comes out on my boat swears by these. He has used them wrecking and inshore trolling and I have to admit he has had some good fish on them. A bit on the expensive side for a snaggy wreck though if you lose a few!

With any waves / swell of more than about 4-5ft behind you it is a matter of constantly keeping the boat at the same speed as the waves or it tends to turn the boat sideways on to the next one if too slow or being hit sideways by the one you have just come off the top of if too fast. Does that make more sense?

My experiences of my 640 are on the link below: Pilothouse Problems I would also echo what others have said on here re handling in a following sea. It can be a real struggle sometimes in a big sea to keep in a straight line without broaching. On a normal day however she handles brilliantly and has a fair turn of speed, up to 28kts with a 100hp mariner 4 stroke. Overall I have been happy with the boat. I think all boats of any make and model are a compromise, you will never find everything perfect with any boat. If you decided to go for the Quicksilver I can thoroughly recommend Boating Mania in Upminster, their after sales service has been superb unlike reports I have heard of your more local dealer.

P13 of the Safety at Sea supplement? I'm afraid so, I wonder if I should ask for royalties? Terry

Sorry that I have done this before, but I would just like to say a very big thank you to both Rich and Mark for giving me so much help and a warm welcome on my recent visits to Poole. I towed Sea Mistress down from Kent on 5th Nov for a recce before the Open and was shown around by them on Nipper. Mark kindly offered to store the boat for me at his house to save me taking it back to Kent and then down again the following week. While it was there Rich even gave it a clean up and flushed the engine for me. On the day of the Open marks wife even got up to make us a hot drink and sausage and bacon sarnies to set us on our way at 6am. I was unlucky in the comp, losing a couple of good fish which more than likely would have got me in the prizes and then failing to photograph my 2lb 9oz Bass which would have done but enjoyed the day all the same. Unfortunately we did not get back to Weymouth slip in time to help Mark retrieve Nipper on to his trailer, which I felt really guilty about after all the help he had given us. Many thanks to both of them and the other club members we met on the 5th. I will be down next year for a few days and hope to meet more of you then Terry

Congrats on the Bass and I have also learned an important lesson, never assume that someone will have caught a bigger one. My bass was 2lb 9oz but I was sure that someone would have caught a much bigger one so did not bother with the photo etc as it would have meant towing the boat back to Poole from Weymouth and then back to Kent. Oh well theres always next year!

I was up at 0145 with a 160 mile drive each way to follow. And to cap it all it looks like I missed out on the best bass with my 2lb 9oz effort because I was convinced somebody would have had a bigger one, so did not bother photographing it, doh!

I also have a 3-6 cannon ball mould I can lend out but live in Kent. If anyone wants to borrow it for cost of postage just PM me Terry PS also 12 + 16 oz bopedo type moulds

As one of the clubs newest members I would like to say a big thank you to Rich and Mark for all of their help yesterday on my first trip out of Poole with Sea Mistress. Baiter Slip was our first hurdle, what a nightmare with a biggish boat, it makes me wonder how you all manage. I am certainly not used to a slipway with no slope, but with all the help to launch we soon got her in the water and out to meet Nipper who was sitting a few yards off waiting patiently for us. We followed them out to some rough ground which with the tide run and an anchor that did not want to hold made fishing difficult to say the least. I had a small doggie but with no other bites my crew fancied looking for fish elsewhere so we shot off towards the Needles and fished some ground about 3 miles off where I had a conger of about 15lb before we headed back to Nipper where we had a 3lb Pollack. Before we headed in at the end of the day we spent half an hour trolling Rapalas around Old Harry which resulted in a few small pollack and a small bass which were all returned safely. The sunset on the way in was so spectacular I could not help but take photo after photo and it was a fantastic end to a poor but enjoyable days fishing. Again Rich, Mark and other club members and boaters were only too willing to help retrieve the boat before our drive back to Kent. I look forward to seeing many more of you next week at the comp hopefully when I get presented with 1st Prize, only joking! Thanks to all at a truly great club and hopefully at some time in the future we will have a decent slip of our own.

If you change the name on a boat you should always keep the old name somewhere on the boat to avoid bad luck apparently. I can not remember where I read this but it was fairly recently

Sorry but I now have a full crew of 4

Most of the fishing I do in Kent / Sussex is wrecking but a couple of times a year I take the boat away for a few days to try other things, Weymouth and Dartmouth this year so some inshore livebaiting and trolling for Bass and Pollack. Next year the plan is to spend 5 days out of Poole, one of the reasons for joining, so I will be bringing Sea Mistress down for the odd day to explore beforehand.

I am planning on bringing my pilothouse 640 down from kent for the comp and will have a couple of spaces if interested, in return for showing us where to fish as it will be my first time out of Poole

I would just like to announce that I am now also a member of PBSBAC as of today. I may not be able to get to too many club meetings but will make an effort to attend when possible and look forward to meeting my fellow club members. Terry

Due to the weather being so unpredictable for the next few months and the distance you have to travel I would wait until next year, May to September is best for most species. Most of my fishing is on the wrecks out of Rye, of which we have many within 10 miles of shore but they can be very hit and miss. If no luck within 3-4 drifts there is normally another within 15 minutes or so.I also know of some very good wrecks 15-25 miles out for Bass, Cod and Pollack. From Rye there is also plaice fishing on some banks only 3 miles along the coast and less than 3 miles out, which from late April throw up quite a few around 3-6lb. If Newhaven is more suitable for you there is a wide variety of fishing within 9-10 miles although the better wrecks are 15-25 miles off. You also have Beachy Head only about 8 miles away for Bass etc. I tend to avoid Newhaven unless fishing for 2 consecutive days as they charge

I hope I can make it, sounds a more civilised comp than the ones my Herne Bay club organises!