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As it was a nice sunny day and completed a few jobs for FPO I thought it was about time I started up the engine on Sammy 2 Found that there was a bit of rain water in the bilge so got that emptied first. It has been over a year since it last started so I expected problems, however it fired up after a couple of seconds on the key! :-) The fuel is now 4+ years old and it still ran ok. I quickly noticed however that the water tell tail was not showing and water out of it. After checking that the hole & pipe was not blocked I started to look to wee if the intake was blocked. This was clear so I thought I better drop the leg off and check the impellor, this was replaced a while ago but has not run for any time since. It was a struggle to come off but it did in the end, I checked that water flowed through the housing with the hose and I could hear the impellor turning in the housing so there was no need to strip that down. I found a pipe of almost the right size to put over the pipe that runs from the pump to the engine and put the hose on this, sure enough out came water from the tell tale outlet so I knew water was getting around the engine so what to try next? I put the leg back on and tried it again, still no water so I tried the hose on the nipple on the engine and reversed flow of water, started it up and low and behold it all worked as it should. :-) Tried the engine a couple of times on and off and each time water came out as it should and no overheating. I suspect there was an air lock in the engine somewhere. Well this covered a few hours so I know the engine is still good, just got to finish of the painting inside the cabin and we might be ready to launch!

Keep your hair on Mike

If you need starter marks I have listed a number of places with co-ordinates to help new members see here http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/ipb/topic/5646-new-member-club-marks/ If others want to add to the list especially those around Christchurch let me know and I will add them Dave

Breeding ground apparently http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-34052087 Sorry just seen Stuie beat me to it

They say you dream a lot if you eat too much cheese time to cut down on the cheese then!

Perhaps Nigel will have a try to gain his 50th species on his boat, just needs it to be back in the water! Better still if one was caught on a fly, that would be some fight!

I will be there, so if you want to bring your life jackets down we can check them out for you

Hope it looks better Kev Dave

Don't worry it will all come out in the wash :ph34r:

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Have a look here Kam Seems Bass, mackerel, garfish & Mullet are common from the shore http://www.portugal-sport-and-adventure.com/fishing-portugal.html or http://www.tightlines-portugal.com/sea-fishing/sea-fishing-in-portugal.html Info about permits that may be required see here http://lisbon.angloinfo.com/information/lifestyle/sports-and-leisure/fishing/ Dave

From what I have read the Scaldfish is a Med species and only likes warm waters.

I would say Megrim Scaldfish easily looses its scales, while Megrim species don’t. Interesting catch, surprised it has not been swept up by the trawlers Dave

Hi Mick Here is their American site which may help http://tmcin.com/wipermotors.aspx Sea Screw also import them https://www.seascrew.com/browse.cfm?WIPER-MOTORS&l=0000000817 Dave

It is also the RNLI Open Weekend on 22nd & 23rd August So if you get fed up with planes come and look at lifeboats and their new building for the construction of the boats now they have taken them away from the IOW, plus all the other parts of the RNLI Dave

Attached is the latest Fishing Focus from DEFRA Below is a link but I hopefully attached the file https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449822/fishing-focus-summer2015.pdf?cm_mid=4817481&cm_crmid=908c2e5c-f721-e311-a13d-00155d00012f&cm_medium=email Dave fishing-focus-summer2015.pdf

Time to sell Megabyte?????????????? :lol: Get something bigger again?

Can I ask that ALL the juniors submit their catch to the Wessex Angling Trust Junior competition A form can be found here http://anglingtrustwessex.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Junior-Fish-of-the-Monthentry-form.pdf You DON'T need to have had the fished weighed on calibrated scales just say weighed on board and released. Well done to all who entered and well done Sam for organising it Dave

Sorry to hear about your fall Hope you feel well enough to open the champagne when you get her back into the water. After all your hard work, take it easy as you don't want to miss getting her out and fish over the gunnels Dave

Hi yes I have been to Scotland a couple of times and fished for the Common skate Best was over 200lbs which took about 45mins to land. I was fishing with a friend called Davy Holt who is/was the guru on Common Skate and was involved in the tagging & protection of the species. We also caught the rare (to us) Black Mouth Dogfish plus other species If you are looking for a super charter then I would suggest you contact Ian Burrett http://www.onyermarks2.co.uk/main-home-page/ what he knows about what and where to fish the local area could not be beaten. If you decide to hire a car from Glasgow airport, be aware that in some locations you need to catch a ferry across various stretches of water, they do not run 24hrs a day, miss it and you have a long wait or a long drive around. There are also limited fuel stations so keep the tack topped up! The roads up there are quite narrow and mainly single carriageway so your speed will be very limited by other traffic. Fishing, bird life and scenery are all fabulous however. Dave

Have a great day Shame we have to meet up just before 9am otherwise I expect you would be out fishing!! Dave

Minimum landing sizes are used all over the World and are just one of a number of tools used to manage fish stocks. However, as a common sense approach to conservation and an easy concept to understand (protecting immature fish) they have become particularly favoured by recreational anglers with an interest in conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks. As part of the latest reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy an obligation by commercial fishermen to land all catches was introduced (commonly known as the discards ban). As a result the EU minimum (landing) sizes could no longer apply and were replaced by ‘Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes’ (MCRS). Fish below the new MCRS will have to be landed but cannot be sold at market for human consumption – thereby creating a market force which is intended to disincentivise fishermen from catching smaller, immature fish which must be landed but have very little market value. However, there must also be an incentive to land these fish, if caught, to comply with the landings obligation and not to continue to discard dead fish at sea. Therefore a very fine balance must be struck by the EU which disincentivises immature fish from being targeted while simultaneously incentivising fishermen to land them by providing a limited financial reward. The obligation to land all fish only applies to species for which there is a quota or a total allowable catch (TAC) – apart from in the Mediterranean where all non TAC species will be required to be landed. For other species it is up to each member state within the EU to decide whether or not to maintain minimum landing sizes or include them in the landings obligation at a national level and introduce a minimum conservation reference size. Some exemptions may apply once the final details have been agreed. For instance, species with a high survivability that could be returned alive to the sea and endangered or threatened species for which no landings are permitted on conservation grounds. It is expected that the current minimum landing sizes will be transposed into the new minimum conservation reference sizes. However, the Minimum Landing Sizes set by the EU were said to be "technical measures for the protection of juvenile fish." yet no minimum landing size existed for many species and for those that did the MLS was set below the age of sexual maturity for most species (females) – thereby preventing fish from spawning, completing their lifecycles and contributing to the futures of the stocks. The lifecycles of some species, and the fishing methods used, mean that minimum landing sizes alone are rarely enough to secure good management; More is needed In most cases of successful fisheries management (including the restoration of depleted stocks) where minimum landing sizes playing a key role, other technical measures are used as well e.g. minimum mesh sizes for nets to avoid by-catches of small, immature fish. Our interpretation of the current minimum landing sizes set by the EU is that they only apply to motorised vessels holding a commercial fishing license and not to recreational catches. However, a number of countries rigorously apply the EU MLSs to both commercial as well as recreational fisheries (some countries even have set MLSs for recreational fishing above the EU MLSs, while their commercial fisheries follow the EU MLSs, e.g. the French bass fisheries). The angling Trust encourages all anglers to Give Fish A chance and apply voluntary minimum retention sizes which exceed the EU's and allow all fish retained the chance to have bred at least once. In England the Inshore Fishery and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) have considerable responsibility for managing fish stocks out to six miles from the shore. While the IFCAs still have to adhere to the rules laid down by the EU Common Fisheries Policy they are able, through bylaws, to set minimum landing sizes that exceed the EU's and apply to all fish retained - including those caught be recreational anglers. You can find out what these are by visiting the IFCA websites via the links below. If you are in any doubt about the legal minimum sizes contained within the bylaws or the IFCA area boundaries please check with your IFCA first. Northumberland IFCA North East IFCA Eastern IFCA Kent and Essex IFCA Sussex IFCA Southern IFCA Devon and Severn IFCA Cornwall IFCA Isles of Scilly North West IFCA If an IFCA has not set its own minimum landing size/ minimum consrtvation reference size the following EU sizes apply to a limited number of species caught in UK waters. For many species no legal minimum landing size/ conservation reference size exists. With conservation in mind we have provided the approximate size of sexual maturity for females of all species using the best available evidence to support this. Where a range was given we have published the upper limit. These are not recommended retention size limits but anglers retaining fish above these sizes can be reasonably confident that these fish will have had the chance to have bred at least once. Specie EU Minimum Landing Size Size of Sexual Maturity Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) 36cm 46cm Bream - Black (Spondyliosoma cantharus) None 20cm Bream - Gilthead (Sparus aurata) None Unknown Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) None 41cm Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 35cm (see note 1) 70cm Cod (Gadus morhua) 35cm (see note 1) 60cm Common skate (Dipturus batis) None 180cm Conger eel (Conger conger) None Unknown Dab (Limanda limanda) None 25cm European Eel (Anguila anguila) None (See note 2) Unknown Flounder (Platichthys flesus) None 30cm Garfish (Belone belone) None 45cm Gurnard - Grey (Eutrigla gurnardus) None 25cm Gurnard - Red (Chelidonichthys cuculus) None 25cm Gurnard - Tub (Chelidonichthys lucerna) None Unknown Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 30cm (see note 1) 40cm Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) None 135cm Herring (Clupea harengus) 20cm 3-9 years Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) 15cm 30cm John Dory (Zeus faber) None 35cm Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) None 60cm Ling (Molva molva) 63cm (see note 1) 100cm Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 20cm (30cm North sea) 34cm Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) 20cm 25cm Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) None 70cm Mullet - Grey, thick-lipped (Chelon labrosus) None 47cm Mullet - Grey, thin-lipped (Liza ramada) None 47cm Mullet - Golden Grey None 28cm Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) 22cm 35cm Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) 30cm (see note 1) 50cm Poor Cod (Trisopterus minutus) None Unknown Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) None 25cm Ray - Blonde (Raja brachyuran) None 57cm Ray - Cuckoo (Raja naevus) None 59cm Ray - Small-eyed (Raja microocellata) None Unknown Ray - Spotted (Raja montagui) None Unknown Ray - Starry(Amblyraja radiata) None 40cm Ray - Stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) None Unknown Ray - Thornback (Raja clavata) None 85cm Ray - Undulate (Raja undulate) None (see note 3) 60cm Rockling - Five Bearded Ciliata mustela None Unknown Rockling - Shore (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus) None Unknown Rockling - Three-bearded (Gaidropsarus vulgaris) None Unknown Shad- Allis (Alosa alosa) None See Note 4 below Shad- Twait (Alosa fallax) None See Note 4 below Monkfish AKA Angel Shark (Squatina squatina) None 69cm (see note 5 below) Shark - Blue (Prionace glauca) None 220cm Shark - Bull Huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris) None Unknown Shark - Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) None 285cm Shark - Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) None (See note 6) 220cm Shark - Smoothhound (Mustelus asterias) None 85cm Shark - Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) None (see note 7) 80cm Shark - Thresher (Alopias vulpinus) None 260-465cm Shark - Tope (Galeorhinus galeus) None (See note 8) Unknown Sole - Dover (Solea solea) 24cm 35cm Sole - Lemon (Microstomus kitt) None 30cm Trigger fish (Balistes capriscus) None Unknown Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) None 46cm Tuna - Bluefin (Tunnus tunnus) 30kg/115cm (Excluding trolling and bait boats) See Note 9 below Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) 27cm 30cm Witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) None Unknown Wrasse - Ballan (Labrus bergylta) None Unknown Wrasse - Cuckoo (Labrus mixtus) Unknown Unknown The size of sexual maturity for species from the Gadidae family including cod, whiting, haddock, pollack and coalfish (saithe) can vary wildly depending on a number of factors. The figures quoted represent the size at which 50 per cent of fish of these species have reached sexual maturity. An Environment Agency byelaw prevent anglers from retaining the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, they can be retained for weighing or measuring but must be returned alive to the water they were taken from on completion of fishing. For the Angling Trust’s policy on retaining European eels click here Undulate ray are classified as endangered. We recommend that all fish are returned alive Shad are now protected under the (EU - Berne Convention) and all fish must be returned. Monkfish (also called Angel Shark) are listed under UK Wildlife and Countryside Act and will be protected against killing, injuring or taking (section 9(1)) on land and up to 3 nautical miles (nm) from English coastal baselines. These are not to be confused with the unprotected Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) whose tails are marketed as Monkfish. Porbeagle are critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic. We recommend that all fish are returned alive Spurdog are classified as critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic and we recommend that all fish are returned alive Anglers should be aware that there is a national restriction on landing tope caught from a boat, which includes kayaks, by rod and line. Any boat-caught tope are legally required to be released as soon as possible after capture. Details of the Tope (Prohibition of Fishing Order) 2008 can be found here In order for bluefin tuna to be caught directly, each Member State must apply for quota and then apply a second specific quota for recreational fishing purposes. The UK does not currently have a quota for the direct commercial or recreational fishing of bluefin tuna. Therefore, direct fishing for bluefin tuna is not allowed in the UK under current Regulations. Article 12.5 of Regulation 302/2009 states that “Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the release of bluefin tuna caught alive, especially juveniles, in the framework of recreational fishing”. Therefore, recreational sea anglers are obliged to do everything they can to ensure any by-catch is returned to the sea alive. Sizes of sexual maturity shown here have been gathered from the best available evidence at the time. If you have more information and can provide referenced studies to update this information then we would love to hear from you. Please email us at admin@anglingtust.net

Date and info for your diary 11-20 Sept 2015: Southampton Boat Show: http://www.southamptonboatshow.com/home.aspx