Coddy

You can soon tell when the weather is cr**p The jokes start. Coddy

CHUCKLES FOR MATURE COUPLES AND OTHERS My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God, and I didn't. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- Marriage is a three-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- For Sale: Wedding dress, size 8. Worn once by mistake. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman: Before marriage and after marriage. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- Why were hurricanes usually named after women? Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, but when they go, they take your house and car. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- The woman applying for a job in a* Florida lemon grove seemed way too qualified for the job. 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As her father gave her away in marriage, the bride gave him back his credit card. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- Three friends from the local congregation were asked, "When you're in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?" Artie said: "I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man." Eugene commented: "I would like them to say I was a wonderful teacher and servant of God who made a huge difference in people's lives." Al said: "I'd like them to say, "Look, he's moving!" ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- Smith climbs to the top of Mt . Sinai to get close enough to talk to God. Looking up, he asks the Lord... "God, what does a million years mean to you?" The Lord replies, "A minute." Smith asks, "And what does a million dollars mean to you?" The Lord replies, "A penny." Smith asks, "Can I have a penny?" The Lord replies, "In a minute." ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- A man goes to a shrink and says, "Doctor, my wife is unfaithful to me. Every evening, she goes to Larry's bar and picks up men. In fact, she sleeps with anybody who asks her! I'm going crazy. What do you think I should do?" "Relax," says the Doctor, "take a deep breath and calm down. Now, tell me, exactly where is Larry's bar?" ------------ --------- --------- --------- -- ------ John was on his deathbed and gasped pitifully. "Give me one last request, dear," he said. "Of course, John," his wife said softly. "Six months after I die," he said, "I want you to marry Bob." "But I thought you hated Bob," she said. With his last breath John said, "I do!" ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- A man goes to see the Rabbi. "Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it." The Rabbi asked, "What's wrong?" The man replied, "My wife is poisoning me." The Rabbi, very surprised by this, asks, "How can that be?" The man then pleads, "I'm telling you, I'm certain she's poisoning me, what should I do?" The Rabbi then offers, "Tell you what. Let me talk to her , I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know." A week later the Rabbi calls the man and says, "Well, I spoke to your wife. I spoke to her on the phone for three hours. You want my advice?" The man said yes and the Rabbi replied, "Take the poison."

Yes it was Colin but with a heavy cold! Coddy

Was out on Flamer 3 today on one of the Friday Fishers species hunt. Sea state was calm, weather overcast but light winds. We all had to be on the boat for 7.30 ready for the 8am bridge opening. First stop was to Portland entrance to try for mackerel but nothing showed apart from a pin bream. Then off to the mussel beds where most of the charter fleet was and we were drifting for bream. Some good sizes were brought to the boat and all were returned. Then around the West side of the Bill to try for mackerel again but only 2 were picked up. We then headed for Kidney Bank and anchored and one guy mamaged to pull in a 21lb blonde ray. Apart from a few doggies and anothe smaller blonde nothing else was caught so the skipper called everyone up and we went to a couple of wrecks to drift for bass and pollock, not much showed on the the first wreck except for a single bass. The next wreck was almost as quite but we then went onto the M3 sub. There we picked up loads of pout, some really big and a couple of good pollock. To finish off the day we went inshore for wrasse and we were soon into them and also tackle loss! I managed to pick up my first ever Red Gurnard and let it go after it gave some good grunts! Other fish picked up were garfish, poor cod and various variations of wrasse. Soon it was time to go and so a steady motor back into port. Not a too bad a day but hard work to find fish. Coddy

It will be interesting to see where these additional nursery areas are going and how they are to be policed! Shame about MLS and it is obvious that the Sea Fishing Licence is going to happen at some time! Having read how that has affected Portugal's leisure fishing industry with their governments draconian rules there needs to be a great deal of pressure from bodies like NFSA to stop a similar situation happening here. Coddy

Nice report Trev, I was almost with you as I read that! Some good fish, good mates and weather what more does a man need? Coddy

Hi Tim Sorry to hear of all the problems you have encountered. I am sure she will be fine after all the work has been carried out, just a shame that you have missed so much fishing time this year and had the piggy bank robbed. If you ever fancy a break and want a fishing trip, can't guarantee any fish however, just give me a call. Regards Coddy

Nice site, looks similar to windguru Coddy

Nice one Alan Good to hear you made it ok. Boat looks great and I am sure you will have some good times on her and hopefully get some good fish over the gunnels. Regards Coddy

Took Sammy out with Bill (Ferret) as crew, with a good feeling of getting some fish, for a change. After a blast through the harbour, we decided to head East and had to slow down as we passed the chain ferry due to the short chop swell. Had a long drift between the piers and picked up x2 plaice and tub gurnards which was a good start. Then headed out to an X-Ray mark and picked up doggies. Then onto a mark I have not tried before and picked up a number of smaller species and lastly onto Poole Patch where we were into wrasse x3 species, poor cod (not on the list for comp), pout, constant rattles and bites made it a good trip. Picked up x2 starry smoothound pups and a dogfish which threw up a baby thornback (not counted) which must have been the size of the egg case it was born in. Never thought doggies would have eaten these! In the end Bill managed 7 differant species with a score of 90 points and I managed 6 with a score of 76. A brilliant day out for us, and good to see Court Jester on the patch, nice looking craft! Radio seemed very quite most of the day so I assumed people were into fish most of the day or too far out to hear. Coddy ps Paul D you should have an email with our score sheets on it.

The only reason you need to let the hubs/brakes cool is due to the cold water contracting the metal and water will be drawn in through the seals if there is insuffcient grease. As you say, how many of us have that sort of time available when you want to get out and fish! Coddy

Sammy should be out with Bill (Ferret) as crew as normal. Just got to find my long johns! Bit cold this morning Coddy

Good news Adam Do you have to run the engine in? Coddy

Thanks Duncan Dave

For those interested summary of responses to the Marine Bill White Paper results http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/co...-responses.pdf You may have to go through a number of pages if you are looking just for Sea Angling responses. Coddy

Billy has asked me to post a picture of the squid. See below Coddy

I went out to my Ray mark which has proved good to me before. This time, however it turned into dog city! Bill was king of the dogs plus a couple of mackeral. I was similar but no mackys but I did manage a ray ...................... see picture for size! Must have been all of 8ozs of blonde Nice day out however and good to hear others managed to find some better fish. Coddy

Hi Alan I would be happy to assist but Friday AM is a problem for me, otherwise I am free. Regards Coddy

Hi all I need to get a towbar fitted to my new car, Volvo V50. I know I can go to the main dealer but they charge

Hi all As some of you know, I run a small but popular web site called Fishing Boats and Equipment My Webpage, have a look if you have not been there before. I am about to upgrade the site as my space allocation is full and bandwidth is often exceeded, however, my request is to everyone who can spare a few moments of their time to write up your thoughts about your boat and or equipment used. It does not matter if there is already a report as many opinions make for a better read. Don't worry about layout or style of writing as I can deal with that, it is just the raw input I need. So if anyone out there can help all contributions would be welcomed and if you have any photo's even better, you do of course get full credit for the information. Thanks for reading and if you want to send me something email or pm me. Regards Coddy

Hi Grant Sorry to hear of your problems with the engine. Many members use Sam Trickett for servicing and repairs, not used him myself yet but I am sure he good. You did not state if your engine is 2 or 4-stroke but a quick search on Boats & Outboards web site highlighted a few new and used models. A lot depends on your budget! Coddy

Sammy with Bill as crew should be out there. Coddy

Re: Disc brakes on trailers Rapied Trailers now have disc brakes fitted as standard, SeaMouse, a member on this forum, has one of these trailers supplied with his new Warrior boat. I think they are based in Romsey, Hants. I don't know of anyone who does a conversion, I am sure if someone came up with such a conversion it would be a winner. Coddy

Having a Inderspention Roller Coaster 3 trailer with the Warrior I have only suffered brake problems. This trailer has bearing savers as standard. The biggest problems I had was using Baiter slip as I needed to get water well over the bearing level on the trailer to launch and recover the boat. The salt water made the brake shoes swell and come away from the metal shoe and jam in the hub! I then used Christchurch slip and ensured that the trailer did not get reversed so the water level was always below the brake drums. My only problem so far this year is having to replace the brake cables as one had seized in its sleve and the other was sticking. I regulary pump fresh grease into the hubs to make sure there is always positive pressure in the bearing housing. Attached is a link on how one member on another forum tried to overcome the same problems. http://www.worldseafishing.com/forum...=wheel+bearing it also shws a home made flushing arrangement. Regards Coddy Forgot to add that most pre-sealed, non adjustable bearings need to be pressed into the hub with a heavy duty press and it gets exspensive compaired to the taper versions.

Hi Mikey If you do go ahead with the trim tabs, can I ask a favour and provide me with a report on how you fitted them with any pictures, before, during and after so I can add it to my web site. Fishing Boats & Equipment. Thanks for any help you can provide. Coddy