Bob F

Welcome to the forum Salar and Boatyeti. Mike is typical of us on here...stark, raving, lunies. ENJOY!! Bob F.

Adam, I took the buffering off of Splash-Out yesterday to clean the boat, leaving the ends attached to the transom. Then left her in the sun to let the rubber warm up. The buffer was tough to put back on but did eventually do it by twisting and pushing into place, starting at on e end and working my way round. I will not be taking it off again in a hurry though! Left wrist is knackered now. BF

Hi Jason, I'll get you out on Splash Out once I get my act together. Just got back from Israel and I'm feeling a little shell shocked... A missile landed 500m from our hotel. Then another one landed near to where we had dnner!!! I think someone was trying to tell me something, so I said "bugger this for a lark" and got the next flight home. Home safely now but have still got some work to do on the boat before I can put her on the water again. Stick in there mate. We'll get you out fishing. Bob F.

Could be the "unkown" wreck or one of the Valentine Tanks. Both would be tough to find 'cus they're buried in the sand. BF

Good to see you've made the registration Legless (Jason). Welcome aboard... Keep an eye on the Boat Buddies section. cheers Bob F.

Do you know the name of the wreck you were trying to find?

I'm sure Duncan will let you know all about them. He has one. BF

Geezzzz...that's an absolutely cracking early season bass, Alan. Well done, matey.

Sounds like a great WE coddy. You poor old sod having to go to 12oz!! We were having to use 2lb off St Albans at some stages of the tide!!! BF

Whey hey! Another club record broken. Ya get two winks for that! BF

Bl@@dy 'ell!! And I thought we had an exciting weekend. Great report Duncan. I've gotta get over to the Islands some day... BF

...and you both got cracking suntans, too. Although Mark looks more like a Panda Bear. Good effort on the fishing front, though. BF

Good to hear you were catching plenty, but isn't it amazing how eagerly we await the arrival of the bream and then how quickly we get fed up with the pesky blighters...? Except when they earn you

Competition Results: 1st Paul Dore Bream Black 4lb 7oz 126.79% 2nd= James Parker Conger 48lb 0oz 120.00% 2nd= Peter Hall Wrasse Cuckoo 1lb 8oz 120.00% 4th Adam Franklin Bream Black 4lb 2oz 117.86% 5th Mark Bessant Bull Huss 11lb 8oz 115.00% 6th Peter Russel (snr) Conger 45lb 0oz 112.50% 7th James Parker Conger 44lb 0oz 110.00% 8th Adam Franklin Conger 42lb 0oz 105.00% 9th James Parker Bream Black 3lb 4oz 92.86% 10th Bob Fuller Conger 36lb 0oz 90.00% 11th= Adam Franklin Conger 35lb 0oz 87.50% 11th= Adam Franklin Ray Undulate 12lb 4oz 87.50% 13th Bob Horne Pouting 2lb 9oz 85.42% 14th Bob Fuller Bream Black 2lb 12oz 78.57% 15th Fred Smith Pollack 12lb 8oz 78.13% 16th Martin Burt Wrasse Ballan 3lb 11oz 73.75% 17th Rachel Maloney Pouting 2lb 0oz 66.67% 18th Richard Swain Wrasse Cuckoo 0lb 12oz 60.00% 19th Peter Hall Pollack 9lb 8oz 59.38% 20th Rachel Maloney Bream Black 2lb 0oz 57.14% 21st Tom Smith Pollack 9lb 0oz 56.25% 22nd Richard Swain Tope 20lb 0oz 44.44% 23rd Andy Garrett Bream Black 1lb 8oz 42.86% Congratulations Paul!!! The prize fund for 1st is expected to be at least

Competition Results: 1st Paul Dore Bream Black 4lb 7oz 126.79% 2nd= James Parker Conger 48lb 0oz 120.00% 2nd= Peter Hall Wrasse Cuckoo 1lb 8oz 120.00% 4th Adam Franklin Bream Black 4lb 2oz 117.86% 5th Mark Bessant Bull Huss 11lb 8oz 115.00% 6th Peter Russel (snr) Conger 45lb 0oz 112.50% 7th James Parker Conger 44lb 0oz 110.00% 8th Adam Franklin Conger 42lb 0oz 105.00% 9th James Parker Bream Black 3lb 4oz 92.86% 10th Bob Fuller Conger 36lb 0oz 90.00% 11th= Adam Franklin Conger 35lb 0oz 87.50% 11th= Adam Franklin Ray Undulate 12lb 4oz 87.50% 13th Bob Horne Pouting 2lb 9oz 85.42% 14th Bob Fuller Bream Black 2lb 12oz 78.57% 15th Fred Smith Pollack 12lb 8oz 78.13% 16th Martin Burt Wrasse Ballan 3lb 11oz 73.75% 17th Rachel Maloney Pouting 2lb 0oz 66.67% 18th Richard Swain Wrasse Cuckoo 0lb 12oz 60.00% 19th Peter Hall Pollack 9lb 8oz 59.38% 20th Rachel Maloney Bream Black 2lb 0oz 57.14% 21st Tom Smith Pollack 9lb 0oz 56.25% 22nd Richard Swain Tope 20lb 0oz 44.44% 23rd Andy Garrett Bream Black 1lb 8oz 42.86% Congratulations Paul!!! The prize fund for 1st is expected to be at least

Like you say, Allan, its great when a plan come together. Nice one! BF

Ooogh, that's a tough one. Unlucky Dan. Wondered why you didn't phone anything in. Better luck next year. BF

Thanks Chaps. The competition calculator is updated with the latest Area D list (i.e. Bull Huss 10lb). This is what the 48hr will be scored against. Good luck to all. cheers BF

Alun, yes, you can phone in on Sunday. BF

Where can we get the definitive lastest NFSA Specimen size list???? I can't find it anywhere on the NFSA web site. I'm assuming the one on the Sea Angler web page is the latest, but...is it? That's the one we will be using for the results calculator, and its too late to change it now. So, we will be fishing with the one with Bull Huss at 13lb at the link in the earlier post. Whiting is 3.5lb. cheers BF

Matt, does that mean we can put you down as entering the 48hr comp? BF

Different type of satellite, Rich. The ones used for GPS stay in one place in the sky. This is how you get an accurate position measurement. Mike, with the "older" handhelds the initial acquistion when you first ever turn it on, or after you have reset it to the factory settings, will take some time, especially if you have not told it where you are in the world. If you tell it approx where you are it looks up a table (like an almanac) and knows which satellites should be in the sky, and it can then acquire the signal quicker. It knows which "signature" to look for and therefore finds them quicker. Now that your handheld has found 8 or 9 satellites it knows where it is in the world (unlike some of us ) and should acquire the signals much quicker the next time you power it on. BF

The NFSA specimen size list that I refer to in the 48hr post appears to be the latest one. http://www.seaangler.com/Seaangler_Specimens%20A-E.html It has the Bull Huss at 13lb. This is the list we are using in the Competition Calculator. Our area is Area D. BF

Go get'em, Batman!! BF

Nice fish Dan. Beats my PB for a bully. Pleased that the GPS is working well. By the way, the GPS coordinates expire after a trial period. BF