Adam F

Its worth paying to use Ospray Quay IMO. It shaves a good 30 mins of steaming off the trip out and is a cracking slip, it's not crazy expensive, loads of parking and space and a good pub / cafe (the Ship that Rocks) in the marina at the end of the day. It's about 30 mins to the Shambles from Portland Harbour and very fishable in a small trailer boat. Adam

No. Self draining deck on the 175.

Rob and Reuben throwing lures to bass feeding on baitfish by Old Harry under the setting evening sun

Shame the fishing didn't match the weather... I was surprised how early the May water has arrived this year - presumably the unseasonal amount of sunshine has been a factor? The water at Ballard was much much clearer - you could see the bottom in 12' of water. It was good to be out regardless.

Thanks for posting up the report and pics Ian - I don’t seem to be able to find much time anymore to be on here! Anyway it’s good to be back, good to be back fishing after a year off and exciting to have a new toy to play with. JV was great and suited our needs at the time but a floating caravan / fishing boat isn’t needed anymore and the Cheetah is a pure hardcore fast offshore fishing weapon. I really need to learn that when I think ‘ that needs a few weekends work’ it’s usually 6 months! See you all out on the water soon. Adam

Great to be back out for our regular Tues eve trips!

Thanks Gents. Even managed a few hours working on the re-fit on my birthday. Yes, as Rob said, the classic 'only needs a few jobs' has turned into 4 months of every spare leisure hour. Still she will be Franklin standard when finished - hope to launch mid April. I'll see if I can get around to a mini write up on here... but keen to get back fishing after a year off.

Garmin GPSMap 7015 x 2 and GSD24 Black box Transciever. £900 each for the 15” touch screens and £200 for the GSD24 or near offer. All in as new condition.

Wishing you well Trev - best of luck with the new one!

Well done chaps - enjoy the next few days and keep the reports coming. Nice Brill Steve!

Have a great time gents - bloody gutted I'm not able to come - it's been 4 years since my last trip. I get my 2nd jab tomorrow - so too late. I look forward to hearing the daily catch updates....

JV has a 400L tank so enough to get over fish and get back for a 2/3 day trip. Add in a few Jerry cans for good measure. Id only took to do it this way on an exceptional forecast I might add!

We’ve been down today on a 1.2m tide and had up to 2.6 knots tide so pretty much ideal. I wouldn’t want more than that. We we’re chatting onboard today about the possibility of going to Alderney and no going ashore just staying onboard and being self sufficient for a couple of days?

Yes Weymouth is a great plan B - less of a window needed, stay onboard and still some great fishing options. That will be the plan for JV

Might be worth looking at accommodation now - you can imagine their being quite an influx after lock-down easing?....