Adam F

....and those were just my searches!!! Yep, I agree Charlie, sat in the office looking at clear skyes and no wind!!! Wishing BW was out there! Im planning a few more Weymouth trips this year. Bring on the spring!

FOX: Highly rated in the coarse sector - grown massively over the past 10 years, started making bedchairs for carp fishing and now do almost everything you need for fishing. The sea tackle is getting good press at the moment, esp. the lower end of the market, which traditionaly has always been easier to target for a newcomer. The top end of the market is very slow moving with tried and tested items staying put....TLD, TDX, Penn International, Anteres etc all being well established names. Worth looking at though, and keep an eye on it. Bournemouth Fishing Lodge does a good line of Fox gear and he has a few of the sea rods in. AF

Paul - many trailers can be adjusted - Les gets his 165 in a normal garage, the boat just sits a bit lower on the bunks. I think a strikeliner would be a good move for your budget.

Hi Sinbad, Powersticks are cracking rods - they have a glass tip I think which gives them good bite detection. I havent used one though. I am a full convert to the Abu Conolons. The 12lber is my fav. rod. It is happy with small sole and bream in shallow water with just a few onces of lead, but equally I have taken eels over 20lb on it as it has a decent backbone - it is 7' 8" I think, Poingdestres in Soton do them for about 65 quid I think. AF

No not yet - Charlie is refering to 'Sam' in last months issue. Should be any day now...

Sometimes!!!.....oh to be back at school!...those were the days!!

No - But 'Cant' has an 'A' in it, not cnt and spelling has a 'G'on the end!......

HELP!!!! My bible of weather sites has gone! www.onlineweather.com is no more???? I keep getting directed to 'accuweather!! What the hell is that!! HELP! I feel like Ive lost a limb!

Manic Moore, As Charlie says the weather looks reasonable for Thurs - I have a day off, and was considering giving the boat a run our as I aint been for almost 2 months!! Ill have a look at the weather 2moro and let youy know if you want to crew?? I think you live in Ringwood? Handy for me as I live in Verwood! Adam

How do you distinguis between a three bearded and a five bearded rocking??....I would have thought that was plainly obvious - count the 'beards' or barbels for heavens sake!!!! Honestly!!!

Speak for yourself you fat B$%

I think Rocking are regarded as a mini species - therefore we dont have a record for it. Charlie will confirm?

Must show your workings for full marks!!

I think I will give it a bash also - Rich do you wanna crew for me? Bw hasnt been out for a while, so even though its floundering, it will be a bit of fresh air. AF

Well done Paul - it sounds as if it has gone to a good home - bassing in the Salcome Estury....sounds idylic!! If you let us know a rough budget and spec, Ill keep a look out for you. AF

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Hers's a few photos from the day:

Can get you a cheap hire on a small tower if that would do it?

If the weather is too windy for chesil, anything over a 4 SW, I will probably have a bash either off Southborne, or more likey Evening Hill, tides depending.

I am sure that it will be Waterproof enough, hold a charge etc and basically do all that I need - it even comes with a drop in re-charger and a built in rechargable pack - something most of the cheap HH's dont have (you need normal AA's usually x6 or 8!) My main concern is the 2 watts...will this be enough?

Strange Kam - I can never get mine apart - it usually involves a hacksaw! I tighten it with a pair of grips so that the shackle starts to bend. A few hours in salt water sees a nice corrosive film set in and hey presto - stuck for good!

Duncan - your method sounds good - havent seen it before - kind of a seamless link? I have a teardrop eye spliced into my warp, I then use a small D shackle to attach to the chain - this doesnt catch on the ring and is OK on the hands - but yes, the splice is very hard - I got a chandlers to do mine. AF

May well get hold of that Peter - For those who dont know the Andrea Gail was the boat in the book The Perfect Storm, a true life story. The film is taky and a little far fetched, but the book is excellent - if The Hungry Ocean is anything similar it is well worth it. AF

Hi Alun, The pike we left for the foxes I regret to say. Killing fish, especially freshwater fish is not something I like doing. However this stretch is a premier trout fishery and the pike eat these - hence the need to remove them. We should have contacted you to arrange to drop the pike off. I havent ever tried eating freshwater fish, and to be honest I dont really fancy it - not at all fussy re. what I eat, have tried most things, but I view freshwater fish more as sport than food - a view I am begining to take with some sea fish. A good sized perch (over 2lb) is an extreme rarety, say like a 15lb bass, and the taking of freshwater fish is also viewed extremely dimly. Freshwater anglers are under much more pressure than us salties from the anti's - killing fish to eat them would be the final straw in their eyes. Indeed if one was caught removing and eating fish from a private fishery it would mean certian explusion and possible prosicution - dont forget many owner have to pay for their fish stocks. Not having a go at all, just expalining the majority view. If we go again and get a few pike - Ill bring them for you. AF