Adam F

Yep - you can see the little spout if you enlarge the piccy. I was just fed up when fishing of having to play hunt the t-bar...or putting things down on the gunwhales and having them go overboard.

...that's his remote control ariel, so we can move him!

Arrived this morning! - only paid for them yesterday afternoon! - very prompt service! Just thought Id show you what they look like. At

Hmmm..I am thinking of buying a few cheap white plastic chopping boards and butchering them? - either that or have a look around B&Q....

What would we do without mike!!! - my sides are hurting after reading this mornings posts!!

Ok - where would I get white nylon?? - This is actually what I had in mind.

Cant help you with crew charlie - but James & I will be out on our familiar grounds trying to get Jimbo up their - cant actually belive that I'm helping him!....

Yep - if I get back in time from Nowwich, Rach and I will be their on BW.

LOL!!

.....at tad embarrasing!..... The edges of the banks were pretty lumpy with overfalls...we had started our drift outside them on the calm water....all of us were in intense concerntration as we felt for bites on our live eels...when out of no-where comes a huge wave -INSIDE Loyal Royal!!!! ....hit me full on, and soaked me to the skin! - I may as well have jumped it I was that wet!. All I had was my sallopetts and my jacket, so down to my underpants and I spent the rest of the day in my waterproofs!! Interesting that a 165 was out their..I had wondered what it would have been like has I taken my boat.

Explain more duncan?...Im not to clear on your last post??

From the sounds of it - it was a certian skipper Paul J and I were chatting about on Sunday. I too had similar experiances to that of the letter in BFM. Although I do belive said skipper has now relocated elsewhere in the UK........ As Jim says in the reply - one bad experiance can taint all other skippers, but I'm sure this is the minority??

Typed winch handle pocket into google...along came Ebay....7.50 each...I'll have 2...paid for...will be here tomorrow! Just goes to show how effective these forums cam be!

Thanks Peter...I thought you might know what they are!...at least I know what to look for now!.

Hi Dan, Newboy is right, the majority of the inshore wrecks around the country are fished out. You may find pout, wrasse and possibly a few bream on them, but generally not worth the effort. Your time will be best spent either picked a good forecast and heading out to the 10-15 mile wrecks (Im still waiting for a window this year!) or picking reef marks. But then again,...what do I know - wrecks are underwater obstructions, which in turn attract fish..so give it a bash and see what turns up. Anchoring correctly is crucial to fishing on the wreck..a plotter is of great help. Drifting allows more chances of drifting directly over the wreck..but again a plotter really helps. Adam

Ahhhh....the irish screwdriver!...know it well. This is mainly learnt from Jimbo....if soemthing breaks on Tara, out comes the 'irish screwdriver', a good thump and its usually fixed!! The safety inspectors must have laughed when they did Tara's inspection....opening the toolkit only to find a hammer!!!!

Dan, This is certianly not uncommon, but 7 bass to 4lb is a right result!!...better to put them in the freezer than mackerel any day!!! We get them every year off the ledge when feathering, but only in a blue moon. adam

Cheers guys - I was thinking along the lines of the co-extruded stuff. I can get it from work, but in big quants, so I will take you up on that offer. If it doesnt work out, off to Space Age Plastics....incidently, where are they??

I have seen these on a few charter boats now. They are made by Sowester and are basically a 'pocket' made from plastic that you screw to a vertical surface and is used to store Tbars, pliers etc. I have had a good look and cant find them anywhere?? Any ideas?

As we have discussed in the past - many things for the marine industry are ludicrously expensive for what they are! I have been after a set of 'rifle rack - rod holders' for a while now. These are vertical holders that fit to the gunwhale of your boat, and hold rods, nets, hooks etc in a horizontal position. I had toyed with the idea of using hardwood from work, but as BW is all plastic and white fibregalss, I really want to keep to plastic or fibreglass. I found a set of these holders on www.nautequipe.co.uk, they are

Trust you to notice that!!! I havent a clue! - being a bloke, Ive never read the instructions for the camera, just took it out of the box and clicked away.....probably should find out how to remove or set the date

Mark's Brill taken on Loyal Royal, Sunday, Shambles, Weymouth.

Loyal Royal with me and Paul J as crew joined Maverick with Bob F, for a spot of bassing on the Shambles on Sun. Billy sorted us out with a bucket of live eels - (thanks Billy, you are a star!!) and at 8.30am we headed out to the banks. We started well with fish on the first 4 drifts to all rods, but then the tide slackened a little at about 11ish, so we had a play around elsewhere with mixed success with Bream, Gurnard, Bass etc. The tide picked up again at 1pm, but was against wind - which had freshend to around a F4, which made fishing a little lumpy! Bass were back on the feed though, and we caught reasonably steady throughout the afternoon. Not big fish, averaging about 1.5-2lb, but good fun. Mark B was the star of the day taking a 4lb Brill on his live eel! Finished off on the Hood for 1/2 hour. Final tally: 30ish bass, 1 brill, 2 bream, 1 gurnard. Enjoyable day - cheers guys!

Cheers Martin, Tides look 1.) Good for the bass! 2.) Good for launching - plenty of water on the slip. Shall we all meet on the slip at 7.30am? We will then be launched at 8, ready to get eels at 8.15am and get out for the last of the flood. Maverick - Martin & Bob Loyal Royal - Adam, Mark & Paul I will ring you all, but see you in the morning!

Billy, Couldnt you have held it out a little further!!!!