Adam F

Bump. Dave and I have agreed our plan of action, so Wight Magic and JV will be leaving Poole at 5.30am and pretty much heading straight over, day 2 around the idland and day 3 fishing back over the channel. Are any of the other boats confirmed with passage plans?

Just for those of you who think this is always won by the offshore boats - not true. In fact Ive been in Alderney the last 2 years for this comp and not even managed a fish better than 60% Everyone has a chance - so come on! get your names down.

The trip of a lifetime mate - well done! Look forward to hearing about it.

Just leave her CLEAN!! (you know he drill Al - sparkling ) Oh... and full of fuel please. We used 80 litres on Weds as a guide.

In order to give members plenty of time, I'm opening up the booking in early. Next Friday 18th at 16.00 sees the start of the annual 48hr specimen hunt. The comps runs from 16.00 on Friday to 16.00 on Sunday 20th. Only 1 fish to be booked in per entrant, best specimen counts. The entry fee is

Of course Tomo - we only take what we can eat fresh. Still doesnt take away from the fact that Bob will be playing electronics and we will be out codding!

Give us a wave Bob.... .... we'll be the Blue Aquafish riding low in the water with the mountain of cod on deck!

Sorry all - this one hasnt quite come together properly. I'm leaving at 6am with Paul Frey, Alun and me. Tom is leaving later with Terry Bartell and space for a-n-other. Sorry to those who missed out - I'll owe you a trip next time. Adam

Paul, Tom Smith is looking for another crew member - give him a call. I'll PM you his home number - he's a lovely guy with a lovely boat. Adam

Sorry, been hectic today and have had several texts and PM's re. tomorrow. Bascially JV is going out and has a space, Tom Smith is taking Illusion out but leaving later me me. Mark (zippy) not sure what you have sorted out? Paul Frey was going to take his boat Imagine out and would have had a crew space, but now might be coming with me?? Not sure - I'm confused!

OK Mark - I was looking for another buddy boat, but I do have a crew space too. I'll keep you posted on here. Your gear sounds fine. Whatever you use for smoothounds will be perfect. Adam

Planning on taking advantage of a nice little window on Weds and heading out into the channel wrecking for cod etc Anyone fancy tagging along?

Hello! And the warmest welcome. Adam

Pictures!!!!

Keep an ear out for JV - she will be out in the channel with Ian as skipper!

Just 3 weeks to this trip! Has anyone had any luck on crew? I see we have 4/5/6 boats down but most need crew? 1.) JV - Adam, Alun and Ian 2.) AWOL - Dean, Martin +1? 3.) Pheaton - Duncan +1 4.) Serenity - Tony + 1? 5.) White Magic - Dave +2/3? 6.) Alfresco - tentative? 7.) Quest II - tentative?

We sell new ones 8' long -

Looks like a few of the boats have space. Give Dave Evans a call on Wight Magic. Costs? Depends on the boat and how far you go! JV is one of the more economical boats and I use just over 1l per N/M. The last 4 day trip cost

Nicked into the side of the bait - not under tension, just to keep it tucked out of the way.

Just thought I'd pop a little piccie up for why we use 'The Franklin Flyer'.... It's not a pennel - they are too bulky and impeed the bait's presentation. It's not rocket science, but a few years back after dropping alot of turbot, I decided to hair rig a size 12 carp hook... it worked! about 30% of the fish caught last week came in on the small hook - would have been dropped on a single hook.

Nige - what plotter do you have and what size? Can you network with that? If not I'm more than pleased with my Lowrance - stunning performance for the budget.

Quote of the week for me.... Adam: " Rob - what's your best tope?" Rob: "About 7lb... do they go big here? Do they go to 20lb?" Adam: "Nah... not 20lb mate..... about 30 is the smallest!" ..... que a big smile and then 5 mins alter Rob hooks a 47lber! Awesome!

Tom had his SLR with him so we arranged a few 'fly-by' photo shoots...

Nice one Charlie - superb report!

You'll be eating Tubot for the next year how well you did!