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So we have the Poole V Burnham match in Weymouth, but what happened to the Burnham V Poole match? Did I miss it?

Thanks Gordon.

That's not a boat.... it's a battleship

Gordon, I'm available to crew if the space is still up for grap.

Big bronze whaler on the beach?

Happy Birthday you old mad hatter .......

bruv....i can see the admin boys deleting this

No Dan, it's not against forum rules to post not funny jokes .........

Got me thinking tho..... hmmmmm... without the limb getting in the way ......

Happy Birthday and may all your birthday wished come true.

Many of you probably know or heard of Spike who was the skipper of Bessis V out of Langstone. To cut a long story short, he's been diagnosed with bone cancer and had to give up skippering.

Members of the Professional Boatman Association have organised an event call Spike Week, where skippers take out anglers with all the proceeds going to Spike and his wife.

Spike Week starts on the 20th of Nov, more details can be found HERE.

I am wondering if anyone is interested, it would be wonderful if we can get a charter from these dates and help. I myself can do Tues or Thur and can fish Weymouth to Portsmouth.

Just a bit of advice Fred, tone down your opinions.

Your posts (barring the catch reports) lately are what I would call controversial if not really really bad taste. You haven't cross over to the dark side, have you?

Welcome Soleman, you will get plenty of help from this lot, a very helpful bunch.

Just out of curiosity, is that much demand for custom built rods?

My guess would be that it involves the late Steve Irwin ......

If it is, poor taste indeed. The fella ain't even cold yet .......

Killed by a stingray........ in his words.... criky.....

All thoughts with his young family.

Fixed unit everytime.

A good fixed one would only cost around

If it's made in Taiwan, read it somewhere a lot of the internal parts are plastics and don't stand up too well to heavy use.

What is your budget?

How small should the hooks be? Do I use a round weigh so that the rig roll on the seabed or a watch type to fix it on?

Sorry Bob, I saw Rob's name at the bottom and thought he did that one.

Read Here, all about catching blonde ray. By Rob Thompson.

What rig should I use for sole?

It's on the wall at my shop, had a few people expressing interest already.

Should have made it clearer, it's a rubber grub. Pearl colour rubber thingy from Storm, it sorta rattle. Hoping to try it with the bass.

Thanks.

Do we mount it with its tail pointing upward or down?

That's the point Fred. Anyone can chartered a local chartered boat catch sh*t loads, over 5 days, stick them in the car and drive back with Condor while chartered boat from Poole or Weymouth are only allowed 2 fish over 5 days. It's not the number of fish that is an issue, but the principle it self.

Nothing wrong with people coming into the borough selling fish and chips as long as they pay income tax, permits etc, ie., putting some back into the community. Nothing wrong with a little competition, it will teach some local stall selling a can of coke for

Bloody hell, that sounds painful .......

I would go as far as saying "Don't bid on anything from China" .