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Rich, is that the same for LPG? Cos a lot of the gas conversion have the gas tank in the boot nowaday.

Storing large amount of petrol in the garage isn't very clever. If you have a fire at home and everyone is evacuated outside, I think the fire brigate would rather be told 'oh, I've 5 litres of petrol in the garage' than 'oh, I've 125 litres ......'

Sound fun, man pay good money for that sort of thing.....

Who's zat then?? Surely you cant still be talking about the one you had 4 years ago, that was 12lb... It's gotta be 13 1/2, edging 14 lb by now .....

That's why I always fill up with the boat on way to slipway.

It wasn't me, I was over at Portsmouth fishing on Valkerie

Now my fairy Fred.... , we are suckers for the disadvantage. By taking the larger fish out, we stop this bunch of murderous no gooders from their rampaging onslaught of the smaller fish, thus giving them a chance to grow and become the murderous rampaging thugs..... I think I've lost the plot somewhere....

Lymington had a long waiting list when I phoned them 2 seasons back.

Wow, great fish.

Jack, there's no need to anything to the squid they are fairly soft as it is, just don't over cook it. I once said I'd do some photos on how to clean and cut a cuttle as well as a few way of cooking (eating) it so that it won't be tough.

I was thinking of eating it raw sushi style.

Isn't that father day?

Are you volunteering?

The reminds me I gotta do that write upon how to prepare a cuttle and cook it so it isn't tough.

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Once caught a rock about 3lb in weigh in the Solent, is that a club record?

Don't knock it till you try it....... hang on a minute, you mean you'd tried it....

2 words spring to mind....... Stir Crazy

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At least I refrain from comenting on the glare ..... off the fish....

Brilliant report, sound fun and certain on the 'to do' list.

Of cos you're right Adam, size has nothing to do with it (funny that's what the missus been telling me.... ), but in practise it's better and safer to let the big tanker go first. I was fishing Folkestone (can't get much busier than that with cargo ship coming in and out of Dover) on Tuesday, twice the skipper let the big tanker go first even tho we were the stand on vessel, simple reason being you have to assume the tankers know you are there in the first place. All you need is a kamikazee pilot on helm without a proper look out and that will be it, my bet is they won't even notice they hit you.

As said before might is right, the big one is always the stand on vessel, as big ship can't change directions quickly.

Up at 3:30, picked up my friend from Woolwich at 6:00, spent the double 666 (06:06:06am of the 06:06:06) filling the car with fishing gear. Arrived at Folkestone at 7:30. Had brekkie, stocked up on 8 and 10 oz lead. Boarded Fathfinder ay 8:30. The boat is a little old, but very spacious, especially there's only CK and I fishing it . The plan was first to stock up on lance/giant saneels on the Varne and once the tide had turned, we start with Mr and Mrs bass a bit closer inshore on a patch of rough ground where the bass comes in every year June to Aug to spawn (more of the spawning bit later ) The ground isn't that rough, certainly nothing on Southbourne or the bass ground around Weymouth. No pinnacles or underwater structures, just some rocks. We used shrimps rigs with a bass wedge as the flashy silver of the wedge attracts the sandeels. I have never caught so many sandeels before, it was quite fun . I also caught lots of weevers, it's the lesser weever apparently, much lighter in colour than the Weymouth one. We started on the bass at around 12:30, and it was action from the off. Sandeels on a 8' trace on a Portland rig. We managed on average a fish a drift. We had in total more than 40 fish (I caught twice as many fish as my mate which makes a change) with the largest 7 1/2lb, tremandes fun on light spinning rod with a shimano aero fixed spool. Did lose what I believe to be a double figure fish, as it nearly spooled me on its 2 initial searing runs. Lost it within sight of the boat I was well gutted. The fish was definitely spawning, as one fish was so excited cuming over the gunnels, it incorrectly mistaking the boat for a bukkeke party and covered me with the white stuff.......