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I have read a few bad reports, but that beats the lot

Hi Tom I will try and get Frank to come around and talk to you, I gave him your name on Friday before I saw this, so it may be just the snow that has stopped him. Charlie

Good News Brian Gives us back a bit more faith in the police. I hope the bastards get what they deserve and you get the engines back in good order. Charlie

Allan Have you part exed the boat? If not can you PM me the details of KOM, I may have someone at the Club who would be interested. Charlie

Great report I take my hat off to you guys for all the effort you put in on these trips Well done Brings back memories of many shore fishing trips there some years ago. Charlie

The list to date looks like joint Venture Awol Kingfisher Serenity Wishin Too Freebouys White Magic Mrs Sea?? Alfresco Tigerfish Without wishing to take over the organisation but knowing how busy Adam is, I have talked to contacts on the Island Mainbrayce chandlers have confirmed that they will have two water taxi's running on the dates and all moorings should be in by Easter. They have also confirmed that price discounts will be the same as previous years for diesel fuel and the water taxi. Mainbrayce are the duty free shop on the island, order it early during the stay and they deliver to the boats by water taxi. Other boat bits can also be bought from them VAT free, if you are going and looking to get something for your boat give them a call 01481 822722 or 07781 415420 I have also spoken to Mark at Alderney Angling [same applies re VAT free tackle] He only had accomadation available on the Friday night, I have booked all 6 spaces that he had available [for B and B] in case members need it [only 2 of those will be required by my crew] I am awaiting a reply from emails sent ref other accomadation Hope that helps Charlie

I wouldnt let that bother you mate , it was just the boys trying to hard to get to the fish The rest of us were in much calmer water at the time Charlie

As you both travel Why not pick up Terry at Pompey and go from there mate. We know and you know that you want to LOL Charlie

Brian If Mick can not find his, I am sure that I also have a couple in my garage. PM me if you need them

Hi all Well my stand alone Radar unit packed up a week ago, and as it was a second hand unit over 5 years ago it is obsolete. if it could be repaired parts are as rare as rocking horse droppings and it could be a waste of time and effort. My first thought was get a scanner to run through the plotter [Lowrance Lcx 112c] But even the new kit fitted ready for the boats launch is out of date/obsolete. I could no doubt source the scanner, but is that just fitting old tech to the boat. So I could look at fitting another unit, probably Lowrance again. configured for Radar/plotter and just use the old combo unit as a stand alone fishfinder most of the time. At least I could turn it off over the wrecks I would gain a better radar, with overlay on the plotter for the vast amount of dosh involved. Does anyone use a broadband radar? How good are they? I have two meetings at the boat show on Thursday, so guess what I will be looking at for the rest of my time. Any advice before I go to the show may be useful Thanks Charlie

Well here you go for the king of the flounders Kev doing a little bit of flounder juggling Then a nice picture of the winning fish Now down to the water to let her go and with a splash she powers off home [ not that far away] Nice fish mate well done. If you want the full definition pictures for the magazines , please let me know Charlie

Calm down Matt, you will not get to May I have checked dates at work and we are in Better get some crew now Good idea to check out a trip first, but to be honest with so many Club boats around you would be guided/ looked after quite well. The islands have their own weather patterns and the tides can kick it up, but it is not a risky trip. BRING IT ON. [again]

Happy Birthday Big Dave Have a good one mate Charlie

Well we tried and I have a headache today from looking for the floats in all that sunlight. We started well with a couple of fish straight away, then a phone call from Dave about the winning fish nearly had me going home for lunch. Graham and I persisted but blanked for the last 5 1/2 hours [Why do we only do this once a year??] Our best went 1lb 10 oz, landed 2 and lost a tiny one at the side of the boat. Well done Kev for a great winning fish again, lovely to see her go back. I will add pictures later Charlie

Alderney tides Remember that they are UTC, but the times of HW look good for fueling up. http://www.visitalderney.com/files/managed...ald_tt_2013.pdf Who started this Adam are you going to talk to Mainbrayce and the Harbour Master?

Thanks Neal I will let Graham know If anyone wants me to bring their DNA kits to the weigh in please text me, I am out later and may not be able to check on here. Bring on the flounders Charlie

Hi all, Happy New Year Adam Dave and I have been joking about this for weeks, on who would put it up first. I will have to check the dates at work before I start to look for crew Have to get back to you, is that the Bank Holiday weekend, has anyone check accomadation available? Charlie

Duncan It would work if you used a 10 turn Grinner on the braid around the mono. and then slide the knot down to the blob just before fully tightening. Charlie

No fish out there bite that easily mate. Nice picture Rob have you any on your boat

Way back when I did more shore angling we used tapered leaders and they worksed great, especially if you trimmed the ends to match the line thickness as you are doing. For boat fishing I just use normal mono, 60lb for the heavy fishing and 30 0r 40 on the lighter tackle and drift fishing. We lose a fair bit of gear over the wrecks so we carry 4oz spools of leader lines. I used to tie the knotless knot, but it let me down a few times, especially if tied onboard quickly. We have now changed to a double grinner knot. Last weekend was the first time I had a problem with line breaking at this knot, but the leader had not been changed for several trips so may have just been weakened by constant use. Trimming the ends very tight to the fully tightened knot seems to prevent it snagging the tip ring to much, unless there is weed about. Like Rob I prefer to have the knot on the reel spool when a big fish is alongside the boat. especially as we nearly always are only using 30lb braid Charlie

Time to start listing who intends fishing ...subject to weather! 1) Court Jester - Neal, Stuie, Brian (aka Cabin Boy) 2) Kingfisher - Chris, Stu (non member) Jim Davies 3] Alfresco - Charlie, Graham [room for more if anyone wants to join us]

Graham If the comp is on I will need crew, my usual ones do not seem to be very enthusiastic Charlie

Kev you could have let Jacob stand by HIS FISH in the photo mate Get it entered into the Wessex area junior fish of the month, and send details to the mags. Hopefully he will get a few goodies

Great fish Carol and a nice picture always nice to get a PB, especially on the first trip of the year well done Charlie