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I hope to be out and about Wendy is away at her dads and I just have to work Sat am, so its a matter of getting a bit organised with the boys. we may try for some bream Charlie

Happy Birthday Jim Have a good one Charlie

done but going by the name of the comp perhaps you should have posted some boat to boat pictures

Well done Colin, you have discovered a special pout bait.

not every boat is going west Hope you get crew mate Charlie

Well done on the herring What a lovely day to be afloat Charlie

I expect that I can best help once you get the boat to the PYC Yacht Haven and I can put some info on the plotter. I know you are planning the Alderney trip, I hope to talk you into joining us on the 48 hr weekend trip to Cherbourg if weather allows, but there are many slightly less ambitious plans available. Ray Tope and Bream get slightly easier to find in the summer. By late May they will be here in numbers looking forward to seeing you again Charlie

We will be close to JV Tight lines all

Has anyone spoken to Mainbrayce?? regarding water taxi and fuel price reductions as per previous years Charlie

and you don't think they are planning on a shot at the smoothies 'while they are there' Charlie? A bit to early Duncan and East Cowes is outside of Club waters Charlie

Hard luck with the hook john, those small feathers are super sharp and an accident waiting to happen Ref the windowns/screen have you tried rainX, if the material is right its an excellent way of getting the droplets to run off. You need to follow the instructions and renew every few weeks but I only had 1 wiper on great white and used it on the other three windows to great effect. Charlie

Fishing must be slow to be fishing that many rods

Sadly Wendy is away so count us out of this one. We may have to go fishing instead Charlie

Interesting topic and following on from Duncan's comments about 20 years ago when I was still competition fishing a lot on charter trips, the Weymouth boats instigated measures to release as many fish as possible and limit bag weight comps. while in Plymouth they carried on with the old methods, and skippers sold the catch not wanted by their punters. While Weymouth is still a thriving charter port, Plymouth sadly is not. Not hard to see why is it. Last year on our Alderney trip, Dan and I chatted in the Pub with one of the Weymouth skippers who fishes the Islands a lot and tries to stick to an eighteen inch minimum size for turbot. We thought that such a good idea that we used it on that trip. It meant a lot of fish caught were returned, but it suited us. We had a few for the table and released more than usual. It is only a drop in the ocean, but it is a start. maybe someone up there was watching , later in the year a 19lb fish was caught on Alfresco We can all do a bit to help , if we want to Charlie

My ten penneth If we want to try and get others to limit their catches [charters and commercials] we need to get our act together first. Ours is an expensive sport and sometimes people who have paid for a trip want to get some fish to take home. No problem with that but please set yourself a limit and catch and release the rest. That said deep water pollack do not go back, so we sometimes have to change tactics and target something else. we tend to anchor wrecks more than others, firstly because we enjoy tope and conger fishing, but also to limit the number of Pollack/Cod. Do not think we are perfect, PC correct or tree huggers, WE ARE recreational Sea Anglers who want to keep enjoying our fishing in the future. Charlie Sam and Dan

Belated happy 30th Mate I hope you all had a great time Charlie

with the combination of mothers day and my anniversary [sorry OUR anniversary] I had better give this one a miss. Next weekend will be my chance. Charlie

Whats the new toy Nige ?? Pro Charter Or just another car

Have a great birthday Tony I am sure there will be food and wine aplenty, and a sore head in the morning. Enjoy tonight Charlie and Wendy

Good luck with the boat Timbo A very capable outfit with a solid background of some serious trips, we have buddy boated her on some long range trips and she was always up to it. very tight lines Charlie

Due to a hectic work schedule and Lifestyle, Will has decided to part with his lovely Karnic 2250 Weekender "50/50" Nothing to do with the fact that we have him chained up in the galley of Alfresco, honest Having fished on her, I can say that for a 23ft sports boat she is an excellent fishing machine, with an awsome turn of speed The boat specs are Length 7.1m 23ft 4" 2 berths, gas burner and small sink Karnic 2250 Weekender Fitted with Suzuki DF200 4 Stroke Giving 25knots cruising and 40 knots Max speeds Full service history, 330 hrs from new. No trailer freshly anti fouled hull.

well done Brian Nice work and a good result Charlie

Neal So sorry to hear about this, I heard today about the reels and now this, Bastards indeed. Quite possible that they are linked, and one led to the other We had simular years ago when on holiday just after building works, I do not think it was connected to our builder, but may have been linked to him talking in the pub that he had to leave the site while we were on holiday. I still have some of those marking kits at work, I think I will invest

welcome Johny My best bit of advice would be take up the offer of trials of boats afloat. some designs look great ashore but are not good or impracticle on the water with fishing kit onboard. Others look a bit dated but are in fact very good fishing platforms. If you go all the way and upgrade , then take Robs advice and join the Club, its a certain shortcut in the learning process. Charlie

And Me Adam I like my own one that I made up, but that one is the muts nuts Charlie