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That all looks clear NOT tight lines guys Look forward to a report, give me a wave on your way in. Charlie

I think you will find that includes artificial sandeels as well Brian.

Nice one Rob what a differance between sneaking out of the harbour at 0500 and charging around the sunny Channel Islands at lunchtime. I would love the full pictures mate and the vid if it came out. Charlie

Out of the mouth of babes

Nice one mate Those family trips are worth their weight in gold You will have to pop over to speedy and show them some fun. Good of you to let them have the best day, never mind the cod will be out there for a while yet, you will get your go Charlie

Nice one Tom Marty is a good friend to have Charlie

I nearly bought one of these when I built Great White, but the admin and cost of getting the hull and parts from Guernsey changed my mind. A good seaboat and nice lines, very popular on the Channel Islands Not sure of performance figures and I think the newer ones were stretched to 25ft I like them too. Charlie

Nice boats Not a lot of room in the back with twin engines. Charlie

Hi Ben Pleasure to have you onboard yesterday You forgot one mate , the 16lb PB cod was beaten in the afternoon by one of 17lb 8, so that was three PB 's in a day. I will do a full report later Charlie

Cool mate CU out there

Hi Mike not sure why you are not launching from Weymouth, its a much nicer/calmer slip with better access etc etc But you probably have good reasons Hope you get crew and have a good one Charlie

Hi Nige Have a good one mate it looks like good weather early in teh meeting. I wish I had been able to sort out the time off, but Alderney took priority. I hope you get some fish and have as much fun as we did Tight lines Charlie

Good luck Colin and Bobbi You certainly have a good day for the maiden voyage Charlie

Hi Ben I will reply shortly Adam please tell Ian to give me a call on 6, then we can offer cover for each other just in case, No Pass then mate? Keeping her sweet for another trip to the islands Charlie

We like the look of the small tides and weather forecast [so far] looks good for Sat The boys and I may well pop out to see if the toothy boys have arrived on our side of the channel yet , other plans may also develope further offshore Is anyone else going out? I need to be back very early evening so it will be early start I expect At the moment I have space for one more, you know the drill, if you fancy it just get in touch and I will get back to you. Charlie

Not sure about this, it may have more about it than we think initialy . But after the recent Alderney trip I have given it some thought and already discussed it with others. when on the wrecks we had several occasions when the fishing started well then every drift got worse. On one mark the first drift all four rods were in, then on subsequant drifts zero. an adjacent boat also reported that his fishfinder was being blanked with interferance from mine every time we got close. There may be more to this than we think, I will see if the sounder can be turned off next time, although on a combi unit I will have to look into that. I could drift with plotter alone but not without both. Charlie

Hi Tom sending the emails really slowed the PC , but I thought yours and Terry's went eventually Never mind I will put them on my memory stick and Dan or I will pop them in to you Charlie

Hi Tom Did you get the ones I sent yoiu of your boat? I will copy mine from the trip to a memory stick and pop over with it, there are a couple that may be of interest. We had the same last year, I sent the pictures to the sea fishing paper and let them choose, I think that they chose a lot of mine to be polite, where I would have picked a better selection. My advice would be be a bit selective in what you send them. All good PR though Charlie

Happy birthday Sam To the pub ??

YOU ARE BOTH GROUNDED

This trick was shown to us by the man himself, when he came with us in 2008. used again in 2009 and recently, it also added a few fish to our net. Nice one and thanks for sharing Charlie

Do we Fancy it? YES YES YES is it the best way to fish the 48hr comp? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM not sure Can I get a pass, organise crew and afford it? is my bigest doubt Charlie

Great report mate What a way to pick up a few tips and get your first channel crossing in. Happy to be there when you needed us, which was not much. As Dave was taking good care of you. Top man. Is Jackie fed up of hearing about it yet? Charlie

I have an old but very good Raymarine pathfinder set. But I believe Adam is very pleased with his more modern Lowrance set. I am sure that has a more streamline display. I know those of us that had them were using them last weekend, and I for one was very pleased to have it. It may be down to matching it to other things on the boat so they can talk to each other. Charlie

Just been through that album in slideshow Truely excellent shots mate, of the boats and the fishing on various boats I will take you up on the offer of full def shots, do you want to transfer them to a memory stick? I will return the favour if anyone wants any of the ones I have Charlie