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Belated Happy Birthday Mick I hope you had a good evening after work Charlie

Happy birthday mate I hope Helen and the Kids are spoiling you and you get to do what you want today Charlie

Try a little further West mate Charlie

Look on here mate you may want to add to favorites. Scroll down to the rays section click on spotted Rays and you will see that it looks like yours try the small eyed and you will see jackies http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/index.html Charlie

I agree, I am sure we could get it upstairs , with teh Clubs permission of course Charlie

Mike is on the button I have used bluetac as well. Make sure there are no air pockets Best position as far aft as you can get it just off the keel but not in an area wher the hull is at its thickest. Make sure its upright, to the boats running level. The instructions will say do it with the boat afloat, in fairly deep water and try in a few positions to get the best picture. compare the picture to what you would get with the tranducer direct in the water [hung over the side] I also had one stuck on this way for ages, but after testing on this boat, I epoxied mine to the inside of the hull. Charlie

Welcome to the Club James. Charlie

Nice to hear you are out and about again Pete I am sure if you get out more the boat will soon be sorted. Charlie

Can not really tell from the last two pics but top three are small eyed forth thornback, fifth looks like a spotted. Not sure of the other. Certainly sounds like the forthcoming ray comp will be a blast. well done Jackie and Craig very good angling Charlie

Well put Neal what I usually say is you get out what you are willing to put in. The more you join in the more you will get back. Initially you will get great assistance on a steep learning curve on all of the things neal has covered. Charlie

Carefull Dave That will be two strikes with Jackie now Charlie

Welcome Ben Please join in where you want, The views and opinions of the Junior Members help to keep us old farts in line Charlie

Thats interesting Kam I thought that hooks would rot out eventually, and to be honest quicker than that. But sometimes trebles are fairly beefy hooks. If you caught it on bait, at least it proves that the fish was still well and feeding. Mike Sounds like there was little wrong with the eel, even with all that steel inside. The two small eels we bought in on the open comp were caught hours earlier and had been in the livebait tub, after weighing they both swam off. Catching and unhooking had obviously not harmed them. Peter I agree I would rather cut the trace of a deep hooked fish than struggle to T Bar it, on the better hooked ones they usually t bar off with little more than the head above water. better to release them and give them a chance than keep them to bring ashore. IMHO Charlie

An interesting thread developing. It would be great to get as many views as possible. I have stated mine. But would like to agree with Mike that if two Kyakers are fishing together, they surely must need to be very close if they are covering each other for safety reasons. Paul I was wondering why you are refraining from comment as in your words " i'll stay out of it as i have a vested interest being a keen yaker myself" IMHO a view from a senior Member of the Committee who is a keen angler and has an interest in boats and Kyaks would be vary valid. Charlie

Shame to see a fish suffering with a hook left in it. But if bought onboard and T barred off, would it have been just as damaged? I have seen many videos of fishing in Florida and do not see many fish netted onboard. We use bronzed hooks not tinned or stainless, in the hope that any left in a fish rot out quickly. My thoughts are better to let the fish go with a hook in it, than nearly kill it getting the hook out. Mike was the eel with 7 hooks still well ? ie did it fight hard to show it was? It must still have been feeding or it would not have been caught. look forward to readiing other peoples thoughts. Charlie

Sorry guys I have just seen these, but I am now crewed up Dan Stuart Gary and Chester are joining me on Sat. Yesterday I thought it would be just three of us, today I could have filled Freds boat. Wow it must be the weather Tight lines all Charlie

Great to hear Mark is still on song. I am sure you will enjoy putting a bend in your new rod Neal, Dan and I both have one of those, and enjoy using them. Tight lines Charlie

I am out Sat evening and really do not want to P the FPO off by being later home than 1830. [This is the reason why we are going Sat] Therefore we would probably be underway by about 0630. Small tide LW Poole at about 0930. So far no takers for the spare spaces, [so we could be anchoring the second slack and two rods each ] PM me if you want to be more precise on the planning. or fancy a trip Charlie

Smaller tides this weekend Thinking of a trip to the mid channel area, to use the small tides. I am going out in the evening so need to be home by 1830 latest. early start . Have Dan and Stuart as crew but room for 1 or 2 more, as a fair portion of the day will be drifting. Target usual species on the drift, and if we get to the right lump look to see if Toms eel has grown yet, for an hour or two. Anyone else thinking of going offshore?, and anyone fancy crewing? Charlie

On my last boat I was looking to upgrade so went to a show thinking to buy a combi unit, available space and budget were tight so I was looking at a 8" set. when I looked at them on split screen, showing all the required navigation information, it was hard to see enough. I then looked at two Lowrance sets and bought a 5" colour Plotter and 4" colour sounder. space and budget were just able to cope . I bought two sets also for reliability, they proved to be good units and the controls were simular so not too confusing. I was so impressed that I nearly took them off the boat when I sold it. My new boat was swallowing cash so I opted for a single large combi unit. Imported and tax paid from the states a lowrance 10" sounder /plotter. Matt had told me that it would cover all my needs, but I had doubts and thought by now I would have added a second unit. To be honest using it just for Fishfinder and Plotter, [with the navigation info overlaid on the plotter and not in a window] and making some use of the simple resizing of windows Matt was right. I have a seperate radar so it is not trying to work three screens, as it would if I had all available options fitted. I am not the only fan of Lowrance in the Club, its down to choice My advice; If buying one set make sure its big enough to see in use,when on split view. If getting two, make sure they are the same make and the controls are simular. Local contacts Matt Sydenham MES at Salterns Chris at Greenham Regis

A very interesting thread. It would be good to have a kyaker bring his equipment to a meeting and give the members present, a presentation on what rig is carried and how they are fished etc A backdrop of some of the recent reports would also be interesting. As to the proposal It is well worth bringing to the next AGM, but lay it out. so that there is no doubt about what is considered pair fishing. and what is a mimimum standard of safety equipment to be carried. and clothing worn. If in a boat the second person does not have to be a member or even a fisherman. So perhaps nor would the second Kyaker. My only concern is the safety aspect. As for the Flounder comp and comparing catches, nothing to stop you and your friends fishing on the same day and then reporting your successes on here to compare notes. Or you could launch near the weigh in position and bring your fish to the scales, I am sure nobody would mind an unofficial second weigh in. Just my thoughts Charlie

Another one would be just Purrr-fect Charlie

Get your coat mate

Well done Nigel and the rest of your team Have been watching the reports on WSF, it was great to be kept updated Thanks Charlie

Hi Mark some good fish there mate when we were there we were impressed at how well teh Kawhai fought on light gear. But the kiwi only want them for livebait fot kingfish. We were there at Christmas and the locals were still moaning that the water was too cold Charlie