great white

Welcome Andrew I am sure you will receive a lot of advice regarding warriors as several Members own and fish from them. They are a popular and capable boat. You have without doubt hit on a good source of information and advice so please join in My advice if you are a novice boat owner would be to accept a few offers of crewing to learn the basics, then if you decide to proceed with your own craft get a bit of training with a Powerboat level 2 course. And of course consider joining PBSBAC the best small boat club on this area of the coast. Others have found that joining the Club was the best move they made, when changing to boat angling in the sea. Charlie

Mike with the culprit Nice one, I hope you had a big pan Charlie

and a very pleased Dad Who was very carefully playing a good eel on an ugly stick spin Charlie

A very keen young angler

As usual 1930 in the bar then upstairs for 2000 CU there Tony D if you see this can you bring the reading specs, Cheers Charlie

Hi Paul we saw you coming into the Haven but by the time the clean up and Sea Check were completed you had beaten us to the cars. As you say we had a good day catching some of the target species and will never know what Dan lost. The rough Plan of Congers early then whiting for the table seemed to work. There seem to be plenty of fish when the weather allows and its great to be getting out there again Happy New year Charlie

Not sure I would have been smiling I hope that the repair we discussed last night goes well mate, I will be at the meeting if you need any material let me know Charlie

What a great Day Some excellent sport, did you have to go far? Your fish beats the Club record that has stood for 15 years and the Conger sounds like it was also close. It sound like time to join up and try and nudge a few records up a bit Great angling well done. Charlie

Nice one Guys It was a day to sleep off excesses for my young crew, Wendy and I popped down to spruce the boat up a bit and I meant to check on the VHF but forgot. Nice to know that you had the rods bent, even if it was by a fish that are not high on your wish list. There seem to be whiting about but hardly in plage proportions, we had a few on Sunday and about a dozen on Monday. so you may need to sneak further West. 4 ltrs of Fuel I might make a return trip to the chain ferry Charlie

Hi Paul Nice report Paul some excellent specimen fish to go with the other recent reports Bad luck with the boat, I still have plenty of materials here if you need some for the repair, I would advise getting rid of the salt water ASAP, flushing it all out with fresh water [From the inside would work] then look for the leak prior to fully drying before repair. Hopfully it is only leaking from the transdocer mount screws. If it is leaking through the damaged gellcoat you will need more of a repair than a dollop of gell Call me if I can help-advise Charlie

You are both very wellcome and Thanks for doing the sea check on the boat when we got back in. George looked so sad at the Mariner that he had missed the comp on Sunday, especially when everyone was reporting lots of Conger. It seemed a good oportunity to use the good weather to offer him a conger trip that we had discussed during the boats build. It was a shame that the shingle dredger was so close to the intended wreck but I think we had 10 small eels of the substitute, and we had a very nice one for rough ground later. I have been busy since getting home with New Years celibrations and a trip down to clean the boat, but I will try and add a couple of photo's later. Mike if you PM me your email address I will send them over Happy New Year Charlie

Hi Alun Congratulations on a great catch, what a fish I am sure we will be seeing it in print a few times and i hope that you enjoy all the just praise. Sorry I could not hear you well on the VHF yesterday, I did not mean to sound so doubting that I heard the size correctly. and well done Rob for staying calm enough with the net Alun you bring your own luck with constant effort and lots of rod hours, may your lines stay tight ine 2008 Charlie

Rob you can still use the unit as a plotter but without a very close up Map feature If you enter waypoints you can still navigate to them and mark features with a selection of icoms Then when the chart arrives it will just show better detail of where they are Have Fun Charlie

Hi Rich That great it will be good to have you aboard, we just need the winds to ease as it sounds like the roof is about to come off. and we need to confirm timings etc Charlie

Hi I hope that the lull in the weather comes in as forecast and that we can get out Sam has checked today with Andy who says that its start fishing as soon you can after registration. It is apparently 1 Rod max 3 hooks Rich if the weather plays ball we will be going, call me or let me know a good time to call you. Tight lines Charlie

Weather is not looking bad Need to check which of the Family fancy it and are available. Rich can you call me on Friday to arrange Does anyone know if its set fishing times as previous years? and what are the rules about number of Rods/hooks? Tight Lines Charlie

Happy birthday Paul It sounds like you had your present a day early, Nice one mate Was it taken far from where we tried on Sat? Charlie

Nice one PJ The odds of me fishing boxing day are very slim I hope the shops were not as crowded as the M5 was this afternoon as we returned from the In Laws Charlie

Hard to believe they do it every year Thats why the lifeboat was there also hard to understand why the second boat did not go around the first one Charlie

Another pic of Dan's Ray Charlie

Well done Dave It sounds like a nice Family trip in the good weather Have a great Christmas and New Year Charlie

It was great to be out again, and good to have you both onboard You are welcome to the first of many dogs Paul but fancy sneaking the first eel while my line was tangled in my second rod and the eel on the surface behind the boat We must try again after I get used to anchoring the boat. Dan's ray was the highlight but I think we all had a good trip. Lovely to be able to sit in the cabin and chat as we steamed back in the dark at 18 knots + Roll on next time Charlie

It will all depend on the weather so it will be a last minute decision for Alfresco after we get over Christmas excesses. Charlie

Well done alun a deserved result We grabbed the chance of a trip on Sat and the tale end of a cold kept me ashore yesterday. we sneaked out today in teh wind but should have used the worms yesterday in the nice weather instead. Merry Christmas Charlie

Thats a cracking fish Dean well done Charlie