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Hi All An interesting thread Dave I am sure we all carry to much gear most of the time, but its nice to know that you have what you need onboard and not back at home. Adam Your boat sounds very well organised, I am a little surprised that you only carry 1 anchor though. We carry Safety equipment, tools, flares, mooring lines, fenders spare anchor and a couple of long spare warps that would make a shaollow anchor line at a push. the draws onboard hold an assortment of rod rests, charts, spare bulbs, engine spares paperwork, pens etc and a variety of maintenance sprays and cleaning gear. I try not to load the boat to much we carry just two pans and minimal other cooking tools plates cups etc. But compared to the assorted weights in the buckets the weight of such gear is very minimal. I have three buckets of weights, that are arranged by size, a big bucket with large weights, inside that a smaller bucket of weights to 12 ounces and uptide grips and inside that a small bucket of very small weights. I try and stow away as much gear as possible when we are out but we still seem to get it well spread out by the end of the day. As I said earlier I could cut down a lot but I like the comfort of having tools and some spares onboard if I have a problem. No good being a fully trained Marine Engineer if when you have an engine problem at sea all your tools are at home. Charlie

Glad you both had a nice day After getting up at 5.30 to get Sam to the rendevous with Neo and the weymouth trip I spent all day and into the evening at work listening to the Members moaning about lack of wind. As Andy said being afloat yesterday on your own boat chasing a few fish beats the C~~~ out of being at work Charlie

Glad the family is OK Paul Just seem to be below the PC, Website, Boat and House on the OK priority List Will call you about Sunday Charlie

Hi all conger spinning is a regular way of them trying to get rid of the hook In my experiance usually done when they are laying alongside on the surface awaiting netting or the T Bar. If held on the rod with the trace stretched a good swivel will cope easily. but if you are holding the trace the spinning can make T baring the fish a bit tricky. If they start to spin, let them sink a couple of inches below the surface and nearly all will stop spinning immediatly and allow the T Bar to be used. If you are using light weight hooks[uptide patterns], and it spins while the hook is on the T Bar, I bet you need another hook before re-baiting Tight lines Charlie

Hi Dave ther are several warrior owners and a raider 16 in the Club so I am sure you will get plenty of info once they spot this post Happy hunting Charlie

Hi lads welcome and enjoy the forum Charlie

Hi Colin Sound like my assumptions may have been right and the water is likely to be getting in from the filler or vent. The vent should be well above the water hieght , and be fitted with a flash gauze. A filler cap in a well sound like a poor design, looks neat but a worn washer and rain or worse salt water gets in the diesel until your engine stops. Its hard to get a compression ingnition engine to light a fine spray of water, and the micron fit inside the injector's nozzles will not like rust caused by this water 1st job may be to check the washer on your cap, and make sure the well is dry before removing the cap every time you fill up. Changing the filters regularly may also be a good precaution. Fitting a water seperation filter in the line from the tank should not be to difficult, try and get it high up to keep it out of the bilge water and ensure that all connections are correct and tight, you do not want fuel getting out or air getting in. Charlie

Sams new PB nice one son Charlie

That fishing Dan sounds like you found the fish but the sizes were small. If all the days were full of huge fish it would get boring The bad days are when no fish show, the weather is nowhere near the forecast and you freze your bits off for a single dogfish. A perfect summers day being pestered by small fish then sounds like heaven your day was better than mine I was working Charlie

Colin, If you are getting that much fuel through it must be in your tank, may have got in through the breather or the filler so well worth having a look inside if you have an access lid, even if you have to dump some diesel its better than internal engine damage if not drain the bottom of the fuel filters very frequantly until its gone. Charlie

Nice one rich Lots of species so I expect a bit of scratching was going on, I still think that the bigger fish need the heavier traces so that they give acount of themselves all the way to the boat not just half way we lost a few last friday that bit off traces that should have been man enough. The BCC qualifier is easier around here for a reef caught fish of 30lb than the 40lb wreck fish even the trip when we had 70 between 2 boats only saw about 4 over 40 One night soon mate after the loony sailing season finishes and when dark is a little earlier we will get you one or more Charlie

Nice one Matt I will await the catch reports. We usually struggle to get a few pollack in the book, but you have certainly corrected that this season. I will enjoy adding a few more for you. and you must have anticipated Sam's reply. Its always a bit sad that Sea Angler chose what they print the way they do. its been a struggle to see how they work out the junior fish of the month and why some of the boys pictures get in and others with better fish do not. Hopefully the Club will get a mention Well done again Charlie

great news There may be life in the old NFSA yet if they carry on like that they will get my support back Charlie

dave I do not have sky sports can you record it? If you do I would like to have a look charlie

Hi James another good effort yesterday I am awaiting a couple of scores but it looks like another win If it is that is the last three as wins and an equal 3rd in the 48 hr 190 points must be enough surely to get into the final, its a shame the mag have not yet published any of our results. It will be interesting to see how Peter got on yesterday, he must be our second highest scorer this year for the BFM. well done again Charlie

Thanks Guys Sorry that your ear is still bad Martin, we will leave a few fish out there for you when you get better. Charlie

Another bit of info from a fishing site Features: The LSD is one of only three species of dogfish found around the British coast. The black mouth dogfish, as the name suggests, can be easily distinguished by the black inside of it's mouth. The black mouth is also very rare and rarely found in water under 100m deep. The greater spotted dogfish, or nursehound is more similar, but there is an easy way to tell the two species apart. Look closely at the underside of the fish's head. If there is a single flap of skin between the nostrils and the mouth then the fish is a LSD. If there are two lobed flaps then the fish is a greater spotted dogfish. [bull huss] Charlie

Paul thats not a dog, I think it looks like a squid eating hound Gordon I found a photo on the aquarium project of the underside of a dogfish, unfortunatly there was not one for a huss but the nasal flaps are very different here is the dogfish picture Hope that helps in the future, if anyone has a huss picture that would help Charlie

Having checked the available Weather forecasts with the Club Safety Officer tomorrows Species competition will be open to all Club waters. Skippers are reminded that it is your decision wether to put to sea and your responsibility to carry all of the advised safety equipment. The minimum onboard is two competent and able persons, [but they both do not have to be members of our Club] so a guest can fish or just crew. Can I remind you to contact me or Peter prior to going afloat so that we know who is out fishing for safety reasons. I will be out tomorrow with Wendy and the boys and will be listening on VHF channel 6, Peter will also be competing. Tight lines I look forward to your results [as soon as possible Please] Charlie

I agree whole heartidly, Having seen the way fish are protected in New Zealand from over fishing by anglers and commercials, its about time something was done over here. Some species in NZ [Kingfish Marlin etc] are so protected that you can not buy it legally. If you want to eat it you first have to catch it. and you can not even give it away if you catch it. Plenty of fish are released to swim away .especially when to be caught costs you boat ,car, trailer and all kit. Charlie

Happy birthday Have a god one Charlie

They look like small bilge pumps mounted onto a skin fitting instead of their usual plastic base with a grill. there was a recent article in the BFM about bait tanks that showed one of these rigged in a small boat. In my experiance Insurance companys do not like plastic skin fittings below the waterline, if it shears your boat takes on water very quick Trevor years ago I made an elabrate tank and pump with valves and the bloody think packed up within weeks. total waste of time effort and money, and there were too many holes in the tank to use again when I found a better simpler method. When helping a charter skipper in the channel islands he showed me his setup, that is basicaly as Paul describes, although the pump is not continous I have found that they last at least a season and still only cast about

Gordon I would say its a huss, for the same reasons as Rich but as Rich says its the underside of the head that gives the definate answer. The nasel flaps are very differant Charlie

Nice one Paul I have never seen one, but like Adam would love to Charlie

Dan get along to tomorrows meeting if you can I am sure a lot of questions will get answered during the after meeting session. Charlie