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Hi John The summer season seems to have started with marks in the Bay producing Bream Wrasse Pollack Garfish and Mackeral, so no need really to steam to kimmeridge. The groundbait on the anchor warp can not hurt unless the wind is holding you out of the scent trail. on the rocky bream marks that may even get Conger and Tope to pick up your baits. We tried a small wreck on Sunday without any sign of either of these species, but they are out there waiting. Very tight lines Charlie

Can not see that working here It would probably be me at church Charlie

Sounds like you had a good day we scratched out a few fish in the fog but no bream on friday Sam's mate had his first smoothound and several other fish so a good evening inshore Charlie

Hi Gordon Sounds like you had a busy Day We had a family day, with a good smattering of the smaller species including several small pollack 3 bream to about 1 1/2 lb plenty of Wrasse too many dogfish and the first few mackeral of the year. we tried a small wreck but apart from pout and a few more dogs no joy. More Bacon butties [so as mike said It had to be a good day.] and a nice days weather so a great fishing day even if no monsters were caught The Tope should arrive soon now that the mackeral are in Charlie

Thanks pete No panic, I was thinking of replacing one of my spinning reels and the small baitrunner would be ideal size. Let me know when you have it and we can make suitable arrangements Charlie

Hi Pete I am interested in the other baitrunner if you still have it. I have left a message on your phone Cheers Charlie

Nice one I went out after work with Sam and 1 of his mates we had pout wrasse pollack and a small smut, but it was quiet in the mist. Charlie

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Mike Have you noticed since your return, that you are not the only mad one ? Charlie

Hi Simon and welcome The inshore waters just inside the solent sounds a good bet A rising tide at the end of a hot day, try stingray fishing with big worm baits. then let us all know how fast a kayak can be towed by a fish My experiance of canoe fishing were a little damp and cold. But that was a canadian canoe spinning for trout. sitting back to back seemed to be a good idea, and made casting easier, untill we both leaned the same way and SPLASH. Charlie

Hi Dave Can you spare a few of those bags? I would like to try them out by filling them and then freezing them inside a plastic bag for handling purposes. the fine mesh may slow the wash out down,and just add another when the trail starts to fade away, In My experiance the problem with using bags deep in the water in summer is tope tear the bags to bits, I used to use a protector of chicken wire but am considering using a length of plastic downpipe. I need some stoppers for the ends, I wonder if the Pringle tube ones will fit? If not has anyone any cunning ideas of where to get stoppers from for say 2 1/2"or 3" pipe Easy to get for 4" pipe but I think that size will catch the tide to much Cheers charlie

Nice one Thank god for broadband Charlie

Sam you ought to wait for an answer before you fire the next question son I am not sure about keeping another boat here, GW causes enough moans Its probably only a year or so before the GW will be available to you so no need to be to keen to get you own. just be keen to learn all you can while you wait. Charlie

Hi Trevor As Sam said we used it yesterday when in close to try and get the Bream feeding and rapidly had six fish. I am sure we would have had a few more if the potter had not come along. see other post The scent trail was very good and clearly visable behind the boat for a good distance. we were using onion sack over the side but it rapidly became washed out. Have others tried it yet have a solution to that or have a source of finer mesh bags I would like an update Nice one Trevor, saved a bad day Charlie

Had a very slow day we caught a few bream in close, then a potter had a complete sense of humour failure about us holding onto his buff. it took seconds to release it and drift off, with him screaming that we should be at anchor. As we were using 1/2 oz weights we were not moving his gear, but it was his gear so we have to respect that. However if I had been at Anchor, I run the risk of fouling his gear on recovery [Which stands much more chance of tangling it up], and takes ages in comparison to just dropping his buff and drifting/motoring off. Perhaps all of his pots were being used Yesterday by the vast fleet of boats out there and he was just having a bad day. Charlie

Hi Mke What a nice looking boat, shame about the skipper Just call it Mad1 and everyone will remember who's it is. Great to have you back, I bet you can not wait for the boat to arrive. Charlie

Hi I would also check the fuel lead and its connectors. If you can borrow a spare it is an easy first check, and check the fuel tank vent is open Charlie

I wanted to call my boat "Shy Torque" when I built her but the boss would not let that happen. Peter had simular with "Shy Talk" We had one at the Club called "Bone Idol" and another owned by the proprietor of several shoe shops which is called "Cobblers" There was one at Lake Yard called P.O.E.T S p*** off early tomorrows Saturday Charlie

If you want to have a go at the proper casting Sam You had better ask Gary to teach you. he is the one with 200 yard + casting badges If I want to fish that far away I move the boat Charlie

Hi steve I am off at half term so may be able to come across to fish the old grounds if you have space/time off It would be great to get amongst the hounds at selsey again Perhaps we can arrange it nearer the time Charlie

Hi Mike Great to hear that you are on the mend mate. If you need a trip to shake the cobwebs off, we could try a bream trip one evening when you are up to it. I am sure that the members with warriors will give you an owners view of the boats but most reports seem good. looking forward to your witty contributions again. Charlie

Hi All Martin beat me too this one Please support the Clubs competitions and join us in this years events If you can not open the sheet from Martins report email me and I will send you one by reply email. I have installed a new answer machine on my home phone so if I am out leave a message to say who is fishing and the boat name. Please leave a contact phone No in case there is a need for me to get back to you if the comps are cancelled Tight lines for 2005 Charlie

Glad that you have crew Paul Sam is very keen to show Dad how it is done again, but did not want you to not get afloat. CU out there somewhere Tight lines Charlie

Hi all She stands proud of the bottom and shows up well on the sounder. but is only 190ft long so your search patterns need to be fairly tight You are looking for a distinct lump rather than gradual change of depth. I suggest zooming in your sounder and running tight search pattern from your waypoint/numbers for the wreck using track lines on your plotter. search slowly and systematically and you will get there. I put in an event as soon as something shows and then run a search around the object looking for a better/bigger picture on the sounder. if you are new to it, practise on a well known inshore wreck like Kyarra. at slack water the dive boats will show you where she is. or I could come out and give you a few pointers one evening. Charlie

Nice one Matt I will await Simon's Call. Steph is more than welcome to join the other lady Members, I am sure that they would enjoy the competition. Charlie