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If you use my mobile No, call me when you arrive at baiter if you like. I should be at the Club all day. If you motor accross to the Haven I will try and show you a few spots to try on your plotter. Mike, you [and your biscuits of course] are always welcome to pop in. I can not guarantee that I will not be involved in something for work, but lets not let work get in the way of a coffee and a fishing chat. Charlie

Martin Thank you for all the chasing about you have done to get the squid at the best price. Its now in the freezer awaiting the Cod By the way chaps, So far the best Cod in the Book for 2004 is 18lb. we beat that a couple of times last year, so lets hope we get a few bigger fish this winter. Perhaps the kids will even let me catch one. Tight lines Charlie

If you have the time for a chat after you launch pop in to the Parkstone Yacht Club Yacht Haven and I will try and give you a few pointers/marks. If you bring worm and squid you will not go far wrong. there were mackerel about last week. Call me on my mobile which is on the Club list if you want to take up the offer and I will tell you how to get in. Regards Charlie

Try the area around the Spoil Grounds and a two hook Pat baited with mackerel or ragworm, fish this on an uptider and you will get some sport when the bigger fish arrive. Tight lines Charlie

Do not take it to heart Mike, I have problems as well, to get a suit for my height I ought to be 10 stones heavier. Does anyone know who stocks SAS 2 piece suits. I would like to try one for size before I buy a replacement for my old X3. the XL does not seem to have long enough arms so I would like to try the XXL. Charlie

How rude of me Anyone care to join me Wed or Friday if the boys don't fancy a night trip? sorry but that part about the kids may make it a bit short notice. Maybe a conger bash inshore. !!!!! ???????? Charlie

May be able to get out one evening but not during the day. I may be out at about 5 on Friday are you staying Late? As for marks what do you intend fishing for? Tight lines Charlie

Nice one Sinbad A really great fish, and a good day out by the sound of it. Charlie

I would be more concerned about what others are doing out there than if I was showing the right signs when I am fishing. Navigating through the harbour when the Birmingham Navy are about is much more dangerous than sitting on the spoils without a Black Ball up. That list from the RNLI is very extensive and I can see why the Radar Reflector is essential. [should this be added to our list?] but MOB recovery kit, shapes, epirb where do you put all that and still have room for the sarnies and bait? Its a bit more important to have mates to call on when the sh*t hits the Fan, hence the good old PBSBAC. Charlie

Hi all, I have just recieved confirmation from Jim Whippy that James Parker has finished equal 4th in this years competition in the Boat Fishing Monthly. James finished on 185 points and has now won a place in the final on October 29th. a free days fishing with bait supplied can not be bad. The final will be fished on Random Harvest or True Blue out of Poole with the prizegiveing at the Thistle Hotel at about 1600. If I can sneak off work I think I will pop along at the end to see how it went. I would like to congratulate James on behalf of the Club and of course wish him all the best for the final. Whatever the format for the day I am sure you will enjoy it. Say hello to Malcolm and Andy from us, and do not let the pressure of being the local man get to you. Very tight lines Charlie

Hi Eddy and welcome to the forum I to have a lowrance colour plotter [GM5000c] its a great bit of kit and the good news is that the EGNOS system should be completed in early 2005 so the accuracy should improve. I have not bothered to link it to the DGPS on my boat as I am not sure they are compatable. Do you use the Mapcreate to enter and store your marks, if so how do you get on with it? Charlie

Martin Can I confirm My order for 1 case [6 x 5lb boxes] I may have to store some at work, but that should not be a problem Pay on collection Tue Just confirm price and time Thanks Charlie

Steve Britton a former Club member rented a Caravan at merley house for 3 months before emigrating to NZ. It was a nice enough place and knowing Steve it would not have been expensive. Charlie

Hi All, One of the berth holders at the Yacht Club is changing his boat and is advertising the following C Map NT charts for sale at

I find that using the landing net to weigh the fish supports them quite well. then just take off the weight of the net. or I use an old GPO sack which has eyelets in the end for the hook of the scales Charlie

Hi Regarding the plotter, they are a great bit of lit for showing you on the screen where you are and where your fishing spots and safety points are {Waypoints} a basic one does that on a blank screen [which are available on most gps sets now.] A GPS unit tells you where you are with a fix from several satalites and will also allow you to enter waypoints. they usually give distance and course to the waypoint. so assist navigation A Chart plotter takes a cartridge and actally shows a chart of the area, the latest ones are colour and the screen looks like a chart. the waypoints are shown on the chart as is your position and track line. I have a colour one and its a great piece of kit, a bigger budget would have got a bigger screen and more pixels but this one cost enough. and on top of that you have to buy the chart of your fishing. If you travel around a lot thats a lot of money on cartridges. Basically you do not even need a navigator but not many of us would go without one now, the plotter is the next step up and the colour Chart plotter the top of the tree. [That is unless you want to interlink a plotter to a radar screen and an auto pilot.} The anchoring in your area you need a good anchor, Bruce, Danforth or CQR a length of heavy chain at least as long as the boat and a warp of about 12mm that is long enough to be 5 time more than the deepest water you will anchor in. You will need 5 times on a choppy day in the tides around sandpoint, Brean Down or the Holmes. To lift it up we usually use an alderney ring and tow it out, in the bigger tides at WSM that would be important to learn. due to the heavy mud on the bottom in the channel you may also want to rig the anchor to trip out or you may struggle. This method has been covered in the magazines recently so you should be able to read up on it, although it would be better if you found someone to show you. Hope this helps Charlie

Cheers Looks like we can expect more accuracy for 2005 then. Although the position error at the weekend was given as about 18ft, so that is good enough. In fact I have not bothered to connect my New plotter to the MLR DGPS finding marks/wrecks has not been a problem providing the numbers given are actual and not PA Charlie

Very nice that Steves Boat is going to be bought by someone who will look after and use her. It will be nice to see it on the Cod Marks again this winter. Charlie

Adam if you tuck your flares in your boots you will have more room for the brown stuff when you go surfing Charlie

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Thank U weather guru Just trying to work out if I can sneak a trip wed evening. or keep up the browny points and do a few jobs at home. Charlie

Does this mean that he has only banned British Boats from trawling inshore when the damage is done offshore by the frogs? It seems to read that way, although greenpeace are bound tobe negative Or is this the start of an effort to preserve some life out there before its to late. Charlie

Picture of Daniels Small Eyed 6lb 8oz Beaten by the kids again Charlie

Not logged on last time oops. The other point I missed is that a trip into lulworth/weymouth and a call to other members of the Club would without any doubt have got you all the assistance you needed. I for one would have happily driven over to act as a taxi from the cove or weymouth rather than read about the danger involved and the damage to your boats. others with tow hitches could have helped collect trailers. Always happy to help boaters in peril, especially mates Charlie

Thanks Martin It would be nice to get more than one flat fish recorded. Colin I await your weights Charlie