great white

Well done mate a couple more little snags to sort out and she will be zooming about bothering fish

Tell that to Adam mate, LOL

What worried me about our recent holiday was returning to the UK and feeling that fishing was not worth doing. Sure we caught some great holiday fish that really can pull hard. and in 10 days fishing we had something like 30 species from rock, beach and boats. The fishing and holiday were special to us. All of the planning and preparation was well worth it. Since coming back I have been out three times, broke a Club record inshore and had two great trips on the tope a bit further out. So traveling for really big fish is sometimes the only way, but there are rod benders in Club Waters that would bring a smile to any anglers face.

Very pleased to hear that you have been offered spaces Paul, Thanks Nigel. Sam is busy keeping an eye on all of the forecasts, with fingers crossed Providing the weather is suitable for all boats we are looking forward to Sunday, Alfresco will be listening on channel 6 from 8am and I think all of the skippers have my mobile as well. Probably position ourselves somewhere near Speedy Rock Poole Patch, unless the forecast changes. I believe that the comp rules state all boats fish within a mile of us. Tight lines to all of the juniors

got what they deserve

The tug is the drug In UK you would struggle to get a stronger Tug, so that's the appeal to some.

I see that you remembered to make a stowage for the kids mate, what a great idea. Is it sound proofed?

I lived in Pompey when the big storm hit in 87 the hermits, slipper limpets and whelks were washed up stacked high dead on every beach. Up to that point the fishing had been great, after it was very poor. we moved to Poole not long after that. 9 years ago I booked a trip for Sam's birthday after the hounds on one of the top Langstone Boats , the skipper told me that the shellfish had never recovered from that storm, hermit pots were a thing of the past as there is nothing to catch.

What a great evening that was Thanks to Martin and Veronoca for hosting the BBQ again at their house and garden Well done to them and all of the helpers Another great Club do

Nice Lofty showed me the pictures earlier, respect to the angler

We tend to use 30lb too A couple of bigger ones have 50 Even my spinning reels have 30as it is so thin, thats where the short bits end up. We do not change it by age, just as required, but ten years would be pushing it, lol

I load new reels carefully and painstakingly to put exactly the right amount of backing on under a 300m spool of braid, however when I start to lose line and the spool diameter drops to much, I either take the braid off and use it on smaller reels for inshore work. Or I take it off and add more backing. Then if I lose more eventually it has to be replaced, when I do this I remove the second backing to get back to the first backing ready for 300m braid again

How far out of line are the hull and cavitation plate? If it is only and inch or so it is possible

I mainly use whiplash pro boughtbin 300m spools from alderney, Mark also does bulk spools We bought power pro for our holiday, but gordon sourced some much cheaper stonefisher on the internet that we took as back up and it worked fine, these are thicker than whiplash though

Hi No need for any major work, just lift the engine up to line up the cavitation plate and hull, this should have been done on first fit. It is why an engine bracket has a selection of holes, just a nut and bolt job mate. Phone me if you want to talk it through, phone Dan if you want someone to do it for you. Charlie

Try baits r us Good news they are in portsmouth, 02392 661222 If they do not have peelers ask about hermits, when I lived in pompey thats what we used at selsey for the hounds

Good luck guys Have fun, we will listen for any progress reports on channel 6. Charlie

Roger Will ask my engineer at work tomorrow He made these and is well known to be good contact ref the mercs

Ashley power would be my suggestion now that you have the size

Tight lines mate. Say Hi to Paul and the guys

Welcome back Rich Good anglers like you will always be welcome mate Warn us when you are coming to a meeting mate I will brace myself for uour handshake Look forward to seeing you on Alfresco again Charlie

Adam if you have one of those brackets made in stainless let me know I have been thinking of changing mine.

Got to take the rough with the smooth boys

E have just returned from our fishing holiday overseas Learnt this one before we went and used it a lot Lines were 66 or 88 lb power pro Leaders varied from 80 lb to 120 lb mono We caught a lot of fish to 150lb and this knot never failed once Fully recommended When I recover from the flight I will add a report on our trip

I think that is PJ's point Martin.