Andy135

Not sure Steve will be back somehow. Hasn't been online since his original post.

Can't even blame @JonC for scaring him off this time...

14 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Only the 2nd trip of the year?? Blimey I'd be happy with the first!! 

Happy eh? I'll remind you that you said that when you blank...

Well done @Dicky. Good session 👍

6 hours ago, suzook12 said:

Reckon we should all wish Capt Slows old outlaw a Happy Berthday!! 21 apparently

Have a good un Pete 🍺

Surely he doesn't need another one?? He's had loads already! 🙊🤣

Top dangling! Some lovely fish there. Shame you didn't get more doggies though, but I suppose you can't have it all eh? 😉

Doggies are my favourite! Well done 👍

Just now, Andy135 said:

Up north isn't grim really. I work in Sheffield every Monday - love the place. Top beers too. 

I should add that I know full well that Sheffield is considered the "South North" but it's still bloody far north to me 🤣

18 minutes ago, Malc said:

Come on up to the grim North then!

Up north isn't grim really. I work in Sheffield every Monday - love the place. Top beers too. 

33 minutes ago, Ivan Tuna said:

50 double figure Cod

1 double figure Haddock

30lbs Coalie

 

I'd settle for 1 cod, any size...

That's a good result. Well done and thanks for sharing 👍

3 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

Don't be Ginger. Not in this holy weekend 🙏🏻

Ginger for life, not just a weekend 👨‍🦰

32 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

The older you get the meaner you get! 

You should know.

Now that the weather is warming up and the spring species are are showing I'm starting to think about fishing goals for the season ahead.

Mine is to buy a boat and catch more dogfish. #everyonelovesdogging

What are you aiming for this year?

2 hours ago, Malc said:

I was working in a bar and a woman asked me for a double entendre, so I gave her one!

🤣

1 hour ago, GPSguru said:

and believe me, the latter is a better option.

It certainly is... they're my favourite 🐶

Welcome @StevieC, I think you're the first here to fish from a Seadoo. Would be good to see some more pics if your set-up. Where do you keep the rods when under way? And you gear etc?

3 hours ago, JonC said:

Did it look like this by any chance? 

Yes, how did you know? I could tell it was a plaice by its spots 👍

I should add that I've only ever had one plaice from rod & line, which turned up on a rocky reef mark to ragworm static on the bottom - totally opposite to the received wisdom of bling on the drift 🤷‍♂️

@GPSguru can help for plaice but be aware that bling will vary in different parts of the country.  Whether that's due to the preferences of the fish or the angler is open to debate.

@Saintly Fish have you been borrowing from @Odyssey's Big Book of Unfunny Jokes?

Good effort! Does look snotty in the pics - top dangling in spite of the conditions 👍

Cracking fish! Well done. A good day out despite the fog and the mileage 👍

Good effort nonetheless. A nice day afloat and a few fish. 👍

Good work. What were they taking? SPJ's?

14 hours ago, daio web said:

well boats been on the slip way up our club for just over a mounth now i only brought it in for what  needed doing  boat still there so removed the old cutless bearing as gone real bad it does not help with the real muddy water up hear  its like valve grinding paste thats another story fitted new cutless and realign engine back to the shaft thats all done noticed a little oil leak coming from the exhaust manifold so pulled that of to fit a new one but when i took it of the gasket looked ok so next i took the rocker box of to find all the valve sealed all sitting differnt on the vales so ordered new head gasket top end set pulled the head of and it looks like the gasket give way from a oil port to the outside edge of the gasket took all the valves out new valve stem seals and had the seat all the valves again with valve grinding paste  so put it all back together now just waiting on the big tides this weekend coming to see if its ok happy boating all 

Urgh, that sounds a pain of a job. Good on you for taking the bull by the horns though.

Curious as to why you had to lap the valves again? I thought they only needed lapping after installing new valve seats or new valves with old seats. As a side note I replaced a burnt valve on an old Astra I had years ago and never bothered to lap it in and it ran fine.