Andy135

You can’t even catch them Jon!

This is the largest plaice caught on my boat, 6 lb 3 oz by John Prince on 21st Sept 2010 in Poole Harbour.
 

Are you sure you just didn’t miss ?

I agree with Martin, fair play Steve. I know I’d rather be fishing or scratching my balls than doing a boat project. But do love to watch one progress. Good luck.

I am always impressed by guys that take these projects on.  We all love watching a project so keep us posted and good luck with it.

With a cod...

With a cod...

Chris Caines was a lovely man and a wonderful skipper.  He was also very helpful to other boat owners, he always had time for a chat and some banter.
That is a stonkin plaice.  Largest plaice I have had is 6lb 11oz caught on the Shambles bank drifting for turbot with a 5/0 hook and a fillet of mackerel.
This is our clubs current record 

Just dogfish...

So here's a biggie to start us off.... a whiting last winter...


And there's a bonus @Tadpolein the background - complete with winter 'tache!

Just dogfish...

So here's a biggie to start us off.... a whiting last winter...


And there's a bonus @Tadpolein the background - complete with winter 'tache!

Jersey Girl had her engine serviced today,

and after having been given a clean bill of health @Saintly Fish and I took her for her first run out on the Solent. Wind was 8-9mph from the NE, so not flat calm but plenty flat enough for a play.
We took a couple of mackerel rods with us, more out of hope than expectation...

But after a couple of fruitless drifts we decided to move further up the Solent.
Upon finding a patch of smooth water it would have been rude not to see what she could do, so we opened her up and watched the plotter as the knots climbed.
After making north of 30kts we hit a rough patch and for a moment Neil gets airborne, floating like an astronaut in zero gravity 🤣. After coming back down to earth I give him the helm and we try another run - we make 35kts with rpms to spare but we run out of smooth water so back off the throttle. 
Neil then has a play with the helm and turns her into a series of tight turns...
...at 25kts! She grips the water all the way round, and round, and round! Here's a pic of our trail.

Eventually we head back into the marina, stopping to fill up at the fuel jetty. A few little jobs identified (volts could be higher so need to check the House is receiving a charge, need to figure out the best place for the new rod holders, need to tweak the angle of the Active Imaging transducer as it was losing bottom above 10kts) but all in all not a bad way to spend a Friday! Massive thanks to Neil for being my wingman today and for generously buying lunch and celebratory beverages 👍👍 Cheers!

Currently running a tagging program of the Western Isles.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53677340
 
Bit more info on an old tagging program off Norway a couple of years ago.
https://www.iccat.int/GBYP/Docs/Tagging_Phase_8_IMR.pdf

It was nearly as deep as his seat box,  I struggled to get a picture that shows the scale of it.  Put up a good scrap. 
 
Caught off of Selsey

Largest fish on my boat so far, over 65lb as it topped my scales out,  I've seen a few biggies off the shore and I estimate this one is over 70lb,  not caught by me though but the lad I normally fish with he is 5ft 7in.
 
Caught on a mackerel flapper intended for a Tope. 
 

Was just about to post the same thing 🤣🤣🤣

Started to serious shore fish at 11 years old in Knab Rock Swansea.
My folks had a caravan next to the beach so in school holidays would fish every day..... surf beach fishing for flounder bass and mullet...
stopped shore fishing at 16 as I became more and more into surfing to a high standard. 
 
I used to crew out of mumbles as a teenager in the winter for cod. You turned up, asked around a few times and helped out launching retrieving boats until you got offered a trip.... had some nice catches around Swansea. 
 
only got back into shore fishing when I moved to Cambridge, went to see the sea at Aldebrugh, saw them catching cod and old the spark was kindled! 
 
shortly after moved to Birmingham and went back to South Wales on the shore and charters out of Cardiff and Swansea on Rob Rennie’s boat. We used to leave Cardiff at 6pm so I’d bunk off work at 4, leg it to boat and then we’d get back into Cardiff at 4am before I drove back to midlands and get to bed at 6am.....
I also did Saturday trips on another charter called Benjoma Too. Sadly the skipper Paul Crossman passed away yesterday. Top skipper, bit crusty but once you got to know him was a gentleman.
 
Later on I moved back to Wales, first thing was buy a boat.... ran an Orkney Pilothouse for 4 years before wanting to go bigger..... 
Having separated from the ex the idea was an offshore 25 or osprey 26/28 for weekends and sharks....
 
Somwhow I ended up with an Evolution 30 from Rob which was the first boat I had fished off for 15 years.... She was a tip but a summer of fixing up and away I went! Later that summer it was a trip down memory lane fishing and the same marks I used to within out of Swansea and in the winter from Cardiff. She now follows her larger cousin in Milford. Rob always gets excited when to see her..... I left the keys with him to refuel for me. I noticed on my AIS track that he had a little run around the haven too 🤣🤣🤣
 
It used to be fishing first. These days I love to tinker with boats and boating but I prefer the fishing. However the boat is great to sleep over, weekend on around Swansea/Milford, go sharking/reefing but still go snorkelling in the haven before a nice pub meal and a pint in Marina.....
I almost called my boat Wanderlust as I have a real sense of adventure always wanting to know what’s around the corner, but there was a sail not called that so she was called Odyssey instead as that’s what I’m on. An odyssey to see what’s next on my travels 🙂 

These guys had a lucky escape, makes me glad I carry a liferaft 
 
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/royal-navy-rescues-two-fishermen-from-capsized-vessel?fbclid=IwAR2JHYeAC5FmVMtWRcgrDLWCWNCL4x59Rjt9EUHxiTLGQE1cbeoQntGXBD0

Bluefin tuna breaks into Lewis salmon farm.
http://www.hebrides-news.com/tuna-breaks-into-salmon-farm-221020.html

Here is my guide 🙂 
 
TOOLS EXPLAINED
DRILL PRESS : A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL : Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh*t'
DROP SAW : A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS : Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
BELT SANDER : An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW : One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
MOLE GRIPS : Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH : Used almost entirely for lighting on fire various flammable objects in your shop. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.. 
 TABLE SAW : A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK : Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.
BAND SAW : A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST : A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER : Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER : A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.
CROWBAR : A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER : A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER : Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
STANLEY KNIFE : Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
ADJUSTABLE WRENCH: aka "Another hammer", aka "the Swedish Nut Lathe", aka "Crescent Wrench".  Commonly used as a one size fits all wrench, usually results in rounding off nut heads before the use of pliers.  Will randomly adjust size between bolts, resulting in busted buckles, curse words, and multiple threats to any inanimate objects within the immediate vicinity.
 Son of a bitch TOOL : Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling 'Son of a b*tch' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Just dogfish...

Just dogfish...

He’ll of a scrap in a fast tide 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It came home, got sold for a fiver