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Not caught one for a couple of seasons now, and yes I’d had a hat on most of the day. 
 

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

Yep, told you I am a fan of the spinning spoon! 

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!

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. 
 

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!

Nice photoshop work there with those larger fish.... 🤪

Lovely boat.... with lovely cushions... 🙊

Hello
my boat is a Starfisher 840. Powered by a Yanmar 6lpa dte shaft drive engine. 
She’s the perfect choice of family cruiser and fishing boat. 

Had her since May 2019, but always on the lookout for a decent upgrade deal. 😉



contrary to popular belief , the skipper always puts the crew on the fish. 🎣
 

This is "Jersey Girl", which I was forced to buy from Jersey by @Saintly Fish.






 

Under the free user terms for vector art at pngtree.com I am required to tell you that the leaping shark in the Offshore Outlaws logo was designed by siti.
I'm not required to tell you the angling boat and wave design in the Offshore Outlaws logo was designed by @Andy135 from Offshoreoutlaws.co.uk but I'll do it anyway 😉

Seems a better site layout
I'm gunna try and post a pic off my laptop
 
 

Found some pics of my old tub Rose Catherine. 
 
She went off to her new home in Penzance a while ago, hopefully she’s providing plenty of smiles for her new owners. 🙂 

As you like to play mr fixit Fishy, can you sell me Andy's old boat for a fiver please?

The truth of the matter is, Andy’s a lazy sod and can’t be arsed to look for himself. Good job he’s got mates that keep an eye out for his best interests. Or he’d still be in the shingle struggling with a trailer. 

I realised I haven't made an intro post yet, so here goes...

Andy135; been dangling in one form or another for over 30 years. Tickled my first (and only) trout at 7 or 8 years old after reading Danny, Champion of the World. There was a stream at the bottom of our lane that had one or two resident trout in that caught my eye as a youngster and which sparked my lifelong interest in fish and fishing, and the natural world in general. Now I take every opportunity to pass on this interest to my kids.
Currently billy-two-boats as @Saintly Fish made me buy a bigger one when I wasn't looking for one, didn't need one, was happy with my little boat, but he sent me an advert I couldn't refuse and the rest, as they say, is history... 😆

Also train and work my spaniel and shoot clays and game when I can. Live in rural Berkshire and love a good pint of real ale by a log fire.