Cuda4

Wecome aboard Ron, I have just cancelled my Sea Start membership as you offer a excellent service,well done on helping out a fellow boater.
Steve

Forgot to say in this post that James had a 12lb Undulate Ray at midday 

The trip started on the Friday night got down to the boat about 7pm 
Met up with my mate James and had a few beers. We had a plan to go out to the Conger Mark 5 miles past the Nab Tower
to target the early Tope hoping we would get some mackerel on the way out.
I had just serviced the boat last weekend so feeling good that she’s all up together 
woke up to a beautiful day with a big red sun on the Saturday morning perfect 
So its over to the fuel barge at Portsmouth then off we go two days fishing seas like glass great feeling it’s what’s having a boat is all about 😁
As we was just going out from Portsmouth the engine started to die on us. We decided to head for the passage in the blocks out of the shipping channel.
we tried to bleed the system again then we had no engine at all. There we were drifting out to sea. I had left my spanner’s in the car 🥱. We got it started again and headed out hoping it would clear I knew I could get back ok at low revs so not such a problem if you know what I mean.
I put a shout out on channel 10 if anyone had a 19mm spanner.
Within  a minute a bloke called Ron said I am fishing Gilkickers there’s nothing doing here so I will pop over. 
He had a Rodman 700 lovely boat we decided to head towards each other we met up by the middle fort. What a really nice fella he was. 
he tried to bleed the air out but it was no good. He asked us where we were going.
we was going to Dean Tail to get some mackerel he said I will follow you there.
What a nice bloke.
We didn’t catch much there Ron had just one herring 
Ron said to us why don’t you follow me to a fishing spot I know we might get some smoothound 
so off we go about 6 miles off Southsea 
we anchored up along side each other 
Had  a few doggies Ron had a few Smoothounds then I pulled up a string of four mackerel then another four then Ron had four then James had a couple 
we had a nice bit of banter going between the boats 
we had enough bait to go out to our Conger Mark just had to sort the boat out.
We decided to follow Ron home and try and get the boat sorted he was heading to the dry stack at Gosport 
Said our good byes what a Legend he was 
such a nice bloke. 👍
We went on to Hardway at low revs with no problem
Talking to a Arvor Specialist Stuart Monk 
he said it could be the hand primer pump letting in air so we decided to bypass one of the filter to the fuel.
I had a few plumbing bits in the car I had a 10mm straight joiner perfect for joining the fuel pipe together.
Couldn’t try the boat as it was sitting in mud 
The next morning we was up at 6am nice morning again tried the boat PERFECT 
We headed for our Conger Mark about 15 miles out 
Weather was warm and sea was perfect 
Anchored  up fished all day with nothing 
Had a problem with boat pulling anchor we re anchored about three times 
the water was moving so fast out there 
It started to calm down and I could feel that we was going to get a bite I even told James it looks promising now 
We had plenty of fresh mackerel and even caught some out there we also had squid.
I said to James we will give if half a hour here then we will go to the Nab about 5 miles away a bit calmer water 
I decided to put my shark rod out on the float I put the rod up on the roof of the boat 
baited with live mackerel about 25foot down 
we started getting bites but not connecting 
then bang I had something on good it pulled out a load of line on the first run 
after a decent fight a 25lb Tope my PB to date I was in the cabin looking at my photos 
James could hear a reel screaming he looked at all the rods nothing then he looked up at my rod on the roof it was bent over with line streaming out.
to say I was excited was a understatement 
My shark rod had gone off. I put my phone down believe it or not in the frying pan with fat in it 🤣🤣
Picked up my shark rod the float was still under struck into it  I’m in 
it was about 200 yards from the boat 
after a good fight about 10 minutes we had a 35lb Tope on board it’s head had popped out of my landing net one end and he tail the other. 
So after a bad start to a two day session 
a great ending 
we headed back to Hardway 
with a big smile on my face 
sorry it’s a bit long 👍🎣🎣👍
Tony 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi All
I've been looking at this sight and have now decide to join up,my name is Steve and retired last March after working in oceanography for 33 years and then Covid hit and scuppered alot of my plans for my retirement. On the boat front I've been in partnership for years and have had Pilot dory,Raider 18 wheelhouse and since 2008 a Aquafish 23 which is based in Haslar marina and fish Nab and Selsey areas and occasionally the Solent.
Steve

Well this will be a very short catch report,tried to temp plaice to the boat at Southsea blocks on Friday,lovely sunny day nd only two other boats there although I did watch a few boats going out further afield,I'm afraid no plaice were caught only dogs,small hounds and loads of bream but I'm afraid they were very small and very hungry as soon as the worm baits went down we were constantly hit and ravaged our stock of worm,also had a couple of bass which were just under the sizable limit so everything returned to get bigger. I've had 5 plaice this year so I think it's time to go further out in the future.
This caused a traffic jam getting in and out of portsmouth harbour.
This

Well this will be a very short catch report,tried to temp plaice to the boat at Southsea blocks on Friday,lovely sunny day nd only two other boats there although I did watch a few boats going out further afield,I'm afraid no plaice were caught only dogs,small hounds and loads of bream but I'm afraid they were very small and very hungry as soon as the worm baits went down we were constantly hit and ravaged our stock of worm,also had a couple of bass which were just under the sizable limit so everything returned to get bigger. I've had 5 plaice this year so I think it's time to go further out in the future.
This caused a traffic jam getting in and out of portsmouth harbour.
This

Well this will be a very short catch report,tried to temp plaice to the boat at Southsea blocks on Friday,lovely sunny day nd only two other boats there although I did watch a few boats going out further afield,I'm afraid no plaice were caught only dogs,small hounds and loads of bream but I'm afraid they were very small and very hungry as soon as the worm baits went down we were constantly hit and ravaged our stock of worm,also had a couple of bass which were just under the sizable limit so everything returned to get bigger. I've had 5 plaice this year so I think it's time to go further out in the future.
This caused a traffic jam getting in and out of portsmouth harbour.
This

Well this will be a very short catch report,tried to temp plaice to the boat at Southsea blocks on Friday,lovely sunny day nd only two other boats there although I did watch a few boats going out further afield,I'm afraid no plaice were caught only dogs,small hounds and loads of bream but I'm afraid they were very small and very hungry as soon as the worm baits went down we were constantly hit and ravaged our stock of worm,also had a couple of bass which were just under the sizable limit so everything returned to get bigger. I've had 5 plaice this year so I think it's time to go further out in the future.
This caused a traffic jam getting in and out of portsmouth harbour.
This

As already stated if you photo evidence then name and shame him and refuse to refund. He won't take it any further.

If you can prove it's not the card you sent him, dont refund him, simple, and post the evidence up for all to see so that they know it's not you taking the piss. $300 is $300 and it's better in your pocket!

Don't forget to take a pic for the Biggest Doggie comp! 🐶🤣

If my wife ever becomes a computer geek and finds my spreadsheet I think I'm done for😂😂🪓

If my wife ever becomes a computer geek and finds my spreadsheet I think I'm done for😂😂🪓

If my wife ever becomes a computer geek and finds my spreadsheet I think I'm done for😂😂🪓

If my wife ever becomes a computer geek and finds my spreadsheet I think I'm done for😂😂🪓

This is the most important one. As I went half on my boat we have a spreadsheet with everything on it to keep it fair. That spreadsheet will never be seen by my wife ...😂

Most of all, 
Under no circumstances ever tell your significant other how much you paid for boat or how much it costs to run 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As a new boat owner, do the powerboat 2 course. Just done mine and its the best money I've spent by far.
Icom will send you a sticker with the mayday script on it, got one to put next to our radio and will take everyone we take on the boat through the procedure 

My advice on top of all of the good stuff is as follows:
- understand the weather and tide, you can do this by reading books/YouTube. A safe sea can be dangerous as soon as the tide turns.
- Read the Col Regs, those nice red and green buoys mean something, as so the black and yellow ones with pointy bits on top. The candy stripes are not that colour to match your favourite cushions. Learn the rules of the road.... 
Most important, if in doubt, don’t go out. It’s better to be sat on land in the warm sunshine with a pint in your hand rather than wishing you were in a pub or on dry land as take another green wave over the roof of your cabin! 

When it goes wrong at sea, it escalates very quickly.

Take advice from a seasoned boat owner, who will check your boat and gear. 
Ask a seasoned boat owner to go out with you for the first couple of trips.
spend time practising close quarters boat control in flowing water.
Make a check list for each time you go out or launch.
Learn the ‘rules of the road’ and rigidly stick to them.
Learn about weather, swell, swell timing, wind, and learn to take into account tide direction and wind.
 
 

Well after reading some of the reports about local fishing I thought it was going to be a waisted trip out,departed Haslar at around 9am only to leave the entrance to Portsmouth harbour into a wall of fog,made my way to one of my marks at the blocks at Southsea for a days fishing,the sun finally burnt the mist away and it turned out to be a nice clear day and we were the only boat there untill 2 others turned up later in the day,well that's enough on the weather😃now for the fishing,it did start a bit slow but we were soon into doggers (sorry Andy couldn't be bothered to measure them) and small whiting, then came the fish we were after I had a nice knock on the rod which turned out to be a nice plaice weighing in at 2lb 10oz,not long later a thornback of 5lb came onboard and was returned to get bigger,another period follewed dogs than twp plaice one after the other both weighing in at 1lb and 1.5lb, so all in all a good day.
Must also give a shout out to Cosham angling as the ragworm was superb and at £16 per pound👍,I also took some frozen lug with me from my stock in the freeze but strangely only attracted dogs.

Cheers,saving the hoodie for Sunday best😂

Well after reading some of the reports about local fishing I thought it was going to be a waisted trip out,departed Haslar at around 9am only to leave the entrance to Portsmouth harbour into a wall of fog,made my way to one of my marks at the blocks at Southsea for a days fishing,the sun finally burnt the mist away and it turned out to be a nice clear day and we were the only boat there untill 2 others turned up later in the day,well that's enough on the weather😃now for the fishing,it did start a bit slow but we were soon into doggers (sorry Andy couldn't be bothered to measure them) and small whiting, then came the fish we were after I had a nice knock on the rod which turned out to be a nice plaice weighing in at 2lb 10oz,not long later a thornback of 5lb came onboard and was returned to get bigger,another period follewed dogs than twp plaice one after the other both weighing in at 1lb and 1.5lb, so all in all a good day.
Must also give a shout out to Cosham angling as the ragworm was superb and at £16 per pound👍,I also took some frozen lug with me from my stock in the freeze but strangely only attracted dogs.

Well after reading some of the reports about local fishing I thought it was going to be a waisted trip out,departed Haslar at around 9am only to leave the entrance to Portsmouth harbour into a wall of fog,made my way to one of my marks at the blocks at Southsea for a days fishing,the sun finally burnt the mist away and it turned out to be a nice clear day and we were the only boat there untill 2 others turned up later in the day,well that's enough on the weather😃now for the fishing,it did start a bit slow but we were soon into doggers (sorry Andy couldn't be bothered to measure them) and small whiting, then came the fish we were after I had a nice knock on the rod which turned out to be a nice plaice weighing in at 2lb 10oz,not long later a thornback of 5lb came onboard and was returned to get bigger,another period follewed dogs than twp plaice one after the other both weighing in at 1lb and 1.5lb, so all in all a good day.
Must also give a shout out to Cosham angling as the ragworm was superb and at £16 per pound👍,I also took some frozen lug with me from my stock in the freeze but strangely only attracted dogs.

Great report, just goes to show anything can happen while at sea and a lesson to all of us to check the basic things.👍