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The plan day two was to go sharking but unfortunately J2 couldn’t make it so another plan came together and Stuie was collected to make the 9.30 lift. Traffic was much better than i expected so we had plenty of time to tackle up and a cuppa before leaving Cobbs, arriving at the bridge we were told there was an RTA and the 9.30 was not going to happen. Thankfully we only had a 15minute delay. I still needed a Thornback for the species hunt so that was the plan. After Stuie had had five congers and me two with other bits and pieces in 30 minutes we moved!! This proved a good idea, however no Thornbacks, Stuie was on fire and we managed 9 Small Eyed and a nice Undulate of 12lbs, I had the dogfish side of the boat but still had a few Small Eyed and a Conger or two. We fished for under four hours and caught a lot of fish but unfortunately not the target required. Returning at the 14.30 bridge, a great day out with Stuie, lots of banter and a happy tired angler was dropped back at Cobbs at 15.00. Oh if only the weather played ball a bit more!!!!!

Big fish on, very local

With the weather we have had the last few days I-managed to squeeze in two trips. First day was chasing Bass with a huge tide and J2 and a friend celebrating his 71st birthday, 7.30 bridge and we all felt a few live bait would help our plan, no birds no mackerel or Scad so we managed enough Pouting, though not easy. Off to our chosen bank and fish from the start, smallest probably 3.5lbs most around and over 5lbs and best going 9lbs. We had two triple hook ups and and lots of doubles which caused chaos with the landing net. J2 stuck with Shads which produced the biggest fish of the day, Martin the birthday boy used live baits and dead baits, I did initially but went to SPJ as the tide eased and even had one drift with a whole squid on a circle which again produced a fish. We only had 2 blank drifts all day! Saw Kingfisher who had also had a red letter day, if only we managed a few more wind free days

As the species hunt hots up I thought it was time to get off shore for a few rays and a tope. Went out to our mark south of St Alban's. Despite the promising weather forecast, the sea was horrible. Moved to an Inshore mark and caught all day, but no monsters. Plenty of Bream to 1.5 lbs, congers, dogs, wrasse, small rays ( not the ones I wanted). Some large ballans and other mini species and one three beared rockling to Ray Ashby. We took special feathers for mackerel but didn't use them. Had a nice Cuttle that left its mark behind.the

…were the target today on Christchurch Ledge &, for once, the plan came together!

Sorry Colin new Club Record. 4lb 6oz Fought well.

I said to Mal last autumn that I sensed a long lazy Indian Summer was coming . So that didn’t happen but it’s happening now and I abandoned the silage fields for yet another three day dose of Dorset Madness. I towed the boat to a secret location near Wareham where I could safely abandon it to attend the meeting. Great meeting and thanks everyone for making us feel so welcome. The talk was fascinating but I don’t think international fishy fame is part of my destiny. At the meeting Rob helped me form a plan for Wednesdays tidal expectations. Plaice drift on the rise. Visit the patches and get pouting over slack Ebb starts at 2.00pm , drift round old Harry using live bait. what ‘appended waz; plaice drifting but I got distracted by the possibility of a bass from the training bank. What do you know ! I caught one with a rusty metal mackerel but only because he was too young to have good taste. The patches refused to yield bait fish although I persisted tried different spots and stayed too long. on my belated way to old Harry I had a brainwave. Squid ! Colin taught me how to catch squid last week . It only took me two hours . I might get really lucky this time. So I arrived at old Harry with only lures to play with at 3.30. I worked that rusty metal mackerel like fury until the tide turned and rocks might be a concern. These Bass had too much panache about them and dined else how .Sorry Rob, I screwed that plan. A bait robbing baby bream fell to my last chuck plaice rig on the way in Today , after sleeping on the boat again I motored across the bay to the Christchurch ledge. Most others chose plaice fishing off Bournemouth beach. I wanted to try for bream and then whilst it was a big spring tide it had a double high which meant a long period of slack water. Ideal for plaice jigging I thought. The tides did what it said on the tin but the bass didn’t . I had one bite all afternoon and that was off in a flash. The plaice drifters did quite well I believe. Let us know Colin. I needed to beat the falling tide to get the boat out or else have to wait till eight. I stopped a few times as I came back across the bay to try and find a mackerel or two but they are scarce. So it was a blank for me today. But it was two days of solo boating . I beat the tide and got the boat out at baiter slip single handed. That was my win from this trip. Special thanks to Dan Barnes for accommodating E3 and Colin for company, logistical support( worms etc) and tutoring on the solo launch and retrieve.

More engine problems, Brittany ferries being towed out to sea last week, Honestly😀

Madness ventured out again on Thursday with Terry B and Phil T onboard. We stayed very inshore along the beaches and had plenty of plaice mostly small but we had a dozen keepers between the 3 of us. We also had a smattering of small bream, gurnard wrasse and even a few mackerel. Lovely weather and company made for a good day out.

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Mike and Clare from the Fisherman's Cafe are taking over.

Thanks Mal All done today and and all went well, currently in the hospital bed overnight and home tomorrow [emoji1][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Due to a full on work week, I have revised my plan and decided to finish of my reports and then take off in the camper with my lovely wife for a chill lax. So I will be fishing with you in spirit, put a rod uptide for me. Don't forget those reports they are a vital piece of our successful club, Stu the Wales International was so impressed with or Club and turnout at the meeting. Tight lines everyone, keep your eyes peeled for that jumping visitor.

Two Gordon’s and Andy on Isabella out of Burravoe Cod! Haddock (preferred target), mackerel, wrasse and dogfish and maybe ling. Nobody buys fish on Yell.

Our Chairman into one of his beloved rays

We have camped in Burnbake site on the Rempstone Estate, not much has changed here for centuries and it shows with the bird count for two walks totalling 19 miles. The tally is impressive and a first siting for me. Cross bills. Coal tits. Kestrel. Jackdaws. Curlew. Chaffinch. Wren. Buzzard. Wood pigeon. Greater spotted woodpecker Serin. Robin. Raven. Collar dove. Dartford warbler Goldfinch. Song thrush. Rooks. Tawny owls overnight. Siskin Long tailed tits. Meadow pipits. Crow. Pied wagtails. White throat Blue tits. Chiff chaff. Jay Gold crest. Cormorants Great tits. Green finch. Magpie. Fire crest. Egret The crossbills have eluded me for decades so I was very pleased to see so many. Such beautiful scenery especially up above Corfe on the ridge that runs all the way to Old Harry. Not so good on my Deer’s maybe Sika and Fallow

I am in Guernsey for a few days, obviously an island hugely dependent on fish, especially Mackerel which is in every restaurant either as a starter or main course. Perhaps we as a club and individuals we could have some copies of the above to give to restaurants on our travels and even invite a local paper or papers to a club meeting to explain what is happening to the Mackerel in our waters which could lead on to the f——g trawlers we all hate!! &nbsp We all know how much the fishing has deteriorated over the last 10-20-30 years, everything in the ocean is being raped and pillaged, so maybe the humble Mackerel would be a good one for us as a club and individuals to get on our soap boxes about???

How do we as a Club or individuals get behind this urgent need for change?

This is something we have saying for the last 6 or 7 years. Mackerel are a now rarity in our area and year on year becoming harder and harder to find in fact most of us, apart from a lazy line have given up.

Looks like it's trying to phone home! R

So Wednesday was a glorious day with a lot of sun interspersed with cloud along with a short burst or rain however the weather didn't dampen spirits. We had a great day out on the water with a few if not small fish including Baby snotties, smooth hounds, wrasse, doggies, gurnard et all but nothing of note. As per usual the company was great. Will see all those who are out on Thursday tomorrow 🙂 give us (Madness) a shout on ch6 over

Some of you may have seen this on youtube. https://youtube.com/watch?v=B-RkqAt_hQU&si=-UtjKOOuOzZ92lPK May be worth a look, before raising a question to AT at the meeting tomorrow

Don’t want to win Jim, putting a smile on peoples face is good enough😀. Its windy 😀

This is my first sight of this post, it has driven an intelligent discussion and debate within the Club and no doubt beyond, in turn this generates website posts and stops us all from becoming unmotivated and not having an opinion, whilst of course entertaining Greg's during his rehabilitation. I think you could change the title from Mackerel to a number of fish and Creel the food for fish. You should watch Natural Geographic Tv film on Tuna. Greg, it is worth a watch if you can find it. The Environmental Scientist have done extensive research into fish stocks taking over twenty years around the world especially on valuable and most consumed and over fished. They then inform the fisheries agencies around the world what they consider sustainable quotas, the Agencies and Local Governments around the World then rip up these suggested Quotas and set the tonnage sometimes five times higher to suit the local and worldwide markets to aid them in becoming very rich, whilst they suggest the business is valuable to their local economy. Unfortunately the fish markets and selling of fish has always had a large black market operation which drives owning bigger ships and profiting on greed from a free resource. They have even bought Aircraft to fly over the Seas to spot shoals of fish and direct their fleet towards the fish. This is how twisted it all is, they know it will lead to depleted stocks and no fish to catch in the very near future. But they won't stop because they risk someone else jumping in and profiting on what they see as their free resource, when in fact fish stocks are a world wide economy and should be protected by a World Wide Agency with teeth that actually control the quotas. All these practises and mistakes have been made before with Herring and Cod to name just two, Nova Scotia was built on Cod Stocks until it emptied the waters of Cod. Now the ships are bigger, the search equipment and technology so good very little escapes a deployment of the factory ships nets. Whole shoals are wiped out never to return unless the world unites on fishing. Guess what it is unlikely to happen and on that cheery note I will end.😒

We cannot say that Terry, I understand where your coming from, but we must be able to do something as a club and individuals surely? I have told various non angling friends about this over the last couple of years and no one can believe it.

Sometimes I m my own boss and sometimes I’m told I’m not. We have a farm standards inspection looming and that is derailing my fishing aspirations a bit. so martin , it may not be soon but I’d love to Be a guest on madness in due course.

Martin you would be more than welcome out on Madness. keep an eye on the crew threads or message if you would like a message when I’m going out. Wind and tides look great for next week but I’ve not checked with the other half yet

I pay about £1500 a year on the trailer. I think it was £2100 last year on a pontoon. Remember there's extra time and fuel for the 3 or so miles extra each way each trip.

Went for a walk over Arne last week and on the way back to the king's arms at Stoborough we stopped at Ridge wharf for a look. ( probably nearly 50 years since I was last there. Cor ! It's grown a lot since then. 🙂 My Dad had a yacht at Redcliffe and it's a long slow run to the sea but I believe the costs make it worth it. This time of year it must be great to get the speed up a bit. 😃

Well done Mal, You have been doing so much for the club and you need some time out. I hope you and Laura find some quality time to chill. Because of you and your energy I am in no doubt the club will turn a corner. Bon Voyage ( I don’t know how to say in Spanish [emoji1][emoji1] Greg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Take the offer Martin and soon you will become the great fisherman you strive to be [emoji3][emoji106] I would also say, keep things simple and don’t try to run before you can walk. You can not build a mighty castle without a good foundation !!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great offer Mal, hope Martin can take you up on it.

Thanks for sharing, we need to talk I think I can provide a day out and an overnight van stop.

Once again thanks for the trip Martin. It was a beautiful October day to be out (well most of it was anyway).

Nice one Charlie. We are in Alderney for the festival,I expect by the time we get back the Triggers will have gone, so will have to wait till next year to beat that one.

Thank you Colin for your wise words as always. Much appreciated [emoji106] Greg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hope it's short term pain but for long term gain Greg then happy fishing and happy life will return, go careful and be patient. 👍. Colin

Dan and I are hoping to go Thursday, he has work booked in Friday

I didn't hear it tweeting on channel 6. 😄

Don’t worry Greg we will take advantage of your gift of good weather 😂 hope your recovery isn’t too long even if it does put a damper on the weather

Thanks for the interest. Offer noted Mal . You are right Greg . Going on other boats as a guest is a great education . Hopefully it’s good craic as well. Shallow baiter versus steep Ridge? Baiter is what Baiter is . I often go there . I think the hazards are straightforward and easy to understand. Doing long belays amongst the general public requires care and don’t let your trailer go off to the side. But I’ve never had any serious issues there. (It helps if you put the bungs in). The max length you can launch at ridge is 6 metre. Mine is six meter. High tides are 1 hour after the Poole quay tide.Its best if you can use them. I launched with a lunking great merc 90 on my boat we took water over the transom. with the benefit of hindsight I should have instructed my assistant to pull me straight out. In the heat of the moment , once it was uncoupled I used a blip of throttle to heave it off the trailer nd level the vessel up with its cargo of salt water. Later that day my merc exploded in a fireball (see post “It went with a bang”). The bottom carburettor had malfunctioned and dripped petrol . Was it the launch that damaged it ? I’ll never really know. My new motor is smaller and lighter and I always unload all the petrol cans to lighten it more before launching . water can still come into the well past your steering cable grommets etc and onto the deck. Hope you were impressed withtheperformance of my new deck pump the other day Graham. So I. Agree with you Graham Ridge is tricky.

Nice one allan, but don't buy that racing pigeon unless it's on its way home from africa! 😄

Thanks Chris and everyone for your kind wishes and comments. Although the op went well the recovery time is going to be far more than expected. Typical me impatient!!! This year’s fishing for me has been pretty rough due to the knee issue. However, looking forward to getting out in about 4 to 6 weeks time[emoji106] And yes, that is when the weather will change!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great news Greg. Glad it went smoothly. 😉

I saw you solo launching at Ridge the previous week (which I always find very daunting with such a steep slip). How did you find it at Baiter? I'd guess much easier (although wetter).

VERY Nice ! ! Well done on getting target species.

Well done Dunc

No. It wasn’t my fish. My brother caught it in Cornwall