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Had a very pleasant trip out today although there was a bit of a swell during the flood in the bay. I tried everything to coax a mackerel out from Durley Rock with my new Sabiki Rods and home made Sabiki rigs but they just didn't want to play. I reckon my drifts were not accurate enough. Very frustrating as they showed up on the sounder but by the time I got the lines over the side all was barren😕 Anyway all was not lost as I managed to christen both rods with some good sized Pollock. Headed back early so I can be refreshed for a further attempt tomorrow Thursday

Planning a not early start trip out tomorrow with non-member Ken.

Well done for today Pete, sorry to have wimped out. Hope things are better for you than me tomorrow. Terry.

8.30 am left Cobbs with Geoff Lambert - went to swash and drifterd for plaice on last of the flood and caught - nil Anchored on ray mark and pestered by small bream but caught dogs and a smoothie as well as spider crabs. Mackerel head fooled the bream and landed a double figure undulate on the downtider. Another bite on a bream skeleton and brought nothing to the surface but the skeleton. I saw a brown shape on the surface and dropped the skeleton into the water and a cuttlefish shot across the surface and latched onto it. Managed to net it ok. Thats two on successive Sundays. (All we need now is the cod) Anyway after a little while I noticed the uptide had a big slack line and after a tussle another double undulate came aboard - on a slightly straightened size 1 SWC. Tide eased and the wind got up a little so being whimpish we made back to Cobbs and after re-fuel and wash down joined the junior competition celebrations.

Ok so I’ve had my electronics suite fitted , all very nice. Went out Sunday and struggled to be heard when calling up the nci for a radio check . I could receive no problem. Asked the installer about it today as all was perfect before the ais system was fitted. He told me that because the vhf now shares an antenna with the ais that is why the signal is weaker !!!! Does anybody know this to be true ?? I’m a bit miffed about it all and can’t understand why if this is a known issue they don’t tell you before purchase ! Thanks guys and gals ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cancelled today due to dodgy forecast, tomorrow looking better but my dentist awaits me at 11.00 so, I'm out! 😒 Terry.