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Just for fun from my daily walk this is what we all think about the last year

Low tide at Whitecliff, wish I'd been there a few days earlier for the really low tide.

Baiter at sunrise by Chris W

Belayed birthday greetings from me too,hope you had a great dat Jacob

Ragdoll - Nigel + TBA - Sunday 9th

Belated Birthday wishes Jacob hope you’ve had a good time and been spoilt. 👍🎂

Belated Happy Birthday Jacob. Hope you had a good one.

Happy 16th Jacob. Hope to see you down on F pontoon before long

Thanks chaps I will relay it on We should have had a trip out tomorrow but he has got the dreaded flavor so a sore head 😢😢🤣🤣👏👏

Hi Mark Good to see you join the club, I know we have chatted on face ache and meet each other a couple of times down at Rockley. Hope to see you down there a bit more this year, I know I am going to make an effort to spend more time on the water this year. Good luck.

Hi Jim, I tend to get back in time for the tractor to get me out a, I'm on a trailer...unless I stay out on an all nighter...which isn't too comfortable on a 175! Not had any issues with getting her out yet. Would be a pain if I did miss them though...so something to think about.

Happy Birthday Jacob, Where's that little lad gone that I used to go fishing with ?? Have a goodun mate !!🥳🥳 Mick

Happy Birthday Young Jacob! Not many years ago I remember fishing for Bream near Ballard and heard an ear piercing shout " Dolphins " When I asked who it was I was told " Jacob " and saw a little lad on Grandad's boat. That was our first meeting although we didn't actually meet. I've watched over the years and know just how proud your Grandad is of you. 16 is a major milestone so enjoy your birthday and enjoy adulthood. Enjoy. Jim

Not actually fishing, both taken approx. 1980, In the first photo I'm waiting for enough water so I can go fishing. The second photo was taken about an hour before my youngest daughter outfished me.

I'm beginning to suspect there has been overfishing by angling boats. Take a smallish area like Poole Patch. In the bream season I suspect this has an average of 10 boats, including an average of 4 charters....say 50 anglers per day. Let's assume each keeps 10 fish (sizeable, males, BBQs, freezer, mates, etc), and pops the rest back. 500 fish per day kept, 7 days per week. for maybe 4 weeks in the peak bream season. =14,000 fish kept Average size 1.5 lb = 21,000lb of fish - call it 10 tons of bream for round numbers. Yes, the estimates might be wrong, but however you adjust up or down, it's a lot of pressure on a small area, and it's hard to imagine too many more bream being down there. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me, and it's hardly surprising that there's not as many around as before. Is it time for the club to recommend a bag limit for the Poole area to the PDSA, to sustain our fishing for all? To start the ball rolling, how about a maximum of 3 fish per angler per day, and no more than 10 bream kept per angler in any calendar month? Mike