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I've not been to the club meetings for a while, caught up with Steve S and Charlie C. Talk turned to big game in the West Country. Discussion about Autumn 2022. Suddenly brought forward Friday, and today Steve S, AdamF and myself are out looking for tuna. So much life out here, 1 dropped lure and one to the side of the boat,..........so far! Great experience none the less, but we'd like one each! R

10 mile bank , not far from start of Sadler, very strong tides as predicted saw 2lb of lead just about keeping on the bottom. Bait was whole single squid, endless dogs and big congers, nothing else whatsoever . Really not my type of thing but it was the first time out in ages with very light winds making a nice day out. Nice to see a few club boats out , big problem getting back on the mooring , Lower F pontoon (odd) had less than a foot of water ☹️

Plenty of Tope to around 35lbs with a PB to Mike. Several larger fish lost as we weren't really expecting or geared up for them. A few of the initial runs being several hundred yards and then snap offs or bite offs, initally we suspected a small shark till we got one to the boat. A good selection of Rays across two of the three marks fished with six over 14lbs the largest being a Blonde of17 lbs. The usual Congers, dogs etc. plus one solitary Whiting on out third mark near Tom on Illusion. A really calm day with plenty of Winter sunshine. So much for the Winter Species. Mike may put up a few pictures.

I gave a trip in an auction for Julia’s house and Air Ambulance before Covid. After cancelling 3 times due to bad weather November 5th looked good. Hard frost and grit on the marina added to the day as a beautiful sunrise appeared. Two anglers appeared, who even though they insisted they were fishermen it transpired Mackerel trips on family holidays were the extent of there experience. No worries, saw Fisheagle at the bridges, tried to call at various times on 6 but no response throughout the day. Probably catching too many fish😜 The guys wanted to catch Bass, after a fruitless hour+ we gave up trying to get live bait, so headed east where we struggled. Superb weather and the two anglers managed Bass to 56cms 4-5lbs, Tub Gurnard and LSD. Certainly not a red letter day but they were over the moon, incredible amount of baitfish in the water which we could not identify or match. Hooky appeared at the bridges having had a day out. Cobbs had no water so no wash down, funny old world!!!!!

Brian, it’s Wiltshire farmers, they always cause problem😜😜 Looks like a great trip Martin, one for the memories.

Fisheagle hopes to be out, subject to weather.