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Today’s target was squid & cuttlefish - despite trying for ages I had nothing, even though they’ve been showing from the piers. So, plan B was a go for the rays which had been conspicuous by their absence; here I fared better with 6 or 7 nice small eyed to mackerel strip. Lovely & flat out there today, I might go for more of the same tomorrow

I was hoping for better conditions, I was down on the boat for 5.15am to be greeted with a heavy Southerly breeze which was enough to put me off a sand bar crossing in the dark, so I went back to bed for a few hours and had another go at 10.0am when the tide had risen back up. It was snotty out there on the ledge and a 10 knot trip to the end of the ledge was enough of that. The thought of the planned crossing over the bay was out of the question in a 4ft swell with the occasional 6 footer on the nose, disappointing. I did take some video, not reviewed it yet. Nearly flat calm on the way in. I was followed out by another boat who didn't seem to no where he wanted to go as he zig zagged across my route. Anchoring in a 4ft swell was interesting and I paid out a lot more rope than usual for the rise and fall of the boat and stayed on station with a secure hold, not a big tide it has to be said but 76ft of water is testing. Bites from the off, bream and doggies kept me busy feeding them off till the congers turned up. Then a very strong run with the reel screaming line, lifted the rod out with the clutch released to allow me to get the rod out of the holder and it was gone. Two hooks and a whole squid returned and untouched, what was that, probably a Tope or was it. More congers, bream and doggies and no rays. The Sea was crystal clear, nothing on the fish finder, no mackerel seen. I heard a few boats from PBSBAC but was so busy I forgot to make time for a message. Early finish to get back for the Ryder Cup, what a final day spoilt by the New Yorkers so called fans, they have no etiquette and foul mouths, they should be ashamed of there behaviour which very nearly changed the result such was the impact from the crowd or so called sporting fans. They soon left in their droves with their tails between their legs as the Cup was retained and then won. The governing bodies needs to get a grip, bringing in Police too late and evicting a good number of the crowd was not enough the damage to the event was done.

Well to be honest Jim, you were restricting our view of Brownsea slightly [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yesterday my 18 year old Grand Daughter passed her driving theory test which I'd been helping her with. Today at about 3am ish my 23 year old Grand Daughter gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. So . . . . . Yesterday I was a good Grand Pappy. Today I'm a Great Grand Pappy. 👍 Can you imagine just how proud I'm feeling today ? 😄 🥰 👍 😊

Congratulations Jim, I know how proud you must be. I've just come back of holiday and spent 10 glorious days with 3 of my grandchildren. Words cannot express the feeling you get when a 13, 16 and 18 year old grandchild enjoys spending time with you.

Well done on the fishing effort Mal. Ref the golf On the last day, We had lunch in a sports bar in Vancouver on our way home from Holiday. The Golf was on and only one American couple [Sounded like keen golfers] were watching/interested. We had to leave for the airport before it finished

I know what you mean Mal, Having just got back from a long haul flight and a very long day. Last night I decided to catch up on the Women's Rugby World Cup Final footage from the BBC. Even though I knew the result, I still got emotional over all of the back stories. OMG get a grip

main channel speed limits are relaxed from 00:01 on the first October. All other areas the speeds limits ie quiet areas 6knots other areas 10knots including from Brownsea bell bouy to 1400 metres south of the ferry

I wasn't restricting it Greg. It was my Belly doing the restricting. 🤣

Well done on persevering and making the most of what sounds like a borderline day. On the golf point the world is full of t*ats, it seems all were put here to annoy us with most being successful 😬

Jackie & Myself recently had a couple of days away and I got chatting to Marine Gas engineer. He comes to all of our marinas. He seemed a genuine type of chap so I said I'd give him a mention on here. https://www.apollogas.co.uk/