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My guest was one of my oldest friends who I met at college in 1977. The finest of company and a rare someone who could look upon spending three days living on Endeavour three with Gummage as a great adventure. TUESDAY The drive down from Wiltshire was beautiful. The launch was easy and the cruise through the harbour was uneventful save a quick slide on the mud where a red pole is missing. Someone has replaced it with an anchor buoy but at first sight it looks like a bit of flotsam. If you go up there watch for this and go round the buoy. Turns out we weren’t to be the only one thus fooled. Otherwise the trip to the ocean was uneventful, no explosions. This trip was a retry. Look up “It went with a bang” to see how it ended last time. We paused for breakfast and a mackerel hunt by the Hook Sands where first catch of the day was a Gurnard to Ian which took the slow jig we had under the feathers .🎣 I decided to go west to Peverill ledge. Club members warned us to be careful on the flowing tide. We stayed well out and were able to drift in the chop and the fresh 10 mile an hour breeze. We used sidewinders whole squid feathers slow jig and even a squid jig for a couple of hours. All we caught for the rest of the day were two small scad. One was volunteered for bass patrol to no avail. With the tide flowing in the late afternoon we tried anchoring a ridge mark. No knocks. We moved on to Bournemouth in the early evening. After losing a few rounds of bait to something small and annoying we decided we were tired enough and set off to ridge. At the river Frome The missing navigation pole had snared a victim. Three folks in an inboard engined 18 foot(or so) boat were sat firmly on the mud a couple of foot above the water line. They got off at the next high. WEDNESDAY Went into Wareham for petrol and a bacon sandwich. It was 9 o’clock before we chuffed out of Ridge . It was a beautiful start for the day, but we knew the wind was forecast to get up. It takes an hour from here to get down the harbour and it wasn’t until 11 o’clock that we found ourselves at the 50-50’s Another Club member Graham Nash on Samoya had already been there for a productive couple of hours. Encouraging! The conditions were initially languid and we chucked squid and worm Bates down on a very slow drift. They included a whole squid with two big hooks in it, a shark‘s breakfast! This was to produce our only catch there; a 12 ounce bream.🎣 As per forecast the wind got up blowing from the SW against the tide and we found ourselves drifting uptide at half a knot. Anchoring was in the original plan but I dropped it.(The plan, not the anchor)The other boat had a mixed bag of dogfish,bream eel and smoothie. It’s the early bird that catches the worm! We ran in on the blow and anchored 1 mile out at the rocky pool patch. Wind over tide as before produced a maverick anchor set up. We bounced caught rocks and nothing else. Went on to Bournemouth to Plaice drift . Ian had a lively Gurnard but at about 4.00 a pub supper beckoned and we gave it best A tomahawk pork steak and a Purbeck cider or two hit the spot. Then a gentle stagger back down the river towpath to the boat The full moon rising to make it an entirely memorable evening. DAY THREE It was never going to be the earliest of starts to a short session. After 3.30 there wouldn’t be enough water at ridge to retrieve the boat on the steep slip. So a short day. We left at nine and slipped down to Poole Ian Bought a small pack of fresh worm while I waited at the town steps. The bridge upstream had just lifted and boats came through from Cobbs quay. We got a cheery greeting from Chris Witherford on Kingfisher. A top club angler. He went plaice fishing outside the harbour along the swash. It would be a good plan and he welcomed us to shadow him; even gave us some ******(it’s no for me to give his secrets away😉) to cap our worm baits with. We had a good couple of hours and caught three plaice( two keepers) and a bream. At 1.30, time to run in. NO GOOD TURN GOES UNPUNISHED As we ran up the Frome on our tight schedule we came upon the missing Nav pole’s next victim. At the same spot as before a 30 foot yacht was teetering in the mud. Ian advised,”Don’t get involved.” I probably should have heeded. The vessel had deployed a rear anchor which had set but its keel was just in the mud and it was pinned to the bank by a cross wind I figured my 60 horse power could get him off before it got worse. (I wish I’d left him there; and so does he I expect) How? I found that by reversing into the crosswind I had good control; upsteam ,downstream, backward, forward. I suggested picking up his anchor line with a loop of rope and pulling there. That idea was rejected by the other skipper. Perhaps he feared the salvage rules? Instead he threw me a line from his rear starboard cleat and Ian OXO tied it to our bow sprit. I was concentrating hard on not becoming the next victim here and doing well at it thus far. As I put the power on to initiate the tow I had to look lively as E3 was becoming wind driven as I knew she would. Then, is this unlucky or what? As the tow line tensioned it didnt draw up out of the water straight as I expected but span like it does when two people work a skipping rope. Why is that a problem? Because it flicked behind his port side mounted auxiliary outboard and before I could throttle down, it lifted it off its mounting and dropped it in the drink🫩. Whilst both of us had that heart sinking feeling it wasn’t a reason to abandon the tow. E3 controlled well and a burst of power had the yacht following me across the channel . Ian was on constant standby to cast us off if we lost control. I know this is a danger when towing a vessel Thats bigger than you are. But we manoeuvred around and set to towing down stream to a wider part of the channel. But we made no progress . Nobody had attended the anchor line and as we pulled his boat round the line had gone over his prop and the anchor was still set beyond.🫩 Perhaps I might have tried to clear that rope with my boat hook, but it didn’t occur to me at the time , and time was running out For us . When I came upon the scene I might perhaps have called the coastguard for him. When I left, perhaps I should have called the Samaritans . Everything else went fine.

Smile please

Took a couple of friends out for a days fishing today. Phil is a keen freshwater angler but has done a little bit of sea fishing before. Darren is not an angler but was keen to give it a try. Lazy start out through the 9:30 bridge lift from Holes Bay out into a fresh breezy bay. The tides were large today so decided to stay inshore. Our first stop was at Poole patch. Lots of small bream and mini conger up to 8lb. SIFCA fisheries boat came alongside for a chat helmed by an ex club member Dave Mayne. After a quick chat they went off to their next victim 😄 The guests were looking a little green but adamant they wanted to stay out. A move was called for so down to Southbourne Rough for more of the same ie bream and slimeys. by now Darren was looking not to good so I decided a return to the harbour was called for where we had more mini bream plus loads of weed. Gave up and came back in thought the 15:30 lift. Whilst the old Poole bridge was midway through lifting some idiot thought it would be a good idea to jump the barrier and make his way up the Poole side leaf with a view to jumping to the other leaf. The bridge operator was not a happy bunny giving the offender short shrift though the tanoy. The guy bottled out of jumping and made his way back to civilisation. Well that made the day more interesting lol. Back on the berth the boat was given a quick wash down then into the bar for a beer. Both guests said they enjoyed the day and were up for another go at a later date

There are a few things that make sea sickness worse Hangovers, Tiredness, Alcohol, Fizzy drinks, overheating and staring at the bottom of a rocking boat. Charlie you know me so well Dave

Thanks guys. To be honest i cant recall joining first time round! Must be an age thing. Hoping to get my little 10ft dory ready to go out when its flat calm but until then i have been out a few times on charter boats. The latest trip, last week, was with Dan on Blue Strike out from Mudeford. A great boat with a fab hard working skipper. Target was Turbot which we achieved. Also had bass, scad, tope and some mackerel for the freezer for pike bait and the smoker. Was bitten off a few times, tope? so if anyone catches something with 7/0 circle hooks in its mouth let me know what it was. Changed up to 50lb hook length but couldnt get a bite. My son loves fishing and its one of the few occasions i can enjoy fishing with him as he has 2 support workers with him so i can just have the fun bits of watching him reel the fish in. He is very funny! !

Madness will be going offshore on Friday with Martin Tony and Jim as crew, anybody else out? will be listening on ch6

So we followed through with the plan to fish some offshore banks. Out through the 7:30 bridge lift We visited 3 in total with very little return. 1st mark should have produced. We really did try hard but no rays, bass or anything much we did however managed some Mackerel, small congers, loads of Scad and a solitary dogfish. We decided on a move to the 6 mile bank. that was totally barren so off to the South West Banks. Here we had a few more mackerel, loads more scad, one solitary Bream and a nice sized (but not huge) Bass. We did get bit off a few times which we guessed were tope. A really lovely day to be on the water with good mates plus no dramas Almost perfek

Sorted, family fishing emergency has popped up, so Deckhand Jenny has closed the shop tomorrow! See you out there 🎣

Sea Drift heading out of Poole Harbour. Carl & Jenny on board whilst following Madness. No fish were harmed during the making of this video. Carl & Jenny: If for any reason you don't like this just let Me know and I'll take it down.

A proud day for Jim. Nothing to do with boats! In 2023 I decided to carve Upton House into wood. I asked if I could fly my drone. Not a chance was the answer, Nesting birds & wildlife etc. So I tried many times to capture enough data with my phone to use Photogrammetry to create a digital model. Every attempt failed. In 2024 I asked again and showed my lack of progress and what I was trying to achieve. I explained that if it worked I would donate a carving to the park. I was given a very small time slot to fly. I captured 730 high res photos and stitched them together using Photogrammetry. I then had to clean up the model and remove all of the “fluff”. I used that to create a digital relief and then carved that into a lovely piece of wood that the park had given to me. It is now on display in the visitor centre. This is a video of: The Making of this carving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjULWr-GxI

Spares if anybody will find useful...... Free to a club member. R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bidBjR8XWng

Total catch report Two red gurnard….returned Two scad ……………1 returned 1 for bait 3 bream "……………. 2 retained 4 plaice…"……………..2 retained A ruddy great yacht…. Returned injured

I've just had a chat with a new/returning member from Fordingbridge. Nigel and his son Harry. Theyre off fishing on Silver Spray tomorrow but they do have their own boat as well. Join in Nigel, don't be shy and we look forward to plenty of pictures, reports, questions and input. Graham

Tight lines martin I will be at work, looking forward to hearing how it goes. Be careful around Peveril ledge when the tide is flowing [Especially on Ebb] it kicks up some mean overfalls. Most bird action around there seems to be at the slacker parts of the tide.

And the beauty is, Ginger nuts taste ok on the way back out too. .

There are a few things that make sea sickness worse Hangovers, Tiredness, Alcohol, Fizzy drinks, overheating and staring at the bottom of a rocking boat. and a few to make it better. avoid alcohol before and during, try to sleep well prior, drink water/tea, stay in the fresh air looking at the horizon and stay busy. But the one that worked best for Dan, [who suffered regularly when young] was snacking on ginger biscuits He has not been sick for years, but still enjoys a ginger nut onboard

I did wonder why I make all the coffee

Hi Graham, Good advise as always from Jerry and Charlie, don’t be frightened to speak to Ashley, he is straight forward and helpful, I have multiple lowrance units iam happy with. Ref. Charlie boat show, I believe your local post code members can get FREE Tickets , so work on that if you think you might pay them a visit. And yes iam very happy with the relief shading on mine. I got mine “free”. With a new machine but they come in top end of £200 else. That was from your local Force four chandlers Poole. That was the best deal I could do after a little arm twisting, I like to support your local businesses mainly to help them keep going And. If you need to get help or advise after sales you can pop in and get personal help/advise. That’s better than hours on the phone pressing buttons one, two, three, or sod it ,should it have been six ? 😀. Colin.

The cable ties need to be about 6mm wide and twice wrapped through the chain inline with the top hole on the anchor shank. It works, we all do it.👍👍

Well done Martin, great report well done on helping out. if I help out grounded yacht I usually take a line from the mast lanyard so when you pull it lifts the keel. Always a tricky thing trying to unground boats, can cause damage to both boats, great effort though. 👏

I don’t know what to say Martin!! On your decision making you were between a rock and a hard place as to what to do. Because of your enthusiastic nature you decided to help out. Good on you Martin. HOWEVER; if for any unfortunate reason in the future if I should break down, please do not take it personally if I decline your offer to help 😂😂😂😂

Greetings All, Just a quick example of suitable soundtrack for videos. This one is Sea Drift with a selection of sounds. The change in sound track changes the mood of the video. Sea Drift Demo Sounds Low Res.mp4

Just checked. Yep! Got some video Carl. I'll make a start on the editing. Let me know about a backing track. If it's for private use I can use anything but if it's Youtube etc. I'll have to find something. May have to make two versions. One for you and one for PBSBAC Youtube channel.

As Chris says what a ball ache. If you need a trip out shout me but bring some numbers as mine seem to have stopped working 😂

Sorry to hear that Charlie, always a worry when things go wrong, finding the problem then getting the parts. Then there’s parting with the cash, that’s a guts ache regards leadtime. Give me a shout if cabin fever is getting the better of you, always welcome on board. 👍

Dont worry Mick I have them all in my plotter

Had the same thing with my daughter. Would not go to work. Decided "borrowing" money and drinking all day was a better option. MY view. . . . . . Stop paying them for doing nothing, Give them a broom, or a wheel barrow, give them some work and if they do it feed them. Teach them work is essential. They just think it's OK cos the Government will pay. Where the hell does the Government get it's money from? Oh yes . . . . people who work. 😒 We really need to stop this lazy culture that's been created by our society. There! Jim's rant over . . . . . . . . for now.

Tight lines - looking forward to the report already!

Welcome back Nigel, obviously a good Specsavers trip! 😀. Now you can see you way back to enjoyment in the bestp fishing club in the south, if not the country! 😀😀😀😀😀😀 Best wishes. Colin

Nigel took us to three of them today.

Don`t tell anyone where the secret no fish marks are.

Graham I feel your pain, he had a better offer by the sound of it. There are some similar attitudes in my own family and it tests your patience to the limit. I find it hard to understand the attitude, no willingness to work and seemingly wanting to opt out but have the trappings of hard work and effort. If someone has the answer please let me know. Sorry you had this experience, chalk it down to a generation gap, but keep trying.

Back in the day when the welfare system would help you when you were out of work, but only just, his choices would have left him penniless. It's time we got back to that, it's not doing him any favours either mentally or with his self esteem. Nothing like being broke to focus one's ambitions. You're a good Grandad for getting him out of the house, Terry.

Nice one Carl, have a great day

Unfortunately I had today off and had a short trip out (ended up on my own) and moved all my work to tomorrow. Good luck getting out (one way or another).

Me and my mate will be out with nigel on Lady V, under 10.30 bridge.

We are hopefully having the day off tomorrow. Probably try for some mackerel if we get out.

That's the one Mick. 😉 Actually I'm getting more used to it now and happy to make coffees etc. 🙂 I'll have to remind him so he takes me out soon. ( I wouldn't want to relapse) 🤣

Up for sale is my Sib Rib with very low hours on the engine and boat. I bought this from a friend who lost confidence in the boat, after a scare where he slightly caught the prop in the silt. The 20hp Honda engine at a guess has done less than 15 hours running time. I have the cable to connect the engine at Honda for a serious buyer to check the hours. Engine flushed and boat washed after every use and kept at home under cover. The rib comes with trailer, pump, engine mount trolley for easy transportation, full aluminium inner floor, fuel tank and connecting pipe. Ready to go fishing with rod holders that are removable and anchor with new rope of approximately 180ft with chain. Reason for sale is that I have access to a much larger boat and do not use it. feel free to contact me for pictures, couldn't upload them to my old computer. Mobile 07384010881 £4200 O.N.O

Adrian if you email your pictures to maverickofpoole@gmail.com I will load them up for you

I’m wary of taking this post away from the boat angling theme, suffice to say the cows are eating something closer to a ship’s biscuit than grass at the moment.

The worst place on Martin's boat for me is the Galley, near the kettle so I try to avoid it. 😉🤣🤣

Nice honest report Martin. One of the biggest challenges of this sport for me was getting through the green feeling. It still visits occasionally.

Its definitely not the Cod father

Well said Mal I have not seen the program , but it is shocking that water companies get away with the current situation. I live near the stour in Wimborne, but would not swim in it, even in these heatwaves.