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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

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

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

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

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

I did wonder why I make all the coffee

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!

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

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

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

Nigel took us to three of them today.

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

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.

Been fishing Graham. All de-stressed now. Just got a stiff back 🙂

Thanks guys. Much appreciated, as was your call Chris.

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 😂

and breathe 🙂

Following us is a great idea if you want a quiet, peaceful day out. We're great at finding the places with no fish. 👍

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.

good plan.

I’m following you Mr Burt 😂

I want to go out, would anyone want to come with me or any space on someone’s boat?

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Yiiiiiiiiiipppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeee 😉 Thanks Martin.

Any excuse not to make coffee Jim !

Well done Martin, I used to be a fresh water fisherman, given time you may convert yours to " propper" fishing. 😀😀😀😀😀😀 colin

Welcome Nigel. Or is that Welcome Back?

welcome @Nigeldavis

A couple of weeks back i had an issue starting the boat. I thought it was sorted after i found a loose connector. Next timeout same problem Lots of research and things tried. With no luck Time for a Volvo engineer and Vodia software. Diagnosed a dead Powertrain Control Unit. Eek. We took mine to another boat at work and get the same fault code. Had to order a replacement. ££££ When looking into the fault we found a loose pump on a cracked bracket. The part arrived yesterday. bugger wrong one, correct one came overnight from Belgium On a scorching hot day, that was all put back together and painted up today. Boats now back on her mooring, as the replacment PCU is on back order until August. Now catching up with a few jobs at home, and getting the BBQ out. Not a great time to have a dead engine. But thats life. Charlie

I arranged with my oldest grandson to have a bit of a "bonding trip" today. He's 20 years old, doesn't work, doesn't have any intention of working and doesn't see why he should work! So grandad offered him a day out fishing free of charge! Thursday was chosen as the day (not that it makes any difference to him, but that was the day he chose). I rearranged my diary and ordered the bait. Its been arranged a week or so, with excited texts going back and forward all week. Good (small) tides so should get us out into deeper water. Plan was to get the boat in early, motor down to the quay, he'd jump out and pick up the bait from Mike at Poole Sea Angling and we'd be out of the harbour by about 7.30. 12.40AM this morning I get a text, "don't worry about fishing grandad, I just remembered I'm going to Bournemouth this morning! PAA! So plan completely changed. My normal crew were all at work, and the one who wasn't at work had broken his ankle last weekend! After exhausting all (2 or 3) friends I have, I ended up putting the boat in the water on my own towards the end of the tide, (at Ridge Wharfe slipway that can be a scary exercise) and decided to stay in the harbour for a few hours. I think I must have beaten the club record for seaweed. Every cast resulted in a huge lump of the stuff covering the weight and the hook. A couple of moves just brought me more weed. I had a couple of possible nibbles, but no fish! After my worm supply was exhausted I gave up and had a very slow motor back through the harbour towards Wareham. I had a red and white lure trailing behind me at 3 knots and had 3 small bass take it. I'm not sure of the legality of lure fishing in the harbour at this time of year, but I wasn't intending on keeping anything (to be honest, I wasn't actually expecting to catch anything after the trip I'd had). Anyone wanna adopt a 20 year old grandson?

Gummage, ref: the green feeling , I would love to have that😀. You can practice by driving across a ridge and furrow grass field with your eyes closed , I could help there, but green grass a bit more tricky😀 would Brown do Martin 😀. Thinking of ploughing some up and planting banana trees 😀 sorry folks it's a climate joke, but it's not a joke to us 😀. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌. Colin