Jim

You were NOT kidding when you said a total strip down Chris. I take my hat off to you sir! 👍

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

Chris with a Bass on the species comp.

Chris with his Bass.

I had another trip out on Madness with Martin & Chris W. Some "cheeky beggars" appeared out of nowhere to nick the buoy we were going to tie up on. 😜 So we changed plan and headed for the castle. Guaranteed a fish there we thought. Martin skilfully took us all around the mark but not a single bite. OK off to the swash. Certain to pick something up. Nope! although I did have one bite but missed it. 😪 (That'll be another one that gets bigger every time I tell the story) 😁 It was jolly lumpy out there and with the waves hitting us side on we gave it a couple of hours and then we headed back into the harbour. Greg was still on "our secret mark" Jerry was drifting and after a while tied up to a buoy. We just kept trying different drifts. Chris managed to "winkle out" a Bass which saved the blank. 👍 As said above: Back on the 1:30 bridge and a clean down then into the club house for the "weigh in" 😉 Jerry decided to do a "raffle" for the turkey which some Fat bloke won. Thanks Jerry. 🤣 He had also made sure that everyone got a prize so smile all round and Jackie's pleased with the turkey. ( Winner winner turkey dinner) Thanks all for taking part. Thanks Jerry for organising it. And thanks Martin & Chris for putting up with me again. At the end of the day .. . . . . . It's just a lads' day out. Oh . . . . . . and the days are now getting longer again. Yippppppeeeeeeeee. 😃

Can't remember Colin. That was just a computer simulation of what it would look like. That was 200 x 200mm. Got a bit of wood and made it into 6 pieces today. 145 x 130 x 20 I think it's Mahogany. Coming down smaller with the same size cutter will lose definition. But going to a smaller cutter will greatly increase the carving time. I intend carving a few bits to practice over the next few days. Always on the lookout for decent bits of hard wood colin.😉 Jim

Cake. Yes without fruit. Mince pies. No. Don't like them. Fussy old B****r 😜

Sorry to hear that Jerry. 😒

I would love to come out Charlie but can't. 👍

Wicked! Yes please Martin. Thanks very much. 👍

Anyone need crew? 👍

Jim's first Bass in ages. Caught at a secret location in Dorset.

Thanks Rob. Congrats to Mike & Clare on the new venture. All the best for the future.

Success then Colin.

Very good Colin but you can't win. Only "Likes" count as scores. 🤣

All I know is . . . . . When I moved here in 94 We could go to the mackerel places to catch a few then go off fishing for other stuff. Now you can fish all day for them and not find one. 😟

Great news Greg. Glad it went smoothly. 😉

Went for a walk over Arne last week and on the way back to the king's arms at Stoborough we stopped at Ridge wharf for a look. ( probably nearly 50 years since I was last there. Cor ! It's grown a lot since then. 🙂 My Dad had a yacht at Redcliffe and it's a long slow run to the sea but I believe the costs make it worth it. This time of year it must be great to get the speed up a bit. 😃

VERY Nice ! ! Well done on getting target species.

Yes please but I can't 😪

Thanks for taking the time to entertain us Martin.

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 ? 😄 🥰 👍 😊

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