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Thank you Mal for all the effort you put in to promote the club. 👍

And for those who don't know . . . . . . Weed.mp4 Which is probably why I'm so daft now. 🤣

It was a bit of a Bill & Ben day! Weed. Weeeeed Weeeeeeeeeeeed. 🤣 I had 2 small Bass in the harbour as well Martin which were of course returned. We came back in on the 5:30 lift and Jackie walked down with Daisy for a quick drink before home. (I do like a pint of Madri) 👍 As always Martin, Thank you for a fantastic day out. In my view the fish are a Bonus on top of a day out. We had a fair bit of banter, No shortage of food & coffee (and cakes), the sea was quite calm, and sunshine most of the day. A day out on a great boat with a fantastic skipper (and me & Phil) Pure magic. Cheers.

Yipppppeeeee ! We're going fishing We're going fishing We're going fishing We're going fishing 😁

Sea Drift - Carl and Jenny Sunday Marlin - Greg and Rob Samways Saturday Fisheagle hopes to fish. At the moment, Saturday is our preferred day. Crew myself, John Dunster and Frank Morris or a non member. Samoya - Graham, Freddie Nash & William Leaver (both juniors) Sunday. Y-Knot is out, I have a space. Kingfisher Chris, James and Brian Pragnell REEL MAGIC Mick and Dave Saturday Kodiak - Saturday, Adam + Crew TBC Min y mor- Terry, Amanda Loobie 4 - Jerry 1, Jerry 2, Farmer Colin maybe Madness - Martin, Jim and Phil (Fishing Sunday) 👍 Boblin Bobi, Colin and James Saturday Won’t B Long - Pete, possibly Bridget, Phil Higgins. Sunday

Well done Steve & Mark. Yes I too had trouble on here yesterday. Very much appreciated. 👍

A fridge in the shed is good for Beers too. Or any other fluids if you have guests for a BBQ. I had a fridge but got rid of it when we moved as I hardly ever go fishing and needed the space for other "Toys" 😉

Yep. Very nicely done Grandad. Sorry I'm late. Been away. Only just got back.

Hi all, Sorry but I can't make June's meeting. Jackie has other plans. 👍

Thanks Charlie. Brilliant report. Well done all on such a fantastic trip.

Great. Thanks Martin.

It was a day out on the water in beautiful weather. Of course some Turbot would have been a bonus but what a great day for it. I look forward to your report please Martin.

Lucky it didn't go on a beach full of kids. 😒 As Rob said. Wear that kill cord.

Have fun Gents.

Some of you may know that I recently got a cheap Laser engraver. Well it's taken a while to get it set up and running as I want it but it's done. I tried some old slate the other day and I was pleased with the results. So. I'm on the scrounge. Do you have any old slate that I can have please. Anything bigger than about 3" or 75mm square will be great. Happy to collect or you could bring to a meeting if easier. Thanks in advance. 👍

I've Never had one. Used to see loads when on a charter trip putting back the sand eels we didn't want after netting on hook sands. Seems like 100 years ago 😪 We used to be able to "stop off for 10 mins" for Mackerel as well. Now you could spend all day and not get one. 😒

That smile says it all. 👍

We used to have a "Trail away" section in the club.

Welcome to the club Derek. 👍

A great day out then Colin & Bobi. Lovely Turbot. Thanks for posting. 👍

"gracefully" ???? Nah ! 😉

Fantastic Jerry. They'll remember this for the rest of their lives.

Indeed it was Charlie. A bit lumpy out there & not many fish but yes. A lovely day with couple of great blokes.

Another Day out on Madness. Left Cobb's for the 08:30 bridge. It was a pleasant morning with a gentle breeze & hazy sunshine. The harbour was quite calm and we made our way to the chain ferry. Once outside it was a different story. It was quite breezy & lumpy. We decided that Ballard would be a good choice so off we went at a gentle pace. We lined up for anchor and found there was a problem with the windlass ( Martin will explain ). We had a go at drifting and I "winkled" out a Pollack. It's too rocky at Ballard for drifting so a change of plan was needed. We headed for the beaches at B/mouth to drift for flatties. On the way Martin sorted the anchor so we then headed for the patch. Anchored on a nice spot but there were only a couple of boats out there (both charters) so we guessed that it had been overfished and not producing much. We were right! Martin had one and put it back. Martin and Phil had a couple of doggies. We all hooked a couple and lost them. I had a Bream as well. Then we moved and had nothing but a wrasse to me and a better Bream to Martin. We decided that the Harbour would be better but just caught Weed. Last few minutes by the Ro Ro and I had another Bream. Back in at 3:30 lift. Thanks Martin & Phil for another great day out. Not many fish but so good to get out. Thank you.

Jerry asked me to post this. I expect he'll join in with an explanation at some point. Jerry Fish.mp4