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Must use the same directors etc as Robson uses Charlie!!!!

Belgium beam trawlers working close in, looks like under 12 miles!!

Get report Lofty and fair play to keep going after a spill in this weather!! Good to hear the spotties are around for the comp.

They are back again tonight!! Bad weather won't stop these bad boys!!

Even more there this morning going over the same grounds, nearly all French!!!!

Hi Rob You should be safe mooring at Cobb's, usually the only time you have to drain down the raw water side is if you moor on the river with the fresh water as the main source. I have seen core plugs blown on engine blocks when moored on rivers. Personally never had a problem at Cobb's ever. Cheers Chris

There are loads of French trawlers working in the western approaches all chasing after each other, wounder what they are chasing?? Last 24 hour track

I see your crabs are playing up again Nigel!!!!

Best wishes to both of you for the future. Great way of getting the green light for the Alderney trip Sam!!!!!!!

And me and there may be a big queue too!! Great offer Dave.

Great long awaited report, good results for your effort Lofty.

Well done guys the logo looks great, now for all to celebrate the anniversary year!!

Well Martin the first one was OK lets hope the others are as good!!! One for Thursday getting them upright!!!!

Have a good one Martin, I'll have a Guiness on your behalf as I'm in Ireland for a couple of days! What a perfect excuse! 🍺🍺🍺👍🏻

Have a good day Brian, cork already pulled I bet!!

Have a good one Ian, lots of P, taking no doubt!!! Enjoy.

Looking to go end of April if the weather is kind!!!

It's a marine Map not a road map Jim!!!

Thanks Neal, I wasn't sure if it was included and happened, but I remembered after the banter Greg and Dogfish had regarding the Ray Comp after!! Dogfish Dave was going for the hat trick! Well done for all your effort running the comps.

On the road to recovery Rob, back to work hope the man flu has left you!!!

I have received this message this morning from the police, may be worth checking your boats. This is a message sent via Dorset Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Dorset Alert (Please do not reply directly to this email, please use the Reply button at the bottom of this message) Message sent by John Slade (Dorset Police, Police Volunteer 4261, Poole ) January 25th 2016. This is a good news message, and appeal. ============================================================ In the early hours of Sunday the 24th of January 2016, Police officers in Hamworthy responded to a suspicious incident whereby they located an outboard engine. This engine has been seized as suspected stolen. At present there are no matching reports of this engine having been reported as stolen. Hamworthy Neighbourhood Policing Team are asking for residents, and the marine community to check their boating equipment, and report any stolen items to the Police. We would like to be able to progress this investigation further, and return this engine to its owner. Thank you. Please use the buttons below or click these links to reply to the message or rate this message.

Did we do a Spring Species Comp last year or was it bad weathered off?

Have a good day Rich, going to be spoilt I bet!!! Hope you are at work today we need the bits you're making us!!

There is the same issue about where you caught your fish if you are stopped, was it in the harbour inside the nursery area etc!!! Can of worms opening up as always!!

Left Cobbs just after 7am this morning with Mal with a plan to go for some spur dogs and Ray's on the banks. If the weather turns we would fish our way back in. Lots of different bait as Mal wanted to clear out his bait freezer, and I have got a box of fresh Scottish mackerel. Anchor down, rods in and kettle on, not even boiled and a rod going well turned out to be a pollock around 5lbs in lovely condition. Next Mal has a fish on, a nice blonde around 11lb on scales. Kettle whistling so not a bad start before a cuppa! Then Mal hooks something bigger and as always his favourite the conger!! 👌 Didn't bring it in but thumped the scales past the 25kg mark and onto the stops still with 18" of tail still in the water, what a fish! There was a steady run of fish then I caught a spur dog.😊 Mal had a couple on big bullhuss holding the bait right to the back of the boat the letting go as soon as they were getting close enough to deal with.😩 Time for the sausage baguettes , cooked and served and as always a rod goes, this one went like stink!! The only way I could gain on it was to walk up and down the deck and holding the spoil or it just took line. Mal then had the same thing so we looked like we were doing a workout together!😰 Mal got in a conger around 25lb and dealt with it while I was still p,Ing about. Got it in only to be a blonde tail wrapped and able to swim and use the tide. You get a big Ray caught like that and you may have your Poole Bay Monster, it was able to take line as it pleased, I thought my rod would snap. As the tide made so did the wind so we up anchored and headed in closer out of the tide. Fish from the start of course the doggies and plenty of whiting, we fished with 1 rod each in the end as they were hitting as soon as the bait hit the ground. Mal put cuttle on as bait and he caught around 20 whiting on the same piece of bait. We must of had over 100 whiting and doggies. Wind gathered pace and we headed in at 4 cooking a chilli but not able to dish up until in the safety of the harbour. Boat washed down and fish gutted left us just with enough energy to enjoy a pint!!🍻 Cheers Mal great company as always but must try harder on the bullhuss!!