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Great reports in 2015, keep them coming in 2016 always good to read you managed to get out for a few hours and get a good result for your " target species" keep it up and good luck.

Don't you mean your mince pies Jim!!!!!!! :)

Blimey Neal it was only 365 days ago since the last one, enjoy!!!

Blimey Charlie we need to man up!!!! 😉

1. Serenity - Tony- Nigel - Jim 2. Lofty. Kayak 3. Geordie Bri . Kayak 4. Madness - Martin - Dean - Daniel (junior) 5. Court Jester - Neil + crew TBA 6. Marichelle- Mick and James ( non member ) 7. Kingfisher - Chris W, Lester McCarthy, Steve S.

1) Court Jester - Neal, Stuie & Alfie 2) Tigerfish Steve S, Alun J, others tba 3) Madness - Martin, Dean, Terry B 4) Kelly's Hero- John S, Allan G, Dave S. Plus non member. 5) Reel Magic Dave crew TBA 6) Illusion Tom Crew TBA Both non members 7) Wishin Too- Nigel & Mal 8) Marlin - Greg, Vic(Non Member) 9) Kingfisher - Chris, Lester

Happy Birthday Oli, sounds like there may be a special present about!!

Happy Birthday Mal, Glad you kept your drinking to within safety levels, you only wobbled once!! Hope you enjoyed it Mal and thanks for the invite.

I left Cobbs and headed out to give a try for a cod a go on the outside of the ledge I,ve had some luck with before. Had a txt from Roger saying he was gutted he had missed my post as he had been let down by his crew. Told him I could pick him up from Bournemouth pier on the way past but he had sacrificed himself to shopping to get brownie points!! Anchor down and big baits down and whitting rig as always to see what was about. First fish a huge scad, then a steady run of small pout and poor cod. Live bait rod deployed, rude not to!! Big bait rod nodding and thinking game on, this is only ten minutes from lines in what a start. Not that lucky a conger at 25lb first of the year so one for my species. Forget how big the eels are flapping around the deck but as it was my first this year wanted to weigh it. Had a couple of hours where the smaller rods were producing smaller fish, pout, lsd, bullhuss, poor cod, scad. Live bait rod had a run thinking was it going to be a bass as I've had a 11lb 10oz from this mark, but no a bullhuss with attitude for the size. As the tide started to drop so did the fishing completely so decided to head west a bit nearer home. Kev and Jacob fishing a little way to the south had decided to move further inshore. New spot more tide but fishing slow with only a few bits on smaller baits. Another move over a few hundred feet to gully and kettle on and a phone call from Fred for an update how slow the carpark was fishing. Then big bait rod goes and Fred wants a commentary of whats happening as its the highlight of their day. This is where multi tasking while fishing solo goes wrong, 10 turns in, 15 turns back out, phone jammed under one of my chins and the kettle whistling its head off!! Can hear Fred and Dogfish taking the piss as they can hear kettle and line going so phone off to get a grip of whats going on. A conger again, tangled around another line aswell, get it along side and try to untangle the mess, while the conger is having a fit in the mayhem the rod snaps, does a roll and bites through the trace and goes. I grab the other rod and let some line out while I feel the eel going in the tide. It unwrapped itself as I reeled in, line slimed up but it tack. Managed a blonde ray of 14lb before moving inshore. Dropped anchor near Kev for final fish and fish from the off, spotted ray and bullhuss on the same whiting rig to start!! A run of rays, doggies and big pout as the tide picked up, at 4 it was time to go as the boat was a mess so would need some tlc. Kev was drifting in the harbour and stopped for a chat along side so put a set of small feathers on and bang a herring, a bonus species!! I also had a decent edible crab earlier in the day so passed the crab and herring to Kev to go with a couple of other fish he had. Luckily had enough energy for a pint after cleaning down which ended a real bonus day weather wise for the time of year.

Should have a rethink and become a marine broker, that's the way to do it!!!! Well done.

Just had my crew drop out through illness so have a space for general fishing, cod, rays etc. Very late call but if someone wants to join me pm me looking at leaving around 7am, you have an extra hour so not too bad!,!! If not a billy no mate day for me!!! but will still go!!

A bump as a reminder for the evening, and also if anyone is having a clearout ready for winter fishing of their fishing tackle, if you have anything you could donate, all would be greatly appreciated by HOW.

You haven't retired and kept it quiet have you Greg??

Dogfish Dave and myself decided to work our way around and give several spots a go today. Started with a couple of drifts in the harbour for a herring or two for bait, only small bass caught. Out to the first mark and with the small tide running 4/6 oz holding bottom. Small eyed rays from the off but only small, started getting bigger so started to weigh them just over 4lb. Lots of doggies too!! Moved out into a bit more tide, bigger small eyed up to 5 1/2 lb and a blonde to Dave of 9-2oz. More doggies!! A move to Ballard for something different hopefully, more smalleyes the biggest going 7lb to me and of course a steady run of doggies!!! A lone mackie so kept for the banker ray mark. Moved the final time amonst the PBSBAC fleet and got the fresh bait down, doggie after doggie and a tub gurnard not a ray caught. If anyone needs doggies on the species list ask Dave out, never seen so many!!! Chris 7lb Small eyed Dave 9lb 2oz Blonde

Have a good day Stuie, hope not too many wines today to effect your fishing tomorrow. Bumps tomorrow if people have a bit of spare time!!!! ;) Enjoy Chris

1. Court Jester Neal, Stuie plus crew 2. Sweet Pea Mal + Trevor 3. Alfresco Charlie Will + TBC 4. Frisky Fox - Mike and Carol 5. Kingfisher - Chris W, Dogfish Dave

Well done the pair of you top angling with a great result. Get the BBQ fired up Kev for them herring!!!

Going to decide in the morning, if I decide to venture out it will only be local.

After an early start and getting the head of steam up myself, my son Andrew and Kev C headed down west in the hunt for a few fish off the wrecks. A misty start on the way out but no problem and a few cuppas later we were over the first wreck just before slack water. First drift and Kev pulls up a 4lb cod, great start and maybe a sign of whats to come. Tide dropped off and and we managed a few small pollock before the tide got going again. As the tide picked up a few bigger pollock showed up and a couple of big fish on and dropped. The fishing didn't really get going so a change of wreck and a short run to the next one, the fishing no better after a few drifts along the lenght so another move to hunt them down!!! Same again nothing massive and no numbers so off to another on the route home, bingo bigger fish a couple of pollock over 12lb and a first cod to Andrew. By now the tide dropping off again and so did the fishing so off home, stopping to give a couple of wrecks a quick go as we passed, big fished hooked but nothing landed, Kev had something on for quite a while that ended up biting through the trace, he even had a jelly bitten cleanly in half so maybe a few tope around!! A cracking day to be out only spoilt by the rugby result last night!!! Thanks Kev for the banter and top class filleting on the way in. And looking after Andrew as he has had very few days out fishing and there was a few tackle rebuilds required as wreck under us seemed to mean to him Kev I need another set of gear!!!! Not quite that bad!

The first time he has been called that Sam,

Happy Birthday Mick Great present too good for all watersports!!!!

All these pints on Thursday night you are going to be a mess on Friday!!!

Happy Birthday Nigel, hope your voice is back ready for your speech!!!

Welcome Ron, just join in, ask and enjoy your fishing and boating.

Glad all working well Nigel. Now to get the last couple to get the fifty!!