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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!!

Have a goon one Jon, about time you used one of them boats you keep buying!!

Have a good day, a beer or two for you Dave?

Blimey there is a boat with more rod holders than Wishing Too, you need to get one Nige!!! It looks like it maybe a few knots quicker too!

Signed, now on 12,763

Nigel I hope you made Sandy feel special today on her birthday!! The Merc must of taken some beating this year! Hope Sandy had a good one!

Is that Wishing Too in the background?????

Not too bad Jim, as we had the benefits for tea last night!!!

That's like twisting the knife when you are back to work!!!!

Happy Birthday Kev, Have a good day, bus pass in the post soon now!! Have a good un!

No size limits being kept too on that boat, keeping to the rules as usual, not!!!

You don't have to take the backbone out like cuttle fish and squid!!!!

Well done guys great effort, shows Mick's groundbaiting last year may of put the fish off for you Kev!!!

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.