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Our plan was to make the most of the weather on Wed, we had a rehearsal in the evening so couldn’t stay out too long. We planned to get to the boat for 0700hrs but we were ahead of schedule and we were off by 0645hrs. The plan was to head to a bank for bass drifting and anchor for the slack for an hour or so. First drift I hooked up with a fine 48cm bass, second drift which was slowing down I managed another bass of 51cm. So do we drift again or anchor we decided to anchor. We didn’t have any fresh mackerel but our frozen had only been in the freezer since last Tuesday. Down went the big baits on 6oz leads and then lighter rigs with worm. We had steady fish for an hour, congers, a Small Blonde and a few nice Bream. The tide was turning and we started upping the lead, once 10oz wasn’t holding we pulled up the hook and went back on the drift. We were back on the Bass straightaway and we were both hooking up on every drift. I spotted another boat heading in our direction and our thoughts were that a charter was heading to our bank, lucky for us it was Loobie iv. Gerry asked if we were going to anchor or drift. I confirmed we were drifting for Bass. Gerry being the gent he is stayed over a different part of the bank to us, it didn’t seem he was doing as well as us so I told him to follow us on our drift as we were hitting fish each drift. Gerry called up saying that he had a problem with his engine monitoring or something like that. He decided to head inshore so we kept a listening watch in case he had any problems getting home. We carried on drifting and ended up with 24 bass the best 58cm. We headed back at 1330hr and stopped off on a Ray mark near Swanage. The baits were being stripped in minutes by Bream giving any Ray that might have been around no chance. We gave it an hour then headed back. It was a great day to be out and we had our quota of 4 bass all nice eating size.

Thanks Laura and Mal for hosting the bbq, we had a great time.

Well done lofty. We managed 5 species each too, and 6 for the boat.I think Jerry did better. We did manage 11 bream in the end. We take our hats off to you Kayak guys it was not the best of conditions. We did try to retrieve an anchor for Iain but sadly the line snapped but we did get his buoy and anchor reel back for him.

Century have just brought out one which looks good. We use an old Royal Mail sack or just weigh them in the net and weigh the net (every time )after and subtract the difference.

Boat jumble at North Haven Yacht Club Sat 1st April. Non members welcome. Bacon butties available. If anyone is looking for the best priced moorings in Poole this would be a great time to check out this club.

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Winter in Poole taken by Bobi

No Flounders for 23 fishing 😭. We had some cracking bass though!

Don’t forget the open flounder comp in aid of the RNLI, which was postponed will be this Sunday 22nd jan. All you lucky people who are stuck in Holes bay will have the pick of the best flounder spots.

We are planning for Fri, and Sunday fishing the RNLI open flounder comp.

Thanks for the birthday greetings. Watched the Boss’s funeral and later went out for a steak and a couple of beers.

Excellent good angling

The fisheries are boarding boats and measuring fish. Mackerel, Bream, Pollack etc. We have had a couple of visits out in the bay. Just remember they have body cams!!

Well done Allan, what species did you get ?

Glad you are ok and the extinguisher worked. Your aux motor seems to be missing a cowling too,is this gonna be your preferred option from now on 😜

Hi Chris I had 1 fish of 109% FoM April 2021 well done sorting that nightmare out

Same things aren’t they 😂😂😂😂😂

Does anyone have a spare 10k Bruce they would like to sell, or is there maybe a diver in the club who would like to try a retrieval in 33m of water. 😭😭😭😭

Just been told we are out somewhere this weekend Charlie.

Nice January photo by Bobi. Can you spot the Queens Head ?

Looks like the ladies in the club are into the Tope. Not as big as Wendy’s but still nice for Bobi at 24lb 7oz .

Boblin had a pleasant day,with an assortment of species. We might have had a few more species if a small pod of 4 Dolphins hadn’t decided to befriend us for over an hour. They were hunting directly under us it was very interesting to see 1 Dolphin would break away and chase what ever they were after towards the other 3. Who cares about the fishing when you can watch these wonderful mammals. Our list is: Cuckoo Wrasse Ballan Wrasse Goldsinny Wrasse Baillons Wrasse Goby Black Bream Smoothound Plaice LSD Conger Pout So a total of Eleven for us

Just wish to clarify that nonmembers fish will not count to the boat tally, it’s members only is this correct?