Mal Thomas

Our logos go well on the Hi Vis

Baiter???

That is a positive response, so we will make it a date, please list below your choice of venue that you believe needs our attention. A beach area the Council does not clean, an area where the tide deposits flotsam or fisherman leave there litter behind, all would be suitable. Please list below an area that always disappoints you, where you see too much litter. Bring along the family and the dog, we will cook up some food for your efforts. What better way than a litter pick to mix with the public and advertise PBSBAC, Our logo's will be worn on the HI Vis and displayed on our banners.

I requested a litter picking pack from them months ago and it arrived today. I will bring them along to the meeting, could we do a walk along the beach and a pop up BBQ for bacon rolls?

I hope the "watch this space nod" I got at the latest meeting was more than this, albeit great news overall for the fish stocks bycatch and seabed. I was hoping for something local to our Bay.

A few You Tubers have been reporting big numbers in their pots, spoiling their potting..

It is with a heavy heart both Jerry and myself feel the coming weekend forecast is not favourable for small boats exiting the swash, Chris has been out today on a smaller wind forecast and said it was very lumpy. Watch for a new date asap.

Small offset circles for me.

Reminds me of Medusa.

The consultation was released today and I have filled it in, doesn't take long. You can find it on the Sifca website under "Live Consultation" The consultation paper is asking for participation, Voluntary code and some questions on bag limits and sizes. Please take the time to read and fill in, if your happy to participate.

I have two you can have

Biggest fish Dale, photo of the fish and weight.

Here is a recent communication from Sifca regarding a drop in Surgery at Swanage AC and a Bass FMP.

Planning started on Friday, bait, invites and scheduling. Purchased bait now I must keep it alive, set fridge to 10 degrees, that should do it. A push off at 6.30am was planned due to a Springs and boy did it come in quickly. A Cuckoo decided he was going to make himself known at 6.30 am, it was beautiful listening for 15 minutes at very close quarters. The Plan was a trip across the Bay for some Plaice. Easy trip across the bay, nice a smooth. Then I saw a bank of fog coming over Old Harry, at it's worst 100 yards visibility, time to engage the radar and it worked well and I could understand what was being plotted, bonus. On our first drift we heard amongst fog horns a channel 6 call from John on Kelly's Heroes, he had made a similar plan and had some early success, nice to hear a call out on Channel 6 for PBSBAC on the VHF. We had a few plaice and gave it a few hours till the weed got underway. Then I moved off and noticed my engine note changed and I hoped I was being a DQ. Dropped the Anchor on the secret ray mark, that had actually turned into a Secret Bream mark, no rays. We had a busy time with double shots of Bream. Then lifted the Anchor for a slow trip back, good job we did because the engine started to run on 3 cylinders and vibrating. Not good and would we get home, the power dropped off and we were limping home with a developing problem. Managed to find a sweet spot in the miss firing mode to get us home. A Long wormy wash down and a look to see if we had a loose spark plug lead, nothing spotted, however the engine did seem to run better at the end, so I am hoping it was fuel contamination. The engine has just had a big service, so I am hoping for a good outcome. I will call the engineers Monday for a diagnostic check. Btw my radio issues did not repeat, so SS on Tiger fish you may have an issue, please check your radio. It was a good weather day at Sea and sharing another day on board with my Bro and bestie doing the same drifts. Thanks Chris for all your support today and I hope you found a few more. A day with a bit of everything.

Just Called Trevor skipper of Rocket, his Calendar has a space for Friday 9th May. This could be a bream comp opportunity for those who don't own or who would like a trip carefree. Drop your name here if it suits you and I await Trevor's response.