Mal Thomas

Ok will do

Dale you work to quickly I have one spare, well truth be known I have several spares of different patterns. If you don't receive or send it back for any reason get in touch.

BTW always use a fishermans trip when connecting your Anchor, that is cable tie through the chain on the upper shank and at the hook end connect the chain with a shackle so the anchor can be pulled out backwards when the cable ties break under pressure. When dropping your anchor over roughish ground don't be hasty, it is as common to trap the piled up chain as it is the anchor, so lay out your chain with a little bit of engine reverse.

These Anchors (Danforth) are commonly used by the Rag and Stick brigade or the boat rammers as otherwise known (controversial) I have one I took off a boat I bought, I replace it with a Lewmar Delta Anchor which I quite like. Some Bruce are copies and look a little distant from original design but they do work. It is either of the two mentioned with possibly a wire anchor for rocks that can be pulled straight if stuck in. It is all about the right weight for boat size, plenty of chain normally equivalent to weight of the anchor. I would guess about 6kg would be good.

Ah yes and dont forget the venison tasters from Dale that were superb, especially the fillet cut that melted in the mouth.😁

Well done Rob good report and good to get JOJO back on the water.

I wonder if Brad would make a comment on a recording device to buy or avoid. i.e Go Pro or alike.

Did you weigh the undulate and log it on your species hunt, it looks like a double.

That undulate has beautiful markings, good dangling.

Happy Birthday Alun, assume your away having a nice time.

See reply on pm Sam

Well done for posting lets hope there is a space, have you seen my post re a charter trip would you be interested?

Neil I noticed you use Tapatalk, did you upgrade to pro and pay or put up with the slightly as reported lesser version. I only ask because lofty raised it in the committee meeting.

We had this miss fortune to go out Sunday and the squall in the afternoon made it lumpy. However Mal. Trevor. Mackerel, wrasse, lsd, conger, bream, Mullet pout lsd bream mackerel Ballan wrasse The weather was such a disappointment Sunday I was grumpy, so my wife sent me out today and I had a cracking day. Two close passes by a large pod of dolphins, must have been 30 at least. I managed some nice Thornies today best 12 lb several more smallest 8lb. Some small tope. Loads of big mackerel and pollack. Lots of eruptions in the water today and I left my grumpy mood out there as well, happy wife happy life. IMG_7287.MOV

Happy birthday Charlie, we hope you make a return to fishing soon. We miss your conservation reports and there is a lot happening in conservation in recent times.

How did the fishing tackle sale go in the meeting ?

Please find pdf files for those of you who would like to see the presentation. 1727467312_BlackBreamWorkshopPresentationJune23.pdf

YNot will be out crew to be confirmed

Alan I will be attending and sending Alice an email to confirm.

Happy Birthday Trev, nice sunny weather to lift the spirits.😊

Guess what i am doing today, it involves a brush and some watery treatment that is meant to be excellent, if so why am i doing it again🥴

Looking to go offshore for something to put a bend in the rods Saturday with a slow neap tide. We were up early and off the pontoon by 6.15am, what a beautiful time of day to cruise through the Harbour. Wind as forecasted at the start but building quickly, we hoped for some IOW shelter once we crossed the Bridge. A slight improvement, enough for us to plough on and everything still very safe. Looking through my bow roller I could see someone on the mark. The seas were building and I had resigned myself to have a chat with the fisherman and probably move to more sheltered waters. The boat was Squidward III a popular you tube poster and very recognisable, they were also surprised by the wind and not very comfortable. As we talked my bow was below the level of the wave approaching and time to run for calmer waters. The boat was unphased but we were being tossed around a bit. We headed towards freshwater and we had a good mark all to ourselves. With wind beating the tide and lines going up to the bow and no sign of improvement we decided enough was enough and went to Alum bay for some shelter. We found a feature and dropped the anchor in unknown waters. We soon realised we were close to chosen route for motor boats seeking anchorage under Alum bay cliffs. One particular 40 plus footer with fly bridge and G & T glass holders was approaching me dead a stern, plumb centre with no altering off course. When about 150 yards I sounded my nice new twin horn, It made us deaf but had no effect on the numbskull piloting this very large vessel almost on our down tide fishing lines. I was fuming, he has put us in a stressful situation with no consideration, my engine was running with me looking over my shoulder looking to take evasive action. What a complete ----. All very unnecessary. Still nothing but dogfish on our catch account and 50 litres of fuel used my round trip included a stop at Milford On Sea to see if my Thorney mark might save the day. Thankfully it did with 3 in quick succession and some blistering run offs with the baits. The largest did not make it on the boat, a small double. With the day half salvaged and some nodding heads it was time to run home and complete the day with a good wash down, how does the boat get it such a mess, even washing down during the day !! Whilst writing this I wished I had videoed the day, note to self must get a suitable set up for recording.

In a similar vain I always try to keep the applying cloth damp, similar results. I have used Meguiars boat wax and found it to be long lasting. A bit late to this thread struggled to spell Meguiars.

We did enjoy our day Lofty and admire all those well equipped fishermen. We did notice what looked like some hard and sometimes precarious retrievals of stuck in anchors. Question, do they trip their anchors, if not it might be something to make some aware of. Well done on your caught species.