Greg

Hi Mike I'm not great at doing these things but what I would do is to convert your excel sheet to a pdf. Then upload the pdf like you would a jpeg photo i.e. attach it. Not sure if it will work but that is what I would try, Greg

I thought the Granny Jams were the best!!!!

Hi Chris Welcome to the club Chris. I grew up in Hamworthy and now live just outside. Hamworthy is largely on the flat and most things are within walking distance including the shore. It's a great place to live, you've even got a tackle shop in Hamworthy. Good luck in your house hunting and look forward to seeing you at the Meeting. Greg

Thank you all for your kind wishes. Had a great day off today and went down to Vesuvio at Alum Chine for lunch with the family. We then took a stroll to walk off our lunch and went into Bournemouth Aquarium (at Brad's request) The water conditions and weather were perfect. Typical when your boat is out of the water Stuie!! There again it just gives me more encouragement to get down to the boat tomorrow and complete the antifouling.

Happy Birthday For Yesterday Brian Hope you had a good day, Greg

Happy Birthday Martin Hope you're having a great day. Greg

Happy Birthday Ian Hope you manage to out fish Neal again this year!! Greg

I'm just a poor Buoy!!!!

Does that go for the TBAs' as well Neal?!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Dave Hope you find that Trigger this year 😜 Greg

Hi Chris Did you order your normal shoe size or did you go up a size like a Welly Boot? Greg

Happy Birthday Kev Look forward to seeing you out there tomorrow? All the Best Greg

Well Done Nigel and Martin When I saw you entering the comp I thought there goes any chance of me getting a Trophy this Year!! Nigel are you really serious about moving over to this way. We don't seem to have any cod over here. I look forward to you proving me wrong!!! All the best Greg

We joined in both comps as well. We set off to the Spoils at 07.30 AM the wind and weather kind. Here is our report from 10.00 AM Onwards:-- Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, Whiting, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch ,ouch, ouch, ouch, Poor Cod!!, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, Dog Fish, ouch ,ouch, ouch,ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch - 11.30AM came in to just outside the Swash. Needless to say we also blanked on the Cod. Never been fishing in seas like that before and don't want to do it again!! Nursing a bad back to day, but back for some more tomorrow. Greg.

Happy Birthday George and Good Luck for 2015 😀 Greg

Merry Christmas from Marlin and let's all have a Healthy and Prosperous NewYear From Greg, Carol and Bradley

Happy Birthday Neal Your enthusiasm for Fishing is infectious and you are always willing to impart good advise. Long may it continue. Hope you had a great day, Greg, Carol and Bradley

1) Court Jester, Neal, Stuie, Ian (+ Roger ?) 2) Libby , Martin C, Crew (TBA) 3) Marlin - Greg Toms, Vic Cooper (Non Member)

1) Kingfisher - Chris Witheford crew TBA 2) Court Jester - Neal, Stuie 3) Marlin - Greg Toms Crew TBA

Hi Mick In 2006 I won the Poole Open Cod comp and caught the winning fish near the end of the Swash Channel. The Cod come in closer to the shore in winter to feed on crabs and other shore food. I was anchored about 150 yards west of the Historic Wreck marker buoy. The bait I used was clean squid on a 6/0 Pennel rig, Good luck

I would be up for that too. Neal you have been frustrated in the past that some club competitions have not been well attended. Surely, the date stated above is a great opportunity to enable the majority of us to attend a competition?

May I suggest you keep the flounder comp on the date planned and move the club cod comp to between the Chistmas Period (like Andy's traditionally had been) I believe the 7th December tides are going to be high and only the die hards may be able to fish it? That then gives us an excuse to get out of the house and look forward to something over the Christmas period?

Guess What our results are consistent with pretty much everyone else 0 Cod 0 Rays However, we did catch this!!! 13lb 8ozs Unfortunately, it was Vic that caught it and not me, so can't put it on the catch report as Vic is not a member!! We also specialise in catching cod on no cod comp days!!!

Along with everyone else, i.e. Poole Sea Angling Centre, Loni's - it is our Club Cod Competition this coming Sunday Book in as usual 1) Court Jester Neal plus crew TBA 2) Marlin Greg plus Vic (Non Member)

My wife bought me a downrigger one Christmas with all the bits. I would advise buying the weight as it has a fin guide and grab with which your main line is attached to. The fin assures the direction of the weight in the water and the smooth action of the lure. It does take a while to get use to and be sure to keep away from areas where there are lots of weed. If the lure gets snagged up in weed, then this weight gets suddenly transferred to your rod. and before you know it your rod is doing back flips. I learnt the hard way. However, it is also a great ground bait dropper in large depths of water. I used to drop ground bait in 80 - 100 feet of water and this used to deposit right by our rods. I know this for a fact because one year we caught shed loads of whiting and found our chopped up Mackerel inside them. Also be sure to look after the stainless steel wire. The stainless steel wire which was supplied with my downrigger started to corrode after a couple of years. Unfortunately, whilst trying to lift the weight out of a snag the wire snapped. We lost the weight and several yards of wire.(A costly error in not looking after my kit!!) I look forward to seeing your results soon. Good luck, Greg