jerry.shutter

Loobie 1V had decided on a casual start, not rushing for any particular bridge but try for a mini species in the basin. J2 was first off with a Blenny with orange dorsal then a black dorsal, i joined in with one with a long whispy dorsal! I haven't looked in my book to see if we have discovered a new species!!! but we all decided they were Blennys so one species down. Tony had appeared with a serious amount of Christmas tucker to add to the bacon butties and Malbec so was forgiven for not joining in with the party at this stage. Ro Ro next and we all had multiple Bass best going 4.5lbs to me by complete fluke, then Aunt Betty, got to be a Dab or a Plaice there surely. NO just more Bass. Then Madness came in behind us stealing our drift, saying they had had nothing, yes ok we believe you----------not, only to see Martin balancing on his swim platform netting a fish with no handle on the landing net, must be a Dorset thing. We picked up a buoy and had a few more Bass. At this point moral was begining to flag so a quick call to Greg and Martin and we decided early doors at 1.30 rather than 2.30. A huge tide which didnt really move all morning and water the colour of chocolate, mostly fresh i would, think did not help our cause. Any way i certainly could not take the Turkey home, so a raffle was quickly organised, yep as you know already Golden Goolies Jim won the Turkey. Even though the fishing was to say the least a little slow, we had some good banter and a beer afterwards for an hour. Well done everyone who entered, those who didn't you just don't know what you missed!!!! Happy Christmas everyone and lets hope for less wind and more fish in 2026

Sorry Greg jumpers will taken into consideration but fishing is for formmst

Kev thats a terrible excuse, hope you have a great christmas

Rob thats no excuse we are out clubbing in Alton Barnes!!!! If you can get down for a beer please do so.

OK guys, i am back in the land of the living after i think 11 days of no internet. I am definately looking into Starlink!! Thankyou Chris for the update, sorry to hear your problems Alan, hope its soon fixed. For the few who have entered i checked with Louise on the bridge and the following lifts are supposedly happening. AM 7.30-8.30- 9.30 PM 14.30 Those she confirmed will be happening, Please basically start when you want, come in on the 14.30 bridge and we will meet in the bar at Cobbs 3-3.15. for the Turkey prize giving, we will rob you of £5.00 entry in the bar!! Plenty of time to enter, only four boats and 9 club members, come on guys sign up and make my day!

A last minute decision to go out on Wednesday, having driven down from North Yorkshire on Tuesday then on down to Poole the old body was complaining! I arrived in the dark and sorted the boat, doing engine checks etc, all seemed good, crew expected 6.45am and a hard frost forecast. Rumors of the the odd Unicorn coming out, squid, cuttle and sardines as bait ever the dreamer! Crew arrived and after de-icing and J2 and Dogfish thinking they were chatting to Chris across the pontoon they discovered it was Mal, lots of woolies obviously, we headed for the 7.30 lift, calling the bridge Charlie replied, strange he's got another job? No skipper hadnt noticed it was on channel 6, derrr, then as Chris and Mal came past (safety officer) they announced my Starboard light wasnt working, after some verbal abuse i discovered they were not winding me up it was out. The day was going well!! Hook down and a LSD for Dave first drop and a Whiting and LSD for me, Monkey out the boat. After what must of been 50+ LSD and only 4 Whiting, one about 3lbs one of Daves commercial mates was hauling pots next to us, a quick phone call and we had 16 crabs for tea, result! Tried squidding with no joy so back in on the 14.30, washed down, fuel stop, ( fuel 6p cheaper by the Old Town bridge than MDL) we had a lovely day, Chili for lunch via Dave and a bottle of Rioja from me, another day they cannot take away.

Hi, really sorry I ca not make the meeting due to a funeral. Please make sure you put your names down for the Christmas Harbour Species Hunt festive prizes including a Turkey first prize😁😁

Loobie 1V crew TBA Madness - Martin - Jim - Chris W Fisheagle - Allan - Crew TBA

Ok due to the great lack of Flounders I thought we could try a different Christmas Competition. Species Competition within the harbour £5.00 entry Individual angler 21st December (shortest day and first day of winter!) First prize A Christmas Turkey, bottles and other festive goodies to fourth place PLEASE sign up for this in advance, unfortunately I cannot make the December meeting but it would be good to have an indication of numbers around that time, so put your name down, we always have a good picnic and even a glass or two on the Christmas Competition.

I am in Guernsey for a few days, obviously an island hugely dependent on fish, especially Mackerel which is in every restaurant either as a starter or main course. Perhaps we as a club and individuals we could have some copies of the above to give to restaurants on our travels and even invite a local paper or papers to a club meeting to explain what is happening to the Mackerel in our waters which could lead on to the f——g trawlers we all hate!! &nbsp We all know how much the fishing has deteriorated over the last 10-20-30 years, everything in the ocean is being raped and pillaged, so maybe the humble Mackerel would be a good one for us as a club and individuals to get on our soap boxes about???

We cannot say that Terry, I understand where your coming from, but we must be able to do something as a club and individuals surely? I have told various non angling friends about this over the last couple of years and no one can believe it.

Well spotted Tony, I forgot to add the Undie was a double shot with a Tub Gurnard on size 6 hooks! Played VERY gently to get them in, top angling.

The plan day two was to go sharking but unfortunately J2 couldn’t make it so another plan came together and Stuie was collected to make the 9.30 lift. Traffic was much better than i expected so we had plenty of time to tackle up and a cuppa before leaving Cobbs, arriving at the bridge we were told there was an RTA and the 9.30 was not going to happen. Thankfully we only had a 15minute delay. I still needed a Thornback for the species hunt so that was the plan. After Stuie had had five congers and me two with other bits and pieces in 30 minutes we moved!! This proved a good idea, however no Thornbacks, Stuie was on fire and we managed 9 Small Eyed and a nice Undulate of 12lbs, I had the dogfish side of the boat but still had a few Small Eyed and a Conger or two. We fished for under four hours and caught a lot of fish but unfortunately not the target required. Returning at the 14.30 bridge, a great day out with Stuie, lots of banter and a happy tired angler was dropped back at Cobbs at 15.00. Oh if only the weather played ball a bit more!!!!!

With the weather we have had the last few days I-managed to squeeze in two trips. First day was chasing Bass with a huge tide and J2 and a friend celebrating his 71st birthday, 7.30 bridge and we all felt a few live bait would help our plan, no birds no mackerel or Scad so we managed enough Pouting, though not easy. Off to our chosen bank and fish from the start, smallest probably 3.5lbs most around and over 5lbs and best going 9lbs. We had two triple hook ups and and lots of doubles which caused chaos with the landing net. J2 stuck with Shads which produced the biggest fish of the day, Martin the birthday boy used live baits and dead baits, I did initially but went to SPJ as the tide eased and even had one drift with a whole squid on a circle which again produced a fish. We only had 2 blank drifts all day! Saw Kingfisher who had also had a red letter day, if only we managed a few more wind free days

Looking at Thursday and Friday if the ducks line up!!!