Fugazi

Cheers Guys, Yes it was a really nice day spent with friends from Dorset who came to stay for the weekend, but I could'nt get out fishing. Gordon

I just wanted to add to the report a thank you to Dave and the rest of the crew for another excellent trip. Best weather ever and plenty of target species caught including a couple of nice by catches Red Gurnard and Bass. Unable to view the thread but probably because I only renewed my membership by PayPal yesterday. Gordon H

1. Tony D 1,4,9 2. Martin B 1,4,9 3. Craig 2,4,8 4.Ashley 2,4,8 5.Ben 2,4,9 6 Alun J. 3, 4, 8. 7 Peter 1,4,9 8 Rob F 3,4,9 9 Paul D 2,4,7 10 Steve S 2,4,7 11. Paul F 3, 4, 8 12, Duncan 2, 4, 9 13, Graham 3,4, 8 14, Greg 2,4,7. 15 Dave E 2,4,8 16 Paul Simmonds 3,4,8 17 Mark Sterne 1,4,8 18 kev 2,4,7 19 Nigel 3,4,8 20 Dean Burt 1,4,9 21 Matt 1,4,9 22 Gordon H 2,4,7

Rob I'd love to fish the open, it all depends on how quickly our purchase of a buy to let property in Lower Parkstone goes through. If we complete before the 4th September I'll be down for a couple of weeks to do some renovation work, I'm sure I could arrange it around the date and persuade the FPO to let me take a day off. Gordon

Yes the view is superb, but very frustrating as at the moment as I'm teased every low water by the sight of huge mullet playing in the shallows around the moorings. I'm going sneak paddle the RIB up to them and eventually add one to my species hunt tally. Gordon

Here in The Haven I usually see the Marine Police in their RIB every day as they check around the moorings and patrol the waterway. They spend quite a bit of time visiting the marina's and chandlery shops to chat with boat and business owners about what's going on. I don

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If anyone is interested in a 2004 model 6HP Mercury Outboard purchased new by me in 2006 as an auxilliary outboard for Fugazi send me a PM and I'll bring it down to Poole this weekend. Full service history with Mercury main dealer and < 10hours run from new. Never needed and only used to run it in on Xcurch river. Price

Here is a picture of boat with no name. Gordon

Despite now living 200 miles away from Poole I still keep up to date with what's going on in the Forums. Having sold the Raider I'd been boat less since the end of last year but a month ago bought a small RIB to replace Fugazi. Don't have a name for it yet, but it's proving ideal for use here on fishing, diving and seal watching trips. The fuel economy from a 40hp EFI outboard on a light boat is amazing, provided I keep the revs at about 4000. So far Heidi and I have managed 4 fishing trips and just using feathers we've managed to catch Mackerel, Pollack, Wrasse, Launce & Tub Gurnard. Have not tried any sort of bait fishing as this tends to require some waiting around for bites which doesn't fit with Heidi's attention span. On Saturday I had a chat with a local spear fisherman has he came off the beach carrying a crate full of good size Bass and he's given me some marks to try next time, so watch this space. It

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Cheers Paul your welcome, regarding Bass marks the first property we're viewing next Thursday is a barn conversion with 7 acres that fronts a tidal estuary, the owner say's his neighbour catches Bass there regularly, so I've found one mark already. Gordon

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After weeks of tense negotiation, I've sold Fugazi to another club member and sadly had to wave goodbye today. I hope Mike has as much enjoyment as I've had the last 6 years fishing, diving and generally mucking about on the water. I didn't even need to advertise as she was sold through the club forum which was great, this means my move to West Wales is still on track. If anyone wants to buy a 2 bed detached bungalow in Wimborne or a 3 bed detached bungalow in Parkstone please PM for details. I've still got a canoe and my 6HP outboard and will be buying a 12 - 14 ft dinghy to get afloat in Wales. Paul J tells me the Bass fishing at Poppet Sands is quite good. Gordon H

Fugazi will be out, but not fishing the comp as its going to be boat demo with some fishing thrown in. Gordon

One thing I forgot to mention about trailer launching is that I don't use Baiter, if that is your only option just pay whatever it costs and get on a marina pontoon, drystack or even a swinging mooring instead. Whatever the cost its worth it! Gordon H

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With my Raider 18 I found a 5kg Bruce not quite big enough but since increasing to a 7.5kg no problem. Gordon H

With the In laws here for a month I thought I should take Father in Law out for a days Cod fishing on Fugazi. We arrived at the slip at a very civilised 0830 am to find Paul D and Neo just getting ready to launch, so we soon got ready and followed Paul down river and out towards the end of the Ledge. Paul went off to the west and to his secret Cod mark and we carried on to where I had two Cod about a month ago. As it was the same mark Colin had a nice one last week I hoped there would still be a few about. It was a bit lumpy out there with wind over tide causing a few white tops but that did'nt stop us catching fish. Armed with some frozen Mackerel and light tackle we targeted the Channel Whiting to start with while the tide was a bit strong and managed to catch from the off. Between John and I we managed to bag 9 of which 4 were keepers but the Cod rods stayed biteless for quite a while until about an hour before slack. We then started to get a few enquiries on the big baits and on winding up to check my bait the top rod ring fell apart as the ceramic liner seperated from the metal fitting. I re-baited and put the rod out with the line re-thread out through the next ring down from the rod tip and would you believe it hooked into something a bit bigger. When it came to the net it was a nice to see Mr Cod again weighing in at 11.5lb, Paul's deadly Ilex squid stikes again. Unfortunately, despite a few enquiries we didn't manage to hook up with any more Cod but as the tide dropped so did the wind and it turned into a beautiful sunny day to enjoy the fishing. Gordon H

Unfortunately no Cod boated on Fugazi but delicious fish supper from by-catch of Channel Whiting made up for it. Gordon

Best Wishes Rob Gordon

Chris and Gordon will be out on Fugazi, providing snow and Ice have gone, or I won't be able to tow back home. The main hill I have to climb up was still sheet ice when I walked home from work tonight. Gordon

1) Adam F - JV 2) Graham - Little Sal (with Sprinter as crew) 3) Martin, Dean, Terry Bartell "AWOL" 4) Paul F - Imagine 5)Nigel,Mike-Wishin 6) Tony + Peter R(Snr)- Serenity 7) Tomo + Tubby + ? - Just Purfick 8) Charlie A + Rob F - Star Turn 9 ) Jim & Steve Davies on Small Fry 10) Dave - Wight Magi 11) Paul - Neo 12) Neal,John,Dave,Mick Burder - Court Jester 13] Charlie Sam Dan +1 Alfresco 14) Mike and George on Frisky Fox (subject to weather!) 15) Gordon + Chris on Fugazi

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Rob, Tried it all mate, but apart from mid channel, or wrecking in the summer, no luck. The only mark I seem to catch them inshore is in the Solent. Gordon