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*bump* This was talked about last night at the meeting- do we have any updates?

Thanks Neal but I think I've got a seat on AWOL.

Martin, perhaps you should apply for a part-time job down the College

At one point I looked up and saw a wall of green coming straight at me. I just had time to duck my head so that the majority of it broke over my back rather than hitting me in the face and going down inside my floatation suit! I've been drier when surfing... Rob laughed so much I think he may have weed himself a little bit.

Good luck guys, have a blast! C.

Good news Martin, and long may it continue!

Thanks Adam. I note there's no 14th on this list! I may well be missing something, but should the people with same score all get same position and points? 1 20 Alun Jones 54 2 19 Gordon Moore 42 3 18 Chris Gould 39 4 17 Dan Chapman 28 5 16 Mike Fox 26 6 15 Neal Sturt 24 =7 14 John Young 14 =7 14 Mark Winfield 14 =9 12 Mike Norman 12 =9 12 Richard Biggs 12 =11 10 Carol Fox 8 =11 10 Bill Smith 8 =11 10 Rachael Franklin 8 =14 7 Gordon Holt 6 =14 7 George Fox 6 =14 7 Sam Annear 6 17 4 Dave Samuel 5 =18 3 Paul Dore 4 =18 3 Carl Hurran 4 20 1 Adam Franklin 3 21 1 Charlie Annear 2 22 1 Aaron Murray 1 Apologies if I'm forgetting something about our scoring. Also, it might be a bit humiliating when people don't catch anything, but should they still say they were there and be on the list? Shows how many people *really* entered the comp It might show that comps are better attended than we may think? i.e sometimes organisers get the hump because it looks like ony 6 people fished a comp, when it might have actually been 16 with 10 people not catching? It can make a big difference if talking percentages attending comps, for example about 20% attendance on this Species hunt if you go by the final list, but add in non-scorers and it might be more like 30% 14th out of 30 rather than 14th out of 21 is more encouraging too? Especially for newbies and youngsters? Or does it matter? Sorry if I've got completely the wrong end of the stick!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

He was shouting "I like fishing!"

Rob's been wondering about fish identification and he thinks this might actually be a Corkwing Wrasse rather than a Ballan Wrasse. What do you guys think? Must get a decent fish book and like Charlie C says in his post, must remember to weigh the fish!

Sam was so excited about going out that he'd been buzzing around at home all morning- it tired him out! He fell asleep just after passing the chain ferry, and stayed asleep despite heading over to Poole Patch at 18 knots, with a few leaps off waves. Not his first fishing trip though. He caught quite a few mackerel last summer. His favourite thing is to catch more than Rob!

Only a short session for Star Turn and crew but... Sam (aged 4 and a half) 3x Ballan Wrasse Charlie (aged 35 and a half) 1x Ballan Wrasse At least we got out there! Obviously I'm not the first Dad to take his boy fishing, but I'm proud of my little boy today

Rob Francis, Charlie Annear and Sam Annear on Star Turn (due to be a late start!)

Good write-up Tom. Glad you all got back in one piece. C.

Happy Birthday!

A couple of interesting articles: Crawfish and Poole's new bridge and Hamworthy

Cool! What did I win?!

Happy Birthday Adam! Who would have guessed you were born on such an auspicious day?!

Looks like the trawler did what they kept doing to us when out at the Needles cod-hunting: passing by an at-anchor angling boat. This one has gone too close and picked up the blue rope (anchor warp) in the beams? Charlie C- Hand grenade? Nah. Old WWII mine

Happy Birthday!

Well, the best I can do really is take Alun's lead and get the gardening and outside DIY done, at least then WHEN the weather is boatable...

Frustrating? I studied the catch reports from last year, booked the week off work, sat at work all last week while it was nice, spent 3 weekends servicing the trailer and sorted my kit. And the only fishable day was yesterday when I had the Opti booked in for a service. B****CKS. At least no-one caught anything of note yesterday! This better not be another windy year like last year or I might have to take up kite-flying istead...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dan!