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Hi Adrian , Welcome to the club, ref a boat have you got a budget in mind ? That rules in or out some conversations Best wishes Colin

Hi Guys, pubs , clubs, restaurants, etc seem to have been targeted today, plus no gatherings above five people, so how is the position at cobbs quay,? and yacht club Charlie? this is all starting to look very frustrating and may be more prolonged than has been reported up till tonight . The job looks like dragging on a long time. Who ordered easterlies Jerry? well not my new born lambs, they would like it warmer, but at least its a bit drier on average, thats a start!

Have sent you p m Mick thanks Colin

Don"t apologize Brian, it was well worth seeing twice, just about sums up the Government"s incompetence to a T. I think. Jerry, Sadly i can not make it down and as you say it looks o k Mon/Thurs, but with you and Allan (two top fishermen) going out it will be good market research for the rest of us in the club as to what is about, Good luck , hope a few more do join you, look forward to reports.

Thanks John very interesting and informative, and much appreciated, think i would need to be with someone very experienced before i would consider going there though, it sounds like it could be a tad dangerous if you didnt know exactly what you were doing.Safety is paramount to me. Many thanks Colin.

Thanks Andy, good sound advise, i understand some people drop a marker bouy near to the wreck as well to help relocate after a drift as well, and with a smaller second marker bouy as well can help predict the wind/tide pull if anchoring was prefered. Thanks Colin.

Hi Andy, Well done for posting such an interesting topic, there is a lot to study with any of the newer finders, i have three sorts, iam still very much a novice at this stage but i set time aside some days iam out to forward my knowledge as to how to get the best out of them. it then seems to pay off when i go out to fish with experienced fisherman. Wreck fishing is high on my list to aim for this summer "weather permitting" so hopefully some of the "old hands" will be able to aim us in the right direction as to what wrecks have been successful in the last year or two for them. feel sure they will. Good luck Colin

Good luck boys, unfortunately cant make it Colin

Welcome to the club John, feel free to post some of your previous fishing experiences in the thames estuary, ie fish you caught /time of year/ species etc. sure this would be very interesting for us to be informed. slipway locations for us trailer boaters as well. My main launch is baiter by the way. Sure we will meet at some stage, Fishing wise suggest you do what i do, rely on a huge amount of luck, listen to any of the many top anglers that will be able to advise you, you wont go wrong. i also try and think outside the box , o and try to cook bacon butties when fishing is slack, that always gets the line pulling! Best wishes and Good Luck farmer Colin. P. S. Less of the old gits please Terry, i do mid week jobbies because the fish feed better, well that or the wind is 45 m p h different!

Many thanks Greg

Hi , Welcome Andy, you have made a good move joining, enjoy the club and dont forget to post reports when possible, there are people who dont get out as much as they would like to and they love to read them, Good luck and all the best farmer Colin.

Hi Chris, Welcome to the club, there is a wealth of knowledge available from the more experienced seamen , you just have to ask, they will be pleased to give advice iam sure. I joined three years ago, and feel it was the best thing i could have possibly done. My personal advise would be to think of the first three important things first, ie SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY Then gradually move onto fishing Best Wishes farmer Colin.

Thanks Jerry, i accept your compliments Thanks Mal , iam almost speechless , with a lump in my throat, that is one of the nicest, kindest, reassuring statements anyone has ever made about me, much appreciated . i like the trophy idea , i have come a long way in three years i suppose, if you were to have asked me back then to name three things i may catch at Poole i may have answered Mackerel , a train , and Deli-Beli ! On returning from Specsavers, its a winking emoj , all for given Terry😊 Keep laughing clubmates it costs nothing ! Best Wishes Colin Of course not Stuie, not for long, there is too much doom and gloom in the world , we all need some good cheer, well and some good fishing weather would not go a miss!

O K Terry, i wont bother posting any more, Sorry if my factual, usually jestfull reports seem to upset you in some way , 😏

Hi Martin ,i must be getting nearly up to spec with technology , i just tried link and it worked for me! as farmer and engineer i think you will find it is normally the "cheep" bridge that is knackered!. I call it the Father Christmas Bridge, It dont seem to work very often to me . P S For the record Martin has been helping me to post pictures he has been a great help, Huge thanks Martin. No excuse for the rest of you now, post some photos it creates more interest in the club Best wishes all , o and batten down the hatches if you have not already! Colin.

Unreliable crew, he caught this 15 1/2 lbs pollock while we were targeting Cod, I did have a word with him CONGRATULATIONS !

Spider Surprize, it’s not a spurdog eating the two squid !

Wow, thanks Greg, how do i do that without annoying Martin or Oli, Help again Martin, please sir!

Thanks Jim, Martin has been a big help to me this week ( photo posting lessons) glad its being appreciated, and yep, i will stick to home made soup! How the other half live though,☺️

200 lb spider crab ? Sorry£200 spider crab if you went to that Raymond Blonk”s place at. Oxford? My daughter said spider crab soup was £120 there! Not bad for a spurdog by-catch!👍😀

Hi Charlie, iam in the process of uploading catch reports "AND PHOTOS" got a few hic-ups, but with Martins help, hope to succeed, Life is a learning curve! , I didn"t know anything when i was born but have been learning ever since! Colin

Thanks Matt, it was a good two day swop i think. The wind off the needles was 96 m p h different than we was out there ! must have been a nightmare sunday.

This was the plan of course clubmates looking at the long range forecast two weeks ago, the wind prediction then was sat wind 2to 4 m p h and sunday 4 to 6 m p h progressively building quite rapidly through the day, so plan "A" was deep fishing targeting Spur-dogs , on first day and harbour fishing second if sea was not looking safe enough to venture out to far. Well as the days went by the weather window kept coming forward and changing , mainly due to the strength of the jet stream i expect. Well as many of you now know it settled out to be Wed/Thurs .For me that worked out well to then attend the club meeting Tuesday evening, albeit late i managed to get there for the N. C. I. talk, which was well worth hearing, well done for organizing that Tony . So dropped anchor about 10 miles past old Harry, wed morning firstly spending a while on 50 banks, my days fishing was great , my p b Bull-huss weighed in at 8 lbs 4 ozs. picture taken with rolled up shirt sleves in the sunshine (the 5th Feb) unbelievable calm weather, the sea was like a lake! 5 whiting were caught one good keeper, some pounting, 6 doggies, 3 congers, biggest Undulate ray was weighed at 10 lbs 4 ozs. the heaviest Blonde at 12 lbs 2 ozs. my first( and huge) Spider crab came up much to my surprise, And Spurs, well, all caught on the mark i found out deep, the total caught was five, we fished one and half hours either side of slack water,we caught 2 before one on slack and 2 after. my biggest was a p b for me as i have not caught any before. it weighed in at 15 lbs 1 oz. we did drift a while for bass with lures but no takers. Apart from that a cracking day in every way! And the Sunday that turned into Thursday, well the wind was predicted to build through the day , we visited 50 banks to start, with the intention of retreating to harbour for the finish. no record breakers on banks but the list caught included Dogs, Blonde Ray, Congers, quantity of Whiting, including 6 real good keepers, so in for the Flounder flogging finale e for us it was , about one hour before dark.we put 4 rods out with worms the size of snakes on them! Well that accounted for 2 really nice fish, the biggest 4 or 5 lbs, But, close inspection and not even needing to check in the new species book ( Thanks again for that Brian) it looked long and silvery full of roe like a Bass and they were duly returned, hopefully to reproduce for the benefit of us all in the future. Hope you have all enjoyed this report, the weather i know has been atrocious today, your wind worse than mine i believe. i have had some tree damage on the farm , including one tree falling across the A422 but thankfully on accident or injury over it, just the road blocked for a little while. Best of luck to you all, and try and post when you get out again, iam told people really enjoy that isn"t that right Stuie? Farmer Colin.

Hi Allan i have p md you Colin