alun j.

I'll wait and see what the weather's doing.

Do we need to sign-in again for Sunday's comp.??

Today........... Propects are looking much better for this coming Sunday

Well done Nige........another cracking day for you!

Gastro will be out for the morning, with Kev as crew.........looking for an unseasonal target !!

Weather looking pretty grotty for Sunday....... perhaps Allan will have time to recover [ get well soon!!].... and Adam and a few others could join in if it's postponed ?? Another week in prospect when the forecasters barcharts lokk as colourful as a tube of Smarties !!

if you will the fact that by simply handling a fish you are condemning it to an almost certain death as you will have damaged its mucus membrane ........can't be true..........or tagged fish would never get caught again !!

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Here's the hamper............as prize for Best Flounder. Hope this gives some incentive to get out in the wind and rain on Sunday ......

Weather seems to be going downhill for Sunday !!! How bad will it need to be to get postponed?? They are giving over 20 mph SW for midday at the mo.

Many Happy Returns Rob. Have a good evening.........we'll catch up Thurs. Cheers, Alun.

1. Martin- AWOL + none member 2. Tony + TBC with extensive knowledge of harbour and a good back( with heater) 3. Alun Jones and 4. Paul Frey ....on Gastronaught Seems to be two threads running here. Will someone merge them ??

With the weather looking a bit more promising for next weekend, it looks like our Flounder Comp should go ahead on due date......... and I'll be putting the hamper together this week. As above....... a bit of confusion re format to get clear. Previously, we've had the weigh-in at Baiter at about 4.00 - 4.30... giving us most of the [very] short day for fishing On the kayak thread, they are talking about a couple of hours fishing and weigh-in at 2 How does that fit in with our comp.? I don't mind if we meet at Baiter or Lake pier......but not that early. I'll be coming from Christchurch..........so not there before 4. Alun.

Well done all......but still reckon it was more fun with the bass

Turned out better than forecast....... shame the crew from Bath decided against the trip ......... he missed a good session with the bass !!

Been out today.......there's a sizeable swell running and water inshore is very murky. Still.......... had a couple of bass despite this !!

Look like tomorrow's window has gone !!! Typical !!

Gastro will also be out..........but after a different target. I reckon it will be a bit bumpy over at the Car Park .... and the trip there and back. I expect we will compare experience on the slip ! Alun.

luckily .... just a popped fuse !!! .... must be all the excitement !! Made for a few problem solving thoughts & actions on the slip though !

Ditto as James says..... just start well East and look for the dogleg between two of the yellow buoys..... there's a shallow bank in the middle.

Similar tale to others for us on Joint Venture...... ...a bumpy trip over to the Island; no fog and the mist soon dispersed. Lots and lots of boats already there.... our mark turned out to be close to Alfresco and Dawn Raider with Yelo in waving distance. Expecting a stream of bites from the start, I'd brought lots of extra squid but the baits kept coming back almost untouched !! No dogs, no pout just the odd whelk on our baits [ which I kept.... and made a starter with as the count went into double figures over the next few hours !!] With the change of the tide, a freshening SE at a good Force 4, pushed us beam on .....with a rocking \ rolling workout and no bites, we had to make move....... off to my inshore mark for a last hour fishing the flood. As with the last time I was out on JV, this move paid off.... a bit. One cod, this time to Ian..... a plump 10 lber Think I'll be giving the Car Park a miss now. Alun.

1.) Martin cherritt. 25lb 2 oz, Branco 2.) Mick Barnes 20lb 1oz, 3.) Tony Deavin 11lb 5oz 4.) Charlie Annear 17lb 1oz, AWOL 5.) Toby Randle 7lb 6oz MONDAR 6.) Alfie Tucker 11lb 12 oz Dream Drifter 7.) Stuart Cooper 23lb 12 oz Dream Drifter 8.) Ian Jones 10lb 8 oz Joint Venture

I went, I looked............then went home for breakfast !! Forecast not so good this morning and didn't fancy getting thrown about.

HAPPY [significant!] BIRTHDAY Terry. Good to hear you seeming [even] more cheerful the other evening!! I'm sure you'll soon be here for the cod and whiting . Cheers, Alun.

Well done chaps !! .... a bit better than us. Ian and I took JV to Car Park area, and were suprised how few boats were out. I think we were a bit further out than the rest, which was fine at the start, on the end of flood, but by 11.30 - 12 the ebb was running, the wind had got up and it was not so much fun pulling up dogs and pout and big leads. Rather than go into the Island, decided to try another mark, closer to home...... this was much more comfortable and did produce one nice cod to me.......just under 19 lbs. Looking forward to next trip out there....on a calmer day and smaller tide!