Graham Nash

I have booked Thursday off too Charlie, unfortunately my crew cant be available till about 10 so we wont get an early one in. Will be heading East to see if I can get some fish for my dog

Hi Thomas ..... see if you can get grandad out on one of the kayaks

Happy Birthday Terry.

I have recently had my dog tested for allergies (as she was scratching so much that she actually scratched her nipples off!!) Anyway the outcome is that as well as allergies to just about every type of pollen, the only meat she can eat is white fish and raw egg. So my request is that anyone very local to Poole who catches one of the deep water species that is unable to be returned due to deep hooking or blown swim bladder give me a call before returning their catch for the seagulls. I stress I dont want you to kill an otherwise healthy fish, just the ones that won't survive anyway. Pout, Pollock and Cod are the obvious ones but maybe there are others?? I say very local to Poole because I live and work in Poole so would be able to collect very quickly in most cases. Many thanks. Graham 07710 911921

Another beauty. Well done you lot for having jobs that enables you to go fishing when the rest of us are working I have yet to find the car park myself Lofty but I believe its a few miles the other side of The Needles.

You look knackered Nigel!! Best get back to work for a rest!

Fantastic Nigel ..... beats work eh?

My crew today was much too late for us to sign in for the comp but we did get out and hid round in Swanage for a few hours. Plenty of wrasse up to a couple of pounds and a few doggies. Headed to Poole patch for the last hour or so (to use up the last of our bait) and had more of the same but with the added bonus of a small conger too. No cod, nothing decent but was great to be out again at last.

my sentiments exactly Nigel ....

every now and then Martin gets a quantity given to him. Last time it was 10mm and there were 2 HUGE reels of it. I dont think there is any guarantees as to when it might show up but if you can it is worth waiting for as its good stuff.

I think we NEED a break in this weather

I intend on being there too Tony ..... woo hooo, lets do it

Im not even gonna mention Windguru!

there would have been two of us taking the credit then Dave

and I'm off to fish .... and put back all of my catch (if there is any).

Bob, most of us here just wanna fish. Politics is for the politicians and millitants.

I still say fair play to you for being willing to put yourself forward Bob, and I admire your passion and demeanor with your replies .... but ..... I personally feel sick when I see photos of charter boats with the deck covered in dead fish. As much as I did when I saw the recent TV program about discards. Nothing fuels the ANTI fishing brigades fire more than photos of dead fish. My feelings are that there SHOULD be a limit, although I have absolutely no idea how that could/should be set or policed. So I think we are on opposite tables straight away. My feelings on the whole commercial/recreational fisherman is a fairly simplistic (nieve) one; Commercial fishermen take fish from the sea for a living, they have invested millions on their trade and pay a heavy price when they get it wrong (sometimes they pay the ultimate price with their lives). We the public demand fish for our tables and we demand it at a cheap price, which means they have to catch more and more and they have to do it as economically as possible. If there was no market then they wouldn't do it. Recreational Sea Anglers on the other hand do it as a pass time/sport, mainly so we can get a "buzz" by out-witting a fish and we have even started using lighter gear so that the competition is closer and the "buzz" is heightened. How can we complain at being limited just because the commercial guys take what market forces have dictated that they take? or because we only get out once a month/year or whatever. I personally think that we should limit our bag to personal use, we shouldn't be supplying the neighbourhood or work mates with fish. But if that is what you (or anyone else does) then that is your choice. I won't keep fish just because others do (as was said on another thread recently). Incidentally; I dont put my fish back because I have to, I put them back because I want to. I had a big smile on my face as I saw a 10LB Bass swim away after release, but thats not to say that everyone feels the same.

Wow ... thanks everyone Unfortunately the Work Gods didn't care that it was my birthday but my kids are taking me out for a carvery this evening .... I have a feeling it's gonna cost me tho'. the Weather Gods have promised me a better weekend for next weekend so get your squid ready everyone

I think there are many that have voices similar reservations concerning the AT within our own club Bob, and well done to you for "putting your money where your mouth is": I for one would be interested in knowing what you think you can do and how you think you can do it when everyone else has failed so miserably. Incidentally I did join your forum some time ago but never progressed to the "pay" status as although you were all very friendly and some seemed very knowledgable you were very limited at the time with very few (if any) posters from down this area.

Wasnt it a fair size fishing boat tho Dave? Surely they felt safe in the assumption that anything else out there would either be looking at their radar (in which case they would see them) or anything without radar would be going slow. remember that if the fishing boat had his radar set at 5 mile range, the ferry would not have shown on his radar until about 7 or 8 minutes before impact. Not much time to lift the anchor and get out of it's way, even if they saw it immediately it came on their screen.

Thats a beast!! ( obviously the fish I mean, not Emma ) Congratulations Emma!

I have only been out twice in fog, the first without radar and i didnt like it at all and travelled at about 3 or 4 knots, the second time was with radar and i still didnt like it but upped to about 8 knots while my mate was hanging over the side to see and i was fixed to my radar screen. Obviously depending on the conditions, but anyone doing 37 knots in thick fog is IMHO criminally negligent.

I hope the dogfish section has plenty of room!

yesterday morning Windguru was showing Sunday with force 1's & 2's, by last night that was up to 6's & 7's. This morning it's 4 to 5. I dont envy you your task Rob!

Me and my big mouth!!!