Maverick Martin

Nige the area is in the post title

Seems to be a bit of a theme going on here, your reputation precedes you Jim

V didn't think so having to get up at 6am to cook a load of smelly fishermen bacon rolls and cups of tea lol

Have a very happy birthday old codger plenty of cakes and beer today then

You're welcome Jim, I enjoyed both your company and the day afloat, shame the fish weren't to interested in playing

Jim and I will be out tomorrow on Madness. Only going along the front looking for plaice and scratching around. Will be listening on ch6

Good luck boys, looking forward to the reports in the club members only section

Portland Marina Fuel although they do not give either opening times or cost of fuel. Probably better is you carry enough additional fuel or ask a larger boat to carry for you. If you were to go up when we are going I would be more than happy to take your additional fuel for you. Only problem for us is we would only venture up there on weekends

I once had a Warrior 195 (no longer made) with a 150 Mariner optimax on the back and did the trip in that boat. That had a 120 litre internal fuel tank and was ok but can't remember 100% as it was many years ago. From what I remember the 640 uses more fuel than my Warrior did

As the crow flies its 23 miles to the centre of the shambles but in reality its 30 miles each way plus your drifting for the day plus your journey through the harbour and back so probably need to allow for well over 100 miles for the day plus an amount for safety allowance or mishaps

This club use to dominate the angling press. I have uncovered an old copy of Boat Fishing Monthly where we had two full length articles. This one was all about the open comp we use to host. If this turns out to be readable I'll maybe post the other article later

Oooh do tell what you got? Must say I loved your dads last boat

Hi Dan, back for good?

Mark, our club is run almost totally on honesty. ie: if you say you caught a fish you did catch a fish. If you are unsure of a fishes id then do post a photo and the members will help you out on the id of your catch. Photos would be nice in reports just to spice things up a bit. There are no large prizes to win so anyone who (shall we say) exaggerates their catches is only fooling themselves. The only comps we run that require a weigh in is (I believe) our Christmas flounder comp and that is a purely social event which again only offers a small hamper plus other bits and bobs as prizes. When we used to run an annual open comp which was a little different as there were high value prizes which may have been tempting for some. Also non club members could enter so in this comp we were shall we say a little more careful on fairness

Hey Jacob, happy birthday, get Granddad to take you fishing

Wishing you a very happy birthday Derek

Welcome Mark, so you finally took the plunge and joined proper. Enjoy your membership and take part in as many comps or socials as you feel able. Martin

Wishing you a very happy birthday Adam, nice day for being out on the boat?

Wishing you a very happy birthday Tony, now get back under that boat and get it painted lol. I'll buy you a beer (or three) when we are aloud out again

Saturday 27/03/21 Dean and I were up early doors . Got to the boat at around 8:45am and were the only boat going out through the 9:30 bridge lift. Pulled into Poole Quay opposite one of the Squeeker factories to collect our bait. Armed with worms and raw prawns off we set. Went past a visiting super yacht called Elandess, Dean took a photo of our boat passing her Headed outside the harbour and had a few drifts along the beaches with 1 plaice being the reward for our effort there. Twas windy and cold so bacon and sausage sandwiches were made and consumed, this turned out to be the highlight of the day Moved to fish the swash hoping for less wind and more action but weed was a problem here so yet another move to inside the harbour. Our chosen mark was almost unfishable with so much weed being dragged out the harbour by the super strong ebb. We decided to call it a day and head back to our berth through the 14:30 bridge lift, wash the boat down and home by 15:30 On our way out the guys that did gel repairs and polishing of Madness phoned saying they were at work on one of the Sunseeker boats and offered to take a few shots of Madness on the water which was really nice of them as it is really difficult getting shots of your own boat on the water. All in all an enjoyable 5 hours on the water after nearly 4 months of inactivity due to weather and boat out for annual repairs etc. Looking forward to our next foray hopefully with a few more fish thrown in

Bloomin hell who would have thought it, you're next door neighbours

and I thought mine were bad, will be in touch soon with a few reels for you to work miracles with

Love it what a good news story

Well that's it Madness is now ready for action. If the weather holds for next weekend Dean and I will be afloat chasing fins

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