Maverick Martin

Hi Reg We have our flatfish/ray comp on the 17th it could be your first club comp You are more than welcome to accompany me out from Poole. The ray part of the comp was won on Maverick last year Martin PS might even have a day or two off if the weathers good that week

Glad your back safe and well Rich. Where will we see you Thursday? are you suffering from jetlag......meeting was this week Martin

Rich have a good day, are you getting nipper ready for 2moz Martin

Alun Plz plz plz book in the comp even if your not seriously fishing it. It will help us to get the numbers we need to make this comp qualify for the BFM comp Ta in advance

Nope the weather put paid to that

Harry I hope to be launching from Cobbs on Sunday. What time you planning on launching, maybe see you their Martin

Like the new boat Fred very smart. I hope Cyclone goes to a good home as she is also a cracking boat No I'm not jealous Martin

A very happy birthday Mike, have a fishy one Martin

Maverick will be there with Dean and Dave Mayne as crew Martin

Hi Keith Its nice to hear you had a good days sport with nobody laying ground bait what a bonus it is when a plan comes together. Now you know a few marks you'll be able to find the fish yourselfe Martin

Hi all The club newsletter has been emailed out to all those with email addy's have you received yours? If not the details in the club register are incorrect, If this applies to you could you please update your email address with either Bob F or myself. Those without email address will receive theirs via snail mail in the next day or so Martin BTW please return your questionnaires asap thanks

If you use Craftinsure please mention the club, you may not get a better deal but it lets our sponsor know he's getting a return on his investment Martin

Hi John What is your boat made of? it will make a huge difference to what paint you should use. Antifoul paint is whats used to paint parts of the boat that will be submerged. It will inhibit the growth of seaweed and barnacles etc BTW welcome to the site Martin

If your up for a little drive and a walk then try swanage. Park in the main carpark at the end of town (near pier) walk up the road past the rnli building and to the coastguard lookout station. then along the rocky bay to the right. Not easy walking but work your way along the beach. The use of floating plugs would be an advantge here as it is very rocky and can become expensive. Largest shore caught bass that I have seen come from this area 11lb 13oz. Best time to target is from about half tide up then down again as it is very shallow in places. There are other access points to this bay but not easily described in a post. PM/Phone me if you want more info Martin

Steve Thanks for the update much appreciated Martin

I am so distressed been looking forward to getting out for so long now Looking on the bright side... what a busy september we will have Martin

Couldn't agree more Tom and good on SMB for taking a responsible attitude. On a training not I am just waiting for our provider to get back to me with dates then we shall have some of our members going through RYA Power boat level 2 Martin

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Well done Alun Did the boat live up to or surpass you expectations? Martin

Fred It's only a step forward if the fish saved from mainland charter anglers are also saved from commercials, locals and CI's charters. Keep one sector out and let another sector clear up then no one will benefit from increased stocks. Regarding your backyard comment I don't think you will find a more conservation minded bunch of anglers than our club members. We have report after report on this forum of fish caught and returned. It would appear that even you are learning to occasionally do this. Lets take you recent shark capture as an example, a brilliant job well done with the club endorsing this and going on to put in place a procedure of measure and release, conservation in practice. As an angler I would welcome bag limits or no take zones or whatever if I could see that other stakeholders were being reigned in for the benefit of all and not just the few, I rarely take fish home now so it wouldnt really impact on me personally and I would still go fishing. If they ain

Fred I think you have missed the point. Speaking for myself I am not against the idea of bag limits in fact I rarely keep fish unlike some who I must say are quite entitled to keep fish for their OWN consumption. What I am against is commercials (or anybody else for that matter) who think they have a god given right to anything that swims and think others have no right, that just about sums up the attitude of some. What would be the point in limiting mainland charter anglers just so someone else can come along and take what

Bob Boats on this side of the pond can be licensed if they wish. All it entitles them to do is sell fish ie their boat would be classed as a commercial boat. With reference to how Weymouth and CI boats get on it would appear well. One of the Guernsey boats even got us some eels. So it would appear the commercial lobby are the ones with an issue and in particularly Guernsey commercials. The rod and line catches of bass referred to were caught by commercial effort on one mark which is difficult to net. The fisheries protection guys came aboard for a chat and were looking for feedback (which they got from us ) they never even looked in the fish hold. What really annoys me most is they are proposing to include all fish caught, even those that are caught outside their waters ie if its on the boat they would assume you got them within their area. The fish caught on the way over are more likely to be low value table fish such as Pollock caught on mid channel wrecks. Paul, you could be right and it

Bob I don't think anyone on here would dsipute the need for conservation but it has to be equitable. One other thing that worries me is when we were in Alderney earlier this year our boat was boarded by a fisheries protection vessel. When quizzed the officer stated that they were not worried about the flat fish stocks so what are they worried about? Could it just be that a well off commercial fisherman who knows what strings to pull is stirring this to take minds from other issues. Also, read the full letter especially about the amount of bass the commercials take on rod and line in a specific 10-week period, do you still think this is conservation driven? I don

Adam Concept maybe correct but without similar restrictions on 1. commercials and 2 local anglers what would be the point and what would it achieve, answers on a postage stamp please My point being there is no point restricting one sector so another can take even more from a fishery. I would quite happily return all the fish I catch so long as could see that any imposed restrictions were equitable for all interested parties. I would not visit the CI's under this kind of restriction unless there were similar rules in place for all stakeholders. I would object to being treated as a second class citizen and the only way I could object would be to not go. Perhaps we should send in a response as individual's and another as a club? Martin

or they may just have good taste Sorry it aint funny when the barstewards have visited. Must make a note for 2morrow "Remove Pennant from boat" Martin