Maverick Martin

Rockley would probably be the cheapest unless you are prepared to go up Wareham river but that is a long haul down into the harbour and beyond

I'll share that with you Terry so long as I get the (lardest) largest half

Hope you had a great day, Happy birthday John

Happy birthday Chris, hope its been a good day

You must be a really bad boy as they say no peace for the wicked

Wishing you a very happy birthday Kam

Dean and I are out tomorrow heading west first to look for Bream and if that's no good its over to the Shambles Shall be listening on Ch6 if anyone has the urge to shout

Oh Rodders

Oh do we have to wait that long?

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