Maverick Martin

Happy birthday Ian, enjoy the pressies and the pub

Happy birthday Retro

Welcome Lee I have just updated your forum status so you can now see the club only section, join in and ask as many questions as you like, it's a great club with very helpful members. We are all friendly and approachable and have been where you are albeit in my case an awful long time ago

Cracking video, thanks for sharing

Wow 5 very lucky fellows. Glad they were all rescued safely

Thats a good link providing us with not so good info

Your card has been duly marked Ian

All the best Rich hope you have a good day

Just checked our specimen sizes being used this year and flounder are registered as 100% = 2lb 8oz

I think as a club we do not adhere to all the specimen sizes recommended by the wessex AT, Perhaps Neal could clarify if flounder specimen size for us remains at 2.5lb

Hi Vic and welcome to (what we think is) the best small boat A/C on the south coast. God willing you will fit in just fine.........well someone had to say it and it just as well be me as I do have one extra large foot Now the banter is out of the way and in all seriousness muck in make a nuisance of yourself and you WILL fit in just fine

> Number One Idiot. I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control centre. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Two Idiot. Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Three Idiot. A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, "Put all your money in this bag". While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Four Idiot. A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number Five Idiot. A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21". The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the guy two hours later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idiot Number Six A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!". When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idiot Number Seven Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idiot Number Eight. I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbour call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stay Alert! They walk among us ... they Reproduce ... they also Vote ... and more than a few of them hold public office!

Well done Alan, from what I have heard they are great boats.

Could you ban bringing fish baits? people could still use squid worms and the like but if they want mackerel as a bait catch them on the day. Nobody should struggle to catch a few mackerel on lures/feathers as a species then use them for bait

Happy Birthday Jon, not much chance of fishing so hope the family spoilt you well

Forgot to say that AWOL is available again this year if needed

Lofty As said previously it is hard for the support boats to know who are competitors or not. Last year we approached one kayak and told him if he was in the competition he was out of the zone and should move. His reply was not in the comp mate, with that we could do nothing as no way of identifying him. With numbers on boats or at least stickers of some sort we could of reported back to base. Regarding the cheating element it will be very hard to stop as those that would stoop that low are very inventive. I would suggest as said at last nights meeting that tying to a fixed object should be banned ie: drop your hook or sling it. The idea about baits ie chopping off tails prior to launch is a good one although not fool proof.

Competition Winners 2014 Fish of the Month January Charlie Chapman Conger 64lb 0oz 160% February Alun Jones Flounder 2lb 1oz 83% March Jan Triska Bass 12lb 7oz 131% April Bradley Toms Undulate Ray 19lb 10oz 140% May Dave Lynes Bass 13lb 14oz 147% June Colin Francis Small Eyed Ray 14lb 8oz 132% July Allan Green Blonde Ray 26lb 8oz 115% August Alun Jones Brill 6lb 0oz 120% September Clive Webb Bass 11lb 14oz 125% October Colin Francis Undulate Ray 16lb 8oz 118% November Mick Pike Cod 26lb 0oz 130% December Dave Evans Flounder 4lb 2.5oz 165% Trophy Winners Bob Horne Memorial Dave Evans Flounder 4lb 2.5oz Steve Chester Memorial Mick Pike Cod 26lb Frank Fudge Memorial Charlie Chapman Conger 64lb Junior Shield TBA Ladies Shield TBA Specimen Hunters Shield Alun Jones 19 fish over 100% Peter Peck – Chairman’s Award TBA Competition Winners Bream Comp Will Summerell Black Bream 4lb 12oz 48Hr Comp =1st Alun Jones Cod 21lb 0oz 48Hr Comp =1st Dave Evans Ling 21lb 0oz B.A.S.S. Comp – Catch / Release Mal Thomas Bass 9lb 8oz Flatfish Comp Dave Palmer Plaice 1lb 12oz Ray Comp Danny Curtis Thornback Ray 12lb 1oz Cod Comp Nigel Allen Cod 14lb 2oz Junior Comp Best Specimen Jayden Wald Dogfish 1lb 8oz Heaviest Fish Reuben Franklin Small Eyed Ray 5lb 8oz Most Species Jayden Wald 10 Species Annual Species Hunt First Kingfisher Chris Witheford 45 Second Frisky Fox Mike Fox 42 Third Marlin Greg Toms 39 Third Marichelle Mick Pike 39 New Club Records Chris Witheford Silver Eel 1lb 15oz Colin Francis Small Eyed Ray 14lb 8oz Specimen Hunters – 37 Anglers with 111 Fish 100% Specimen or over Alun Jones Jan Triska Allan Green Charlie Chapman Sam Chapman Dave Evans Nigel Allen Will Summerell Mal Thomas Trevor Thomas Chris Witheford Carol Fox Tom Smith Jacob Givans Kev Couzens Steve Loftus Neal Sturt John Stephenson Dave Lynes Mick Pike Gordon Moore Adam Franklin Tony Deavin Paul Jennings Bradley Toms Stuart Cooper Mike Fox Nigel Horsman Colin Francis Dan Chapman Dave Samuel Ian Simpson Bobi Francis Martin Cherrett Pete Grasson Clive Webb Greg Toms Prizes awarded to Fish of the Month winners Club Sponsored Prizes awarded to new Club Record Holders Salter Electronic Suspended Balance Prizes awarded to Specimen Hunters Club Sponsored

Happy Birthday Dave, hope you weren't digging today or if you were that you had a beer in your hand

Alun Hopefully Tony/Stuie will have sussed out PY clubs availability Mon/Tuesday so we should know dates for the DD after this coming weeks committee meeting

I wouldn't go on large tides neither would I go on a date clashing with the presentation

Happy Birthday from Me & V Sandy What did he get you? it better have been worth missing the club meeting for

I read in the local rag that Wickes were having a sale on Council Recliners. I got curious about this item, never heard of a 'Council Recliner', so I went to Wickes to find out what these things were ... Guess what? I've had one in the shed for years! Just hadn't figured out how to use it properly

We had a power outage at our house this morning and my PC, laptop, TV, DVD, iPad, ham radio & my new surround sound music system were all shut down. Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was flat and to top it off it was raining outside, so I couldn't play golf. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and then I remembered that this also needs power, so I sat and talked with my wife for a few hours. She seems like a nice person.

Belated happy birthday Kev