Leicester Fisheagle

Have good one and manage to wet a line or a glass. Allan.

Fisheagle could struggle to get crew for more than one day. This should be a summer comp. when days are longer. Who is likely to be out at 6 pm on Friday evening , even given good weather as the days are too short.

Happy Birtday Chris. Have a good one. Allan.

Fantastic report. Really good read. Wish you well on your next trip and look forward to the report and photos. Towing can have its advantages. Allan.

South/ south west of the Spoils would not be too far off. Squid on the bottom. Allan

Fisheagle-crew tba.

Set out with Jan around 8 am. Tried a few drifts in the Swashbut nothing very interesting. Moved out to 80 foot plus of water where we managed to fish for a couple of hours on a spot I have'nt been to for a while. Had eight small eyes and an undulate around 12 lbs. But nothing enormous.We were suprised by the number of gurnards, especially reds. We each kept a couple for tea. As it was flat calm, Jan tried for a few more garfish and finished up having fun and catching 20. A few other species including smoothounds, huss dogs etc. were also caught. A couple of half decent huss of 9 plus to me and an 8.25lb one to Jan. The highlight of Jan's day was when he hooked into something decent on his heavy gear. The conversation went something like (the expletives have been left out). "It can't keep going, I can't tighten up any more and have two thumbs on the spool." "Jan, its not going to stop, by the time I buoy the anchor, there will be no line left. Yet another Poole Bay Monster. A thing dreams and fishy tales are made of.

Happy Birthday to both of you. Hope you had a great day.

Frank Morris who has computer problems and Yann T. who is even more computer illiterate than me have asked me to put up the following. Happy Hooker. 20 fish. Yann 15 Frank 5. Best Fish. Yann Undulate 17 lbs. Garfish 1lb.4ozs. Frank Undulate 12lbs. 8 ozs.

Fisheagle Ray Comp. 29 rays caught and returned. Similar nos. each. Best Fish. Dave Lynes 15lbs. Undulate Allan Green 14lbs. 8 ozs. Undulate. Allan Green 14lbs. 2 ozs. Undulate. Allan.

Thanks Martin, when we left him tonight at 9.15pm at Baiters he asked me to put it up. As long as he has registered. Allan.

Boy Colin. Colin and wife. Saturday.

Happy Hooker. Frank And Yann. Saturday.

Fisheagle Allan plus Dave L. Saturday at the moment. Allan.

They tell me that 70 is just a number. Allan.

Hi Colin, you have a pm. Allan.

Happy Birthday Dave. Have a good one. Allan.

With no crew being available am. (One had been fishing five consecutive days) due to exaustion and a possible excess of the red stuff, I left Cobbs around 4 pm. Our aim was to get away from the crowds and four rock marks beckoned. We were in search of the elusive Rock Cooke. In my view, this highly prized species is locally now one the rarest wrasse. It has a dark band on its tail and can easily be confused and misidentified. Our hopes were high, but after catching around a hundred wrasse and loosing tackle, we gave up and called it a day. No Rock Cooke this time. The search goes on. The evening was to be a short local Sole Trip for an hour or so. Our chosen spot has produced quite quickly over the last couple of years. The tide was perfect, but rafts of surface weed hampered fishing. A good number of checkers were caught and the Dave had three nice Flounders between 1.5 lbs and 2 lbs.which were returned. Nice fish for this this time of the year. The Sole will have to wait for next time.It was a perfect way to finish a beautiful sunny weekend. Allan.

Dave, do you have the picture of the boat? Nice to see you finally "pulled" the Trigger despite my best efforts. Allan

Fisheagle results. Seven sizeable fish landed. Dave Lynes. 4lbs 12ozs. Keeper 5lbs 8ozs returned Allan Green. 4lbs. Keeper. 5lbs 8 ozs returned. Allan.

What feels like a weekend "Fishathon" has one day to go if the crew manage to make it tomorrow. Canicular weather, a surfeit of fish and esteemed company. What more could one ask? We decided to fish the Bass Comp. On Saturday Morning and a quick 30 knot trip across the Bay on a flat sea, found us on our chosen mark around 9.30 am. Seven sizeable fish were landed on both lure and livebait in the next hour or two with smaller and lost fish taking us into double figures. We then returned to Poole and played about in various places hoping for Plaice and an elusive Trigger. Fish were plentiful, but most of the Plaice caught were on the small side, no Triggers but plenty of jumbo Mackeral. The Emergency Services had a real day of it around Poole dealing professionally with multiple situations simultaneously. In the afternoon, an injured climber at Dancing Ledge, two back to back medi vacs by helicopter, an injured elderly gentleman on True Blue which caused her urgent return to Poole. Then there was a sunken speedboat with four passengers off Sandbanks (pics to follow). This was interspersed with something like 14 Pan Pans. We lost count of the numerous calls to the now defunct Portland Coastguard and the incessant demands for radio checks. Our admiration goes out to them. Sunday saw us trying for a mixture of fish. Coddy and I did well, but Golden B__ll__ks, namely DL excelled himself. Nearly 20 different species on his own including eight Plaice, Undulate Rays to 14 pounds, Conger and the elusive Trigger Fish.

Hi Mel had a 520 which I used to launch from Baiters and Cobbs. Now have Fisheagle based at Cobbs. Will be out over Saturday and Sunday maybe even Monday. As always, we are on Channel 6. Hope to see you out there. Allan.

Fisheagle on Saturday with Allan, Dave L. and possibly Frank Morris.. Fisheagle on Sunday with Dave S. fishing competition and Allan and Dave not fishing comp.

Hope you have a great day, see you out there. Allan.

Left Cobbs around 2 pm. with Dave L on board, the other crew member having opted out a few hours earlier. The promised weather forcast did not materialise and condition late afternoon were a tad uncomfortable. Fishing was good and some 6 different marks were tried with half outside the harbour. Our main target were plaice and we kept three good keepers around 2lbs. and smaller fish around a pound being returned.being returned. Around a dozen species were caught including seven gurnards, six tubs and one grey. So plenty of small stuff to keep us interested. I am still waiting for a red for the Species Comp. Despite feathers being out most of the time, only one mackeral was caught which was very disappointing. Allan.