Leicester Fisheagle

Have had drinks and Sunday Lunch and recommended it to my Sister and husband when they were in Poole.Believe the restaurant and bar are open to the public, at least for Sunday Lunch . Didn't know about the hotel. Have some french friends who are keen sailors who have asked my to find some where in Poole, could fit the bill.

Hope gets sorted soon.

Maybe it is something the Club could organise for members as we have several contacts there. There were areas I would have liked to seen , but it was too busy, for example, the Sea Survival Building. The bar and meals also looked inviting.

Hope this works. Last one didn't. Think I forgot to press add file Success at last.

Using Oli's guide, I am going to try to put up a picture from my tablet gallery rather than asking other people.

Thanks for putting up the pictures Dave. Allan.

Didn't know there was parking inside, thought it would be reserved for the disabled and special needs. However, we gave well more than the recommended donation. Did the £5 include the suggested voluntary £2 per person contribution?

No probs parking in Asda and walked through the side gate to the right of the store.Ann had the car cleaned by the valeters and we left it in one of their free reserved bays for nothing then shopped after the visit.

Went down to the Open Day and was well impressed. Had my life jackets checked as one of the ones I was bought as a present was an hammer action one with the cylinder built into the bladder. The firing mechanism had to be prised out of a silicon type gasket with a coin and was fiddly to refit. Was shown some of the Kru jackets which I was very impressed by. Very snug fitting, no neck rubbing and built in spray hood and crotch straps and easy to check/replace firing mechanisms/cylinders. Will investigate these further. Took a few pictures while we were down there and saw the new facility with various lifeboats (water propelled 25 knot jobs). Started to realize how much work we don't see goes into fitting them out. Perhaps Dave will still have enough energy to put a few snaps up this evening after today's crowds. Wondered if I should have gone fishing when I saw Sea Dream, Frisky Fox, Reel Magic? and a few other Club boats coming back from their forays in the Bay.

Well done everybody. One hell of a lucky guy and dog. Allan

Your having some hard luck, hope it gets sorted soon and not too expensive. Allan.

Fisheagle will be having an early start and heading east and hoping for a bass or early trigger. Probably with Yann T. and John S . Will be on Ch 6.

We had a very enjoyable day on Fisheagle and everyone enjoyed themselves. The two youngsters were kept busy. Given the limited areas we could fish for safety and the at times, slightly snotty conditions, they both did well with almost friendly rivalry running through the day. I have asked Dave (Coddy) to put up some pictures and Paul will add a few more when he does the catch report. Paul will confirm he is happy for the Club to use them. Ironically, having just sorted our transducer, I forgot the plotter and fishfinder. I can highly recommend the Navionics phone/tablet version which served us well as a back up plotter. Would we have done better with known plotter marks and fishfinder is any bodies guess. Many thanks to Alfresco and crew. Allan.

Fisheagle will be "driving " things along with Paul, Sofie and Curtis Driver. No pressure after their recent success last time out. Allan.

Many thanks for the report Hooky. Look forward to more pictures. The "hybrid" looks more like an undulate as the picture does not show the patches of spikes on the wings. You forgot to mention you lowered the anchor into 90 feet of water with the detatchable recovery ring still hanging from the anchor. God knows how it didn't drop off. Sods law the one time it got stuck. Otherwise, a great couple of days. We will get some of those bass and other elusive species next time.

Always a quality report and pictures with a good variety of fish thrown in. Sounds like another very good day.

Should keep the trawlers out of the Bay.☺ Allan.

Paul, sat up in Birmingham having a pint and reading the reports. Looks like you won't want to slum it on Fisheagle too much now.☺ Allan.

Really pleased you have been offered a trip out. Look forward to hearing how everyone did when We get back. Allan.

I have taken Paul and his son out more than once and his son won this year's Wessex Junior of the year. Hope Paul doen't mind me saying that he lost his 28 footer from North Haven in the big storms a few years ago. Neither of them are novices and are both as keen as mustard and house trained. I am up in the Midlands settling some of my father's affairs after his funeral until the 20th/21st. Otherwise I would have helped. They have their own lifejackets, rods etc. Allan.

Chair gone to Brian. Mobity scooter still available. Allan.

Good luck Matt, hope it all works out. Allan.

Liverpool lads used to use old fridges and freezers and fill them with things, especially old bags of cement etc. The Welsh trawlers soonstopped fishing the Mersey. Allan.

Brian, you have first refusal on the chair. Allan.

I have one of these which I need to dispose of very quickly. It has two motors, was I believe recently PAT tested and in working order. It will need collecting from Poole. There are similar on ebay for £300 plus. Free to a good home. It breaks down into two parts for transport. Donation to RNLI. Also, 4 wheel Shoprider mobility scooter 5mph. With charger, lights, basket, bag. Worth over £200 on ebay offers around £120 . Lightly used.Collect Broadstone, Poole. Tel Allan 07758356474.