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We went out today but due to the fog and a report from out at sea saying it was very similar conditions we opted for the safer option of a coffee in Cobbs Quay bar having got as far as the chain ferry before turning back.

It seemed that there was only one national shout on Christmas Day, unlucky for the crew of Walmer lifeboat who got called out just after 9.00am However today there has already been a number of call outs around the UK & Ireland. Take it easy out there if you are in the Cod comp and don't take any unnecessary risks, a fish is not worth your life or someone else who may be trying to rescue you!

Happy Christmas and New Year I hope you all get the chance of a new PB fish during 2017 Dave

Nice to see a picture of Mike with his winning Cod in this months magazine with a write up on the Club's Cod comp. Well done Stuie (I expect he sent the details in) Also an interesting write up by Steve Porter of the year, of True Blue fame, and that he is getting a new boat with outboards! Seems Manta Ray has started something!

Underwater footage at Chesil beach Another reason why nets should be banned Dave

Hope so

Sounds like a plan to get them all to go home early so you can have an early night and not much alcohol so you don't keep the FPO awake at night! :lol:

Interesting response from another MP Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon responds to The Warsash Inshore Fishermen’s Group. Madeline Moon MP.Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to the Open Letter from The Warsash Inshore Fishermen’s Group regarding the Inshore Commercial Bass Fishery and comments made in the House of Commons Debate on January 11 of this year, entitled ‘Recreational seabass fishing’. This group, representing local commercial inshore fishermen, has taken issue with comments made by myself, and other MPs such as Scott Mann and Charles Walker, in support of bass conservation measures. In their letter they seek to claim that the increase in gillnetting poses little or no threat to bass stocks due their ‘selectivity’, which avoids both discards and the accidental capture of undersized fish. They now claim to support the new, and hard-won minimum landing size of 42cm for bass, which is a complete about-turn from a few years ago, when the inshore commercial fleet were furiously lobbying ministers and politicians against an increase from 36cm, on the grounds that such a move would massively increase discards as evidenced by numerous articles in Fishing News. Turning to the issue of selectivity, again the evidence contradicts the conservation claims made by the gillnetters. I would make the following points in response: Fishermen work to release a seal from a gill net.1) As can been seen above, and distressing photos it’s not just about selectivity of different sizes of bass. It’s also about impact on other sea creatures. Cetaceans, seals, and sea-birds are regularly caught up in inshore nets with lethal results. 2) It is claimed that the under-10m fleet is ‘lower impact’ and is ‘only able to deploy small lengths of net’, implying that the impacts on fishery resources are negligible. However, nowadays inshore boats are quite capable of deploying many kilometres of mono gill nets. Their own National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) published a statement at the end of July 2013 that powerfully confirms this very point. The NFFO states: “The fishing power of an under-10m vessel can be many times greater than its counterpart 20 years ago. As with the fleet of larger vessels, technology has not stood still.” 3) The easy and cheap availability of monofilament gill netting is well documented as placing considerable additional pressure on fishery resources, including on threatened species such as seabass. This is comprehensively documented in several CEFAS publications: including the Technical Report No 116 on Coastal Fisheries of England & Wales published 2002. 4) The Warsash fishermen choose not to mention hanging ratios, which are crucial to minimising the capture of undersized fish. A great many gill nets are set by a half [100m of stretched netting is set into foot and head ropes of just 50m]. These low hanging ratios now used for gillnets mean that instead of being relatively taut they are very loose, and so act more like a tangle net, with reduced size selectivity. 5) And, of course, there are well-documented accounts of gillnets capturing significant amounts of undersized fish, as was made clear in the Commons debate. For example, in March 2016 the Cornwall IFCA’s Principle Scientific Officer reported that during nine days of fishing in Falmouth Bay (Winter 2015-2016) a vessel that used 100mm-mesh gill nets caught 680 bass of which 82% were below the 42cm MCRS. 6) In the Southern IFCA area, which includes Warsash, the minimum size for grey mullet is 30cm. If commercial fishermen are targeting them with gillnets it would be interesting to know how they avoid catching undersized bass in the same nets? In addition to the above points, I should point out that it is not uncommon for legislators and conservationists to call for restricting the damage caused by entanglement netting. All across the globe there are numerous examples of a wide range of such restrictions. For example: In Australia gillnetting has been banned in areas of the Northern Territories to allow the sport fishing industry to develop and realise its economic potential, which far exceeds that of commercial fishing. Florida: all entanglement netting is banned in State waters. Florida is now a leading international sport fishing destination. Turks & Caicos Islands, a British protectorate: all trawling and netting is prohibited in favour of hook and line. In Scotland, the ‘inshore fishing monofilament gill net order’ prohibits the use of mono gill nets inside six miles. In Massachusetts, USA, commercial and recreational exploitation of striped bass is restricted to hook and line only. Finally, I feel it is important to put this issue into the wider context of the condition of the UK’s seabass stocks, which was the driver for the January debate in Parliament. I believe it is important that our marine policies are driven by science and evidence, and not simply by producer interests and commercial pressures. As was made clear in the debate, we are reaping the consequences of not taking seriously the warnings issued by respected bodies such as the ICES, who are now recommending a total moratorium on all forms of bass harvesting in 2017 in order to rebuild stocks endangered by over fishing. The advice can be seen here. In 2014, UK gill netters landed 584 tonnes of bass – more than the ICES 2016 Northern Stock advice of 541 tonnes for whole of the EU. There is, therefore, no doubt in my mind that inshore gillnetting has played a significant part in the decline of bass stocks. That’s why I welcome this opportunity to correct the misleading claims made by the Warsash Inshore Fishermen’s Group, and to confirm that, far from withdrawing any remarks, I shall redouble my efforts to promote science-based policies that aid conservation and benefit the marine environment. I remain firmly of the view that once bass stocks are rebuilt, the fishery should be subject to sustainable fishing methods only such as commercial hook and lining, and recreational angling. Gillnetting has done too much damage to our bass stocks for far too long. Yours sincerely, Madeleine Moon MP for Bridgend House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Got a longer walk now Mick?

This might be of interest if choosing your next antifoul paint http://www.pbo.co.uk/gear/pbo-great-uk-antifouling-showdown-26053#AxE2ub9Ko1tJ5opI.01 Dave

If anyone wishes to read more about Poole Lifeboats click here http://www.poolelifeboats.org.uk/history/history-of-poole-lifeboat-station-2011-present/ It does back a very long way.

On Saturday 12th November we say farewell to our All Weather Lifeboat, ‘The City of Sheffield’ as she departs from Poole Lifeboat Station. It is a sad day to lose her as she has been in Poole since 5th September 2001 and to date has responded to 556 shouts and brought home 400 people. There will be a flotilla of boats, including Poole’s lifeboats setting off from the Quay from approximately 11am, come along and say farewell. She will be making a final visit to Poole on Sunday 13th from 12 to 2pm where members of the public are welcome to come on-board for the last time.

Hi Charlie Still early days at the moment but Allan's still has his Alderney buoy should he need it and he was talking about using it in deep water like you. I know Allan is not keen to loose and anchors so I suspect the trip will remain, however he did look at the anchors that have a slot in the shank but if I recall correctly this puts the end of the chain too close to the gypsy. When Allan is back from his holiday I am sure he will be trying it out and modifying things to make life simpler. I do know that the anchor does not always want to come up at the right angle to self-stow but with a 7.5Kg anchor it is not too difficult to man-handle the last bit.

As some of you may know Allan has recently had a winch installed on his MF755 Marlin and he asked me to try to do some sort of write up about it as it may be of interest to others. Early in 2016, Allan was talking to me about getting a winch for his boat. Should it be mounted at the front, side, gypsy or drum, vertical or horizontal, there were some many options. Side/cockpit mounted would be too restrictive for going up to the bow and then there was the need for a storage box for all the rope & chain let alone pulleys, rollers and the mounting of them made this option impractical. After many discussions with various people and companies Allan came down to bow mounted but could he have free fall without going up the front to release the clutch? Simple answer in this instance is no! He then looked where the winch would be mounted and how, was the area strong enough, would there be sufficient locker space for all the rope and chain and enough drop from the winch to allow it to work correctly? Should he go for a drum and gypsy, gypsy only or drum only? Again talking to many people to get their opinions and experiences he decided to go for gypsy only with the motor mounted horizontally. To cut a long story short he ended up with a Lofrans X2 vertical winch, details can be found here http://www.lofrans.com/product/3-Lofrans-vertical-anchor-windlass/5002-x2-alu-project-x2 Here is a picture of the standard bow area on Allan's boat What was need next was to ensure there was a strong plate to mount the winch and also to allow a self launching roller assembly. Allan then had a chat with my son Matt who has a fabrication business, ZRS Engineering Ltd, to see what he suggested and a plan was put together to make a 6mm plate in 316 stainless steel which would have a slight extension to allow the fitting of the roller system without it knocking into the bow of the boat on launch and recovery. It was discovered that the bow roller that Allan had purchased was not quite the right length for an overhang and the rollers did not work how Allan wanted so again Matt made some modifications and welded it to the support plate. Here are some pictures with the winch mounted on the plate in Matt's workshop. The plate was then taken down to the boat to check to fitting and to mark and line up on the fiberglass ready to cut the holes and fitting locations. The above picture shows Allan taking the picture as the stainless steel was almost mirror finished. Various holes were drilled and Allan had arranged with his electrician to mount the winch and wire it all in including having some switches installed by the anchor locker as well as the normal switch in the cabin. Whilst he was wiring this in Allan got him to change most of his fuses to the LED ones that light up if they blow. As the winch was an 8mm gypsy Allan had to buy some calibrated chain and some new anchor warp for it all to work correctly, he got a great deal from Peter in Quay West chandlery who agreed to splice the anchorplait to the chain. I helped Allan to get all his rope and chain through the winch and all was needed to get out to sea and let it wind in the warp under normal conditions. The angle of the rope was spot on so that the warp could be tied off on the bollard and not allowing the winch to take the loading of the boat when at anchor. A temporary anchor securing strap was made up to that the winch was not under tension in the stowed position. A few trials have taken place and it was noticed that a couple of small issues have arisen but these have been sorted and more trails await Allan's return from his holiday. Watch this space for any updates. If anyone is interested in have a similar winch fitted to a MF755 have a word with Matt as he has made a template ready for the next one. Website http://www.zrs-engineering.com Email Matt@zrs-engineering.com

Mick (Sparky) invited me out on Friday for a trip to charge up his batteries as he has been away on holiday and not used his boat for a few weeks. As we could not decide where to go I suggested to get out of the harbour and see what the sea state was like. So at around 9:30 we met down at the pontoon and had to wait for about 20mins for the tide to come in enough for us to leave the pontoon. An easy trip down to the quay where we saw that massive yacht that Rob posted about. With the speed limit lifted we got out quickly and found the sea state quite lumpy with wind over tide. Having got to our secret mark we thought we would try sitting the lumps out for a while and see how it went, down went the pick and with a cold wind blowing on the stern we sent some baits out. It wasn't long before the first fish arrived a small eyed ray, then doggies and more small eyed and spotted rays. I hooked into something which put a large bend into my uptider but the snood parted company so we will never no what it was. Mick got a nice undulate which put a good bend into his rod but it turned out to only a small one of around 8.5lb The day improved when the sun came out and we swung around in the tide so that the cabin sheltered us from the wind. All in all we had around 15 rays including a small Blonde and numerous doggies but no other species. A great day out in the fresh air and not having to work. Thanks for the trip Mick and hope we can do it again soon. Dave

Saw it today and it looks awesome, the masts are almost as high as the Quay flats behind it! The only problem I see with her is my drinks and board games might move about in a choppy sea or the bath water might slop over the top when under way. Will have to give it a miss this year and book a 1st class cabin on the Queen Victoria instead!

Welcome Matt to one of the best boat angling club on the South Coast As been said we all have had to start somewhere and best advise is to get some training in so you will know what to do and when should the need arise. The ethos of the club is boat and personal safety so please ensure that you and all you crew have proper life jackets and know how to wear them at least. Having been the club's Safety Officer and now a volunteer with the RNLI on the angling safety side it is better to be prepared for the worse. Please don't go out and buy the cheapest life jackets as they might not be suitable for the person or angling, I would be happy to chat to you at a club night or any other time. Regards Dave

Happy Birthday Stuie Have a great day

Done

Mars bars were bigger as were Wagon Wheels

Happy Birthday Nigel Have a great day

It will be interesting to see if the usual trawler returns and does its worse. The problem is it will take some time for this by-law to be passed

Here you go Trev http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/illex-frozen-squid-sea-fishing-baits-/152254404259?hash=item237311d6a3:g:UFMAAOSwRgJXhjVO price is an issue though

I do love a good old sing song around an open camp fire making dampers out of dough on old sticks and then when cooked (or burnt) covered in jam Brings back my days as a Boy Scout etc. before girls/women came along and spent all my money!!

Belated Birthday greetings Allan Dave