Bob F

Corrr...tasty. I'm gunna have to get my flounder tactics sorted this year.

Bl@@dy supurb, Rich. A masterpiece. I'm really looking forward to it. Roll on Xmas!!

Let's just say the dog turned her nose up at him. He wasn't looking (or smelling) his best. I dred to think what a fish like that would cost to buy (alive & fit). Sad to see him go like that.

Good luck with everything tomorrow. I'll be decorating...oh, joy!!

The worst bit is that there's no more room left in the garden to bury him (too many hamsters, rabbits, budgies, guinea-pigs), so he got unceremoniously dumped at the local refuse tip. I hope he'll forgive me...

1139 highest. 34 lowest.

Lost my buddy Sharky today. Outwardly he looked fine, but he hadn't been eating. Thought it was just the cold weather. Found him floating on the surface of the pond under his favourite waterfall. 18lb of thoroughbred Koi. I'll miss hand-feeding him in the mornings, and the Mrs will miss having her toes sucked. He'd of put any Dyson to shame with the amount of suction he had. A gentle giant that'll be greatly missed by his other buddies in the pond. Goodbye, Sharky.

Did you see bearded burbler out there? "Tell yer mother about the rabbit"

Me too. Please accept my apologies.

Not a good comparison though, Paul. If I remember correctly, the trim of your boat with your Honda was never really right, hence the slow speeds you had. It would never have achieved optimum fuel economy when not trimmed out. Your E-tec has power trim and tilt which has allowed you to properly trim the boat. Or am I mistaken (as usual)?

Are you on commission, Paul?

Was going to nip out today, but decided the weather window was too iffy to make the effort worthwhile. Took little Rob to Todber Lakes instead. Wish I hadn't bothered. He hammered me!! I couldn't hook a thing. Thought you only had to shake your keys at these lake fish and you'd catch something. Rob managed 3 nice Carp. BF

...and with a choice of "bad woman" or "bigger boat!"

Where's the "I'm going fishing, honey" button?

Hmm, we'll have to have a look through the return slips Gordon and see if we (I)missed it. Paul J, can you see if Gordon's slip is in the green envelope? We wouldn't want to deny Gordon a place in the Hall of Fame. cheers BF

Sounds aptly named (passing the torch from one to another). Thanks for the warning, Jack. BF

7lb!!! Jeeezzz! Perhaps we need to start a club record...

See above. BF

Here's the full list of fish weighed in. PBSBAC members in RED. 1st Bealing Graham Flounder 3lb 3.5oz 128.75% 2nd Smith Fred Bull Huss 10lb 12oz 107.50% 3rd Greenough Fred Flounder 3lb 0.75oz 121.88% 4th Packer J A LS Dogfish 2lb 15oz 97.92% 5th Huxford Mark Flounder 2lb 0.5oz 81.25% 6th Mayne Dave Ray Undulate 13lb 0 92oz.86% 7th Holt Anthony Plaice 2lb 11oz 59.72% 8th Swain Rich Bull Huss 9lb 4oz 92.50% 9th Whelan Pete Flounder 1lb 4.75oz 51.88% 10th Tyler Clive Pouting 2lb 11oz 89.58% 11th Tryska Jan Flounder 1lb 4oz 50.00% 12th Moore Gordon LS Dogfish 2lb 4oz 75.00% 13th Pinnock Ian Mackerel 1lb 8oz 75.00% 14th Bird Mike LS Dogfish 2lb 3oz 72.92% 15th Dore Paul LS Dogfish 2lb 1oz 68.75% 16th Young John Pouting 2lb 1oz 68.75% 17th Harvey Tony Conger 26lb 12oz 66.88% 18th Frey Paul LS Dogfish 2lb 0oz 66.67% 19th Frey Paul Pouting 2lb 0oz 66.67% 20th Jones Alun LS Dogfish 2lb 0oz 66.67% 21st Lane Steve Pollack 10lb 10oz 66.41% 22nd Harvey Tony Pouting 1lb 15oz 64.58% 23rd Small Berry Bream Black 2lb 4oz 64.29% 24th Stickley Theo Conger 25lb 2oz 62.81% 25th Jones Alun Pouting 1lb 14oz 62.50% 26th Lane Steve Conger 24lb 12oz 61.88% 27th Parker James Conger 23lb 8oz 58.75% 28th Chan Kam LS Dogfish 1lb 12oz 58.33% 29th Trevett Phil Bream Black 2lb 0oz 57.14% 30th Lane Steve Pouting 1lb 10oz 54.17% 31st Moore Gordon Pouting 1lb 9oz 52.08% 32nd Henson Brian Conger 20lb 10oz 51.56% 33rd Jemison C S LS Dogfish 1lb 7oz 47.92% [void - under 50%] 34th Taylor Shane Flounder 1lb 2.5oz 46.25% [void - under 50%] 35th Way Tony Cod 8lb 5oz 41.56% [void - under 50%] 1st Way Ryan [jnr] LS Dogfish 2lb 3oz 72.92% 2nd Way Ryan [jnr] Pouting 2lb 0oz 66.67%

from the committee.

I wish I lived in Alun's house...

Yes, I agree. Very annoying. Unfortunately, there were other activities going on. Hopefully next year we can avoid this. cheers BF

Ooops! Yes, sorry. Forgot the B.A.S.S trophy. I thought the inclusion of the B.A.S.S. Catch & Release Prize was an excellent idea. It brought a welcome new dimension to the competition, and got the competitors thinking about different tactics on the day. Some competitors were a bit sceptable about the trophy prior to the event, but I was pleased to hear people postively discussing B.A.S.S at the weigh-in and prize giving, and interested in who had won. Even if some of it was at the expense of our Conversation Officer, who mistakingly put a winning fish back without photographing or recording it. Anyway, all of this helps B.A.S.S. to promote their cause. BF

123 entrants, including 4 Juniors. [108 in 2005] As is customary for the Open, the prizes were awarded in succession alternating between Round and Flat fish, with the biggest % of specimen size starting the prizes. However, with only 6 Flat fish recorded this year the remaining prizes after 11th place went to Round fish. 18 items on the Prize Table. We will indicate later which prize was selected by each of the winners. Seniors 1st prize - Graham Bealing, Flounder, 3lb 3.5oz, 128.75% 2nd prize - Fred Smith, Bull Huss, 10lb 12oz, 107.5% 3rd prize - Fred Greenough, Flounder, 3lb 0.75oz, 121.88% 4th prize - J Packer, LSD, 2lb 15oz, 97.92% 5th prize - Mark Huxford, Flounder, 2lb 0.5oz, 81.25% 6th prize - Dave Mayne, Undulate Ray, 13lb 0oz, 92.86% 7th prize - Anthony Holt, Plaice, 2lb 11oz, 59.72% 8th prize - Rich Swain, Bull Huss, 9lb 4oz, 92.50% 9th prize - Pete Whelan, Flounder, 1lb 4.75oz, 51.88% 10th prize - Clive Tyler, Pouting, 2lb 11oz, 89.58% 11th prize - Jan Tryska, Flounder, 1lb 4oz, 50% 12th prize - Gordon Moore, LSD, 2lb 4oz, 75% 13th prize - Ian Pinnock, Mackerel, 1lb 8oz, 75% 14th prize - Mike Bird, LSD, 2lb 3oz, 72.92% 15th prize - Paul Dore, LSD, 2lb 1oz, 68.75% 16th prize - John Young, Pouting, 2lb 1oz, 68.75% 17th prize - Tony Harvey, Conger, 26lb 12oz, 66.88% 18th prize - Paul Frey, LSD, 2lb 0oz, 66.67% Juniors 1st prize - Ryan Way, LSD, 2lb 3oz, 72.92% 2nd prize - Ryan Way, Pouting, 2lb 0oz, 66.67% 3rd prize - Ryan Moss, drawn. 4th prize - Robert Fuller, drawn. 5th prize - Dan Chapman, drawn. Pool Cash Prizes Heaviest Round Fish - Tony Harvey, Conger, 26lb 12oz Heaviest Flat Fish - Graham Bealing, Flounder, 3lb 3.5oz New this year was the B.A.S.S Catch & Release Prize. The winner was Gary Austin with a Bass of 1lb 12oz, winning the B.A.S.S Trophy and a Tackle Voucher of

Thanks Brian. Good luck to everyone. BF