Adam F

A belated Happy New Year to you all. As I didn't make the trip in 2012 due to the little issue of our newest member of the family arriving, I'm super keen to get back out again this year. Crew and dates are already sorted as I've got to work around family stuff in May, so I'm looking at heading over 3rd - 6th May. Tides are good that weekend. Can I twist anyone's arm to tag along with us? Adam

Same as others really. First comp I've fished this year.... A cracking day, everything went to plan.... Apart from the fishing Such a nice day to be afloat. Bacon and egg baps, loads of cups of tea. In t shirts by lunchtime, but hoards of doggies. I moved us twice but to no avail, more dogs. We had two whiting on the boat but they never really got going. More disappointing winter cod fishing. I'll have one more try and then concentrate on shooting till Spring!

1 Court Jester - Neal Sturt and crew TBA 2/Wishin Too-Nigel Allen,Martin Cherrett,Mike Toms 3, Kingfisher - Chris Witheford and crew TBA 4. Alfresco - Charlie, Sam, Dan?? Ben plus TBC 5/ Wight Magic Dave Evans, Jim ( Tiddler ) and Craig White 6. Serenity - Tony , Martin and Terry Bartell 7. Kind of Magic-Allan, Dave S. +possibly one other. 8, Dream Drifter. Alfie, stuart + one 9, Mistress. Graham + one (maybe 2 non members) assuming i get my new prop fitted in time 10, JV. Adam, Alun & Joe

Some decent shoals of bass is anyone can get out there in the next week or so. Good sized fish too....

The conditions offshore were horrendous! I was out diving the Aeolian Sky, and we had a good 3m swell with wind over tide even in a 38' South Cat is wasn't great!

What about the boats moored in xchurch?

Well, not all of it! A unique opportunity has arisen to purchase a share in Joint Venture, a high spec, hand built Aquafish 23. Sadly co-owner and co-builder of the vessel Bob, is having to call it a day. I'd rather discuss the specifics face to face or over the phone, but in summary what is for sale is a share in the boat (approx

Don't get too excited. These are prices BEFORE duty is applied. It's a bit naughty really, but helps out the commercials I guess. Red diesel from Upton is the way to go, but personally I don't fancy 200 ltrs of smelly diesel in my boot! True, Parkstone is slightly dearer but then you have the convenience factor. The 30 mins or so it takes to steam up to the bridge, fill up and then get back out is better spend fishing IMO!

Sold! :-)

Ive got a brand new spool of Berkely Whiplash here in green 35lb bs and it's 330 yards. The cheapest I can find it online is 28 quid. I'm looking for

Jv and wight majic are heading east. Join the flotilla if you like?

Sounds awesome! Defiantly one to put on the list!

Happy birthday guys, have a great day.

You clearly don't know rob very well... He can sleep ANYWHERE!

An early start yesterday saw JV loaded and slipping out of the marina at 5.30am, meeting Marichelle enroute with Mick, Kev and Kev's lad onboard. I had brothers Jones onboard. The forecast was stunning with Windguru giving no more than 5 knots of wind all day! The sky was as black as night with storm clouds as we rounded Old Harry, but looking brighter to the South. On an oily calm sea JV purred along at 20 knots once we cleared the tides around Durlston head and headed SW. In short we fished 5 wrecks during the morning ebb tide. The first produced only small pollock, the 2nd and 3rd hardly anything at all, and with wreck number 4 the last gasp before we bit the bullet and steamed out of club waters we hit a better run of form with some cod and ling hitting the lures. The stamp of fish was a little disappointing considering we were 40 odd miles offshore, with the cod and pollock all around the 6-7lb mark. Our best cod of the day was 12lb. The slack was long and slow with me loosing a nice ling half way up by 2pm the wind had grown legs and was pushing a f4, not what was forecast.... We tried all the wrecks on the way back on the flood tide with a little more success. Alun fishined the day with the best catch, a whopper that wasn't going to get off the hook.... About to pack up he slipped on deck and let go of the 12oz pirk he was carrying.... With a 4/0 treble embedding firmly in his little finger right up to the bend.... Ouch! I've seen people off to A&e for a lot less. Interestingly we had been discussing Neil's utube link to the hook removal technique on the steam out and here we were about to try it out! We cut the treble off the pirk, Ian pushed the treble down and I wrapped a few feet of 130lb mono around a pair of pliers. Count to 3... 1, 2... Bang! Out popped the hook, a quick sterile wipe and a plaster and we were good as new. Very impressive technique and certainly one all members should know. Worth a demo at a club night. Time was pushing with a long run back. Progress was a little slower and reminded me of how much I hate that last 10 miles back to Durlston head... It seems to take forever! Past Peverill Ledge and the sea flattened off allowing a sweet 26 knot run back to the chain ferry. 90 miles travelled with the Icey Tek full of fish it was a good day but would have been nice to have seen one or two decent fish mixed in. Thanks to the team on Marichelle of their company, I hope you managed a few. Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye on the radio I was our on deck filleting! Here's to next time!

What's the problem? It's got to come ashore somewhere? No different than having a sewerage outlet.

Weather is looking good for tomorrow. Jv will be leaving bright and early, one last chance to shout up if any of you fancy buddying along?

Sorry to hear that Nige, hope you get it sorted quick and easily. Looking at the weather next weekend it's not looking too good anyway....

? Not on wind guru? Weds looking lovely, not so great for Alderney on Fri?

Ok mick, no problem, you'd be most welcome.

This time of the year most of the wrecks will hold pollock, they just get bigger the further offshore you go! My wreck marks to the east aren't that extensive but wrecks like the Borgney, Venezualua etc are around 8-10 miles offshore and should hold smallish pollock. Once you start getting 20 miles plus out you start to hit the bigger fish and a better chance of cod. If you've got numbers for these wrecks, they can all fish on their day, it's just a case of trial and error really. If it helps, the Dumfrieis is the closest wreck that I would I consider fishing properly. This is also right on the edge of the rips / brittle star ground. Hope this helps.

Jonny, Gino, Will be fishing the mid channel wrecks approx 30 miles from Poole. I'd expect to do approx 80/90 miles in the day. You are welcome to tag along, but it's a big trip in a Warrior 165' not least the amount of fuel you'll need to carry. If I had crew space you'd be welcome to come along but I'm afraid I'm full. Adam

Yep! Best cure for first day blues!

Im taking JV wrecking out into the channel next week either Weds or Thurs whichever the better day weather wise.

These are a cracking unit. I had one on OOTB, easily the best plotter I've had so far.