Adam F

Anyone fancy a few hours basing on tues morning? 7am till 11pm? Post here or ring me if interested

No. Whiplash white in 25 or 30lb my choice.

What a great club. Thanks for the offer's Martin and Tom. Sam Chapman also called an offered. Paul Frey has accepted and will be skippering. Amazing to get so many offers. Thanks guys.

Anyone fancy skippering a dive rib on Sat morning in exchange for a pile of fresh scallops? Phil and I are diving but have been let down and don't have anyone to skipper? If you fancy it ring me ASAP on 07957 829902

Well it wasnt just teachers that were on Strike today... so were the bass!! Exactly 1 year ago to the day 'The Dream Team' (Al, Me and Rob F) had a red letter day off the IOW on the bass with 17 fish in 3 hours to just under double figures - so why not keep the tradition and try again this year? The aim was 5 plump bass to feed the 70 odd people at the BBQ on Sat. Due to Rach being on a course I was left with Nursary duties which meant a late start and missing the early morning flood so we had ebb tide all day - not the best in my experiance. We tried the Bridge - nothing, several banks South of the Island.... nada... despite a tank of bristling micro joeys we couldnt buy even a take, and ended back drifting Poole entrance where Rob and Al managed 1 each... What a crap day. 60 litres of fuel and a whole day out for a bucket of macky and 2 schoolies. Goes to show even the best of us cant find them all the time!

When Lady Bad luck kicks in it can effect the best of us. I rekon the stopper is well worth looking into - I will be. FWIW - I wont proceed with the anchor recovery unless I (or my crew) can see the buff all from the moment I go forward to the time it pops up past the stern. Frequently I start forward loose sight and then drift or motor back tigh until I/m 100% sure where the buoy is.

Graham, I'm in the office on Friday if you want to do that?

Niggle - Conolon x 2 James - Abu x 1 Graham - Abu x 1 Gents - I cant make the next club meeting, are any of you going to be at the BBQ at the weekend?

Bad luck Charlie, Goes to show even those of us who do it alot get it wrong sometimes (but that is twice now... I seem to recall Speedy Rock ) Just teasing! This is one of the reasons I try to always buddy boat when going further offshore, it's such a piece of mind. One question - would a 'stopper triangle' holding the buff a boat length off the bow have helped? I ask as I always find the most dangerous time in recovering using the Alderney buoy is when the buoy runs down the bow and before it pops up past the stern, most of the time Ive a crew at hand to grab the line and pop it over (not around) the rear post, but I wonder if having the buff in view at all time would have helped? Adam PS - Well done Dave

Yep. A pair of 12lb Kenzaki's and a pair of Avets. I really cannot praise the Avets enough - super smooth, last weekend certianly gave them a good run!

Here we go Charlie: Sorry it misses of the end bit - the free version of the file convertor I used lost the last few secs. Hope you like it.

I know Charlie - but to be fair, I dont buy on a whim, Ive had some use out of the Conolons, and it's taken me ages to decide to move to Kenzaki's. The Avets are a no brainer - ive been on the look out for a decent set of reels for ages - these are the nuts! I'll see if I can sort the video for you... James - yes rod holders here waiting for you also.

All sold. Thanks guys. I'll bring to next meeting. James - I'll bring when we go fishing in a few weeks. ... now to get the Kenzaki's and Avet's on order in 12lb flavour....

Yes Nige. Shall I bring to the next meeting?

Need to make a bit of room for new toys... so I have: 2 x Abu 7000 Big Game Narrow Lever Drags (the gold ones) fully loaded with newish 30lb Whiplash braid - you cant buy these anymore, they were about

Matt, A 15lb Smoothie is 100% so you would have been 3rd as it stands at the moment! Adam

I'm looking to get over to Cherbourg again sometime around the weekend of the 23rd July. Plans are flexible at this stage, but I'm looking at 1 night away, 2 full days wrecking. Either Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun. Anyone welcome, but provided I can get at least 1 buddy boat I'm up for it. Mark from Alderney Angling is also coming over to join and fish with us. Adam

Well done Allan on a new club record - Ive just updated the record sheet.

1. Graham Nash - Pollack 9lb 2. JS Place - Plaice 1lb 7 3. John Wilcox - Ballan Wrasse 1lb 14oz 4. Tony Deavin - Black Bream 1lb 15oz 5. Sam Chapman - Pollack 13lb 6. Charlie Chapman - Pollack 12lb 13oz 7. Will Summerall - Pollack 17lb 4oz 8. Dave Evans - Conger 40lb 9. Tom Bettle - Pollack 11lb 4oz 10.Allan G - Red Gurnard 1lb 10.5oz Well it looks like despite those who burnt several hundred litres of diesel caught well, the comp is being lead by a red gurnard caught inshore.... Keep em coming!

Was a pleasure Paul, thanks for being a helpful crew. I've got a few bits of video I'll work on later - not much else to do in this weather!

Ok, the book is open, who's caught what? 1)

Plan B Channel crosing postponed until 22nd July... will try again then. Off to Portland for 2 days now ....

Firstly thanks for the 30 odd anglers that have supported this comp. For those who asked the

Could have been 2005 - I cant really remember. The Etec was new when Mark fitted it and as far as I know has a full service history and no known issues.

Know the boat well, and it's a well set up piece of kit. Mark one of our members bought the boat around 2004, it then had a 60hp Mariner 2 stroke on it, He had it for about 2 years but it got very little use. Mark Bessant then bought it from him and re-engined it with the 75hp Etec is now has. Mark only had it for a year or 2, then sold it to Gordon Moore also in the club. Gordon fitted quite alot of extra's to it, and it has to be said had somewhat of a love affair with the boat! Gordon then sold the boat about 12 months ago. If it's been well looked after in the past 12 months it's worth a hard look.