Adam F

XC and Windguru for me

Weather not looking too bad at the moment? Charlie, What's the proceedure on arrival at the marina? What VHF Ch are they on? and will we have pre-booked berths? I'll be arriving late afternoon on Sat, so wont be with the main group.

Charlie, Added a few for you. Weather for us would be F3/4 as it's from the South. We arent fishing so as long as I can cruise without being bashed about I'm OK. Alfresco - Pro charter 30ft - berthing Fri and Sat - 3 for restaurant confirmed Awol - Karnic 26ft - berthing Fri and Sat - 3 for restaurant Confirmed Joint Venture - Aquafish 23ft - berth Sat night - 2 for Restaurant Serenity - Merry Fisher 23ft - berthing Fri and Sat - 3 for restaurant Wishin - Quicksilver 21ft [due to personal reasons may change] - Sat 2 for restaurant Abode 2 Quicksilver 21ft -berthing Fri and Sat - 2 for restaurant confirmed by75% Prodigy - Offshore 25 - berthing Fri and Sat - 2 for restaurant Just perfick - Pirate 21ft berthing Fri and Sat - - 6 for restaurant confirmed Moonshine - ????????????berthing Fri and Sat - 2 for restaurant Imagine Orkney 21ft - Fri and Sat - 2 for Restaurant Confirmed By Road: R2D2 trail down= lady jane White magic probably join in the fishing only on Sat Little Sal ????????????

Comp POSTPONED - new date 18th July

Still looking breezy for tomorrow. F4/5 SW so I'll make the call. I'll postpone it until 18th July

The forecast is pretty static - top end of a F4 from the SW - not that great. With relatively few people booked in, I'm minded to postpone. I'll post up here in the morning with a final decision. Adam

I can confirm JV for the trip. Will be just Rach and myself, no fishing rods (well maybe one sneaky one!) and we will be leaving Poole about Sat lunchtime taking a slow scenic cruise down the coast for wine and food sat night, returning to Poole after breakfast onboard Sunday morning. Very much looking forward to it and not rushing around chasing fish!

1) Adam JV 2) Jim (Small fry) JV 3) Ben (Santabarbra) JV 4) Martin AWOL 5) Dean AWOL 6) Terry Bartell AWOL Need the wind to drop - looking blowey for Sun....

Sure Jim, looking a little windy at the moment, but if it drops the space is yours. Not sure what we will go for yet.....

I can kind of see the point of mono, but Ive been fishing braid for so long - mono now seems like fishing with an elastic band. Ive got 1000 yards of 50lb braid on both my tld25's -I use these for conger, shark and big rays where fish size / wreckage / tide dictate. My rods are 7'6" 50lb Conolons - and the extra length does come in handy.

1) Adam - space for 2 on JV

I keep reading of club members that have lost anchor gear.... If you buoy it off and mark the position, I'm more than happy to dive and recover it - provided it isnt a silly distance offshore - you havent lost it in some silly deep hole and you are prepared to take me out to it. I dont want paying - just a beer or two will suffice. Adam

Next comp is this Sunday.... for those of you who dont have a sore head after the club BBQ on Sat! Standard format - best specimen wins! Book in here please: 1)

Final results: Well done Gordon, good to see you on the scoreboard again! Also well done to Will and Jackie who took 2nd and 3rd places respectively. 1) Gordon Moore 46lb Conger 115% 2) Will Summerell Conger 44lb 110% 3) Jackie Pollock 15lb 2oz 100.83% 4) Pete Snr small eyed ray 10lb 90.91% 5) Dan Chapman Conger 32lb 82% 6) Charlie Chapman Conger 30lb 75% 7) Terry Bartell, Brill 3lb12oz 75% 8) Nigel Allen 8lb 3oz Bullhuss 62.98% 9) Colin 3lb Ballan Wrasse 60% 10) Craig Cod 14lb 3oz 56.75% 11) Dave (Pirky) 10.5oz Mackeral 32.81%

OMG!!! That is my new favourite!!! MMMmmmmmmm! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I'd still have a South Cat for fishing! http://www.nordhavn.com/86/overview.php4

I'm always looking Nige! For me it would be the black hulled South Cat 38 we saw in Alderney last weekend. She was called Greeta and was regesitered to somewhere in the Netherlands - yes she was a 'charter' boat but she was fitted out in Yacht quality. Dripping in stainless - 3x KAB helmseats across the wheelhouse and a 3/4 length stern transom door. GORGEOUS!!! Wish I had taken a picture!

1) Nigel Allen 8lb 3oz Bullhuss 62.98 2) Colin 3lb Ballan Wrasse 60% 3) Dave (Pirky) 10.5oz Mackeral 32.81% 4) Gordon Moore 46lb Conger 115% 5) Pete Snr small eyed ray 10lb 90.91% 6) Terry Bartell, Brill 3lb12oz 75% 7) Will Summerell Conger 44lb 110% 8) Dan Chapman Conger 32lb 82% 9) Charlie Chapman Conger 30lb 75% 10) Jackie Pollock 15lb 2oz 100.83% 11) Craig Cod 14lb 3oz 56.75%

1) Nigel Allen 8lb 3oz Bullhuss 62.98 2) Colin 3lb Ballan Wrasse 60% 3) Dave (Pirky) 10.5oz Mackeral 32.81% 4) Gordon Moore 46lb Conger 115% 5) Pete Snr small eyed ray 10lb 90.91% 6) Terry Bartell, Brill 3lb12oz 75%

Just so I can keep track of who caught what can we start a proper list here for the 48hr comp? I'll drag over the results I alreadu have. Ive had alot of fish report through the forum over the weekend, but I need to know what fish people want to enter for the comp? 1) Nigel Allen 8lb 3oz Bullhuss 2) Colin 3lb Ballan Wrasse 3) Dave (Pirky) 10oz Mackeral 4) Gordon Moore 46lb Conger

Thanks to all who entered. So we had 20 entrants in total. Please note that monies will be due at the next club meeting.

I'll start a list thread on a new thread if that's OK - makes it easier for me to keep track of who caught what in the comp.

Thanks to all who have entered so far. The comp starts at 4pm this afternoon! Have a good one, stay safe. It;s 4am and I'm off to the boat to head South! Tight lines!

Rach and I will be bringing JV dowon on Sat for a cruise, a meal and overnight on the boat with as return on Sun morning. Might fish a bit, but it'll mainly be a cruising trip. Looking forward to it!

I'm sure he'll just be anchored on a mid channel wreck for eels!

I'm yet to find a flourocarbon that knots well. Just lube it up and pull it up slowely. I use Vanish in 17lb for bass