great white

last weekend there were far more fish at the patch than at our normal Ballard marks It is a rough terrain and you do lose a few bits of tackle. But you can anchor uptide and away from the rough bits and let the baits trot back which helps a lot Good luck

Done

done twice

Nice result Well done all. What did everyone think of this format?? I thought it worked very well, allowed more Members to join in when they had a pass over the weekend and it gave a few of us a chance to nip out a second time to "Use up the spare worms" Even if it did have me scratching my head on some of the mini species from the patch. Yes Stuie I did have to buy smaller hooks. Lol I would be interested to hear what Neal and Mal thoughts are from the organising and Safety aspects, as well as Members views from a competitors point of view. Would get my vote as an annual Easter species comp

Fridays Fish Sam ballen Wrasse Pout Black Bream Goby Small eyed Ray Will Pout Lesser spotted dogfish Charlie Pout Ballions Wrasse Tub Gurnard Turbot Smoothound Small eyed Ray Reg added Plaice to this years fish list and a big squid for the Barbie

Thanks Stuie That Format sounds great. I hope that all the members that get out this weekend book in and join in. A good turnout and result could give the Committee an indication if other comps should consider this format.

Hi Neal Can you please confirm that this is a Members total comp and not a boat total. Do we just have to just nominate a day as Sam has or are times also required? Charlie

Hi Will Happy Birthday buddy see you later with the boys for a bit of trip planning and a takeaway

Welcome Dave As Martin said the more you join in,l the more you will get out.

Popped out yesterday afternoon to chase a few bream we had a few and some table size pollack then headed over to swash to fail at Plaice fishing It was a great sunset

Nice one Fred sounds like a great trip and well done for getting your anchor back. We had similar last Sunday, a few fish initially then by about the 6th drift nothing

Just seen on Facebook that an 18lb + Turbo was caught today on the shambles

Happy Birthday Adam hope that you are having a great day

Hi Tony Happy Birthday mate, hope you have a great day

I would say the Ugli Stick as its supposed to be unbreakable The boat rod versions are what I bought my lads when they started conger fishing I use the rovex spinning reels, last a few years.

Sad loss of a good business Hope that Mark and all his team can find other good employment. Mark and Fea have always looked after us. Looking forward to using my new rods

Every year at work we collect up members unwanted equipment and sell it off for the Yacht Club Members and Club charity. Some take a share and others let all the proceeds go to charity as we do with our Club. This year instead of Beaulieu, it is going to Canford Magna. The current collection includes a Furono Radar that may be of interest to someone in our Club. The information that I have is; Furuno Radar Scanner RSB 0087 Scanstrut [Mast Mount] Navnet display/plotter All working when professionally de-Commissioned in 2016. If interested please contact Richard Drew 07768 642742. £150.00

So Sorry to hear this very sad news Matt, I hope that you and your Family are able to remember the happy times as you grieve for Peter. We have some great memories from our trips to Alderney together. I am sure you and Dad discussed the trip back in 2011 many times, when you showed the bigger boats the way. And the day that you taught us the way to fish for the flatties, catching three times as many as we did [32 was it?] between just you and Dad. Deepest condolences my friend. If you need a trip out in the future, even if its just to clear your head, please get in touch 07887 794716 Charlie

I have seen a few nasty copper coat issues at the Club over the years, mainly from poor application and adhesion to the hull caused by incorrect conditions during application. In the right conditions as described by Steve you get a good final job, IE done from new in a totally dry and warm shed. [As per Reel Magic] But I think the life is 10 years not 20. We used to put it on the Clubs RIB's from new but have stopped after two reacted badly to it, this may have been caused because making Ribs is a quick process and styrene may have been leeching from the hulls. A lot of boat owners do not scrub the hulls hard enough when they come out and therefore the boats start to foul up, also the dirt takes a lot of effort to clean off so after a while there is no chance of it being cleaned by just using the boat a lot. Lets just say that after managing a boatyard for 10 years , I decided not to use it on Alfresco when she was new, instead Sam and I applied 5 coats of Gellshield 2000 and 2 of antifouling one weekend in the big shed at work [boy was that a bad weekend] Charlie

Some years ago we ran some tests at work and it looked like the darker colours work best, hence mine is black I use international interspeed, some time ago i managed to source a supply of large amount for a good trade price, It is still going strong.

Thank Dave

Yes Jim I do believe that I did. Had a good afternoon with family and friends around and the rugby on

Bit of a double edged sword isn't it, Most of us would want AT and National records to be accurate, so have to put up with the need for certified scales. It is the anglers choice to kill it just for that purpose or weigh it on-board return it alive and submit it for a Club record / FOM on trust. I for one would rather see a great fish survive than have to kill it for a AT record. That said I would have no problem with the AT accepting weighed on board and released for their senior or Junior Fish of the months. Dave do they have a lady one? Chrissie could enter?

Have a great evening Dean Sink a few

Happy Birthday Dave have a great evening