Neal

Also looks similar to an Islander 21 - which I believe were built on the Isle of Wight until the mid 70's. If you go to the bottom of Turks Lane in Poole - find your way down to the Sea Scout's building - next to what used to be Lathams Booatyard - you may find a number of the Parkstone Bay boats on the hardstanding, together with a number of knowledgeable people who own them. May not be of benefit to stick a bigger engine in the boat - they have a displacement hull which may limit the top speed anyway. Mine was 6 Knots - so takes a long time to get anywhere unless you go with the tide! Good Luck with the project! Neal

January 1st Place Kev Couzens Flounder 4lb 4oz 170% Specimen 2nd Place Charlie Chapman Whiting 4lb 114% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones Bass 10lb 7oz 110% Specimen February 1st Place Charlie Chapman Spurdog 15lb 7oz 129% Specimen 2nd Place Tom Smith Undulate Ray 16lb 114% Specimen 3rd Place Jacob Givans Flounder 2lb 13oz 112% Specimen March 1st Place Terry Bartell Plaice 5lb 10oz 125% Specimen 2nd Place Adam Franklin Turbot 12lb 12oz 85% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Brill 3lb 14oz 77% Specimen April 1st Place Alun Jones Bass 9lb 12oz 103% Specimen 2nd Place Matt Howell Cod 20lb 3oz 101% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Brill 5lb 0oz 100% Specimen May 1st Place Charlie Chapman Spurdog 15lb 10oz 130% Specimen 2nd Place Charlie Chapman Bull Huss 12lb 0oz 120% Specimen 3rd Place Sam Chapman Spurdog 14lb 2oz 118% Specimen June 1st Place Jan Triska Undulate Ray 17lb 8oz 125% Specimen 2nd Place Ben Allen Bass 11lb 6oz 120% Specimen 3rd Place Neal Sturt Blonde Ray 24lb 12oz 108% Specimen July 1st Place James Parker Bass 14lb 6oz 151% Specimen 2nd Place Ben Allen Conger Eel 51lb 128% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Bass 11lb 12oz 124% Specimen 3rd Place Jan Triska Bass 11lb 12oz 124% Specimen August 1st Place James Parker Undulate Ray 14lb 1oz 100.45% Specimen 2nd Place Alun Jones Bass 9lb 8oz 100% Specimen 3rd Place Will Summerell Red Gurnard 1lb 3oz 95% Specimen

Alun, you are correct - it does say 22nd of September on the Calender and in the what when where etc Have no idea why I have it on my calender for the 8th.............. So Sunday 8th - lets all have a practice Sunday 22nd is the comp............and god help you Alun if the weather is crap and it gets called off! Neal

It's the annual Bass Comp this Sunday - book in as usual. 2 Trophies available - Catch and Release Trophy Sponsored by BASS Best Bass Caught Best Bass Caught and Released 1) Court Jester - Neal plus crew TBA

Not just Ribs, bloody great sunseekers, speedboats, jet skis - the whole bloody lot of inconsiderate bastards! The looks of utter contempt on some of the faces when "politely suggesting" the slow down - unbelievable! Tossers. Needs a large buoyed off area - NO WAKE ZONE - and enforced like they do in the States, with hefty fines!

Well done Carol I know you have put a lot of effort in to find an Undulate - well done and a specimen one is always a bonus! Neal

2 Comps in one Rob.............. Loins and Lonis

Court Jester 4 people - Cobbs Quay Kingfisher 4 people - Cobbs Quay Missus Bee 3 people - Cobbs Quay Illusion 3 people - Poole Sea Angling Centre Wishin too 3 people - Christchurch

Just looking to get an idea of who is fishing the open and where they are booking in Court Jester 4 people - Cobbs Quay

January 1st Place Kev Couzens Flounder 4lb 4oz 170% Specimen 2nd Place Charlie Chapman Whiting 4lb 114% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones Bass 10lb 7oz 110% Specimen February 1st Place Charlie Chapman Spurdog 15lb 7oz 129% Specimen 2nd Place Tom Smith Undulate Ray 16lb 114% Specimen 3rd Place Jacob Givans Flounder 2lb 13oz 112% Specimen March 1st Place Terry Bartell Plaice 5lb 10oz 125% Specimen 2nd Place Adam Franklin Turbot 12lb 12oz 85% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Brill 3lb 14oz 77% Specimen April 1st Place Alun Jones Bass 9lb 12oz 103% Specimen 2nd Place Matt Howell Cod 20lb 3oz 101% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Brill 5lb 0oz 100% Specimen May 1st Place Charlie Chapman Spurdog 15lb 10oz 130% Specimen 2nd Place Charlie Chapman Bull Huss 12lb 0oz 120% Specimen 3rd Place Sam Chapman Spurdog 14lb 2oz 118% Specimen June 1st Place Jan Triska Undulate Ray 17lb 8oz 125% Specimen 2nd Place Ben Allen Bass 11lb 6oz 120% Specimen 3rd Place Neal Sturt Blonde Ray 24lb 12oz 108% Specimen July 1st Place James Parker Bass 14lb – 6oz 151% Specimen 2nd Place Ben Allen Conger Eel 51lb 128% Specimen 3rd Place James Parker Bass 11lb - 12oz 124% Specimen 3rd Place Jan Triska Bass 11lb - 12oz 124% Specimen

Still a couple of people booked in that haven't paid Please see me tomorrow night or pay by pay pal please Neal

Thomas Boyle Kate Osborne Tamzin Osborne Luke Davies Ellie Davies Ebony Davies Ellie Witheford Sam Annear 2lb 3oz Spotted Ray - 39% Specimen 15oz Mackerel - 45% Specimen 10lb Tope - 22 % Specimen Jacob Givans 5lb 1oz Pollack - 31% Specimen 1lb 12oz Black Bream - 50% Specimen 11lb 2oz Undulate Ray - 79.46% Specimen 8lb 5oz Starry Smoothhound - 55% Specimen 1lb 1oz mackerel - 53% Specimen 1lb 0oz plaice - 22% Specimen Monty Randle Darcy Randle Bradley Toms Jack Allen Lewis Allen

Try Trevor Wyatt - Wedger Neal

It is a separate comp - just for fun. Put in in case the last one was cancelled. Plus an opportunity for people to boost their species count. Neal

As mentioned during recent Club Meetings, I was asked to take Dave Lewis of Sea Angler Magazine out to photograph the Police National Boat Championships - which this year took place in Poole. 18 Charter boats were used with 8 Anglers to a boat - to fish a species hunt. 2 Club members representing their regional police forces were amongst the 144 competitors. The brief was to photograph the boats as they were leaving - with the backdrop of Brownsea Castle chosen for the boat pictures. We then followed the fleet out to take action shots of the Competitors hauling in their fish. I was also asked to take out the Chairman of the Police Angling Sports Federation (something like that anyway!) The Chief Constable of the Northumberland Police - who at some point would like to fish as well! We all met up on the Quay - Dave Lewis took a few shots of the competitors assembling and the organised chaos of loading and sending out 18 boats! - and then jumped on my Boat. Dave Lewis then announced that he was also writing a series of articles about small boat angling around the coast - to be published in the Sea Angler and so could get a 2 for one on the day! and started clicking away with his camera. Bugger! no pressure here then!! We followed the boats out to Poole Patch - where the "tiddler snatching" started - not great action for the magazine....... Went out to the Sadler Banks - more of the same! Decided to go out to the 6 - mile Banks, where their was a bit more tide and the likely sight of some bigger fish being caught - no-one there! I explained (hoped!) that they would all come out later so we had time to find somewhere to drop anchor and fish for a while and hopefully catch something. Well, for once we were lucky - inevitable Dogs, plenty of mackerel, but also a good sized Small Eyed Ray, Tope, Smoothound, a bonus Brill and a Red Gurnard - unfortunately no Blonde Rays as I had hoped for and no Bream - but good enough (just!) Coming back in we found that all the boats had been really struggling to catch fish - so glad we did ok. The Met Police have donated a Rod for the Junior Comp as well as some cash from the organisers and Jim Campbell, the Chief Constable. The Club donated a baseball cap to both Dave Lewis (who has been invited to come down again and fish / film the open comp) and to Jim Campbell on the proviso that when they travel abroad and fish they send us a shot of them sporting our club Logo! Altogether a fantastic day, great weather - really good company and a massive opportunity to raise even further the profile of our wonderful club Neal

I hope the guy was extremely embarrassed, appologised profusely and offered to pay for any damage. numpty..........

The Holiday season is upon us. I am proposing a new competition.............. The person to be photographed furthest / highest / most unusual place / alongside a famous person / most amusing etc wearing the club logo! Mystery prize to be awarded at Annual Dinner Dance off you go.................

1) Fisheagle. Allan Green, Dave Samuels and John (Non Member) 2) Court Jester - Neal plus crew TBA

It's time for round 2 of this years Species Competition However - following last weeks Cobbs Quay Species Hunt - a few might prefer not to bother. So this post is to guage interest! Given the on-going good weather I would like to see a few more of the Juniors being taken out - we currently have only one recording fish! Alternatively, we move the comp to the Christchurch end of the Bay to see if it is possible to get anywhere near the 15 - 20 Species caught in a single day, which can be achieved at the Poole end! Neal

Excellent day and a fantastic result for the Club Boats 15 Teams entered and the results were.... 2nd - Court Jester 3rd - White Magic 4th - Kingfisher 5th - Marlin Top Junior - Brad Toms on Marlin

Tommorrow is the Annual Dogfish Daves Species Hunt - It is a Charity event - starts and finishes at Cobbs Quay. Only open to Boats berthed in MDL Marinas Each boat is given a number card and each species caught is photographed alongside the card. Most number of species caught is the winner. Prizes for Ladies and Junior entrants. I have a space on-board if anyone wants to join in. Call me on 07850 998408 if interested Neal

1st Place Ben Allen - Bass 11lb 10oz 122 % Specimen 2nd Place James Parker - Bass 10lb 9oz 105% Specimen 3rd Place Jan Tryska - Undulate Ray 14lb 8oz 104% Specimen Cash prizes to be presented at next months meeting

Please, please, please, put your fish in to the "Report your catch - here" I can then pick up the best % Specimen Revision 2! 1st Place Ben Allen - Bass 11lb 10oz 122 % Specimen 2nd Place James Parker - Bass 10lb 9oz 105% Specimen 3rd Place TBA

Results so far.......... 1st Place James Parker - Bass 10lb 9oz 105% Specimen 2nd Place Jan Triska - Undulate Ray 14lb 8oz 104% Specimen 3rd Place Kev Couzens - Cod 20lb 100% Specimen James - you may have to attend another club meeting!

Hi Guys - can you post your best fish on here, to make it easier for me to see who caught what. If you post them first on the Record your fish, first it then works out the specimen % Neal Red Gurnard 1lb 3oz - 95% Specimen Also caught, Blonde Ray, Small Eyed Ray, Dogfish, Bream, Mackerel (plenty!) Tub Gurnard