Neal

Reminder about next week end 48hr competition 1 Court Jester - Neal Sturt + crew TBA 2 Alfresco - Charlie Chapman

As Kam has just said, put your names down as crew or ask for crew. I am sure you will get some nice friendly club members to help. Try putting yourselves up for the 48hr competition Bank holiday weekend. Come along to a club meeting if possible and speak to a few members to see if there is anything you can do to improve your chances of success. Neal

As discussed at the recent meeting - an attempt to get the 48Hr competition up and running. Competition to start at 6.00pm friday 24th August - ends 6pm Sunday 26th - Neap Tides Best Specimen wins.

Fish of the month winner for January 1st Place Alun Jones - Bass 13lb 8oz - 142% Specimen 2nd Place Stuart Cooper - Undulate Ray - 17lb 10oz - 126% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 8oz - 100% Specimen. Fish of the month winner for February 1st Place Charlie Chapman - Undulate Ray - 22lb 1oz - 157% Specimen Club Record 2nd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen Fish of the month winner for March 1st Place James Parker - Turbot - 17lb 6oz - 116% Specimen 2nd place Alun Jones - Bass - 10lb - 105% Specimen 3rd Place Phil Vivian - Plaice - 3lb 15oz - 87.5% Specimen Fish of the month winner for April 1st place Alun Jones - Brill - 8lb 4oz - 165% Specimen 2nd place Chris Enstone - Bass - 13lb - 137% Specimen 3rd place Martin Burt - Black Bream - 4lb 2oz - 118% Specimen Fish of the month winner for May 1st place Alun Jones - Black Bream - 3lb 14oz - 111% Specimen 2nd place James Parker - Bass - 9lb 14oz - 104% Specimen 3rd place James Parker - Small Eyed Ray - 10lb 8oz - 95% Specimen Fish of the Month winner for June 1st place Alun Jones - Bass 14lb - 147% Specimen 2nd place James Parker - Bull Huss - 12lb 12oz - 127.5% Specimen 3rd place Nigel Allen - Undulate Ray - 14lb 5oz - 102% Specimen Fish of the Month Winner for July 1st Place James Parker - Bass 12lb 12oz - 134% Specimen 2nd Place Dan Chapman - Ling 25lb 6oz - 127% Specimen - Club Record 3rd Place Stuart Cooper - Red Gurnard - 1lb 8oz - 120% Specimen 4th Place Peter Howell - Pollack - 19lb 2oz - 119% Specimen - Club Record

As others comented - weather conditions made fishing a bit challenging! But at least the sun was shining. Result for Court Jester - 11 Species Jim, 5 Species, Mackerel, Scad, Dogfish, Tope, Ballan Wrasse Neal, 7 Species, Mackerel, Dogfish, Red Gurnard, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Pout. Dave ( Non member) Mackerel, Blonde Ray, Bass, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Pout, Pollack. Neal

Just trying to keep it simple for everyone! List the number of species per individual and the total number for the boat. Neal

As long as more than one person is on the boat (for safety reasons) that is ok Neal

1) Court Jester - Neal, Jim, Dave 2) Alfresco 3 Kingfisher

General rules apply. Maximum 3 hooks, maximum 2 Rods per person - most species caught per boat. I am in the process of writing a set of rules for competitions - to save any future confusion. This will be separate from the constitution changes / clarifications that have been highlighted recently.

This coming Sunday we have a Species Hunt Competion Planned All those interested please add your names below. 1) Court Jester - Neal Sturt plus crew if anyone interested!

What we do need however, is some decent bl**dy weather! Neal

I think I see a pattern emerging! Come on guys let someone else play Lets hope the weather improves so that the rest of us can get out and play too. Neal

Fish of the month winner for January 1st Place Alun Jones - Bass 13lb 8oz - 142% Specimen 2nd Place Stuart Cooper - Undulate Ray - 17lb 10oz - 126% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 8oz - 100% Specimen. Fish of the month winner for February 1st Place Charlie Chapman - Undulate Ray - 22lb 1oz - 157% Specimen 2nd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen Fish of the month winner for March 1st Place James Parker - Turbot - 17lb 6oz - 116% Specimen 2nd place Alun Jones - Bass - 10lb - 105% Specimen 3rd Place Phil Vivian - Plaice - 3lb 15oz - 87.5% Specimen Fish of the month winner for April 1st place Alun Jones - Brill - 8lb 4oz - 165% Specimen 2nd place Chris Enstone - Bass - 13lb - 137% Specimen 3rd place Martin Burt - Black Bream - 4lb 2oz - 118% Specimen Fish of the month winner for May 1st place Alun Jones - Black Bream - 3lb 14oz - 111% Specimen 2nd place James Parker - Bass - 9lb 14oz - 104% Specimen 3rd place James Parker - Small Eyed Ray - 10lb 8oz - 95% Specimen Fish of the Month winner for June 1st place Alun Jones - Bass 14lb - 147% Specimen 2nd place James Parker - Bull Huss - 12lb 12oz - 127.5% Specimen 3rd place Nigel Allen - Undulate Ray - 14lb 5oz - 102% Specimen

I think it prudent to wait for a period of more settled weather! I know people want to book / allocate time off in advance - but I also don't want to keep cancelling competitions. With this in mind it will probably be either end of July or sometime in August - I will try and give plenty of notice. Neal

Happy Birthday - hope you have a good one Neal

Early call............... The weather looks absolutely pants again. So competition postponed. A new date will be set when (if) the weather finally improves enough for us to get a whole wekend to go at. Cheers all - hope we get an improvement soon - now that the drought is officially over! Neal

If the forecast remains the same - and not even a 12hr window presents itself the competition will be postponed A decision will be made on Thursday evening. Neal

Please register your intention to fish the comp by adding your name below 1) Neal Sturt

Thats the one........... I saw it a few years back and hoped I remembered it correctly! It worked a treat..........for me! - But then again I wasn't the one impaled Happy to demonstrate the technique on Thursday - Volunteers anybody!!! Neal

Yes - No and yes...............!! Neal

Struggling with the weather and family commitments, today was the only day I could get a proper fishing session - practice for this Fridays Poole Charter Skippers Species Hunt. An early start with Stuart as crew saw us out of the harbour by 7.30 - knowing that rain and wind was coming in by lunch time. Wind had already started, so decided an inshore bank was the best option. Anchor down and Stuart straight in.................to himself!! with his mackerel feathers. Soon sorted thankfully and strings of mackerel followed. Dogs, dogs and more dogs then a couple of small eyed rays, several tope, a tub gurnard to me and the biggest one I have caught at 2.5lb. Then a grey Gurnard - another first for me. Plus a couple of good size bream. Fishing continued until the tide went slack.......then came the rain and the wind increased - so time to head back in. Good session with a continuous stream of fish over the side - just wish the weather could have been a bit better - not really what you would call a summers day. Neal

Fish of the month winner for January 1st Place Alun Jones - Bass 13lb 8oz - 142% Specimen 2nd Place Stuart Cooper - Undulate Ray - 17lb 10oz - 126% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 8oz - 100% Specimen. Fish of the month winner for February 1st Place Charlie Chapman - Undulate Ray - 22lb 1oz - 157% Specimen 2nd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen 3rd Place Alun Jones - Flounder - 2lb 6oz - 95% Specimen Fish of the month winner for March 1st Place James Parker - Turbot - 17lb 6oz - 116% Specimen 2nd place Alun Jones - Bass - 10lb - 105% Specimen 3rd Place Phil Vivian - Plaice - 3lb 15oz - 87.5% Specimen Fish of the month winner for April 1st place Alun Jones - Brill - 8lb 4oz - 165% Specimen 2nd place Chris Enstone - Bass - 13lb - 137% Specimen 3rd place Martin Burt - Black Bream - 4lb 2oz - 118% Specimen Fish of the month winner for May 1st place Alun Jones - Black Bream - 3lb 14oz - 111% Specimen 2nd place James Parker - Bass - 9lb 14oz - 104% Specimen 3rd place James Parker - Small Eyed Ray - 10lb 8oz - 95% Specimen

I bought my last lot in 2007 from............ kctrading@aol.com They were based in Guernsey - don't know if this is still valid! As a site advertiser - someone should know Neal

Thanks Martin............ Well we "fumbled" around before you got there and we fumbled around long after you left. One Small Turbot to show for our endeavours - which went back and b****r all else other than dogfish. Note to self - must try harder. But the weather was fabulous. Glad to see you putting Mark on the fish. Neal

You should join the club as a full member............. Fish like that win prizes!! and what a fish it is - well done. Neal