have to count me out , its Wendy's birthday and I aint that brave
Thanks guys for the offers. I'll be out with Dave and Rob on Reel Magic. Good luck
Not that there should be any doubt weather wise, I have just spoken to Andy and comp is all good to go tomorrow.
Tight lines everyone just not as tight as mine hopefully!! <img src="/emoticons/default_wink.png" alt=";)" data-emoticon="" srcset="/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />. <img src="/emoticons/default_wink.png" alt=";)" data-emoticon="" srcset="/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />
Would have loved to go but family commitments don't allow ! !
Have fun & stay safe. <img src="/emoticons/default_wink.png" alt=";)" data-emoticon="" srcset="/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />
Jim
Looking forward to some very fresh air.
Here coddy coddy!
Best of luck guys! 
lovely view here from the work rack at Cobbs. Not long now and I'll be out with you. [emoji22]
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So it was a nice day out, I fished with DaveE and Alun on Reel Magic.
Great boat, first time I have been onboard.
We had some congers and some whiting, then some congers and a few more! In the mix we had a couple of Rays, 13lb blonde to me, sideways and made me work for it! Dave had an 18 or 19lb blonde and AJ followed up with a Undulate of 13lb something.
The whiting were obliging at the end of flood / start of the ebb, but disappeared with the stronger tide and never really came back.
I squeaked out a larger whiting of 3lb 4.5 oz near the end of the day, to take the honours in the whiting sub-comp of the day, netting me £50 in PSAC vouchers. Thanks Andy!
The only cod on Reel Magic was a Poor Cod and I was in 2 minds to weigh it in, it was a 'cod' but would have been bad taste!!!
I believe a 19lber won the comp for Greg Toms and Dean Burt grabbed 3rd with his cod. Only 2 other cod were caught and both came to one of two charter boats.
37 anglers and 4 cod, not good. I hear the last cod comp was 27 anglers and more cod caught - please advise if the numbers above are wrong, I wasn't listening 100%!
'Twas nice to catch up with a few wind burnt faces at the Mariner afterwards.
Cheers, Rob
Great start looking down to the RNLI at Holes Bay:
Out in he harbour:
Raymond:
It was a really good December day to be out. Neal took Court Jester out to a mark a bit off Ballard, and it was spectacular seeing a moored boat framed by the rising sun as we made our way out.
Neal had a smallish mark that we stuck with all day. First three drops I took pout and whiting, and as the tide turned and we fished the mark properly, the whiting rattles seemed to go on all day, apart from when the tide was at its strongest.
Neal had fun with monster doggies and some strange bites that produced a couple of conger eels that were the smallest I've ever seen at under 2lb. He had a bigger one later, that we both hoped was a cod, but at 8-10lb I guess, it wouldn't have been a prize winner.
I used a combi rig to my 4.2m match rod to target cod on the bottom, with a flyer above using mackerel strip to try to catch a whiting livebait. The trouble was, they were nearly all at an odd size - too small for the pot at just under a pound, and a bit big for a livey.
I managed a steady succession of whiting and pouting to the flyer, and a few bigger ones on the cod bait - over 20 in all. Some were a bit bigger so kept a few for the pot, with a couple over 2lb, with my best at 2lb 10oz which I think was my PB. I also had a monster pouting of 2lb 10oz as well, for another PB, which I kept too for some fishcakes. No doggies weirdly, but I did manage a mini conger too.
Good to see club members win at the prize table, and well done Greg for first place <img src="/emoticons/default_smile.png" alt=":)" data-emoticon="" srcset="/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />
A great day out, despite the lack of cod, with a flask of home-made Thai style goose Tom Yum soup to keep the cold at bay <img src="/emoticons/default_smile.png" alt=":)" data-emoticon="" srcset="/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />
Mike
Gregs winning fish of 18lb 6oz
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My laptop is offline at the moment hence why Martin has very kindly uploaded the picture. Thanks Martin.
Rob Samways and I set off to the South side of the spoil ground.
We arrived at the mark and our squid were still frozen. Without thawing I dropped in a very small squid on a size 6 penned.
I then diverted my attention to set up a whiting rod and whilst doing so my rod started to nod. Fish on. The rod tip typically nodded as I was reeling in and I said to Rob this must be a conger!
Wrong! A nice 18lb 6oz cod landed within the first 10 minutes of fishing. This was also a personal best for me.
Rob caught a nice 8lb Smoothy and as the tide started to race and the Congers got bigger we retired to the Sadler for some gentle Whiting fishing.
Rob had about 10 whiting for the pot. So a winning day for both of us.
Greg
Lu u u u u u u u u u u u u vly !