Weymouth in Dorset.

[mick dunn]

Hey lads got a phone call at work today. One of the lads in the national police boat angling championship is unavailable from the 4 man team so my old mate Dave Lyall the sea fishing club secretary at work asked if i wanted to go.
Checked with her indoors and its A-O-K.
We go on Mon 8th Oct and the competition is on Wed 10th Oct.
Presentation night on the same night by the chief constable of Dorset police.
Return home on the 11th Oct.
Its times like this that my faith is restored.

Dave reckons the fishing down south is different to up here. Hounds and Skate are the order of the day with worm baits.
Lets see if i can get a PB.

Mick.

 

[mark]

bass!! and lots of em, but might be moving offshore a bit now

 

[mick dunn]

Popped into Alans (amh)Annfield Plain angling today for some new gear.

Bought Daiwa boat rod 12-20lb and a Diawa boat reel with depth counter.
Loaded with 30lb braid.(the good stuff).I havebeen wanting something like this for ages and the competition has spurred me on
Alan also set up some lovely rigs for me from his own collection.
4 X 3 hook combos and a nice tope set up.
Total price £120.

I have my other stuff as well Fladen boat rod 30-40 lb class and multiplyer loaded with 50 mono for any Tope or Conger.

 

[TOMMY NEPTUNE]

Jammy git..lol. have a great time, Looking forward to your report, hopefuly a winning catch report, best of luck Mick.

 

[sless]

little strips of squid for the black bream

i went with a load of coppers a few years back
we had a great time

 

[insanojackson]

Good luck lucky sod, I was gunna ask if you fancied a look out fishing during the week as im off but enjoy the trip

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Enjoy mate ,you should have a ball Mick.

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

Sounds great, I'll see you there mick

I'll be riding the oarfish alongside your boat (I'm the one on top without the Psychedelic Quiff)

 

[lowesy]

im going toooooo

im going toooooo

Mick,

I've been invited toooo. done much the same went out and bought new gear.
I'm a freshman to the sport so not expecting to get anywhere.
In one of the Northumberland teams - hope im next to one of the masters like Toddy, Guff or Giles - so i can copy them.

See you there! good luck

Lowesy

 

[willywetegg]

Best of luck Mick, hope you have a great time mate.

Jim.

 

[eddie t]

enjoy mick you jammy sod.

 

[Marc]

Good luck with the trip Mick, if you need any bit's & pieces just give me a shout.

 

[mick dunn]

Cheers Marc,i,ll be putting on one of the leadheads with the twin tails i got from you.

Mick.

 

[davem2005]

Well done mick,

If you think you will after tope I could send you a trace or two. Frankly the majority of the shop bought ones are not up to much. The Greys ones have the wire TIED direct to the nylon for example.

Recently got an invite to go on a shark survey a bit further afeild next june which has me a bit excited...its nice to fish somewhere different.

Cheers
Dave.

 

[mick dunn]

Thanks Dave i live in Blackhill Consett so if you are local i can pop round yours tomorrow. If you pm me i will try and make it. I am nights tonight and tomorrow and hope to get away bit early on Sun about 1 in the morning and grab a few hours before we set off.
Me and my my mate Dave are playing turn eaches to drive the minibus down.

 

[Topfly]

Best of luck Mick, fishing against those southern softies should be easy ,just copy what they are doing but use double the bait. lol

 

[mick dunn]

Waymouth.

Waymouth.

thanks to the organises at Dorset police.
I have a few pics to let you see.
This is our team on the first night in the local pub.Hello guys well i,m back. I have to say i really enjoyed mself and many

this is on the day of the compo i was on the Lady Godiva. 160 anglers took part on 20 boats so there was 8 on each boat.

On the way out i took a picture of another boat steaming out.

We went past Portland point and out to sea. If you can see the rock in the background some guys were fishing of there.The rock looks like it fell off backwards to make a bridge onto the outcrop.

The competition rules were different to the usual heaviest fish etc.
We were basicaly judged on a species catch. There was about 20 fish ranging from mackeral to Trigger fish. The skipper marked up the scores which incresed with the rarity of the fish.
I caught 3 Pouting on one drop which went something like ten points for the first one then 1 point per fish the next nine. Ten fish of any species was the maximum you could score on. This tested your angling skills.

I was given a tip how to catch Garfish the night before the compo. I used a float with some small hooks and mackeral.I caught one and this pushed up my score. There was only one other on the boat.

Bill one of our four man team caught this cracking Black Bream. It was huge. Under the rules though he scored the same as me when i caught a tiddler Black Bream.

To cap the few days fishing i won this in the raffle along with a Mustad rucksack.

Marvellous few days thanks again to everyone involved.
Thanks again to everyone involved in the whole competition.

Mick. (ps out of the anglers i was about 3/4 of the way down on the list form top scorer to bottom).

 

[KeithB]

Well done Mick, great pics, pleased you enjoyed it.

 

[alan]

Cracking report and pictures Mick,nice one

 

[bigpaul]

Cracking report mick well done mate.