With he promise of 6 boats suposedly turning up for this comp it was a slight let down that only nthree made it to the booking in and only two left the harbour to do battle . TR 1 could not get a crew ,Relentless cried off at the last minute due to conditions ,skip Emmery was fishing a shore comp at ramsey and wicked Hen developed enghine problems on the starty line which was bad luck for them and guest crewman Dave Christen,the hen called it a day and headed back into the harbour .

This left the two die hards of Merit 1 and Bones who left port in search of the first fish of the day . The days comp was for a tope and five other species that were drawn out of the hat at the time of booking in ,they were Launce ,dogfish,calig,bull huss and pouting,with cod as a separate pool .No cod was caught during the comp so the pool money was decided by who had the largest dogand this went to Lee Graham of Merit 1 with a dog of 2.2lb.which beat Cameron Sayle 's one off bones by 2ozs .

The weather was quite nice but there was a sharp south west wind blowing and there was to say the least a slight chop on the water . Both boats found launce very easy at the back of Douglas head and whilst Merit 1hung around the dolfin trying to catch calig and or a pouting it was Bones that took the plunge and headed out to sea tyo a point 3miles off shore in search of the pouting ,job done the Crew of bones headed inshore once more in seach of a doggie next on ly to be passed by Merit 1 on their way out to a similar mark to get their pouting .When they returned the announced that they were going to head south to a huss mark and the on to a cod one .Twenty minutes later and still not having a dog Bones skip made the decision to head south through the rough sea to port sodrick and then to port grenagh.no joy at the first mark but Cam did get a doggie at the second.Merit one had no joy getting a Huss and neither did Bones who decided once more to go offshore in the search of tope .

At the tope mark down went big baits but with no joy ,Merit 1 came along side and sai that they too had failed to get tope and this meant at this time they were ahead by one fish which was the calig .They headed back towards Douglas and with time running out Bones was not far behind them .Still neading a calig I headed Bones right into the gap between the breakwater and the dolphin and told cam to drop a line ,bang straight in to a fish ,low and behold it was a calig which maent it was a tie at four species each ,time up and it had to go to the scales to see who won the spoils of the day which was a minimum 1st prize of £100 which was donated by our sponsers of the day TWO AND A HALF MEN.

When all was said and done the scales said that Merit1's bag weight was 6lb.10.875ozs and Bones bag weight was 5lb.11.5ozs and so it was Skip Bridson and his three crew who took victory over Skip Jamie and Cameron of Bones in a very hard days fishing by virtue of the rough conditions .Prior to the weigh-in Merit 1 were hoping for the victory as Lee had snapped one of his rods in half and Gary"capt morgan" Bridson was caught bird nesting again and will have to buy a new reel of line . It was felt that this new format of comp was a succes ,but its full potential was hindered by the weather .
Thanks to those who braved the day and i for one am ready and raring to go for the next comp which is on the 29th may fishing 12am til 6pm and will be a tope and 5 species drawn on the day plus a single fish pool and is to be fished in the laxey area with the boundries for this competition being north of Onchan head to include the paddle wheel and as far north as you want to go.

Jamie316

I know that i do not come on here very often but some of the stuff on here is hilarious but it sounds like this was a day for the brave or was it that you are all crackers ?.i have seen other reports of you lots competitions and i have a feeling that it is the latter .I take my hat off to all who went out in those conditions ,but is it just bravardo on the part of the guy that seems to be in charge of running all your comps,has he got a screw loose or is he indeed a good sailor ?.

I look forward to reading more of your competition reports during the summer months ,i hope that do not however have to read any obituaries .

FISH "N " CHIPS .
(Feet safely on the sea shore).

its just always windy ! would not be as much fun if it was,nt

wilst you English shit are to scared to go out on to the water do not dare cast aspertions that those of us that do are not all there in the head,there are still some of us in the world wether fisher men or other sports men and women of other sports such as horse riding etc that still want to live a fu*king life and not stay behind grannies apron strings and never do any thing on the edge .My whole life has been on the edge and i would swap nothing as i would rather go out doing something i want to do than get hit by a drunk driving home ,what say you now F/ing "n " C.

admin316 .

Whoop Whoop Jamie!!

Live life in the fear of life and you will only live half a life

I know that we are all intitled to an opinion ,but he does not even know us let alone live here ,
admin316.

Think of the people out there that "actually" don't have an ounce of common sense about the sea, lack knowledge of how tides operate, don't know how to use their electronics properly , don't read the weather before they go out ect ect ........ I know a few!

what have you been on m8 ? thought i was bad with posts when had a few !

Cam the "stella" king strikes again

Admin316.

I am sorry if i have upset any one on here but i thought that you all liked it if someone spoke their mind ,am i right ??.
I too live my own life to the full in my own opinion but it might not be up to yours so i hope we can agree to disagree on this topic .
I hope that you all manage to get out this next sunday and i look forward to reading the report.

F " N" C.

I will be out next Sunday, bobbing in a Norwegian Fjord ! :fishin' in th

Nice one ,have you been out there before ?,i have read reports in the mags but it is beyond my reach with the wife and four kids ,i have to be content with two weeks in devon every year in the caravan .

F " N " C.

went this time last year, for 2 weeks! missus will only let me go for a week this time, dam! Plenty of fish to catch out there

You are a lucky man ,may be one day when the kids are grown up i will be able to get out there .

F " N " C .

whats it got to do with the missus if you want yo go for two weeks just go ! women should not stop men fishing

She said my "mates" got sick of coming around after 2 weeks. Only allowed away for a week this time.

I go round on monday and she will then ring you to say stop another fortnight .

J316

Going round sunday night ,Cam may be gone for two months

J316