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01.01.02

The Circular - your monthly newsletter

Here is what you have been waiting for.... your newsletter from your fishing club with all the news and views you need to know.

The attached minutes of the last meeting sets out the things discussed and has all the times of the next match etc. You should note that the pick up point has been changed to that agreed and stated in the minutes. Due to the M2 being closed we will not be meeting up at the lay-by on the A249 between the Key Street Roundabout and the M2/A249 roundabout on the Maidstone bound side of the carriageway at 08.45 we will be meeting in the car park at the Little Chef on the A2 between Newington and Rainham at 08.45.

If you get this on time and want some casting practise give Jason Mann a call for more details about the Sittingbourne Sportscast casting tuition on Sunday 6th January.

Gravesend at this time of year should be a cracking venue with plenty of fish. Expect to catch loads of whiting and maybe a nice little codling or Thames Trout. There will also be some flounders close in that will readily take maddies but go mad for peeler crab. I have heard that locals use cooked prawns as bait but I doubt if they would be my choice as a frontline bait. If the whiting are about in plentiful numbers I would use a three hook paternoster with 225 - 300 mm long hook lengths with size 2 hooks (but there again I would use that most times on the beach anyway!!). Try a few luminous beads above the hook, a little thumbnail size piece of squid or mackerel or herring on the hook tip and you'll be catching all day long!! If the weather remains frosty then the fishing will be....... challenging at best......when the mud flats get really cold when the sea is out the fish are sometimes reluctant to come in with the tide and remain further out at sea. Be prepared for such a situation and make/get some single hook clipped down traces that will enable you to cast out that bit further with a small bait to reach the fish hopefully unless the fish decide to stay out in the middle of the Thames which is about 1 mile wide here!!

The most important date for your new diaries is Friday January 4th at 8pm for our Annual General Meeting at the Ivy Leaf Club. Here we will decide about rule changes, set subscriptions, appoint/conscript volenteers for officers/committee members etc and generally decide on how you want your club to be run for this year...come along and have your say

If you have any queries, you are not sure about anything or you need to know something phone me on the number below and I'll do my best to help.

I'll see you on the beach

John Padmore

Secretary