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Post by THURSOMAN on Jan 17, 2010 8:30:55 GMT -1
One day course fishing a few years ago on one of salford anglers waters, only had 2 fish that day. 17lb carp and a 6lb catfish both cought pole fishing using sweetcorn on a size 14 hook. Wow, some fish using a pole and bit of sweetcorn!!! Some day that!
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Post by SEAJUNKY on Jan 17, 2010 8:50:09 GMT -1
Since I started this thread, I suppose I had better add my piece, I have 2 great memories that will always stay with me. The first one was, that I had booked my very first sea fishing trip, back in the early 70's aboard a boat called the "Lady Sybil" skippered by Bill Wilkinson, (Wilky) at Margate in Kent, it was to be a 4 hour trip. It was in August, it was a very bright day, a bit windy. I had been to the local tackle shop and bought some bait, and hired a rod, or should I say broom handle, it had a winch fitted to it loaded with line that must of been 70 or 80 lb breaking strain line, through fear of maybe loosing a hook I suppose. I went down to the harbour and was told the forecast was for rising winds, and that the trip had been called off. The skipper could see how disappointed I was and invited me to fish off of the end of Margate pier, to save wasting my bait and rod hire. There was a bar at the end of the pier. So there I was catching the usual fish, mackerel, pouting, garfish, the odd whiting. The skipper came out of the pub, pint in hand to watch me fishing. I caught a pouting of about 1/2 a lb. He said leave it on as bait, and I might catch a bass. This I did, I just dropped it over the side of the pier, propped the rod against the railings and turned round to speak to the skipper when the butt of the rod hit me in the ass, I quickly picked up the rod, the line was screaming off of the reel, I didn't know what to do so the skipper put his beer down and became my mentor, he leaned over and tightened up the clutch as tight as it would go, the line was still running off of the reel, so he told me to apply thumb pressure to both sides of the spool on the multiplier, this I did, it was still trying to pull the line off, I got blisters on both thumbs. This had been going on a while, and by now a crowd of people had formed to watch my escapades, a guy was down at water level with a gaff. We hadn't even seen the fish yet, it was making huge runs and taking back all the line that I had got back onto the reel. Not to drag this out to far the line snapped, this had been my very first serious sea fishing experience. Fish lost, but what an experience. Bill Wilky became one of my best friends, and I started to work for him on his boat after that. The story doesn't finish there, The very next day I was down at the harbour just having a look around when a small gill net boat came into the harbour with a fish laying across the gunnels’, it's head was hanging over one side and it's tail over the other side. It was a tope, it was 70lb, the record at the time for a rod caught tope I believe was about 50lb. And you guessed it, it had my hire tackle hanging from it's mouth. I had hooked and lost a record tope on my very first sea fishing trip. I sometimes wonder who hooked who, did I hook the fish? or did the fish hook me? Steve
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Post by kerny on Jan 17, 2010 12:12:56 GMT -1
Steve , you should become an author and start writting books , I had to read every word mate. Great story. ;D
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Post by SEAJUNKY on Jan 17, 2010 12:16:48 GMT -1
Ta mate, and I swear it's all true as well.
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Post by kerny on Jan 17, 2010 12:21:29 GMT -1
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Post by THURSOMAN on Jan 17, 2010 16:02:18 GMT -1
Nice read that Steve. I think pretty much the very first time you catch a good fish or loss a whopper sticks in the memory. Man, that's quite a first sea fishing experience you had there mate. I suppose the experience that sticks in my mind more than most was my 1st Salmon caught on the fly. Wasn't a huge fish perhaps only 6lbs but will always stick in my mind. There's also the 1st spinner caught Salmon at about 12lbs on a boat without a landing net. That was a circus act and a half.
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Post by SEAJUNKY on Jan 17, 2010 16:05:43 GMT -1
At the end of the day it's whats special to you. Your memories and experiences are what makes you what you are today.
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Post by THURSOMAN on Jan 17, 2010 16:51:04 GMT -1
Steve is that your way of saying everyones experience is rubbish compared to yours? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by SEAJUNKY on Jan 17, 2010 17:34:02 GMT -1
Not at all mate. It's what we call character building down her in civilized England.
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Post by kerny on Jan 17, 2010 17:57:05 GMT -1
;D ;D ;D where's my single malt.
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Post by nibbo on Jan 18, 2010 10:55:23 GMT -1
Never mind your malt. Has the jock had more than his share of the vodka or what. That was a great story.
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Post by THURSOMAN on Jan 18, 2010 21:54:58 GMT -1
LOL All in jest guys. All in jest. ;D It's a cracking story for sure mate. Your Character is built up nicely. Bet you have a few more stories too but far too modest to brag about them. ;D
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