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The Fishing Thread


Big Jeff said:
We made our own

Length of chrome bathroom tube cut to length then bashed shut one end

Fill with molten lead. Drill a hole in bottom for split ring and geet big treble hook. Repeat at the top and then hit the body with a planishing hammer for a bit effect.
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Exactly what I did, I think I still have some around the house somewhere.
Red said:
Aye,average fish was 5lb so there were a lot of full houses. It was carnage, horrible to think back
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That reminds me of one time fishing out of Eyemouth and we all had black bin liners full of cod. One lad was passing his bag of cod up out of the boat to his mate, the bottom of the bag split and all his cod fell out and sank instantly because they had all been gutted. :lol: Not as gutted as he was though. :lol:
 
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Big shore comp next weekend....run by Newbiggin SAC with a bit of help from Amble SAC.
£500 heaviest cod
£500 heaviest flatty
£200 heaviest coalie

It's a not-for-profit match, so the more entries the more the payout. £12 to enter.
Can't remember any more details.
 
tonyfromalnwick said:
Big shore comp next weekend....run by Newbiggin SAC with a bit of help from Amble SAC.
£500 heaviest cod
£500 heaviest flatty
£200 heaviest coalie

It's a not-for-profit match, so the more entries the more the payout. £12 to enter.
Can't remember any more details.
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Do people cheat? I have never been a match angler but it must be easy if the boundaries are big. One person enter and three fish as a team for example?
 
Big Jeff said:
Do people cheat? I have never been a match angler but it must be easy if the boundaries are big. One person enter and three fish as a team for example?
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I saw it happen in one of the only trout competitions I fished,
I was talking to 2 lads early in the day, one of them had 2 fish the other 1 when they weighed in one of them had blanked, they didn't get close to winning.
 
Wasn't there once a bloke weighing in a big flounder in a competion in Sunderland that he'd caught the previous day up the river. I remember because he was in the same Town End Farm fishing club as me. We used to go fishing up Gourock and he was arguing like fuck that his cod was bigger than mine for the heaviest fish prize even though mine was clearly 2oz heavier. Made no difference in the end because.the last boat to come in had loads of bigger cod.
 
Tuono said:
Wasn't there once a bloke weighing in a big flounder in a competion in Sunderland that he'd caught the previous day up the river. I remember because he was in the same Town End Farm fishing club as me. We used to go fishing up Gourock and he was arguing like fuck that his cod was bigger than mine for the heaviest fish prize even though mine was clearly 2oz heavier. Made no difference in the end because.the last boat to come in had loads of bigger cod.
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I wonder if anyone has shoved some lead inside a fish to add a little bit of weight?
 
Big Jeff said:
Aye sorry but we do have a few barbarians in our midst.

We need to do all we can to fish responsibly.

It makes me angry when I see scratters walking off the pier with ASDA carrier bags stuffed full of mackerel.

Most anglers appreciate this but we need to do more like taking discarded line home and not leaving old bags of bait scattered all over.
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I crush the barbs on my hooks when mackerel are around
 
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