Is It A True Story?

[Coddy]

See this report on the BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshi...set/3173087.stm

 

Seems a bit OTT to me

 

Coddy

[gaffa]

Who uses a balloon float and an 80 pound rod for mackeral fishing?

 

How do you catch cockles from a boat in the Poole area

 

 

There is an underlying smell of something fishy here

 

 

PeteG

[Maverick Martin]

Also out of date, that report was dated 2003 and the fish was caught by a commercial fisherman although he was angling

 

Martin

[jack]

I really must try fishing for mackerel with a balloon float.perhaps that's where I am going wrong. jack

[Manic Moore]

 

 

Smells more like bull poo to me

[corky]

The Baileys are a well known fishing family in poole, well known for spending alot of time in the pub ! Sounds to me like a story old man Bailey would tell to a tourist or the like just for a laugh and a wind up.

However in defence of the accuracy of the story cockle fishing from a boat in the harbour is something they definatley do well. Imagine a basket made from wire on a long pole that you drag through soft mud (needs alot of strengh so never offer to armwrestle a Bailey) and bear in mind the water is only two or three feet deep on a lot of cockle beds in the harbour. Its traditionaly how it used to be done !

[great white]

If they fish with 80lb gear on balloons for mackeral I wonder what they use when not using "Micky Mouse " Gear

 

Fighting chair and 130lb gear for doggies and whiting

 

 

Smells of somthing a bit more Farm like than fishy

 

 

Charlie