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You may vac pac and freeze or chill here

Ready to slice............................

Trimming should follow. Note the deeply cut area............ this was a bruise removed, as bloody areas should always be excluded

Rest the fillets after smoking under chill for at least 12 hours to mature. This evens out the smoke and allows all the necessary chemical reactions to occur.

Prior to smoking, although not necessary, some prefer to lightly dress with olive oil, and a nice twist would be oil which is primed with lemon zest. This is not traditional but nonetheless a delicate and personal touch. Hang the sides in your smoker by the pectoral lugs skewered through, and also a skewer through the head dorsal area. Ensure the fillets aren

Loaded and ready to go................

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Bank the points chaps..........you know it makes sense...

he's off again........... translation............... yous gets to my age no bugger listens to you its the same all over ignore the olduns whine snivel snivel.

Silly me Found him.........

Eeeeeeer don't know Mike Wills.. .......where might I find him....... W

I have a set of gas cutting and welding torches with various nossles for sale. any takers?

Anyone know where I can get a charge-air cooler core tested / repaired?? I've tried a radiator repairer but he sorta scatch his crust and tutted. Can't be that difficult. They're either sound or not sound and repairable or not repairable. Any thoughts? W

Paul, An old saltydog buddy of mine once explained that a bucket on a boat has more uses than any other iten on the boat. Bait well, anchor bin, baling, peeing, barfing, and steering. Simply tie the bucket to a rope and drag it behind midships whilst slowly making headway. Adjust to starboard or port to steer. Not for use with fine manouvers but might get you to safety. Actually anything with drag will do and probably a bunch of rags or a securely tied coil of rope would work. Wedge

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Brakes are required above 600kgs loaded and I doubt this is near that. If you don't need the brakes for safety or the law then I would do without as they are a real pain.

Welcome RT.......Happy Meal. Nice craft you have their chap, lovely mover. I saw you out on a jolly a couple of weeks ago when out with ..................... you guessed it, BigMac & LargeFries See you on the tide chap.... Tight lines

Slightly drifting off the thread now but just a comment on bass feeding on this day. Our fish appeared to be just coming onto the feed and had various contents. One of the plumpest sounded like a bag of gravel and surely contained a fair number of broken crustaceans and/or molluscs. Another larger fish had a raging hunger for mackerel that was to be its eventual downfall. Firstly, a slightly digested mackerel from late the day previous, probably a good 8 oz fish. Next to this was two very fresh mackerel of equal size. Each of these fresh fish had been used as baits as the hook holes were very clear. One still had one of our hooks attached with no line. I'm fairly sure this was lost on a snag a short while earlier and then cleared up by the hungry bass. The next had the marks where the hook had been clearly torn out but also a damaged eye and broken jaw which is classic bass strike. This mackerel may have been smashed from the hook with an attack on an earlier drift or might simply be a discarded bait. Not content with three 8 oz mackerel on board, she went for another, which as luck would have it, was connected to my rod. A clear demonstration of the aggressive feeding habits of these lovely fish. Not sure about the shortage of mackerel generally but on this day there were plenty about.

It may interest some to note that at the time of capture, the four bass that were measured, weighed and scale sampled had only achieved 80% of the weight to length average ratio. Perhaps this is indicative of a late spawning and the late start to the season. The 10lb 8oz bass was 16 years old and has a potential to make 13 lbs this year, under average conditions. Wonderful fish.

Many thanks Al...... I am still glowing from the experience. Cheers to Big Mac & Large Fries for a cracking day ....

Cracka chaps Can't wait to have a nosey Have Fun Wedge