Octopuses...yum, yum!!

Jim....those are the gills...not toxic, just as inedible as feathers on birds;  they get sieved out with the shell.

As we grapple with red signal crayfish and grey squirrels from the USA….it’s funny to read that the Eastern seaboard of America is facing an invasion of green shore crabs.   It seems boats and their ballast tanks are responsible…and now our little shore crabs are upsetting their shellfish industry.!

One approach to tackle it is trying to encourage people in the US to eat them! Trouble is it would take all day to extract a thimble of crabmeat! …but it is nice! The other approach is to make a’broth’ as they call it. I prefer ..bisque.  This I can recommend….

go crabbing and don’t put them back….boil for a few mins in seawater…they go bright red.

 Crunch them up / blitz….and cook for a while with onion, carrot, celery, wine and a tin of tomato.

a bit more blitzing and pass through a sieve 

reduce a bit…a splash of cream and serve with crusty bread. Yum!

A couple of months too late. One of mine broke , so replaced both and tossed the ok one !,

this is what I have.

Ohhh...What do you mean 'twin hose' ?

I do.

Whiting ???.....Shouldn't be long...the small fish they chase are starting to show

It was a nice day…previous birthdays have been wet,

A slow start opening cards and texts…then an afternoon in the sun catching a few nice bass…family dinner with fresh pollack on the menu.

Thanks for the good wishes.

Echo Artical...had me confused for a mo.!

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Are any being caught ?

Carrot on a stick scenario.....lots may be planning trips...at last !

What will materialise ??

Thanks for the birthday greetings....just back from France where a relaxing time was had....as much as possible with two 2yr old grandsons....only one book read !!

Oh yes you can !.....

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A blonde wanted to try out ice fishing. She went out and purchased all the gear she would need and headed to a local spot to try to catch some fish. She went out onto the ice with her gear and after getting comfy on the stool, she started to cut a circular hole in the ice as she had seen on the internet. As she was cutting, she heard a voice from the heavens speak out, saying, "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE."

The blonde was startled. She stood up and looked around but saw no one. Cautiously, she moved a little further out onto the ice and set up in a different spot. She sipped some hot chocolate from her thermos and then started cutting another hole. Again, the voice called out, seemingly from all around her. "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE"

Now feeling quite scared and starting to get a bit frustrated, she moved all the way to the far end of the ice and laid out all her gear, sat upon her stool and started cutting another hole. Right away, the heavenly voice boomed out, this time louder than ever, "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!".

She jumped off her stool and looked all around her. She shouted to the heavens, "IS THAT YOU, LORD?"

The voice answered, "NO. THIS IS THE MANAGER OF THE ICE SKATING RINK. THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!"

Adam, Rob and Alun on JV....on Saturday.

Steve....Is that a blonde ??....spots to the edges?

smart meters only really benefit the energy providers.....for billing procedure.

Go into Salterns.  I think they demo / sell them there....there were a couple at the end of the car park and use the little ramp onto the  beach.

Thanks,,,a good evening was had.

The weathertried to do a spoiler...but I'd done the BBQ before that drop of rain came and drove us indoors.

Just a slight muzzy head this morning...quickly fixed with a tea.

This is too late to help those above......but....don't bother gutting bass or bream ...just keep them as cold as possible.

Even after a few days in the fridge they are in good condition [ and improved flavour ]

Fillet straight off the whole fish as you want them.... I scale the bass but the bream I skin and off comes the scales with the skin.

Saves a lot of mess on the boat ...and the eating is better.

So….who’s going?

Tigerfish is not going to be fixed in time for this trip….so unless anyone can offer us a space, we’ll have to pull out.

Alun.