Afishionado

Coddy the PM bit is not working so I've posted this here. I will certainly help with emails and other correspondence, and I have one or two ideas as well. My phone number is Bmth570555. Let me know what you want. Mad Mike

The tope you don't catch must be different from the ones I do catch Mad Mike

Yes I know those pesky little boot lace ones I was refering to the large silvers that we used to catch in the harbour. By the way as I said before, sections of silver eels are suposed to be good Tope bait. Mad Mike

All fishermen know that fish will eat anything that does not have a hook in it. They will happily munch plastic cups, tea spoons, Kit Kat wrappers, etc but put a hook in a prime peeler and they will turn their noses up and chase cucumber sandwiches. Bitter ? Moi? Never! Mad Mike

River patrol to halt eel poachers Young eels are in decline across Europe Rivers in Kent and Sussex are being given night-time patrols to prevent the illegal netting of young eels. Each spring thousands of eels arrive in rivers in the region from the Sargasso Sea in South America but stocks are believed to be declining. An Environment Agency spokesman Chris Conroy said: "Anyone found in contravention of the regulations could be prosecuted and fined up to

Tom, will they allow you to fish around the pontoons? If so a free lined floating bread crust on a No10 hook might be a method of connecting with these fish. Mad Mike

Tom boasts.........Large Mullet Spotted In Salterns, Seen during fag break, honest guv Tom, you shouldn't make derogatory remarkes about other blokes hair do's! Mad Mike

Why would i need to register with you ? 'Cos we know where you live son, an' if yer don't we'll send der boy's rahnd Seriously why wouldn't you want to regester? Yes our site is brill' but only because of what we put into it. Yes there are bits of info about our locality and the marks that we fish that we try to keep within the club, and IMO we quite fairly keep that info within the ACTIVE membership. It's a balancing decision isn't it. What would you give up by registering Vs what you would gain by being an active member of the site.? 'Tis up to you, you don't even have to own a boat, let alone live down here to regester. Mad Mike

When checking the water temperature near a swimming beach you'll find the water with the yellow tinge is slightly warmer! Mad Mike

Many a true word mate, many a true word!!! I have a mate who is notorious for 'just giving it an extra turn' and having no idea how to tie a knot. Por lad always gets upset at the chorus of NO NIGEL! when he picks up a spanner to 'just nip it up' and he can't understand why no one lets him tie up their boat! Mad Mike

My first reaction is that you have overtightened the wheel nuts by putting some serious welly on when doing them up. Wheel studs are wheel studs. I do not think that there are better ones and cheap ones as the demand for them is so low it would not be worth while to make an extra 2p or so per unit with low grade steel. The studs are usualy the old type Mini pattern. ..................... Ah! I have just had a thought. Years ago it used to be the fashion to have the studs on one side of the trailer reverse threaded so you tightened them up anti clockwise. If one was not aware of this and one was trying to nick someones wheels then you would be tightening the nuts instead of undoing them thus shearing the studs if you were strong enough. Could this have happened? Mad Mike

I see Metcheck is forcasting 3 days of -0 C and snow at the end of next week!! Bring back those aerosols and the ozone layer hole!!!! Mad Mike

I use the SAS clamp which IMO fills all your requirements and is Insurer approved. Check the prices on ebay which is where I bought mine. Mad Mike

Basicaly the RNLI is right, but there are lots of and's and but's, so this is only a basic guide........... First and formost is the question of whether the owner had abandoned the boat. He can do this WHILST STILL ABOARD!!! and in the most innocent of manners. If as your freind did the skipper INVITES another person aboard and surrenders control (lets them take over, ie "Would you like me to sort this out for you?" "Yes please") the craft is deemed as being abandoned by it's owner and its full value can be claimed by the salvor. Lesser degrees of this abandonment can be constituted by using the salvors (rescuers) ropes rather than using your own ropes. If your problem as skipper is not life threatening and/or you are not badly injured you or your crew ask for help or help is offered, do not invite another person aboard to solve your problem without first agreeing that his visit is good will and creates no lien on your craft. Clearly state that at all times you are in charge of events if you are able. Use your own warps/ropes for towing or tieing alongside. These are only basic rules and even these can be argued in court but if you are 'rescued' by an avaricious bugger it is best to be able to argue your point having been fully aware of what the consequences are. Having said all that in over 50 years of mucking about with boats I don't think I have heard of any incident of salvors rights being forced upon an unfortunate owner. On the other hand I have helped a few out of Poo Creek myself and never asked for reward. Mad Mike

What can one say? More to the point what would he have said yesterday if someone told him he was ill advised to do such a trip in the outfit he had? Mad Mike

You failed totally to mention the classic Dooberrychat. This alone shows how you must have squandered the hard earned cash that your parents invested in your education. You Sir are filanderer and have debased the use of thousands of years of disembling rational language. Have you also forgotten?...... thingumabob doojigger gismo whatchamacallit widget and the classic Greek Upathaceasgafflebracket To name but a few. Not all of us have been lucky enough to be granted the privileges that you have spurned, therefore you owe it to all of us to make some concrete reparations to make up for your wasteful years. I would make so bold that a mid channel wrecking trip on a nice summer day might go a long way towards redeeming yourself. Mad Mike

Adam steals my punch line answer to........What the heck is a tuit? It's what you need to do all those household jobs......... "I'll do it when I get a round tuit Dear" Mad Mike

commercial fishermens representative says.......Meanwhile however, Scottish White Fish Producers' Association chairman Mike Park today bitterly condemned supermarket chains who cleared cod from their shelves. He said it was no more than some sort of "commercial statement" aimed at winning favour with the Green movement It goes to show that the fishing industry has no intention of stopping untill there are no cod left. These people have resisted every move to slow down the overfishing. They expect the rest of the UK to suffer to save the jobs of a few hundred fishermen. Mad Mike

Duncan tells it as it is.......I go out fishing for rest, relaxation and to get the big ones OMG, Duncan and I are in agreement once again It must be global warming! Well it's to blame for everything else so why not that? Mad Mike

Bl00dy hell Allan you certainly need it, Your s'posed to sign off like this "Could I add my name to it .....OUT!" Mad Mike

Oh for goodness sake! A thingymebob is a large thingy but neither are to be confused with a Wotsit (whatsit in America) or even if your half blind by a duberrychat which has such a distinct colour no body should mistake it. None of them however have anything to do with a tuit. Mad Mike

Yes. the Cuba we go to is considerably better than yours! Mad Mike

Thank you, its that kind on mentality that keeps me in work and pays for my fishing etc. Keep up the good work! Simon L You work in Cuba? That must make commuting difficult. You'll know then that to have any sort of comfort in Cuba one needs air con on 24/7. Night time temperature is a cool 26C outside and the humidity is about 90%. Mad Mike

Quote....Launching from Wick is not too much problem but recovery, if you leave it too late can be difficult without a 4x4. There is a drop-off from the slip which your trailer will go over within about 1 hour of low water. Different slip, years ago.......... Carol and I came back late on the ebb and eventualy had to winch the boat on to the trailer dry (we had a break back then), after doing so we found we couldn't move the rig with the car as the trailer had been off the hard and was now sitting in a well of muddy shingle. No worries say I, we'll come back later when the tide has returned and there must be a point that the bouyancy of the boat lifts the whole lot out of the soft mud....... We went home which in those days was just a mile from the slip on Hayling Island, had cuppa and a rest. We estimated the time of our return to be about an hour after low. But we discovered just as we had to return that I had lost the car keys. With time agaist us and the clock ticking we had a quick look for them and then set out key less and car less to the boat. When got there it was now pitch black and we could see in the gloom that the boat was still there. I got in the water and waded out to the boat , scrambled up the trailer and then aboard. I dived for the locker with the spare rope and coiled it ready to throw.......... I shouted for Carol to give me a yell so I would know where to throw the rope to. ......... The answer came from about 50 yards to the left of where I expected it and I suddenly realised the boat, the trailer, and I were not only afloat but drifting in the creek!! I shouted to Carol that I was adrift and jumped in the water holding the end of the rope that I had made fast to a bow cleat. We met each other in water just short of being over our heads and began hauling the boat back in. It was suprisingly easy too!. We had just enough strength left to pull the outfit to the top of the slip and block it off and make it fast to something before walking squelchily home. We found the car keys down the setee next morning!! Mad Mike