Specimen Fishes any species..
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Norfolk Deer Search
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There was a time where I would have used that little bugger as live bait to catch a bigger one!
No mate,although it was one of the next places to try ,some large fish in there,also palm tree lagoon not far from bangkok and lots of good places around Pattaya for mekong and arapima
Cootmeurer
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Chain pickerel are a bit of a problem. They are as voracious as bigger pike species but rarely exceed 3-4 pounds. As such they take over a body of water and everything, including their smaller brethren.
Freeforester
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She was lucky on the bonefish out in Exhuma too, but I thought I’d better stop. Tarpon out back from Tavernier also. Not tried Permit or GT.
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Circa February 2005 fishing for white shark off the southern most coast of South Africa. Waiting for the shark to appear we would fish for cob (meagre), amongst other species. I caught this cob on 30lb line class. It weighed in at 105.5 lbs. At the time it would have been a new world record had I chosen to claim it. For scale I'm 5'7".
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shotguntom
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That is a monster Kob!
Bo Diddley
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Don't stop with the pictures, they are all excellent, she is quite some anger, her dad taught her well.
I think you should dig some more photos out of the album
Bo Diddley
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Fantastic memories camodog, on a light outfit as well.
I remember sights like that in Looe, Cornwall when I was a child in the 1960’s. The carcasses would stay at the bottom of the harbour for weeks.
Bo Diddley
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Yes, mum & dad took us to Looe a few times, I was very small, but there are a few family snaps of Dad and us kids standing by the display of blue sharks that came back to the harbour in the summer evenings.
Bo Diddley
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A slightly amusing story involving "Carp Fishing"
When I was keen on this type of fishing, I angled on a decent sized gravel pit in Norfolk that had some considerable potential to produce an unknown big fish.
You could set your watch by what is termed "Take time" , this is when you are most likely to get a fish pick up your bait and hang itself on the end of your hook, this time was usually 11 am.
10.45 and a chap called Pete Regan caught a carp in a distant bay, everyone had heard his bite alarm sound, he netted the fish after much theatrics, and proceeded to hollar to everyone else fishing around the lake to come and look at his capture... we all imagined it was some uncaught leviathan laying the bottom of his landing net... so almost every angler fishing reeled their rods in, and walked around to "Dam Wall Bay" to look at the monster... it turned out it was one of the smallest carps in the pit.... "But isn't it pretty" chirped Regan.... to much laughter... we had been dupped into reeling our rods in just when we had the best chance of a fish... bugger...
When I was keen on this type of fishing, I angled on a decent sized gravel pit in Norfolk that had some considerable potential to produce an unknown big fish.
You could set your watch by what is termed "Take time" , this is when you are most likely to get a fish pick up your bait and hang itself on the end of your hook, this time was usually 11 am.
10.45 and a chap called Pete Regan caught a carp in a distant bay, everyone had heard his bite alarm sound, he netted the fish after much theatrics, and proceeded to hollar to everyone else fishing around the lake to come and look at his capture... we all imagined it was some uncaught leviathan laying the bottom of his landing net... so almost every angler fishing reeled their rods in, and walked around to "Dam Wall Bay" to look at the monster... it turned out it was one of the smallest carps in the pit.... "But isn't it pretty" chirped Regan.... to much laughter... we had been dupped into reeling our rods in just when we had the best chance of a fish... bugger...
Bo Diddley
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Absolutely fantastic fish camodog
.I don't know much about the Ribble, except that when my brother lived in Warley for a short while, he got invited to fish it one night with some newfound friends from the pub... he thought it strange that they left it late to set off.. the equipment turned out to be some type of generator and some chicken wire if I remember correctly... scared him so much it was the last time he ever went
Big salmon that! Managed to fish at Mitton a few times when I worked near Manchester. Lovely stretch of water, especially where the Hodder joins the Ribble. Also used to go for a quick pint in the pub by the bridge if there wasn't much doing!
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