Boat lunch sizing problem
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Not the boat itself, but I found myself with an unusual problem today. Normally I find with the inadequate fishermen aboard such as I had on Friday then the Party size barbeque is quite sufficient for needs.
However, today, utilising the left over bait and my skills as a hunter gatherer type I find the cooking utensils somewhat lacking in size.
Now bearing in mind that the boat is generally gel coat/stainless steel of the 316 variety Then an chopped down 45 gallon drum is not going to cut the cloth.
Any ideas as to how we can cook the whole fish and not just the middle bit?
However, today, utilising the left over bait and my skills as a hunter gatherer type I find the cooking utensils somewhat lacking in size.
Now bearing in mind that the boat is generally gel coat/stainless steel of the 316 variety Then an chopped down 45 gallon drum is not going to cut the cloth.
Any ideas as to how we can cook the whole fish and not just the middle bit?
Simpo Two said:
I bet the Labrador caught them.
Failng that, Waitrose's finest...
I shall try to educate you one more time. Failng that, Waitrose's finest...
Tiger Prawns come from Waitrose.
Bread Rolls come out of the Microwave.
Mussells come pre packed in white wine and garlic.
Spicy Chicken comes frozen from Lidl
But Sea Bass comes from the Thames Estuary.
Unless you have Jonah fishermen on board of course.
I feel I see a new set of threads emerging Simpo.
"Hello my name's Bacardi and I want to buy a motorboat, would you all like to give some advice and then join me on a launch party?"
With a follow up of "what bait/rig is best for avoiding Dogfish?"
Followed very quickly by "Hi again Bacardi here, anybody her into photography? I need to sell some lenses to finance diesel fuel."
"Hello my name's Bacardi and I want to buy a motorboat, would you all like to give some advice and then join me on a launch party?"
With a follow up of "what bait/rig is best for avoiding Dogfish?"
Followed very quickly by "Hi again Bacardi here, anybody her into photography? I need to sell some lenses to finance diesel fuel."
philthy said:
MOTORVATOR said:
But Sea Bass comes from the Thames Estuary.
Nothing to add on the BBQ question, but genuinely surprised to hear you can catch sea bass in the Thames!I thought they were fussy about how clean the water is?
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Thames Estuary is one of the cleanest in the world in fact.
http://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/uk-europe/...
Incredibly diverse, 120+ species of fish and responsible for the majority of North sea stocks of Bass and Sole amongst others.
But the silt laden waters due to the constant tides across the mudflats and sands means the water looks murky. Hence fishing here is mostly dependent on live bait as visual baits don't work to well.
That pair above were actually caught in the River Crouch without traveling out for them.
philthy said:
Simpo Two said:
philthy said:
Nothing to add on the BBQ question, but genuinely surprised to hear you can catch sea bass in the Thames!
You can't 
"The UK boat record is 19lb 9oz caught off Herne Bay, Kent in 1987."
Can't catch bass in the Thames indeed.
m0ssy said:
philthy said:
MOTORVATOR said:
"The UK boat record is 19lb 9oz caught off Herne Bay, Kent in 1987."
Can't catch bass in the Thames indeed.
Much as I love our web footed, Skinners drinking brethren, I'm not one of them.Can't catch bass in the Thames indeed.
ps, Herne bay is on the north sea
BTW this is the worst 'look what I cauht 6 months ago' thread ever
Perhaps you could give these chaps a call and let them know they've been getting it wrong all these years.
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Admiralty Way
Taunton Somerset
TA1 2DN United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1823 337900
Fax: +44 (0)1823 284077
Telex: 46274
Lucky I was with you Mossy, you could have got well lost!
And now for the quick geography lesson.
You will find Herne Bay just East of Whitstable at the middle bottom of the map. Next to that Isle of Sheppey thingy.
The rivers Medway, Swale, Crouch and Blackwater do not have their own estuaries and are deemed to flow into the Thames estuary. I.e. not possessing there own free connection to the sea.
And the place where Mossy spectacularly failed to catch anything worth lighting the barbie for is Gunfleet Sands - Top centre right of image.
Can you imagine the look of panic that would have come over a certain crew members face if I'd claimed we were in the North Sea.
BTW the only 6 month old fish referred to in this thread are the ones you were pulling up in between feeding your face with beer.
Bacardi said:
Nah, definitely the North Sea. Look, Google maps says so…
May I refer you good sir to the "Limits of oceans and seas" as published by the International Hydrographic Organisation in 1953 and subsequently amended in 2000 to acknowledge the existence of the Southern Ocean as the worlds 5th Ocean.http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_...
Wherein one will note that the extents of the North Sea are very clearly defined and certainly come no further east than Ramsgate / Cliffe across the Thames Estuary.
A point quite cleverly noted by our very own admiralty hydrographers when producing navigation charts
http://www.marinechandlery.com/products/901/172/fo...
May I also point out, with a degree of smugness, that filling one's shiny new boat up with East European Wimmin and Gin, then attempting to navigate utilising google maps may not have the outcome one expects.
Simpo Two said:
MOTORVATOR said:
Can you imagine the look of panic that would have come over a certain crew members face if I'd claimed we were in the North Sea.
I thought we were!However I now realise that the North Sea, the English Channel and also the entire Atlantic Ocean are actually all the Thames Estuary. There has to be one sea bass in there somewhere, and we will keep extending the Thames Estuary - to the Tasman Sea if necessary - until one is jolly well found!
I can see your logic coming through Simpo and now start to understand your apparent calmness on board in the face of all that water around you.
You just kept thinking of it as an extension of the A130 with a hint of a little drainage problem didn't you?
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