Boat lunch sizing problem
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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.
MOTORVATOR said:
Take no notice of Simpo he happened to be there on a day when the beer was taking precedence over the hunter gathering instincts. Did we mention he has finally earned his offshore wings without any helicopter dramas or suchlike.
Though when it suddenly got all loud and the nose went up I almost rolled off the back like a human depth-charge...(As for hunter-gatherer, H. sapiens now finds the fridge an easier hunting ground!)
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.
MOTORVATOR said:
You got me that concerned about your Cornish naivety Philthy that I had to search out this snippet.
"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."The UK boat record is 19lb 9oz caught off Herne Bay, Kent in 1987."
Can't catch bass in the Thames indeed.
ps, Herne bay is on the north sea
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
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.
MOTORVATOR said:
May I refer you good sir to the "Limits of oceans and seas" as published….
Oh, I'm with you...MOTORVATOR said:
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.
My point exactly!… Except that I may prefer asian/oriental wimmin… 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!
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!
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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