Mullet

[medwaygreen]

Congratulations Matt, a fantastic fish.

[BREAMAGAIN]

Andy , Matt , looks like the dust will have to come of the Mullet gear and a visit to the Medway planned. I'll warm up in Weymouth !!!!................Hello Sean , are you there ?

[Matt Baldwin]

haha come on the dave

[WeymouthSean]

Hi Dave

 

I am here! Great fish Matt! Brillant! I had a 6lber the other day but that makes mine look a bit silly! well done!

 

Looking forward to taking you to the cleaners yet again down in the weymouth comp Dave & Andy! Not really i am actually quite scared it was close last time!

[Matt Baldwin]

cheers

 

looks all good atm from the views of people at the nfsa

 

Matt

[Leon Roskilly]

Hi Matt,

 

Did you get any scales from the fish?

 

(Mullet lose their scales very easily, and usually leave one or two souveniers in the net etc)

 

 

The scales should give a good indication of the age of the fish, which would be interesting to know.

 

Winter, when they are not feeding, shows as a very narrow growth ring, summer as a much wider ring, with the best summers producing the widest rings.

 

(In fact known good summers are usually clearly seen in the pattern of scales and are useful for 'calibrating' your visual count)

 

What I generally do is to scan a scale at high resolution, then print it out blown out to A4 size.

 

Then I mark each band on the printout with a pencil (though sometimes the screen display is brighter/clearer which helps you to define what you are seeing on the paper).

 

Then it's just a matter of counting the pencil marks (much easier than trying to squint at the scale itself with a magnifyng glass!)

 

Bear in mind too that if a scale is lost from the fish, a new one will grow in it's place, but missing the ealier growth bands, so it's well to check two or three scales.

[Leon Roskilly]

By the way Matt, when you get the weighing scales checked and certified, it's important that they are tested at the weight of the fish being claimed.

Edited July 11, 2007 by Leon Roskilly

[Matt Baldwin]

i know leon,

 

i am going to go to the weighs and measures in the dockyard.

 

has dave rowe sent me anything via post do you know?

[Leon Roskilly]

has dave rowe sent me anything via post do you know?

 

Spoke to David this morning.

 

All the forms and isntructions are on their way to you.

 

Looking Good

[five bellies]

Well done mate Bl00dy awesome fish!

 

Im going to buy you a beer when I see you, Oh I forgot your under age

 

 

PHEW

 

I supose Im going to have to call you Mr Baldwin from now on.

 

 

Joking aside we are all proud of you