*Ant*

LOL

Alan Think you just sent me the e-mail in error instead of Nightwing

You have my support anyway, all the best to you Saul.

Craig If you can find some rocks to fish from then I would suggest trying float fishing. Your carp rod will be well up to the job as no big casts with 5oz leads would be needed. All you will need is a large float, drilled bullet lead and suitable hooks. I've seen ready made packs in most coastal tackle shops for a couple of quid. I've had some good fun fishing this method for mackerel and garfish. I must stress though how safety conscious you should be when fishing from rocks. Be aware of the tides and always plan an escape route just incase. If possible don't fish on your own and wear suitable footwear as the rocks can be like ice when wet. Most important, have fun! Ant

Alan Received the disgorger this morning and just wanted to say thanks. After reading the instructions it seems a good product that i'm eager to put to the test. In fact, so eager that i've told the missus that I simply must go fishing again tonight, just for a research point of view you understand. Thanks again Ant

Cheers Kieran Not time to look now, going fishing but i'll deffinately have a visit there later. Ta Ant

Brad There is a also a picture of it in the new Bennetts carp catalogue, which says "available June".

Brad I've seen that Trakker are about to launch a new brolly/bivvie system. No idea what the price is but looks good.

Big big help Matt, many thanks.

Thanks Gray, you're a star!

Just thought i'd pop over to the sea fishing page to hopefully pick some of your brains. My dream has always been to buy an area of scrub land on the coast and open my own boatyard with also a small boat big enough for 2 to spend a weekends fishing in. Now the boatyard is probably a few years off, but the boat is now in reach. My problem is that I know nothing about keeping or maintaining a boat. i.e. mooring costs, insurance, do I need a licence? etc. Plus what boat should I go for, small cuddy boat or small yacht that could be home for a couple of nights and be more comfortable. The boat would mainly be used for inshore fihing. Any help however small plus any hints or oppinions would be greatly appreciated. Ant

Welcome to the site Tommy This is a question for our unique........Newt! Tommy, he's a carp angler in the US whom i'm sure would love to share his knowledge of the scene in that part of the world.

Gray-Catchpole Would it be possible to take the picture of "Io orbiting Jupiter" from the "astronomy picture of the day" thread and use it as my avatar? If so could you do it for me as I wouldn't have a clue how to. :confused: That's of course if there is no objections. Pretty please with a cherry

Recently swapped to AOL which is £15 or £16 a month for unlimited access. Used to have Freeserve but they were a nightmare, crashed at least twice a day.

Interesting site John S Anyone been helping with the S.E.T.I. research on their site? [ 01. May 2003, 01:32 AM: Message edited by: aanthony ]

ohterry Catch 22 fishing centre is featured in the latest issue of IYCF mag, it's their carp fishery of the month in the where to fish guide. Sounds good and the article has some descent info and tips.

Alan....you have mail.

Sorry Alan if I came over as being inexperienced, been an angler many years.(though my brother-in-law would get a laugh out of that) Young though......well 32 going on 17. I was just sharing a memory and highlighting the problems newcomers to the sport may encounter. All the best Ant p.s. just going to find my old school tie.

Monkeyboy, Long time ago but I think they were barbed, still use barbed occasionly now but mostly barbless due to being mainly a carp angler these days. On the rare occasion I use barbed I will always crush them before using. [ 30. April 2003, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: aanthony ]

Love the picture of Io orbiting Jupiter.

e-mail on it's way Alan, ta

I may be a tad cynical but perhaps they just didn't want to share the water with anyone. After all they were fishing weren't they?

After seeing the post "fish feel pain" by easternangler, it got me thinking about when I started angling many years ago. I can remember a couple of small fish deaths as a result of deep hooking. At the time I was new to angling and started off feeder fishing with a groundbait feeder on a local canal. Looking back I would say I was perhaps using to heavy a feeder and mixing my groundbait wrong as it might have been sticking in the feeder instead of exploding out. This could have resulted in the small fish not moving the feeder so not registering on the quiver tip and so having time to swallow the bait. I can remember trying to unhook them when I couldn't even see the hook, this resulted in me obviously damaging the fish with a disgorger resulting in it's death. Thankfully this only happened a couple of times and hasn't happened in many years since. The thing is though, what if it happened this week. Well I surpose that if I couldn't see the hook after the normal routine I would cut the line as close to the hook as I could. But would this be the correct action or would it be better for the fish if I took the risk of trying to remove it? This brings me to the point of this post (about time I hear you ask). I read many different fishing mags and weeklys but can't remember seeing any advice for the young or newcomers to angling about removing or preventing deep hooking. This could result in the above having problems and killing fish themselves, being appalled and coming away from fishing thinking "if this is what fishing is like, it's cruel and should be banned", and possibly end up joining them idiots PETA. So as I see it, these mags and weeklys (especialy the ones aimed at the young/newcomer) have a responsability to run articles and tips on the above points. This hopefully could prevent accidental fish deaths and keep the youngsters and newcomers fishing. Thanks for bearing with me Ant [ 30. April 2003, 02:48 AM: Message edited by: aanthony ]

All the best easternangler, good luck and do us proud. Ant

Great stuff