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  1. First a bit of background. I have eaten thick-lipped grey mullet once in my life. This was long before I fished for them for pleasure, and anyway the fish was not caught by me. The fish must have weighed in the region of 2.5-3.0 lbs and it did not taste very good, not good enough to make me want to eat mullet again. After reading about the potential for the build-up of heavy metals, pesticides and other toxins in their flesh I wouldn't put mullet in my mouth now anyway. So here are my questions. What are mullet sold as when they are caught commercially? Does anyone out there enjoy eating the things?
  2. Arthur Andersen. One of the big international accounting firms.
  3. Vagabond Thanks for sharing that with us all. A great story and some wonderful pictures to boot. If you need a bearer or porter for your next expedition 'I'm free ...'
  4. But it is not Italian :confused: [ 03. September 2003, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]
  5. After carefull study of Littlefeathers' leaves I am convinced they are Damsons. A word of warning to all you who have damsons or any other Prunus trees in your gardens. Go easy on the pruning, prunus do not like to be pruned and plum, cherry and damson trees can easily be killed by inexpert pruning. Whatever you do don't prune them in the winter or you run a high risk of introducing disease. Prune very lightly in the summer when they are growing. This goes for ornamental cherries and almond trees too.
  6. An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less.
  7. Well I bit the bullet and bought an Odessa. It does look a bit thick at the tip compared to my old Abu rod, but I will withhold judgement until I have a go with it. I may just decide to get some new rings and a lacquer job on my old ABU rod. Does anyone have a favourite rod builder they could recommend?
  8. I agree with little onions, they do look like damsons. Could you post a piccie of a leaf? Then I could check more easily. Sorry to blow your hybrid theory out but the plum, Prunus domestica is a natural hybrid of the sloe Prunus spinosa and the cherry plum Prunus cerasifera.
  9. Mullet fishing IMHO is coarse fishing. Fishing for mullet is a bit like fishing for chubb on steriods, just they happen to live in sea water. The methods used are just the same.
  10. Mullet fishing IMHO is coarse fishing. Fishing for mullet is a bit like fishing for chubb on steriods, just they happen to live in sea water. The methods used are just the same.
  11. The quota system is mad. I saw another article somewhere about these Spanish fishermen (it does not matter where they were from, it is the quota system that is wrong) had no quota for cod, but they had a quota for cod roe. This meant that they could fish for cod and take the roe from them but could not land the cod itself.
  12. No! Spare us from Tom Weir. He comes from the village next door to mine (Gartocharn). A terrible presenter with an amazing lack of knowledge of the countryside he purports to know about, IMHO.
  13. Ordered one from here . I will let you all know how I get on when it arrives. Now who can I get to service my old 9000C?
  14. That is mullet for you. Mega frustrating.
  15. Cheers mate! I'm off for a gander. Might need to give my flexible friend a bit of a workout.
  16. CAn you remember where you saw one for £36. I cannot find one for much less than £50.
  17. I fancy taking up shore fishing again, but on close inspection my old ABU beachcaster is in dire need of a rebuild and I suspect that by the time it hade new rings and a re-varnish I would be just as well off with a new rod. Can anybody suggest a sub £50 quid beachcaster? I would be using it with my Abu 9000c reel.
  18. I don't really understand why this claim is so controversial and is being scoffed at so much. After all there is only really one ocean out there, so there is nothing to stop a Great White heading for Cornwall if it wanted to. I belive that the most northerly confirmed sighting of a Great White is off La Rochelle in the Bay of Biscay. It is not a very long swim from Frisky Biscay to Corwall for an ocean going fish like a Great White. Fishbase (www.fishbase.org) gives the following data on the distribution of all sorts of fish: 60 °N 50 50°S Great white 64°N - 50°S Mako 66°N - 22°N Porbeagle Porbeagle, Mako and Great whites are all Lamnidae sharks and I am sure that it would not be that difficult to mistake a large mako or porbeagle for a small great white, or am I missing something?
  19. The Monica Diet perchance?
  20. OK here are my favourites, in no particular order saucisson d'âne saucisson sec Andouille de Vire merguez saucisse real english pork sausages real scottish beef sausages proper haggis from a proper butcher (i.e. not that cr@p that comes in plastic bags in supermarkets. Yeuch!) aberdeen angus beef venison (but it has gotta be from red deer, preferably a stag) confit de canard escargots a la Bourguignon (garlic butter and parsley) Camembert (as long as it is "moulé à la louche" & "au lait cru") Pont l'Eveque Corsican fromage de brebis jersey milk roquefort real cheddar cheese Bresse blue Brown trout from Loch Katrine or Loch Arklet Sea Trout (especially in the 3lb-4lb range), much better than any salmon IMHO Red Snapper Haddock Anchovies Indian and Chinese food. Mexican food La Pièce Montée (french wedding, christening and communion cake) Le Trou normande (traditionally served halfway through a meal in Normandy to whet your appetite for the main course. It is a unsweetened apple sorbet with a glass of calvados poured over it) I know, a big bias towards French food, but as an honorary frog, "c'est mon habitude".
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