Name The Fish?

[Peter Waller]

could do with some bleak in ant's cut cuz there's bugger all else in there

 

I was told that there was a good chance of catching crabs! Especially if you flash your little pink tackle bag!!

[Dunk Fairley]

Bleak, as Live bait? A bit fragile Peter.

[PIKE]

Its the same as the weather as been today Bleak

[Peter Waller]

Dunk, it just goes to show that I haven't got a clue!

[Ferg]

Bleak. I heard about someone who wone a river match with 27lb of the critters. Must ave been knackered afterwards.

[Dick Dastardly]

Ferg there has been matchs won with over 40lb of them! God knows how many that is!

 

Despite what some may say there is a real skill in bagging up with that many individual fish.

[ColinW]

I remember reading an article by Ivan Marks (shows how many years ago) about bleak fishing. He was saying he didn't even wait for a bite, just count to three and lift them in, then shake them off into the net, some people even used an upturned brolly instead of a keepnet! I don't suppose many people could be bothered in these carp ridden days, one six pound carp must be a thousand bleak!

[DavyR]

Another useless fact: Bleak scales used to be exported to be used in the artificial pearl industry.

[Dick Dastardly]

Another useless Bleak fact- In France they net them commercially for the resteraunt trade! They fry them then eat them whole (guts,bones and all!) the same as whitebait!

 

And people try to tell me that French cuisene is topps!

[DavyR]

I think I remember reading that French anglers will fry up any small fish they catch in this way, mixing them all together (roach, gudgeon and bleak being the usual species) to make a dish they call "La friture". Bigger fish are invariably returned as breeding stock to provide future generations of "whitebait".

 

I expect Corydoras will tell us how nice it is.