Striped Marlin Off Southend Pier!

[Dave B]

 

Here's a picture of a striped marlin that I hooked off Southend Pier yesterday afternoon. What an awesome session - there were stripeys jumping all over the place! Unfortunately this fish snapped me off, but I'll be back there at the weekend trying to catch another one.

 

I've sent the picture and the story to The Sun, and I'm hoping to draw huge crowds to Sunny Southend during August to help with tourism there - seeing as how we've had such a terrible summer, and everybody's profits are down locally.

 

That supposed great white sighting down in cornwall has really boosted their local economy!!!!

 

:clap2:

[Elton]

Maybe that's what did all the soles in last week.

[Dave B]

'Ere Murph, I've made more that two posts on here in the last seven and a half years mate! Did you reset my Avatar?

 

Good luck with the soles, I'll let you know if the bass play fair!

 

[Elton]

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'Ere Murph, I've made more that two posts on here in the last seven and a half years mate! Did you reset my Avatar?

 

Good luck with the soles, I'll let you know if the bass play fair!

 

 

You had two accounts, so the posts were probably made on the other account. This was probably a desperate attempt on your behalf to 'prove' that sea fishing magazine editors do go fishing sometimes

[Dave B]

--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dave B @ Aug 2 2007, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->'Ere Murph, I've made more that two posts on here in the last seven and a half years mate! Did you reset my Avatar?

 

Good luck with the soles, I'll let you know if the bass play fair!

 

 

You had two accounts, so the posts were probably made on the other account. This was probably a desperate attempt on your behalf to 'prove' that sea fishing magazine editors do go fishing sometimes

 

 

Aha! that's why then

You know I go fishing ALL THE TIME, as often as I can, whenever the missus lets me and my job requires.... ahem!

I don't think you can be at the helm of a specialist mag or website if you don't participate yourself, it just doesn't work.

 

So tell me Murph... those flatties you're catching in Suffolk... How many Are Soles?

[Elton]

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Aha! that's why then

You know I go fishing ALL THE TIME, as often as I can, whenever the missus lets me and my job requires.... ahem!

I don't think you can be at the helm of a specialist mag or website if you don't participate yourself, it just doesn't work.

 

So tell me Murph... those flatties you're catching in Suffolk... How many Are Soles?

 

Quite a few are soles. I saw at least two on the beach last week.

[fishfinder]

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QUOTE(Dave B @ Aug 2 2007, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Here's a picture of a striped marlin that I hooked off Southend Pier yesterday afternoon. What an awesome session - there were stripeys jumping all over the place! Unfortunately this fish snapped me off, but I'll be back there at the weekend trying to catch another one.

 

I've sent the picture and the story to The Sun, and I'm hoping to draw huge crowds to Sunny Southend during August to help with tourism there - seeing as how we've had such a terrible summer, and everybody's profits are down locally.

 

That supposed great white sighting down in cornwall has really boosted their local economy!!!!

 

:clap2:

 

 

That's not the first time they've been seen in UK waters. I had two last week on the Basingstoke Canal at Aldershot.

[Davy Holt]

That's not the first time they've been seen in UK waters. I had two last week on the Basingstoke Canal at Aldershot.

 

We gave up fishing for them up here, every time you got a hookup with a good sized Marlin, a 5000lb plus Mako would just chomp it to bits

[Norm B]

We gave up fishing for them up here, every time you got a hookup with a good sized Marlin, a 5000lb plus Mako would just chomp it to bits

5,000lb plus mako! are you sure it wasn't a great white as they are very similar?

[Davy Holt]

--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Norm B @ Aug 2 2007, 05:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> 5,000lb plus mako! are you sure it wasn't a great white as they are very similar?

 

 

Positive Norm, we dont get any Great whites up here... the Megalodon ate them all

Edited August 2, 2007 by Davy Holt