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4th June 2021, 06:21 AM
#41
Re: when the boat comes in
Pie, Eels and mash with liquor.
Very popular shops back in the good old days in London, do not think there are any now.
Bit like the stall selling Cockles, Shrimps etc often outside the big pubs.
Now all we have is Golden arches and bloody indegestion from it.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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4th June 2021, 04:55 PM
#42
Re: A bit of Halibut for you cappy.
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cappy
now that is a proper fish den...and worth a few bob ....stick it between two breadvans .and i will have it for breakfast ......is that you catching it den.....suerly a good area you live for fishing and wildlife with bears and all those wild animals a reat fish cheers mate i will show charlie and make him jealous he caught a beuty 37 pounder 2 weeks ago he has a tent a trolley for all the gear its a great sport a little cooker and a billy can stays out two nights or so his latest was a 37 pounder ...i keep taking the mick ...saying ...NOW DONT FORGET YOUR BILLY CAN ....but he thrives on it gives him complete peace of mind... thanks for the photo.den i will show him that .....ps there is no truth that you hit it with a tab nab and stunned it then ......lol best wishes cappy
Well maybe just a bit of truth cappy, but don't let the word.
Some of the crew may hear of it.
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Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Pie, Eels and mash with liquor.
Very popular shops back in the good old days in London, do not think there are any now.
Bit like the stall selling Cockles, Shrimps etc often outside the big pubs.
Now all we have is Golden arches and bloody indegestion from it.
John, I remember the fish guys coming into the dockside pubs selling all that stuff.
Went down a treat with a few pints.
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4th June 2021, 05:02 PM
#43
Re: A bit of Halibut for you cappy.
Originally Posted by
cappy
now that is a proper fish den...and worth a few bob ....stick it between two breadvans .and i will have it for breakfast ......is that you catching it den.....suerly a good area you live for fishing and wildlife with bears and all those wild animals a reat fish cheers mate i will show charlie and make him jealous he caught a beuty 37 pounder 2 weeks ago he has a tent a trolley for all the gear its a great sport a little cooker and a billy can stays out two nights or so his latest was a 37 pounder ...i keep taking the mick ...saying ...NOW DONT FORGET YOUR BILLY CAN ....but he thrives on it gives him complete peace of mind... thanks for the photo.den i will show him that .....ps there is no truth that you hit it with a tab nab and stunned it then ......lol best wishes cappy
A bit on the big size. They get full of mercury when they are too old. The best eating are what we call 'chickens'. Up to about 30 pounds.HALIBUT_CHICKEN_30_LB_.jpg
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4th June 2021, 05:32 PM
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Re: A bit of Halibut for you cappy.
While living in Rupert, I used to watch the long line Halibut boats heading out to the Bearing Sea.They would*be gone for weeks, working around the clock.I had a mate who did that. He would come home and sleep for 24 hours.The fishing technique*was, they fished with a long line. At intervals*they would have*big baited hooks [ octopus*or squid]*The line was laid*on the Ocean bed. Halibut are bottom feeders.When hauling in the fish, the big ones would be shot before landing*aboard.Fun when the*crew came ashore with lots of money.Plenty of bar fights between them and the indians.A mate of mine was out fishing with his dad. Caught a good size Halibut. His dad hauled it aboard. It trashed about and broke my pals leg. He still walks with a limp.Big ones I caught, I would tow ashore.
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4th June 2021, 08:53 PM
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Re: when the boat comes in
Hi Dennis. An interesting story on halibut fishing in your neck of the woods. Where I grew up in Torry Aberdeen in the 1950's and 60's there were about thirty long liners sailing from the dock. It is now just a memory as is all fishing from Aberdeen, even the dock is gone, now a large quay for the offshore oil industry.
I found this documentary film made by Esso I think, of fishing for halibut back then, It's on youtube in two parts if it plays one leads to the other hopefully. Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildRyyPZAZY
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5th June 2021, 02:12 AM
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Re: when the boat comes in
Hi Bill.
I remember going to a dance in Aberdeen, the girls always had that slight fishy smell but were great.
Des slight
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5th June 2021, 02:23 AM
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Des probably the one you danced with if was on a Saturday night , finished up in a pub behind Waterloo Quay , just cant remember its name, doing a mostly naked dance at 1000 hrs for an avid crowd of offshore workers with glazed eyes , and this was on the Sunday morning. All those who now come up with the name of the pub will prove there is lecheruous thoughts in most peoples minds. I was there only once by mistake and had to come out in disgust. As had to readjust my halo. JS.
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5th June 2021, 03:32 AM
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5th June 2021, 05:52 AM
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Re: when the boat comes in
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Des Taff Jenkins
Hi Bill.
I remember going to a dance in Aberdeen, the girls always had that slight fishy smell but were great.
Des slight
depends where your nose was des ......
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5th June 2021, 06:12 AM
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Re: A bit of Halibut for you cappy.
Originally Posted by
Dennis McGuckin
A bit on the big size. They get full of mercury when they are too old. The best eating are what we call 'chickens'. Up to about 30 pounds.
HALIBUT_CHICKEN_30_LB_.jpg
Does that come with six peneth of chpis?
Happy daze John in Oz.
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