Fishing

[happy daze john in oz]

Often went fishing as a young lad and with rods I had made my self.
Dad had got hold of a lot of ariels from tanks no longer needed, they made great rods and very light.

Just outside of the Red sea we decided to put a line over the side to see what we could catch.
Heavy one with a big hook the cook had made out of a meat hook.
Baited with some liver we sat and waited.
WE caught one, a bloody shark, and ended using the powered winch to pull it up.
Al 52 crew ate shark for dinner that night, we cooked nothing else.

[Tony Taylor]

Kingclip! Now that was a good Fish and as said although those days i never ate much at all, when my dear Mother used to Fry Kingclip with the Egg Batter Oh boy! Tummy!! Another good one is Shad caught in the Waters of Natal, Durbs!!!
Cheers

Kingclip was often served on breakfast menu when on jobs running round the Cape

[Tony Taylor]

I had fresh cod last night, caught off Blyth at 14.30 and on my plate at 18.30, absolutely delicious; I will have to send my wife out more often.

[Tony Taylor]

I would go miles on my bike as a kid Keith fishing in the river Lea and ponds around North London, when I went to sea grab any opportunities to fish, Curacao was a great place for that, with crystal clear waters you could look over the side and see some lovely fish swimming around the ship, always had some time for fishing in NZ, mainly for Kowhai, I gave my catch to
the Wharfies they said it was their version of Salmon, worst place I remember was at Brisbane's abattoir, we were berthed there for a couple of days, so gave it a go, there was only catfish
and when the water was disturbed it released a stomach churning stench, I soon forgot about fishing, went back aboard had a shower. Cheers Jon Collier.

There was one near Kwinana I was told after recounting to a shoreside guy, about a huge shark I saw whilst at anchor there. He reckoned that there was a pipeline which drained into the sea and attracted sharks every time they washed the place down.

[j.sabourn]

#14. There’s a lot of two legged ones there as well Tony , 20 minutes down the freeway from me . Always smile now when hear the name Kwinana , ever since coming home from Perth a few years ago in the train, and a small boy had ants in his pants and kept asking his mother when are we getting to Banana , I’ve always called it that since . JS

[Louis the fly]

We were in Sarawak loading logs as deck cargo. The only fish we caught were those huge catfish, no one wanted to eat them so they went back over the side. A story I had often heard was if the catfish head was cut off and boiled to remove all flesh a figure of a man hanging from a cross is clearly shown in the bone structure. This is true, wish I had kept the one I had.

[cappy]

I had fresh cod last night, caught off Blyth at 14.30 and on my plate at 18.30, absolutely delicious; I will have to send my wife out more often.

Well tony im off to bamburgh shortly for a few days am already dreamin of big FRESH haddocks or cod.....and an odd lobster or two or more... oh happy day i just wont eat supermarket fish ...but a guy comes from grimsby once a week in thirsk and they are about as good as it gets .....its canny good man ...cannny good ....R683532

[cappy]

Sheltering in the lee of pitcairn after timber breking adrift .....a lonhg boat came out .....the old man roberts new them well in runcimans....they supplied us with big silver fish by the boatload.....we ate them for three or four days......can remem er it after 65years .....another learning curve on lifes pattern.they came out from the island in a long boat in heavy weather ....proper seaman boats crew......r683532

[j.sabourn]

Thought you were going to say bum island for one moment there Cappy . JS

[James Curry]

As mentioned fresh is best , supermarket fish long time no swim.