Post by theoldfart on Jul 1, 2012 19:04:04 GMT
Just been yarning over the pub as Mrs Oldfart kicked us out owing to cleaning.
So we was yarning big time b'out the Best Fish we ever lost and why??
Mine was the best , when I fished off the 'War Knight',,, in a 14 foot boat and I caught 'Henry' Back in the 70's
He ( or as I have been told later,she) was the biggest conger , known to mankind.
I remembers it well.
That night the water was gin clear.
Three in the boat
Me ,George Clapcot and his Nipper
We are fishing with whole Mackerel
It's getting dark on the flood tide.
Now I know that most of you won't know how to fish for Congers , as they is big ells and not like yer normal fish,.
Bit like me trying to put the old willy away after i has a pee. Many I time I have pissed over the side and someone has got the Gaff out to try to land the bugger.
Still ,,,,,,,,,dead quiet .. then I gets a knock.. I still remembers it , even though it was back in the 70's
(Well, actually it was August 25 /1976, the day after it rained. 'Summer of 76 was a proper summer and we was infested with Lady Birds'')
Still...as I have been fishing for Congers before , I gives the bugger slack as it backs off..
Thing is not to let the bugger back off too much , as we is on a wreck and if they goes in the wreck you never gets them out.
I strikes!!
Smoother than 'Fonzie Fonzarelli'
It was ,'Happy days' back then, we knew how to fish!'
Not jerk like that waxxxr from River Monsters!
I got it!!
OHHHHHHHHHHH shite I got it
.
As the beast come up from the depths, nipper shines the torch over the side.
Fear!!
This fish has more 'Tracy's' hanging out of it's mouth , than a Thunderbird convention in a Piranha park!
(Bit of a pun there)
Eventually I gets 'Henry' along side
They two in the boat ,know it is something special.
Bugger me we had a few over 50 pounds before that.
14 foot boat.
I am at the front thawate. the tail is well past the transom and the bloody thing has a head bigger than a pig and thicker than a telegraph pole!
'We 'll never get that in here ' says George
Still there we are
Three men in a small boat with the British record Conger on my line
Now 14 foot boats ain't that stable when gaffing big eels at night.
The LAST THING YOU DO is put the tourch on the eel.
So what does Georges Nipper do.
He shined the tourch on the beast
What do eels do when they gets pissed off??
They spins..
I am stood there with the gaff, trying to hold my rod in the other hand as the two muppets were 'trimming the dish'.
No Chance!!
Henry (or Henretta) jusy span like a whirling dervish, and was gone .
Line snapped , story to tell grandchildren.
It was not to be that night.
Still you Nippers must have the tale of 'The One that Got Away'
So let's hear it
So we was yarning big time b'out the Best Fish we ever lost and why??
Mine was the best , when I fished off the 'War Knight',,, in a 14 foot boat and I caught 'Henry' Back in the 70's
He ( or as I have been told later,she) was the biggest conger , known to mankind.
I remembers it well.
That night the water was gin clear.
Three in the boat
Me ,George Clapcot and his Nipper
We are fishing with whole Mackerel
It's getting dark on the flood tide.
Now I know that most of you won't know how to fish for Congers , as they is big ells and not like yer normal fish,.
Bit like me trying to put the old willy away after i has a pee. Many I time I have pissed over the side and someone has got the Gaff out to try to land the bugger.
Still ,,,,,,,,,dead quiet .. then I gets a knock.. I still remembers it , even though it was back in the 70's
(Well, actually it was August 25 /1976, the day after it rained. 'Summer of 76 was a proper summer and we was infested with Lady Birds'')
Still...as I have been fishing for Congers before , I gives the bugger slack as it backs off..
Thing is not to let the bugger back off too much , as we is on a wreck and if they goes in the wreck you never gets them out.
I strikes!!
Smoother than 'Fonzie Fonzarelli'
It was ,'Happy days' back then, we knew how to fish!'
Not jerk like that waxxxr from River Monsters!
I got it!!
OHHHHHHHHHHH shite I got it
.
As the beast come up from the depths, nipper shines the torch over the side.
Fear!!
This fish has more 'Tracy's' hanging out of it's mouth , than a Thunderbird convention in a Piranha park!
(Bit of a pun there)
Eventually I gets 'Henry' along side
They two in the boat ,know it is something special.
Bugger me we had a few over 50 pounds before that.
14 foot boat.
I am at the front thawate. the tail is well past the transom and the bloody thing has a head bigger than a pig and thicker than a telegraph pole!
'We 'll never get that in here ' says George
Still there we are
Three men in a small boat with the British record Conger on my line
Now 14 foot boats ain't that stable when gaffing big eels at night.
The LAST THING YOU DO is put the tourch on the eel.
So what does Georges Nipper do.
He shined the tourch on the beast
What do eels do when they gets pissed off??
They spins..
I am stood there with the gaff, trying to hold my rod in the other hand as the two muppets were 'trimming the dish'.
No Chance!!
Henry (or Henretta) jusy span like a whirling dervish, and was gone .
Line snapped , story to tell grandchildren.
It was not to be that night.
Still you Nippers must have the tale of 'The One that Got Away'
So let's hear it
nice one clive. I know how you feel . I was out in a orkney 19 fishing around budleigh salt just past the cliffs on the drift with live joe,y macks and was with me dad . 