Ali-Cat, Hartlepool, Monday 4th June 2012

Orange Shad

Orange Shad

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Booked again on Ali-Cat for what I consider my best pastime in the world, Alarm set for 5am, promised I’d be as quiet as a mouse when I got up, but the Gaffer beat me to it, already up making my packed lunch for the day on Ali-Cat, what more can a man ask for?
Answers on an A4 sheet please.

Not the best of mornings as I left Blyth and the closer to Hartlepool I got, the wind began to strengthen and in rain announced itself in earnest.

As we left the Marina, (Famous & Ali-Cat both out) I felt the Met Office may have got it slightly wrong, as the sea was a little petulant and grumpy, but these Cats do perform well in sea conditions which can otherwise keep other vessels at berth.

We moved out to about 12-15miles, rough grounds being the business of the day, wrecks were a No-No.
A very, Very slow start to the fishing began, although the Mackerel were proving a bit of a nuisance today, even taking shads on the way up and down.
But it was good to see the size of them, still very impressive, lots of big fish.

Another move and Dave the skipper, fishing next to me hit a lovely clean run Cod of about 8lb, very soon after another about 6lb, not to be out done , Stevie on the stern brings in one about 5lb, That left me to respond, it sure did, my response nothing.

On to another mark and a change of shad colour for me, Black/Orange Afterburner and Wallop.......
9lb 6oz (gutted), (my best of today) couldn’t weigh the fish on the boat, bit lumpy.
Then again next drop, a nice 8lb 4oz (gutted)
The fishing went dead after that, apart from the Mackerel fishermen, the three of us tried everything, Nothing, Zilch, F—k all.

So off to another spot and Whoopie, a few more fish for the lads on board, a number of 5-6lbers, with the solitary Ling about 8lb.

Mackerel still came up every other drop if you were using daylights, baited hokkia’s, heavy metal but not as frequent with the shads.

So off we went to another piece of ground, I had decided to change to bait, a two hook baited muppet rig, ...WOW, an explosion of fish, all rods bending into fish, the best coming up was just over 11lb (He had filleted it before I could take photo)
My first double fish take, two cod on my baited rig, losing one on the lift.
Meanwhile Stevie takes a nice Haddock, Well Done Stevie.
We had a mixture of weather, jacket off, jacket on, but it settled down during the days, can’t wait for next time.

My finishing talley
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Seagull feeding
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Tight Lines Lads
 
cracking report and pictures, good fish, nice to see some1 else from blyth fishing down the pool, but a fish the gannett , well done m8
 
Thanks for the report John, spot on day with some nice fish.

Down to buisness. looks like you need some advice if she's only in phase 1 of "A Fishermans Wife" she should be finalizing phase 2 of a 3 part diploma and shes only starting phase 1....come on get a grip.

its a bit of a long one but NECESSARY, stick to it coz if word gets about that you are slack it'll cause problems with the rest of us who are past the phase 3 and qualification

Right here we go
she has just learning the early hour sarny thing, don't let it slip, send her to bed after x-factor just to make sure and set 2 alarm clocks for her. Tell her to be quiet as well.
next break her in gentle.
show her how to tie your shads up, do it two or three times and tell her to concentrate, even if you have to turn the telly off.

Show her how to get the traces the same length every time and make sure she pulls the knots up tight....um...blythe lass....you might have to show her 6-7 times .......INCOMING...ha just joking they're all the same.

TIP on that,.... cap the end of the hooks with a bit of tubing, you can't afford her stabbing the finger, coz that leads to two concequences, blood in the sarnies and worst of all... bad traces......
Once shes mastered that she can do them while watchin x-factor, but check them !! they get complacent..........

next......send her down asda as late as possible for ya prawns, midnight is a good time, if shes gone to bed then get her up, at midnight its empty and she won't be long, its usually the toilet time anyhow, so no harm really.....tell her to put the kettle on before she goes out you probably be up all night excited like.

When she goes back to bed and when the prawns are put to bed in the fridge, right a note and put it on the bench for when she gets up for the sarny shift "DO NOT FORGET THE PRAWNS IN THE FRIDGE" you have more important things to worry about.
Don't put ya wellies on the radiators to warm yet wait until she is in bed, they stink the house out and she'll play hell, do it after, they only take an hour to warm up so no hurry on that one and it keeps the job right.
Your not there when they get up and start wingin.

that'll do for now, not too much at once, when you are confident that this exercise is conquered then shift into Phase 2 of "A Fishermans Wife".
just a quick glance at the agenda for that.

1) How to superglue bust shads and sidewinders,

requirements...2 tubes of evo stick superglue, and finger nails trimmed

(take care with this, when she makes the sarnies make her eat one just incase theres not half a tube on the tuna and lettce, easy to check just pick the lettuce leaves up and if two are stuck together then ......ah ha) just a warning....you canm't tell when eating them but you will hoy up at sea..can't have that when on the fish

2) de-boning fillets
requirements, long nose pliers with 45 deg bent ends, straights are ok but they put stress on her wrists, spoil her with stainless ones if ya like, i did at christmas 2009 (softy aren't I ) still in good nick tho.

now once phase 1 and 2 are conquered, that moves into the best part.
phase 3 - Filleting.but thats a long ways away so we'll pick that up later.

Just a closing note.
be strong, and make her eat a sarny after the next shift just to get her thinking, JUST in case, she'll click on when the superglue things is going through her mind in the phase 2 stage.

Don't worry after she has her diploma you can de stress and enjoy reading boat fishing mag, by the way thats only when she can, with confidence and unassisted

Do a dozen shad up before x-factor finishes,

Sarnies are not the same internals every time and a mars bar is in the box (let her use her initiative on the mars bar, that proves she can think for her self)

The repaired shads, have no excess glue on and you can't see the joint, This is a bugger at the start, when she's trying to hoover the house with a fcukin shad stuck to her finger...but they manage, it only takes 4 days for them to fall off. what a time I had with this one....

Fillets are deboned,
set a time how quick she has to do it, you need to be flexible coz it might be the pliers slowing her down.

fillets, presentation and waste on the bone is the test, let her take her time, she'll get the hang of it or she'll miss x-factor (its suprising how quick they learn when there is an incentive for them)

I am sure the lads have more things for the full diploma qualification ( that a global certificate by the way, its not just for the UK) i have a one made up for a template if ya need one, BUT don't give it too early, xmas is a nice time our lass got hers in 2010, that seemed quick but i had a good year on the fish.

best of luck, don't loose your temper, be patient they get there, show them whos boss
oh......... save the note it saves you writing it out every time, you might forget.
and like i said stick to it, if your slack and the word is out, you might think word won't spread as far south as me BUT you never know they might meet up in Billy Tackle when they are getting swivels or summit like that and you know they can't keep there gobs shut...............

fcuk, got to go.

.......................coming pet

Regards

Paul :)
 
John
it must have been warm the way those cod are sunbathing
out today on ALI CAT your getting more trips in than me these days :D:D
 
Paul_h said:
Thanks for the report John, spot on day with some nice fish.

Down to buisness. looks like you need some advice if she's only in phase 1 of "A Fishermans Wife" she should be finalizing phase 2 of a 3 part diploma and shes only starting phase 1....come on get a grip.

its a bit of a long one but NECESSARY, stick to it coz if word gets about that you are slack it'll cause problems with the rest of us who are past the phase 3 and qualification

Right here we go
she has just learning the early hour sarny thing, don't let it slip, send her to bed after x-factor just to make sure and set 2 alarm clocks for her. Tell her to be quiet as well.
next break her in gentle.
show her how to tie your shads up, do it two or three times and tell her to concentrate, even if you have to turn the telly off.

Show her how to get the traces the same length every time and make sure she pulls the knots up tight....um...blythe lass....you might have to show her 6-7 times .......INCOMING...ha just joking they're all the same.

TIP on that,.... cap the end of the hooks with a bit of tubing, you can't afford her stabbing the finger, coz that leads to two concequences, blood in the sarnies and worst of all... bad traces......
Once shes mastered that she can do them while watchin x-factor, but check them !! they get complacent..........

next......send her down asda as late as possible for ya prawns, midnight is a good time, if shes gone to bed then get her up, at midnight its empty and she won't be long, its usually the toilet time anyhow, so no harm really.....tell her to put the kettle on before she goes out you probably be up all night excited like.

When she goes back to bed and when the prawns are put to bed in the fridge, right a note and put it on the bench for when she gets up for the sarny shift "DO NOT FORGET THE PRAWNS IN THE FRIDGE" you have more important things to worry about.
Don't put ya wellies on the radiators to warm yet wait until she is in bed, they stink the house out and she'll play hell, do it after, they only take an hour to warm up so no hurry on that one and it keeps the job right.
Your not there when they get up and start wingin.

that'll do for now, not too much at once, when you are confident that this exercise is conquered then shift into Phase 2 of "A Fishermans Wife".
just a quick glance at the agenda for that.

1) How to superglue bust shads and sidewinders,

requirements...2 tubes of evo stick superglue, and finger nails trimmed

(take care with this, when she makes the sarnies make her eat one just incase theres not half a tube on the tuna and lettce, easy to check just pick the lettuce leaves up and if two are stuck together then ......ah ha) just a warning....you canm't tell when eating them but you will hoy up at sea..can't have that when on the fish

2) de-boning fillets
requirements, long nose pliers with 45 deg bent ends, straights are ok but they put stress on her wrists, spoil her with stainless ones if ya like, i did at christmas 2009 (softy aren't I ) still in good nick tho.

now once phase 1 and 2 are conquered, that moves into the best part.
phase 3 - Filleting.but thats a long ways away so we'll pick that up later.

Just a closing note.
be strong, and make her eat a sarny after the next shift just to get her thinking, JUST in case, she'll click on when the superglue things is going through her mind in the phase 2 stage.

Don't worry after she has her diploma you can de stress and enjoy reading boat fishing mag, by the way thats only when she can, with confidence and unassisted

Do a dozen shad up before x-factor finishes,

Sarnies are not the same internals every time and a mars bar is in the box (let her use her initiative on the mars bar, that proves she can think for her self)

The repaired shads, have no excess glue on and you can't see the joint, This is a bugger at the start, when she's trying to hoover the house with a fcukin shad stuck to her finger...but they manage, it only takes 4 days for them to fall off. what a time I had with this one....

Fillets are deboned,
set a time how quick she has to do it, you need to be flexible coz it might be the pliers slowing her down.

fillets, presentation and waste on the bone is the test, let her take her time, she'll get the hang of it or she'll miss x-factor (its suprising how quick they learn when there is an incentive for them)

I am sure the lads have more things for the full diploma qualification ( that a global certificate by the way, its not just for the UK) i have a one made up for a template if ya need one, BUT don't give it too early, xmas is a nice time our lass got hers in 2010, that seemed quick but i had a good year on the fish.

best of luck, don't loose your temper, be patient they get there, show them whos boss
oh......... save the note it saves you writing it out every time, you might forget.
and like i said stick to it, if your slack and the word is out, you might think word won't spread as far south as me BUT you never know they might meet up in Billy Tackle when they are getting swivels or summit like that and you know they can't keep there gobs shut...............

fcuk, got to go.

.......................coming pet

Regards

Paul :)
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Paul, what can I say! have just picked myself up off the floor, a good laugh to start the day, even the gaffer thought it was well put together and a hilarious read, she even went on to mark it for you and awarded 9/10 with gold star by the good lady (Her being a headteacher)

Maybe in hindsight, letting her read it might have been a bit foolish on my behalf, have had those “If you think I’m doing that, you can Fcuk off eye’s already”

No to worry, I’m a rufty tuffy bloke and not frightened of her in the least, “whats that sweetheart, yes I’ll do that now”

Keep the advice coming Paul, she’ll see sense one day.
 
Spot on Report John .. :) another great day out ... well done mate.

Great advice paul .. it seems even without the diploma and guidelines I'm proceeding well with phase 2 and looking forward to phase 3 next season.

Just a question, do you need them on the boat for the filleting phase or is it usual just to drop the fish box(s) off on the quay on the way from boat to pub on your return ? :)


(absoloute class mate)

norm
 
off the boat Norman...... off the boat,
if they are on the boat you have lost your shot on the little white lies on "why ya late" they don't know that you've been docked up for two hours having the crack when you should be at home!!

if yo wanted a higher diploma then that is a mechanical thing,
stripping, cleanig and re assembly of ya reels, oh and braid changes.....
changing smashed rings and whipping
but hey think about it...there is a limit on that kinda stuff & no way our lass is touching my 8000 & 9000c's
she has the diploma with merit

Paul
 
easyfish1 said:
the bride has progressed through phases 1-3 and now wants to go out on the boat ?

help/advice needed....:(
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no boat...no boat .....christ sake, think !!

how i did it, easy,... I waited til a nice Northerly fell away and the swells were nice and big soft rollers, 12 mile off she hoyed up like a beauty, its the only time i cut a trip short :) never been out since........get in ya beauty

Paul

mind you a night maky trip off the end of the huff is ok, then on the lash straight after. (only keep about a dozen so she's not long on the gutting)
 
Fishing Qualifications

Fishing Qualifications

This thread is just getting better by the post, come on Paul, give us the objectives for the Advanced National Diploma's
 
Orange shad,
soorry I can't..just out of hospital......she saw the post...
when me finggers are out of the cast and bendable and i can focus through both eyes we could start a thread.
sorry for the unintentional hijack to the OP
but i thought a bit of advice and humour might make a change to some of the recent reads

Paul
 
In depth report there:D worn me glasses out by the time I finished it all:D:D
Pics are great too. Are those cod from the German bite, the ones on the sun bed, well, towel.:D
Great read and well done all.
 
Paul_h said:
Orange shad,
soorry I can't..just out of hospital......she saw the post...
when me finggers are out of the cast and bendable and i can focus through both eyes we could start a thread.
sorry for the unintentional hijack to the OP
but i thought a bit of advice and humour might make a change to some of the recent reads

Paul
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Our lass seems to think you deserve it but i don't agree but don't tell her i said that
 

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