Ali-Cat, Hartlepool, Monday 4th June 2012

[Paul_h]

heh heh....she watched me write that..

brownie points for me......

Great tactic Rob, now ya thinkin....

 

[Nigel Speight]

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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

 

[Orange Shad]

German Cod on Holiday

German Cod on Holiday

In depth report there worn me glasses out by the time I finished it all
Pics are great too. Are those cod from the German bite, the ones on the sun bed, well, towel.
Great read and well done all.

I had to be up very early to get space on the deck for myself, never mind these interlopers, but "They didn't like it up 'em!" on this occasion Arthur.
Who do they think they kidding????