tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post3565386834100826886..comments2024-03-29T08:25:42.543+00:00Comments on Of Esox & observations : Thanet Pike, Cormorants and "official lists"Dylan Wrathallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-32036431308537967092018-11-11T21:20:36.018+00:002018-11-11T21:20:36.018+00:00BB,
Living in Ramsgate does have a few benefits, f...BB,<br />Living in Ramsgate does have a few benefits, fresh fish being one! The Herrings available, during the season, are spot on and, more importantly, cheap as chips when purchased directly from the boats! However, I must add that our local Tesco also have a fresh fish counter where, for £3/kilo, fresh "Cornish" Sardines are an absolute steal. <br />There is another avenue open to us Thanetites - Whiting and Pouting can be caught from around the coastline during the winter period, both species being superb alternatives to the regularly purchased dead baits used by the majority of pike anglers. I've been catching pike on Pouting since the mid-80's when I first chucked one out in Wilstone with amazing effect!<br />Dylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-24336541201806574162018-11-11T20:57:19.144+00:002018-11-11T20:57:19.144+00:00It was black and rather good at swimming.....i'...It was black and rather good at swimming.....i'd always doubted Med barracuda till I saw quite a few in the floodlights in a well heeled marina. And on the mercado slabs. Why can't we rely in finding decent fishmongers? Even LIDL in Majorca had the freshest of fish. Bureboybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517207672662059349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-15111113024925045312018-11-07T23:44:38.250+00:002018-11-07T23:44:38.250+00:00BB,
These cormorants aren't a problem on the f...BB,<br />These cormorants aren't a problem on the fisheries I visit, although I did attend a talk by Ken Crowe who explained that pike were in direct competition with these black pests. Their preferred prey size being the same as that of pike! <br />The Stour Valley roost site has become established over the last decade, or so, providing some wondrous sights to those of us who are abroad at those unearthly hours! Without going back into the archives for the exact figures, I believe counts in excess of 5,000 birds have been recorded by the lads who bird watch around the Stodmarsh NNR and surrounding areas.<br />I would hazard a guess that your Majorca "cormorant" was, in fact, a Mediterranean Shag. Cormorants are not regularly seen around the Balearic islands! My blog gripe, because that's what it is, concerns what makes one list more important/relevant than any other? Is your PB list "official"? No, neither is mine, but it's still a list that matters to me. When we're dead and burried - who's going to give a toss about the biggest roach/perch/pike/carp, etc, etc ..... you caught during your time on this earth? Our journey through this mortal coil, we, as individuals, make decisions about what is, and isn't, important at a very personal level. Under no circumstances do your guidelines have any relevance to how others view the same world. Heavy shit, but that's where it came from. "Official" my arse! <br />Take care, tight lines and keep blogging - DylDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-83030297702379899692018-11-07T20:15:35.683+00:002018-11-07T20:15:35.683+00:00Now, if those cormorants stayed out on the estuary...Now, if those cormorants stayed out on the estuary all would be well... I saw a cormorant hunting off a beach in Majorca, right around everyone's feet. In its moving shadow picking off strays stunned or disoriented when it attacked was a little barracuda. Perfewct symbiosis. Bureboybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517207672662059349noreply@blogger.com