Sometimes i miss going fishing

[Nikonmike]

Nice little Pike, the guys hands show it was a bit cold.

 

[Clicker]

 All we need now are some chips and some mushy peas ! Erm... I've  never known anyone actually say they have eaten pike ...

[Ryewolf]

44 minutes ago, Clicker said:

I've  never known anyone actually say they have eaten pike ...

Me neither....

[Clicker]

Probably a good reason for that .....  

[Ryewolf]

Apparently, according to the Canals and Rivers Trust, you're not allowed to remove fish and all should be returned....

[loki]

i've had pike before.  it's either really good or really bad.  heard it has to do with how old the fish was when it was caught.  or it could have just been the cook...

[Denis]

I too have eaten Pike, My old Dad used to fish for them in particular.

On 03/02/2020 at 03:00, Ryewolf said:

Apparently, according to the Canals and Rivers Trust, you're not allowed to remove fish and all should be returned....

Try telling that to our Eastern European friends !

16 hours ago, loki said:

i've had pike before.  it's either really good or really bad.  heard it has to do with how old the fish was when it was caught.  or it could have just been the cook...

Thats right loki, when they get too big the flavour drops off and they become unpalatable the older they are. I remember the taste being strong and not unlike Swordfish in a way

[VWGolf]

Thank you for showing those photos, NikonMike, even though they brought a tear to my eye

My Dad was a keen fisherman all his life.  He always put fish back and never left any line or rubbish

During the last year of his life, I used to take him fishing and help him with his kit, and we'd spend hours sitting by the side of the lake, chatting about all sorts of things.  We probably had more conversations sitting in the fresh air by the side of the lake than the rest of our time together ever.

Seeing those photos has brought it all back to me (he died 16 years ago) and I swear that I can smell that fishy smell that my Golf always used to smell of on fishing days!

[Clicker]

Aw ... You can understand why people rescue family photographs before anything  else in a fire or flood ... Now we might be lucky enough to have the digital versions saved in the cloud but  the old prints are truly bridges to the past... I can see how this must invoke some treasured times Stella ...thanks for showing us....