hello all.
Today I have caught my first perch and first roach on a nice fishing session in Cornwall.

what have you done today?
( Jinxy13 is hating the S key, right about now., Wed 15 Jul 2009, 18:45, 29 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Nice
What gear & bait were you using?

Edit: I am currently at the vet with my kitteh.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 18:48, Reply)

i caught my first fish a few weeks back...
a snotty bream :D

fuck it. it was my FIRST. i called him sharky.
( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 18:58, Reply)

LOLs! Sharky, I like that.
Fishing in the UK is apparently very different from fishing over here.
I fish mainly for trout and catfish, and use a spinning reel. For trout, I tend to use power bait (artificial bait) and for catfish usually shrimp or mackarel.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:00, Reply)

haha
sharky

i like a bit of sweetcorn or luncheon meat. the dream is carp for me, the reality is sharky :(((
( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:03, Reply)

carp, meh!
Catch things you can eat!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:15, Reply)

i dont want to eat the fishes :((((
im friends with the fishes.
( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:16, Reply)

Two parrots on a perch
one says 'can you smell fish'?
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 18:59, Reply)

what did one snowman say to the other snowman?
can you smell carrots?
( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:03, Reply)

Two fish in a tank
One says to the other "How do you drive this thing?"
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:10, Reply)

nothing that thrilling, been working, cleaning, contemplating writing a poem

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:06, Reply)

Been helping mum set up things for the village fete (unwillingly)
but now about to go off for a quiz! woo!
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:14, Reply)

do you live in midsomer?

( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:18, Reply)

Why do you people enjoy fishing?!
It's SO BORING.
( Captain V, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:20, Reply)

no u

( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:21, Reply)

what's more exciting than fishing?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:21, Reply)

Everything

( Captain V, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:23, Reply)

Come fishing with me then.
I'll show you a good time.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:28, Reply)

that sounds like an invitation to butt sex

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:31, Reply)

Pretty much.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:31, Reply)

No
Not ever.
( Captain V, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 20:04, Reply)

No it's not
It's a bunch of people hanging out on a boat getting drunk and having a laugh while catching dinner :)
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:53, Reply)

That sounds better than fishing in the UK
Sitting next to a lake...
Still sitting next to a lake...
Isn't it nice how the wind makes the lake ripple..
Still siting next to a lake...
( Captain V, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 20:51, Reply)

Been bitten by a bastard cat, but I'm refusing antibollox unless it swells up more than it already has
as I'm going drinking for the next three nights and don't want to vom all over myself.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:24, Reply)

do it
that's more fun than fishing
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:26, Reply)

As are most things

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:34, Reply)

fishing is fucking BRILL

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:43, Reply)

YEAH!

( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:44, Reply)

Bullshit

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 19:50, Reply)

was that a pun?
if so, it was really rather good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jul 2009, 22:06, Reply)