ever optimistic

hi all, whilst being firmly in the bah firkin humbug camp, I would like to wish everyone a very happy xmas . 

Something has definitely got lost in translation here...

Thanks EO. A Merry BFH Christmas to you too 🎄🎄😄

hi all, whilst being firmly in the bah firkin humbug camp, I would like to wish everyone a very happy xmas . 

hi all, whilst being firmly in the bah firkin humbug camp, I would like to wish everyone a very happy xmas . 

Merry Xmas everyone.
Xmas day, Xmas present, Xmas lunch collecting !!!!

Merry Christmas to all you Offshore outlaws. Have a great day.Here’s to a better 2021.

00.02 now, so I would like to wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year to all our forum members and their families. I hope Santa manages to find you all - at least this year he will not have look in all the pubs. 2020 has been a difficult year for us all, but hopefully 2021 will be better. Stay happy. Geoff.

Bah feck’in humbug describes me adequately at this time !!!!! 🙄

Seasons greetings all .....👍

Yep, Happy Christmas to you all from the Swamp household 🎅
 

Well, if the cap fits!
 
 
But I have to say Steve.... it takes one to know one 😉🤣

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, even if you are a bunch of reprobates and deviants all!! 🤣

Festive wishes to you all. Here's hoping you have a peaceful Christmas, whatever tier you happen to be in.
All the best,
👨‍🦰👽

It’s a bit dark....
 
 

I spotted another little zodiac on gumtree and showed it to my daughter yesterday. Normally she finds it very hard to make any decisions especially when her own money comes into it, not such the case when she saw this, it was love at first sight.
Weather was to bad for this mornings charter meaning we had just enough time to drive up the coast and get back in time for her afternoon charter. Managed to squeeze a quick test run after her charter which gets the full thumbs up from a very excited young girl!!!

 

Ok before you get your hopes up some of you may of seen this and the sharks are simply swimming around, even big dogfish!!!!..sharks are toward the end.
My daughter might be buying herself a rib like the one we had, which was why I ended up looking back over this one. Much has changed since this, she now skippers a couple of local charter boats and has become even more addicted to the water. Her working day starts on the boats at around 4.30am and often doesn't finish until after 10pm. Days off because of bad weather are often the only time we share on the water from our boat these days. If its to bad for the ocean she heads fishing and deer hunting in the mountains. 
For me these are mostly memories now as Im to slow to keep up with any of her activities, hence why I enjoyed looking back on this video when we did far more together.
 

My reading any beach I fished in the UK came from first visualy looking and then snorkelling. Much of this had to be done at times of the year when the water was clear enough and then hitting those spots when not. It was mazing to find just how close many species were that most people cast 50m past!!!..The well known surf beaches I explored from Haverford West down through Newquay had bass in water of around 1ft deep that barely spooked as I would come from the water. The IOW had areas where large pollack were literally 20-30m out, at times closer depending the rocks (St Catherine's). Getting in the water you soon learn regular hangouts and behaviours in places you wouldn't normally fish, also bigger bass tend to be quite curious in approaching you unlike the smaller ones.

Definitely worth closer inspection over an extended period of time - all in the name of research of course... 😉

Its a very serious sport which I find very interesting.
 
 

Parody of "Jingle Bells"
Dashing through the snow, on a pair of broken skis
Over the hills we go, crashing into trees!
The snow is turning red, I think I might be dead,
I woke up in the hospital with stitches in my head, oh!
9-1-1, 9-1-1, Santa Claus is dead!
Rudolph took a .44 and shot him in the head, oh!
Barbie Doll, Barbie Doll, tried to save his life,
But G.I. Joe from Mexico stabbed him with a knife!