Most expensive pike fishing trip ever...
How does this sound: 2 Lost Fly Rods and Reels - about £500 1 Lost Fox Spinmaster and Stradic 4000 - £200 Lost Assorted lure boxes, lures - god knows! Blew 1 Fox Life Jacket... 1 Ambulance and 2...
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Hi all, Kev, glad your ok mate. Dougal, the offer has already been made......... Kev, you have Ezmail (in case you haven't seen it). SteveOut of the darkness, cometh the light. Wolverhampton Wanderers...
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Thanks for the explanation. Very nasty accident. I never imagined anyone piking from an inflatable - hence my lack of initial understanding.
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Out of the darkness, cometh the light - indeed- Aaah you see- what a community- rods should be alright as well as the reels, lures may need fresh hooks but things are looking up Kev.Steve- Watch yer...
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A couple of years ago my oldest lad managed to lose the top section of an old split-cane pike rod belonging to his grandad, in a relatively deep chalk-pit (anyone familier with the Green Lagoon in...
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But Kev....... Did you catch anything? Don't like what I've just said? Live with it; it's called an opinion, and like bumholes we've all got one.
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Just read this - sounds like that's about as close as you can come to a meeting with Davy Jones - glad you came through it OK.
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Not going to put me off, replacement boat already found - nice aluminium one...
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Strewth Kev, that sounds very scary. Well done for keeping calm and level headed, many (including me!) would have panicked. Certainly puts things in perspective. I hope you're back to normal now....
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sounds like an absolute disaster to me mate! lucky to get away with your life! boats can be extremely dangerous at times! i suppose you'll be wanting to do a diving course now, get down there and get...
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Very Very scary, I'm glad we wont be reading your obbituary in tomorows angling rags.
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Do everyone a favour when you get your new boat and post on here where and when you're going fishing. That way everyone can avoid you. You sound like an absolute liability. You might want to have a...
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Captain Haddock - nice post from a new member - do we know you? Everyone entitled to their view and many thanks for all supportive coments. Yep, know I am lucky but also was prepared for the worse by...
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Quote: Not going to put me off, replacement boat already found - nice aluminium one... Always best to jump back on the horse. Hope the ally boat is a stable one with good freeboard, light allys can...
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Would you buy another inflatable boat to go fishing in? Bloody sure I wouldn't. Accidents do happen, but a little forethought can help avoid many of them.
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Haddock - with respect your post is plain daft. A good inflatable is better than a bad traditional boat - lets face it the RNLI wouldn't use inflatables for inshore rescue if they were useless. If...
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Oh yeah, that must be why they're so popular as fishing boats! Also an inflatable which can be cut through by the line being drawn across it cannot be very well made.
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Hey Captain Haddock - with all due respect Inflatables are very widely used... My one was actually bought from Bass Pro Shops in the US and the model I had was their best selling boat for their lakes...
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Ah, so it was an inflatable boat from Bass Pro. Maybe one like this? www.basspro.com/servlet/c...get=browse They are certainly not designed for fishing large waters and are at best intended for...
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Quote:the model I had was their best selling boat for their lakes and ponds which are actually about the size of Berkshire. As somone who has been reading US fishing magazines, mostly about pike and...
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