Mortimer and Whitehouse.

[mackem 29,522]

11 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

My son holds the family record... 28 and a half ferox brown trout. It had a head like a bucket.

That must have been a fantastic fish to see,loch caught,deep?

[jukel123 9,285]

3 minutes ago, mackem said:

That must have been a fantastic fish to see,loch caught,deep?

Yes mate.

[mackem 29,522]

2 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Yes mate.

I have had a lot of big browns,fished quite a few times on some of the best southern chalk streams in the south-east of England,but as a kid a ferox was the stuff of dreams when I read about them caught deep trolling from an old wooden rowing boat.

[jukel123 9,285]

59 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

You realise that photo is incriminating evidence?lol

Have you heard of the Minshaw strain of lurcher? He was an old man when  I met him, he's very likely dead now. He had a famous stud dog called Blue about forty years back. I bought a pup from him out of a daughter of Blue back to Blue himself. Anyway, the point is he showed me a scrapbook of pages and pages of deer and hares he had caught with his dogs. Some very naughty stuff too. He probably had hundreds of photos. He didn't know me from Adam and he showed me all this incriminating evidence. Daft! I could have been a police informant or a even a cop myself. By the way the pup was crap, it was too inbred I guess. Good job I didn't pay his asking price of 600 quid. I think we eventually shook hands on 60 notes. Lol.

 Minhaw was burnt out of his housse after allegations of him being a nonce came public. I wonder if the scrapbooks were burned? I think he was found not guilty and he went into day time coursing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[mackem 29,522]

24 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Have you heard of the Minshaw…… He had a famous stud dog called Blue about forty years back…. his asking price of 600 quid. 

I remember his advert in the 1980’s for a lamping comp in the shooting news,but oftentimes it’s not only the dog but the man holding the lead and the area he runs.£600 back then was a fortune.

[jukel123 9,285]

5 minutes ago, mackem said:

I remember his advert in the 1980’s for a lamping comp in the shooting news,but oftentimes it’s not only the dog but the man holding the lead and the area he runs.£600 back then was a fortune.

He was just trying it on 600 quid. No way on earth would he get that. I take your point about the man holding the lead that's fair and no offence ,but the pup wasn't right mate . It wasn't wired up correctly.

He and his mates didn't work so, they poached full time. I think Blue once caught over 100,rabbits single handed in one night. He met his death in the jaws of a pit bull he bumped into when he escaped his pen.

[mackem 29,522]

3 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

He was just trying it on 600 quid. No way on earth would he get that. I take your point about the man holding the lead that's fair and no offence ,but the pup wasn't right mate . It wasn't wired up correctly.

What happened to your pup juk?

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,799]

4 hours ago, WILF said:

I give that Bob and Vic reeves a good bollocking in London once because they got in my way on the street when I was clearing a job, they looked most put out when I finished the tirade with “…..and you ain’t f***ing funny anyway you pair of c**ts !” Lol 

If you really wanted to do them in , you could have just told them about that time you went carping and zzzhhhhhh zzzhhhhh zzhhhh 

[jukel123 9,285]

5 minutes ago, mackem said:

What happened to your pup juk?

My kids loved it and it survived to a ripe age. 13 I think. Otherwise I would have had itput it to sleep to be honest. It had just about every vice going. But we just retired it at 2 years old and kept it as a comic.It had a dozen nicknames, thick head ,dog wonder, arsehole. It wasa character to be sure.

Edited December 1, 2023 by jukel123

[mackem 29,522]

Just now, jukel123 said:

My kids loved it and it survived to a ripe age. 13 I think. Otherwise I would have had itput it to sleep to be honest. It had just about every vice going. But we just retired it and kept it as a comic.

At least it lived out a loved life in a caring home.

[jukel123 9,285]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

At least it lived out a loved life in a caring home.

I didn't care one f****n bit about it mate. Just the kids feelings. Just being honest!

[jukel123 9,285]

List of its faults : hated wild weather, even wind. Wouldn't work in rain.Howled in hail and crawled under bushes.

It was a fighter, but crap at it. Cost me a fortune in stitches.Attacked all our other dogs at some point. One day when I wasn't there it nearly killed a wee whippet we had. The Mrs and kids were traumatised to hell. They ended up firing a hose pipe down its throat until it coughed up. It was latched on to it like a pit bull.

Sheep worrier and it wasnt a training issue it was a psycho.

Only had to look at a car to vomit.

When on the lamp it would try and herd quarry like a sheepdog. Ffs!

It had genuinely bad eyesight diagnosed by vet. Not great for a sight hound.

Had bad guts, always had the skits. Gastritis.

Terrified of cows would skirt a field to avoid them.

Useless ferreting dog. Too slow and often had to be yelled at to stop it  crunching ferrets.

Apart from that it was a brilliant dog. 

Edited December 1, 2023 by jukel123

[mackem 29,522]

1 minute ago, jukel123 said:

List of its faults : hated wild weather, even wind. Wouldn't work in rain.Howled in hail and crawled under bushes.

It was a fighter, but crap at it. Cost me a fortune in stitches.Attacked all our other dogs at some point. One day when I wasn't there it nearly killed a wee whippet we had. The Mrs and kids were traumatised to hell. They ended up firing a hose pipe down its throat until it coughed up. It was latched on to it like a pit bull.

Sheep worrier and it wasnt a training issue it was a psycho.

Only had to look at a car to vomit.

When on the lamp it would try and herd quarry like a sheepdog. Ffs!

It had genuinely bad eyesight diagnosed by vet. Not great for a sight hound.

Had bad guts, always had the skits. Gastritis.

Terrified of cows would skirt a field to avoid them.

Useless ferreting dog. Too slow and often had to be yelled at to stop it  crunching ferrets.

Apart from that it was a brilliant dog. 

Could have sold litters of pups from it on name alone lol.

[Daniel cain 48,374]

5 hours ago, WILF said:

Seen any of those carp fishing films mate ?……they f***ing do me in ! 
Not that they have any agenda beyond selling people shit they don’t need, but just the general “laddish” nature of them.

Your fishing you f***ing idiots, not having a lads trip away to Magaluf “fella”……f**k me, “Fella” ?…..I could drown those c**ts when they say that. 

Watched the first 'under water' one by korda? Passion for angling,great rod  race etc...Im not a fan of them lads that go about having lakes that no f****r else has fished for months lost interest in modern carp fishing over 20 yrs ago,I only ever fish for them on top with dog biscuits these days,couple of times a season... get the odd one when I'm barbel fishing ,other than that they dont interest me....and watching and listening to some knockers doing it, is not my idea of fun

[WILF 49,689]

18 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Watched the first 'under water' one by korda? Passion for angling,great rod  race etc...Im not a fan of them lads that go about having lakes that no f****r else has fished for months lost interest in modern carp fishing over 20 yrs ago,I only ever fish for them on top with dog biscuits these days,couple of times a season... get the odd one when I'm barbel fishing ,other than that they dont interest me....and watching and listening to some knockers doing it, is not my idea of fun

There’s a lake not too far from me, it’s about 36,000 acres…..if that had carp in it then that would be right up my street.

As it is, no carp to speak of as such that I know of in any lakes….classed as invasive species here.

I only used to fish midweek so I didn’t encounter the fuckwits. 
 

Passion for angling was the best mate, I have Yates “The secret Carp” on audio book at the moment, it’s tidy.

I had a session with Bob James once trotting for Dace and a few other bits and bobs…..nice man and top Angler.