Duncan then managed to turn the fish towards him, and was able to pump it back to the boat. Percy eased them into the shore, then jumped out and gaffed the fish up onto the beach. They roped it through the gills and round the tail, and then called in the Sea Pigeon to haul it back into harbour.
In the boathouse, a pair of old scales, weighing up to 1000 pounds, hung from a wooden rafter. Duncan and Percy dragged the fish into the shed, stuck a steel hook into its gills and hauled it up onto the scales. As soon as its tail was clear of the floor, the needle sh
Steve flew back to London with the rest of the party and reported early on Monday morning to the Accident and Emergency department of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He sat down among a motley collection of drunks, fight victims, children who had various youthful ailments and even a group of scaffolders who had fallen off a collapsing building. It was a far cry from the frozen Russian wilderness, but his ribs and face were still very painful and he had to get something done about them. He settled down for the notoriously long wait endured by patients at major London
However, the opportunity to go fishing beyond the reef finally won the struggle, and Peter and James joined a boat heading out of Malindi with a skipper and three crewmen. The other guests were a married couple, although the side effects of malaria tablets kept the wife lying in the wheelhouse, quietly moaning, for the entire trip, so there were only three anglers to share whatever spoils the Indian Ocean had to offer.
Just beyond the reef, they had great fun for half an hour catching small bonito. Knowing that James was an ardent conservationist who was agai
Full List of areas covered on our Taunton Fishing Lake Directory:
Abbas Combe, Adsborough, Alcombe, Alford, Alhampton, Aller, Allerford, Angersleigh, Ansford, Appley, Ash, Ash Priors, Ashbrittle, Ashcott, Ashill, Ashington, Ashwick, Athelney, Axbridge, Babcary, Badgworth, Baltonsborough, Barrington, Barrow, Barton St David, Barwick, Bason Bridge, Batcombe, Bathealton, Bathpool, Battleton, Bawdrip, Bayford, Beckington, Beercrocombe, Berkley, Berrow, Bickenhall, Bicknoller, Biddisham, Bilbrook, Binegar, Bishop’s Hull, Bishop’s Lydeard, Bishopswood, Blackford, Blackmoor, Blagdon Hill, Bleadney, Blue Anchor, Bossington, Bower Hinton, Bowlish, Bradford-on-Tone, Bramwell, Bratton Seymour, Brean, Brent Knoll, Bridgehampton, Bridgetown, Bridgwater, Broadway, Brompton Ralph, Brompton Regis, Broomfield, Brushford, Bruton, Buckland Dinham, Buckland St Mary, Burnham-on-Sea, Burrow Bridge, Burtle, Burton, Bury, Butleigh, Butleigh Wootton, Cannard’s Grave, Cannington, Carhampton, Castle Cary, Catcott, Chaffcombe, Chantry, Chapel Allerton, Chard, Chard Junction, 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Mudgley, Nether Stowey, Nettlebridge, Nettlecombe, Nightcott, North Barrow, North Brewham, North Cadbury, North Cheriton, North Coker, North Curry, North Newton, North Perrott, North Petherton, North Wootton, Northay, Northmoor Green or Moorland, Northover, Norton Fitzwarren, Norton St Philip, Norton sub Hamdon, Nunney, Nunnington Park, Nynehead, Nythe, Oake, Oakhill, Oare, Odcombe, Old Cleeve, Oldford, Orchard Portman, Orchard Wyndham, Othery, Otterhampton, Over Stowey, Over Stratton, Overleigh, Panborough, Parbrook, Pathe, Pawlett, Pedwell, Pendomer, Penselwood, Pibsbury, Pilton, Pitcombe, Pitminster, Pitney, Pitsford Hill, Podimore, Polsham, Porlock, Porlock Weir, Prestleigh, Preston Plucknett, Priddy, Puckington, Puriton, Pylle, Queen Camel, Raleigh’s Cross, Redlynch, Rimpton, River Bridge, Roadwater, Rockwell Green, Rode, Rodhuish, Rodney Stoke, Rodway, Rooks Bridge, Rowberrow, Rudge, Ruishton, Rumwell, Runnington, Sampford Arundel, Sampford Brett, Seavington St Mary, Seavington 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