Member Removed Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Just thought I would say Hi Been looking at the site for a while, very impressed...... My name is Chris Banks I am a displaced Southerner living Near Grimsby and am the Secretary of the Humber Cruising Association, which is a boat angling club with 150 members with approx 70 boats ranging from 14 ft dinghys to 40 ft cruisers I own a trailed Icelandic flyer, a 15 ft Seahog lookalike I fish the Humber and Lincolnshire coast. At the moment we are waiting for the transition from Summer to Autumn fishing, the Whiting (and Cod) are on their way.... Enough about me I will stick my contribution in every now and then, perhaps a different perspective from Up North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Welcome Chris. It's nice to exchange any fishing tales, good and bad..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Welcome aboard Chris We all look forward to your contributions Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Welcome Banksy, I spent some time in my very distant youth in Grimsby. I was working on The Ross Zebra one of the Ross Fisheries deep sea trawler fleet. I can still remember the site of all those (seemed like) hundreds of trawlers in the inner fish dock waiting their crews. And the changing of the muddy waters of the Humber into the cold grey of the North sea, then a day later leaving the shelter of the last of Britain and seeing (and bl00dy feeling) the huge Atlantic rollers that had been running for a couple of thousand miles with nothing to stop them. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hi Chris, I am pleased you like the site. regards Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Removed Posted September 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 The Ross Tiger, Sister to the Ross Zebra, is now a museum piece, part of the Grimsby fishing heritage centre Part of the old dock in Grimsby is now the Humber Cruising Association marina There are only a handfull of trawlers left now But plenty of angling (and sailing) boats I guess its the same story everwhere The muddy Humber still holds plenty of Cod in the Winter At times it must be one of the best Cod fisheries in the country As i said in my introduction, we are waiting for the Whiting to arrive Whiting from October to Jan, Cod from Dec to April When the Whiting turn up, there are millions of them When we are after the Cod they are a pest But in October, it is good fun catching them on light tackle, spinning rods and braid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 [ The Ross Tiger, Sister to the Ross Zebra, is now a museum piece, thats funny so is Mad Mke Welcome aboard Banksy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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