sauer 2 Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 (edited) hiya guys hows you all? im currently working on an oil platform the Gulfaks field in norway well big differences over here in conditions far better than working in the uk ....... on top of which you are allowed to fish from the platforms over here!!!!! well couple o the norwegian guys im working with are big fishermen and asked me if i wanted to join them hell yeah!!!! but unfortunately i didnt catch this bad boy.......came in at 25 KILOS!!!! NOT LBS!!!!! AND 159CM LONG now this is by any chance a one off....they are catching fish this size regularly.... an hours fishing i had 4 saithe and not one below 12LBS!!!! think this is a ling anyway my 2 norgie buddies with it this thng was quickly filleted up and half put in the freezer for going home the rest abunch of us had it cooked up by the chef in the galley......superb!!! sauer Edited September 28, 2008 by sauer Quote Link to post
chess 0 Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 hiya guys hows you all?im currently working on an oil platform the Gulfaks field in norway well big differences over here in conditions far better than working in the uk ....... on top of which you are allowed to fish from the platforms over here!!!!! well couple o the norwegian guys im working with are big fishermen and asked me if i wanted to join them hell yeah!!!! but unfortunately i didnt catch this bad boy.......came in at 25 KILOS!!!! NOT LBS!!!!! AND 159CM LONG now this is by any chance a one off....they are catching fish this size regularly.... an hours fishing i had 4 saithe and not one below 12LBS!!!! think this is a ling anyway my 2 norgie buddies with it Thats a great fish sauer, yep looks like a ling. What did it taste like. Regards Chess sauer Quote Link to post
sauer 2 Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 absolutely superb chess mate!!!! this place is unbelievable you go into the supermarket and you just bout keel over with the prices of stuff and dont even look at the alcohol prices yed die!!! but see the price o fish!!!!!! jesus salmon steaks for next to nowt. out here on the rig fish is plentiful and had king crab last trip out...wow better than lobster!!!! found out our local cosco does it boxed for 14 quid im buying some. massive salmon fillets regular on the menu and its better than any ive had back home including restaurants!!!!! pullin up saithe at between 12-15ilbs average out here same with pollock.... the rigs have little gutting prep tables with water hoses and clingfilm and filletig knifes and vacuum packers....prep yer fish then they have freezer just for the boys to put stuff in .... day they come home they just throw it into their kit back and take it home!!! like yer fish this is the place sauer Quote Link to post
chess 0 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 some fish there mate..have heard they get regular 40lb cod up there?? place is the sea fishermans dream Was in Norway a coule of years back and remember then looking round the fishmarkets with envy Quote Link to post
mackem 26,937 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 My brother-in-laws been twice on cod trips with Dave Lewis,best fishing of his he reckons http://www.anglers-world.co.uk/sea-fishing...days/norway.htm Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Great fish there mate! Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Superb... Quote Link to post
steve66 3,492 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Seen on telly its £8.50 a pint , is that true Quote Link to post
sauer 2 Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 yup was out in stavanger and for a bottle o carlsberg worked out 6.40 quid some local beer which works out just over half pint is a fiver but the stuff is like sewer water AND full o chemicals wake up afte a glass with an axe in middle o yer forehead!!!!!! and it smells like someones 3 day old arse!!!! they just dinnae do good lager never mind try to find an ale or dark beer!!! as for spirits voddy etc......you dinnae want to know....35 40 quid a bottle sauer Quote Link to post
joedog 8 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 That,s the place to go and dry out. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Nice size fish, very ugly! but most things that ugly taste good for some reason. Quote Link to post
Guest ROUGH COATED Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Nice size fish, very ugly! but most things that ugly taste good for some reason. That looks great was it nice!! Quote Link to post
ginga john 268 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Well done Sauer, your a lucky fella, good job, good money and top fishing, who needs booze !!!!!!! ps: gissa a job, i can do that Edited January 3, 2009 by ginga john Quote Link to post
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