27 results returned for search: "" category "Sport" author Pickled Onion
WITH the mid-week weather the way it was it wouldn't take much to convince anyone that we are in the throes of winter. Not that it should come as anything of a surprise. It is mid-November and the talk on the street is more of the large gentleman in ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2008
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INDIAN summer or what? It is hard to tell what month of the year it is by just looking outside. About the only tell-tale is the angle of the sunlight with that distinctly wintry light. The grim weather forecast for the mid-week holiday probably put m...
DATE: Nov 14, 2008
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LET there be no doubt but that the season is over. For most fair weather anglers, it is time to put the rods back into the closet, forget about boating and start pursuing other land-based interests. The change in the clocks and the cooler temperature...
DATE: Nov 07, 2008
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IF you have been getting the feeling that summer is over ¿ take heart, you may well be right! The humidity is gone and the first bit of blustery breeze is making its presence felt. As the song says "the times they are a changing"! Come Sunday evening...
DATE: Oct 31, 2008
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TIME marches on and the seasons come to pass. There is a very definite wintry feeling at present and, for some, it is not soon enough. For anglers though, it pretty much tolls the end of the season and many will be looking to put the boat on the moor...
DATE: Oct 24, 2008
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FINALLY it seems that the weather is starting to return to its normal autumnal pattern. The heat and humidity that has dominated the last few weeks has been enough to dissuade even the heartiest anglers from spending a day offshore. The passage of so...
DATE: Oct 10, 2008
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IT'S October now and while the old propaganda from the Government's Fishing Information Bureau said that the angling season went to the end of November, those of us who fish here through the year know that things tend to go pretty pear-shaped by the ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2008
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IS it hot enough for you? The dominance of the Bermuda-Azores high pressure system has pretty much ensured hot, humid, calm days that an really take the energy out of you. Not to mention making a day on the water a rather exhausting experience.
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DATE: Sep 26, 2008
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MANY seasoned salts are already starting to talk about an Indian summer ¿ referring to the rather pleasant weather that we have been experiencing over the last few weeks. September has worn on and October beckons but thus far the tropical systems hav...
DATE: Sep 19, 2008
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@$:BODY-FRANK:DESPITE fears that the fish were not as numerous as they have been in previous years; that the frigate mackerel had not put in an appearance and that the tropical activity would provide discomfort, the Mid-Ocean News Wahoo Tournament on...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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