RSPB Communities Christmas Advent calendar

From my angling days it has to be the chub or chebin as we knew them, lovely creatures. I much prefer watching them these days to catching them though! However, I am in total awe of the great white shark, pretty much the perfect predator.

I'd have to say Pike, large or small they are amazing predators

The Brown Trout. There as so many variations from silver with yellow bellies right through to dark olives and browns with large red spots. Beautiful.

Hazel C said:

Sardines on the BBQ!

Haha N ... for me it's pan fried Salmon in garlic/herb butter!!

Grayling,in my angling days it was a favorite quarry for winter fly fishing and Mrs S reckoned they tasted better than trout.

I would also like to see the Coelacanth as i believe you can still find them in Cumbria.

Favourite fish for me has to be the  "Large Mouth Nannygai"  for this reason !    

Whilst living in Australia, we visited Cairns, N.Queensland and took a fishing charter 60 miles off-shore to the G.B.Reef where we fished with hand lines  140ft down under strict wildlife expert (skipper) guidance on-board to ensure we did no damage to reef !   I was the only "Sheila" amongst 12 other blokes so as you can imagine I got some severe stick from them all  !!  We had only anchored up 10 minutes when .........yes, the Sheila, caught the first fish, a Large Mouth Nannygai (nearly finished me off bringing it up from the deep  lol )  and had caught 3 large fish (2 were released back) before the blokes could take a breath LOL

    It was one of those memorable moments when girl power comes to the fore    LOL       I am afraid the Nannygai being a very good and tasty fish did end up as dinner for the hotel manager (it got us some brownie points ! )  but we were restricted to fish numbers and did no damage to reef; we also pay a reef tax which goes towards the care of this world heritage area.  

 So folks, this is what girl power looks like ............this one especially for the lads   ha ha !!

Brilliant aitch ... looks like a giant goldfish (fancy having one like that in your garden pond?)!!!

Nice one Hazy! It's a beautiful fish! Did you get to taste it too?

Crikey, Hazy, that's a fish and a half. Sheila's rule.

I'm not much into fish but I've always been fascinated by Seahorses. Such delicate looking creatures and caring parents in which Dad incubates the eggs.