Well I think it's high time we had something topical

Pike fishing season starts on 01/10 so what better time to present for your delight, and bewilderment, this Devon Baits "pike pack" of frozen fish.

Never to be repeated (hopefully)
On the top row we have:
- Mackerel #1
- A pair of Smelt
- Mackerel #2

On the second row is:
- Mackerel #3
- A trout
- Mackerel #4

Confused? Yeah me too. Here's a key The tape measure will give an indication of size

Guess the frozen weight of each fish/pair, plus the bag. 10 for an exact guess, 5 for the nearest.

Answers in this order please:

Mackerel #1
Pair of Smelt
Mackerel #2
Mackerel #3
Trout
Mackerel #4
Bag

Entries to close at 14:00 on 28/09

Bump

I have no bloody idea about weight of fresh let alone of bloody (and theres a bit of that in the bag) frozen fish .

Okay
Mack #1 ... 95gm
Mack #2 ... 105gm
Mack #3 ... 145gm
Mack #4 ... 125gm
Pair of Smelt ... 65gm

Bag 160 gm including bloody blood

Mad count Croydon for certain

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 24, 2024 3:31 pm

I have no bloody idea about weight of fresh let alone of bloody (and theres a bit of that in the bag) frozen fish .

Okay
Mack #1 ... 95gm
Mack #2 ... 105gm
Mack #3 ... 145gm
Mack #4 ... 125gm
Pair of Smelt ... 65gm

Bag 160 gm including bloody blood

Mad count Croydon for certain

Given that I'm in Surrey then you can safely assume it's a red wine jus, rather than blood

More importantly - you didn't provide a guess for the trout

Croydon Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 24, 2024 3:47 pm

Given that I'm in Surrey then you can safely assume it's a red wine jus, rather than blood

More importantly - you didn't provide a guess for the trout

Trout 175gm ...

Are these for fishing bait or for human consumption eating



Wife and I in Surrey over the weekend in Woking

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:05 pm

Trout 175gm ...

Are these for fishing bait or for human consumption eating



Wife and I in Surrey over the weekend in Woking

Definitely not for eating. Although don't tell Mrs Croydon as one of the freezer drawers is now full of fish and she thinks I'm on a health drive...

Woking has lots of references to War of the Worlds if you're into that

Croydon Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:40 pm

Definitely not for eating. Although don't tell Mrs Croydon as one of the freezer drawers is now full of fish and she thinks I'm on a health drive...

Woking has lots of references to War of the Worlds if you're into that

Funnily enough we will be just off Maybury Hill My Step Grown-ups and Grandchildren are down there.

Bump

Well the thinking cap has been truly worked for this one….best guess from me :-

Mackerel #1 80g
Pair of Smelt 63g
Mackerel #2 80g
Mackerel #3 100g
Trout 115g
Mackerel #4 100g

Bag inc the bloody watery content 40g

Probably way off the mark with this one, but thanks for the count Croydon
UTC

Who will have a fishy on a little dishy
Who will have the

Mackerel #1 - 150g
Pair of Smelt - 140g
Mackerel #2 - 127g
Mackerel #3 - 175g
Trout- 247g
Mackerel #4- 136g
Bag- 27g

When the boat comes in

Super choice Croydon, thank you.

Are they gutted and ready to cook

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:49 am

Are they gutted and ready to cook

No they're whole

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:49 am

Are they gutted and ready to cook

I'd be extremely gutted if some bugger stuck me in a freezer !

Absolutely brilliant count,if we don't hammer the pretenders to Burnley's title of the UK's home of learning then something is sadly wrong
Mackerel #1, 80 g
Pair of Smelt 147 g
Mackerel #2, 79g
Mackerel #3 127 g
Trout 199g
Mackerel #4 109g
Bag 15g
UTC,
Tight lines Clarets.

This is an interesting collection of commodities. Thanks Croydon.
Mackerel #1 180g
Pair of Smelt 300g
Mackerel #2 210g
Mackerel #3 375g
Trout 380g
Mackerel #4 370g
Bag 13g

Mackerel #1 170g
Pair of Smelt 160g
Mackerel #2 180g
Mackerel #3 185g
Trout 220g
Mackerel #4 190g
Bag 8g

Mackerel 1 205g
Smelt 190g
Mackerel 2 210g
Mackerel 3 190g
Trout 215g
Mackerel 4 200g
Bag 12g

Guesses so far

Bump

Bloody hell, I can smell it from here!

Mackerel 1 - 130
Smelt - 110
Mackerel 2 - 125
Mackerel 3 - 210
Trout - 290
Mackerel 4 - 200
Bag - 35

Very odd count but thanks for the effort

Bump
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Weirdest count ever.

Mackerel 1 - 111
Smelt - 102
Mackerel 2 - 137
Mackerel 3 - 169
Trout - 187
Mackerel 4 - 199
Bag - 29

As these fish aren't for human consumption, Pike mustn't worry about " Best Before dates".
My guesstimations for this week are

Mackerel 1 207 grams
Smelts 156 grams
Mackerel 2 189 grams
Mackerel 3 276 grams
Trout 339 grams
Mackerel 4 245 grams
Bag 65 grams

Hope you catch something when you use them.

Mackerel #1 - 83g
Pair of Smelt 74g
Mackerel #2 - 79g
Mackerel #3 - 84g
Trout - 104g
Mackerel #4 - 90g
Bag - 39g

Latest guesses

Bump

Bump

Bump/splash

More bumps than entries at the moment

Bump

Bump? 🫤

Croydon Claret wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:46 pm

Bump? 🫤

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I think the Fish have foxed everyone Croydon

Holy Mackerel Croydon, you old Trout! I thought I Smelt something fishy .........this is a real toughy

Mackerel #1 - 394g
Pair of Smelt - 347g
Mackerel #2 - 312g
Mackerel #3 - 433g
Trout - 444g
Mackerel #4 - 427g
Bag - 133g

I haven't got a scooby do

Thank you Croydon and UTCs

A new entrant

I've been going mad in here

I was always entering Croydon. I've just been hovering and trying to work out my fish sizes to weight ratios on my fingers ‍

Saturday bump. Closes at 14:00

Stinky deadbait food for fish count
here goes:
Mackerel #1 90g
Pair of Smelt 69g
Mackerel #2 77 grms
Mackerel #3 125 grm
Trout 131 grms
Mackerel #4 110grm

Bag 94 grm

Thanks for a fishy weekend

Mackerel #1 95g
Pair of Smelt 34g
Mackerel #2 98g
Mackerel #3 140g
Trout 210g
Mackerel #4 103g

Bag 78g

0ml joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

Mackerel #1 222g
Pair of Smelt 135g
Mackerel #2 215g
Mackerel #3 145g
Trout 315g
Mackerel #4 260g

Bag 32g

we shall have a little fishy
on a little dishy

thanks for doing the count Croydon!

UTC

Final bump. Weigh in at 14:00

Entries closed

And the results are:

Mackerel #1 -50
Romeo & Juliesmelt -22
Mackerel #2 - 34
Mackerel #3 -66
Trout - 91
Mackerel #4 -45
Bag - 12

Closest/exact entries as indicated in orange/green