A new bulk roach order turned up thankfully as I was down to the smelly and soft smelt that had been in and out of the freezer more times than I can count.
Anyway luckily the thai dish I was knocking up at the same time whilst sorting and bagging the roach masked the rather pungent roach smell, the Wife was none the wiser 💪
Now it is speculated that phat kaphrao was first introduced to Thailand during the reign of King Rama VII when Chinese immigrants carried the spice to be sold in Thailand local market. Eventually, stir-fried basil likely gained popularity around 1957, having been adapted from Chinese cuisine.
Now the key components include basil, which is stir-fried with ground meat (This I knocked up was pork), garlic, sugar and Thai chili. The dish is seasoned with a combination of soy sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce. Additionally, it may incorporate other ingredients such as onions, bell peppers and green beans.
Using red basil will give more flavour and aroma, can add dark soy sauce instead of giving the basil an appetizing dark colour.Like many Thai dishes, phat kaphrao is often accompanied by condiments served on the side, such as extra Thai bird chili, lime wedges, and soy or fish sauce. It literally take ten minutes to cook, give it a go, a very tasty dish indeed.
Anyway to the fishing warm water rises. Cold water sinks. The fish should be at the top, and it's quite a surprise sometimes to find them at the bottom. It's not their fault: by the time they've had a touch of thermocline tilt and temperature inversion, they're not sure where they're supposed to be.
The warm top layer of water in a lake is the epilimnion. The cold bottom layer is the hypolimnion. Between these two is the thermocline, neither too warm nor too cold. When wind blows steadily from one side of a lake to the other, the thermocline tilts, building up a layer of deep warm water on the side towards which the wind is blowing. OK so far?
Obviously, the place to catch the fish is on that side of the lake with the wind in your face. This means that almost every time you cast out you finish up with the bait in your face. An angler who has spent several hours fishing the tilted thermocline can be identified easily by his blue complexion, watery eyes, runny nose and the way his ears are turned back to front.
Temperature inversion in a lake happens in winter when the top layer cools and sinks, to be replaced by a warmer layer from underneath. Eventually the whole lake cools to a temperature of 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit, or fourpence three farthings Centigrade, and the water is at its heaviest. At this stage there is no more sinking. The top layer gets colder and colder, but the water at the bottom stays relatively warm.
It is generally still too cold for most fish to feed, but the occasional perch or pike, as daft as the angler sitting freezing on the bank above, may be moving around to see what's about. So you sling in your bait, as deep as you possibly can, to see if you can tempt them. As the perch and pike are surrounded by comatose fish, just waiting to be eaten, you generally can't. ☺
Now talking of temperature Zander spawn in spring, typically, when water temperatures go above 12ºC.
The females produce up to 200,000 tiny eggs (around 1mm in diameter) for each kilogramme of their bodyweight, laid into a prepared (though rough) nest.
This means a double-figure zander might lay over one million eggs each year! The young 5-6mm long fry feed initially on invertebrates, especially water fleas, though cannibalism is common amongst young zander.
Big zander also enjoy eating small zander and this may be really important in control of their numbers when they appear in a new water.
When I was at the hotspot a couple of days ago it was a gnats nadger over 12 degrees and they are definitely on the cusp of spawning I'd imagine, a few days, a few weeks, or imminently who knows but I had to make these sessions pay.
Three 6lbers caught in such a short section is an eyeopener really were there any biggers ones here ? As always I didn't have long before the diary makers got involved (2.5 hours fishing time) but hopefully enough time to winkle out a Zander. (Yes CRT I do put them back please come and arrest me)
Well the water temperature had certainly dropped from all that cold rain we had overnight however drop a bait on a Zander's nose they are usually up for a meal. All those usual spots where I'd had bite before though there was nothing doing whatsoever.
The canal wasn't as coloured as it usually is and I'm sure that didn't help either because every swim I fished and there was plenty of them those floats didn't move whatsoever. Best laid plans and all that because a rare blank on this stretch. I'm hoping with some milder weather on the way things will improve though and I'll be back for another dabble.
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