ian gilbert

Am joint skipper with my wife Annie of Happy Hooker II a 7.9m Cheetah Cat specialising in line caught sustainable fish.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

Someone doesn’t look very happy with their Christmas present🎄🎄😂

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@momo1510748 @HappyHooker1157 Thank you 🤩

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@AlexPag21070389 @HappyHooker1157 Thanks Alex

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@HappyHooker1157 I am never going to go into a restaurant on February 29th ever again😂😂

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@MsBecksR Hope you are OK, sending our love and support, we know life isn’t easy for you at the moment but we are here if you need us. Ian,Annie& Bosun x

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@deantheconger So sorry for your loss, we were devastated when we lost our jack Russel a few years back.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

I am getting very worried, I think Bosun is turning vegetarian, a few hours later I discovered why it’s best not to give a jack russell puppy too much raw cabbage💨💨🤢🤢

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@bradlerob @HappyHooker1157 As I said in my reply, we cannot physically catch more fish in the limited time we have on the water, there is no shortage of bass here.the EU trawlers hammer the SW and take no notice of size limits or quotas, rod and line boats are not the problem.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@bradlerob @HappyHooker1157 Because if we we put all the large fish back we would be out of business, we have to catch 2500 kilos of bass just to pay the boat expenses. There is no shortage of bass of all sizes out on the grounds but there is a limit as to how many 2 people can physically catch in a season.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@MikeDonohue1 They live in the woods around our cottage, they turn up every day for food, we started with 1 tame deer 15 years ago, we now have over 30, my wife has given names to over half of them.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

I am being watched, I think Stanley the stag wants his breakfast😁

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Conservation groups are making mugs out of all of us. This is the industrial logging operation being carried out on the “National Trusts” Brownsea Island. The pile of logs on Poole Quay has been appearing, and disappearing for months.#shocking #Hypocrisy

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@JulieMerch68 She is.

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One very pregnant deer scrounging for a carrot.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@stellywelly55 She will😂

[Annie Gilbert @HappyHooker1157]

Good afternoon 👋 Fishing News have done a lovely article about me and ⁦⁦⁦@captaingrumpy04⁩ on our sustainable rod and line fishery 🐟🎣😊😁
https://t.co/SN3eTPxk3j

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

One of our little 4 legged friends has popped in for a few grapes.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@bricklandsfish Hi Karen, there are no legal wild bass available in the uk until the 1st of April, if you are caught with illegal bass you could be in trouble with the fisheries. Whoever supplied you with this fish, if it is genuine wild bass, has committed an offence.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@SouthernIFCA @DorsetWildlife @MSCintheUK @MSCecolabel There was a flock of over 300 feeding on the mudbank west of the Wareham channel about a week ago. We have never seen so many in one place.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

@alexthepage We have never seen mixed pods before, they all seemed quite happy swimming together.

[ian gilbert @captaingrumpy04]

On our way back in from a day’s commercial rod and line bass fishing we bumped into these beauties. 3 different types of dolphins in one pod, it more than made up for a very cold and dismal days fishing.