fishing off the oil platforms

Our host, Karl Astor, has an off-shore job, he services the oil platforms in the north sea or even fixes broken stuff way down underwater on the ocean floor. He operates an ROV which is a remotely operated underwater vehicle
He has cameras which film underwater, he watches this on several screens, then he can make repairs way deep under water.
This job used to be done by deep sea divers, but because of the enormous stress of working on the bottom of the north sea, and the high mortality rate in this occupation, ROVs are used now instead.
There are often lots of fish where they work because the fish congregate near the oil pipe which is warm.
The ROV he uses has 2 arms and sometimes they can even catch a couple fish! Watch the video!!!
This is a very interesting video if you're interested in what happens in the north sea. You can watch how the boat's deck opens up and a wire line gets dropped onto the ocean floor.

At one with the elements

Fishing to the rhythm of the pouring rain
I'll never fall for that again...

And nary a nibble we had.

did I mention fishing here before?

Here are the pictures of our last fishing trip...

Fishing with an otter

I withheld this picture until I made some investigations about our method of fishing, now I can explain it better. The caption on the picture says it all, but it may not get published...the little orange float has a heavy fishing line attached, and there are about 14 flies tied on to leads which are hanging off the heavier line. We had two of these "otters", one on each side of the boat. We were out again today and got 18 fish! They are kind of small, but the lake is so full of fish that they don't require a license, so we can keep all we catch. We fried them all and have enough left for one each for breakfast. click here