Orange Shad
Well-known member
Arrived at the marina for a 7am kick off.
Travelled through some very heavy rain from Blyth but it had stopped once I got into Hartlepool.
A very humid, wet day it turned out to be, with my waterproofs on and off many times during the day, with some real heavy rain.
With it being so still and quiet, Its the first time I've heard the rain hitting the surface a long way off before it reached the boat.
I digress, on with the fishing, Dave took us down South, and stayed close in, We picked up the Mackerel needed for bait then off to some ground.
A range of tactics were employed by the lads on board, baited daylites, flowing traces, flappers etc, but I started off with my Favourite, "The Shad"
Fishing began slowly with a few Cod coming up, but saying that, they were good fish in 4lb - 6lb range.
I took my first fish after about 45minutes about 4lb and as is my custom, it is always returned whatever the size.
Dave moved us around today to find our scaly friends and he didn't disappoint.
A variety of fish came up during the day with Cod, best had to be pushing 12lb, a beautifully marked clean fish, Ling to about 10lb some really big Whiting, a nice Haddock
and plenty of Mackerel if you wanted them.
As I said, earlier, my waterproofs certainly didn't need cleaning after the trip, very eerie at times with a flat calm sea and torrential rain.
The drift wasn't bad today even with the big tide, held the bottom with ease with 14ozs of lead.
The wind did pick up as the forecast, but didn't interfere with the fishing at all and it petered out after a very short while.
So a very enjoyable day yet again, Freezer's are now full.
A few photos of the catch
Thanks for reading.
Travelled through some very heavy rain from Blyth but it had stopped once I got into Hartlepool.
A very humid, wet day it turned out to be, with my waterproofs on and off many times during the day, with some real heavy rain.
With it being so still and quiet, Its the first time I've heard the rain hitting the surface a long way off before it reached the boat.
I digress, on with the fishing, Dave took us down South, and stayed close in, We picked up the Mackerel needed for bait then off to some ground.
A range of tactics were employed by the lads on board, baited daylites, flowing traces, flappers etc, but I started off with my Favourite, "The Shad"
Fishing began slowly with a few Cod coming up, but saying that, they were good fish in 4lb - 6lb range.
I took my first fish after about 45minutes about 4lb and as is my custom, it is always returned whatever the size.
Dave moved us around today to find our scaly friends and he didn't disappoint.
A variety of fish came up during the day with Cod, best had to be pushing 12lb, a beautifully marked clean fish, Ling to about 10lb some really big Whiting, a nice Haddock
and plenty of Mackerel if you wanted them.
As I said, earlier, my waterproofs certainly didn't need cleaning after the trip, very eerie at times with a flat calm sea and torrential rain.
The drift wasn't bad today even with the big tide, held the bottom with ease with 14ozs of lead.
The wind did pick up as the forecast, but didn't interfere with the fishing at all and it petered out after a very short while.
So a very enjoyable day yet again, Freezer's are now full.
A few photos of the catch
Thanks for reading.
