Finished night-shift , 7am Thursday morning, went to bed, got up at 11 and had to wait for the gas service bloke to come ( who turned out to be a lassie, who also turned up early!
), then went for the shopping with our lass
After that, loaded the gear and did a runner to Shields.
For the first time this year, I got a decent, straight run through on the roads. No roadworks on the A1 and pretty quiet the rest of the way down. I went the riverside route and was soon parked up and away up the pier.
The weather was cracking with a gentle, warm, offshore breeze and I had about 2 hrs of the rising tide to fish-if I could get a spot
As I got towards the end, I could see quite a few kids,
but found a place near the green bin again, a bit closer to the blocks than I'd have liked, but it would do.
I set up my gear and put a set of homemade lures on and set away.
First couple of chucks; nowt, then "bump" into my first mackerel of the afternoon, closely followed a couple of chucks later by another. I thought; "this is canny"
The lad and his son next to me hooked a couple and then it seemed to go quiet for a while.
I took a few more photo's;
is this anyone off here?
And then the lad next to me packed up.
As he was passing he said " looks like that's it then" or something like that. I answered with "you might be right".
I'd just lost a set of gear and had put on a set of tinsel dressed lures I'd made, to see if they were any good.
He can't have been 40 yds away when "bang" my line went crazy, as well as heavy and I thought I must have a double or treble load on! The take was different and the fish kept diving hard as well.
I got them to the surface and found I had three coalfish on! They took some winding up the wall but I managed to get them in and unhooked them,then put them back.
biggest was about 30cm. ( you can just make out the chain I was using for a sinker!)
I had 5 mackerel altogether, as well as the 3 coalies
I was asked by a bloke who had moved in when the lad next to me went home, (and had lost all his gear in half an hour or so), why I was using lengths of chain for my weights. I replied that they cost almost nothing to make and worked almost as well as lead weights for the distance I was casting. They also didn't seem to snag the bottom as often either
The same bloke and his "party" (complete with a bottle of vimto,lambrini and corner yoghurts
) then wandered off, leaving half the vimto on the floor and a yoghurt on the wall
last picture before setting off;
The lad on the wall, wasn't the bloke who asked about the chain by the way.
I came away about 6.40pm, well happy but a bit knackered
), then went for the shopping with our lassAfter that, loaded the gear and did a runner to Shields.
For the first time this year, I got a decent, straight run through on the roads. No roadworks on the A1 and pretty quiet the rest of the way down. I went the riverside route and was soon parked up and away up the pier.
The weather was cracking with a gentle, warm, offshore breeze and I had about 2 hrs of the rising tide to fish-if I could get a spot
As I got towards the end, I could see quite a few kids,
but found a place near the green bin again, a bit closer to the blocks than I'd have liked, but it would do.
I set up my gear and put a set of homemade lures on and set away.
First couple of chucks; nowt, then "bump" into my first mackerel of the afternoon, closely followed a couple of chucks later by another. I thought; "this is canny"
The lad and his son next to me hooked a couple and then it seemed to go quiet for a while.
I took a few more photo's;
is this anyone off here?
And then the lad next to me packed up.
As he was passing he said " looks like that's it then" or something like that. I answered with "you might be right".
I'd just lost a set of gear and had put on a set of tinsel dressed lures I'd made, to see if they were any good.
He can't have been 40 yds away when "bang" my line went crazy, as well as heavy and I thought I must have a double or treble load on! The take was different and the fish kept diving hard as well.
I got them to the surface and found I had three coalfish on! They took some winding up the wall but I managed to get them in and unhooked them,then put them back.
biggest was about 30cm. ( you can just make out the chain I was using for a sinker!)
I had 5 mackerel altogether, as well as the 3 coalies
I was asked by a bloke who had moved in when the lad next to me went home, (and had lost all his gear in half an hour or so), why I was using lengths of chain for my weights. I replied that they cost almost nothing to make and worked almost as well as lead weights for the distance I was casting. They also didn't seem to snag the bottom as often either
The same bloke and his "party" (complete with a bottle of vimto,lambrini and corner yoghurts
) then wandered off, leaving half the vimto on the floor and a yoghurt on the walllast picture before setting off;
The lad on the wall, wasn't the bloke who asked about the chain by the way.
I came away about 6.40pm, well happy but a bit knackered
