robbo1530
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Went down and checked out the conditions yesterday morning and thought it looked perfect for Newbiggin Bay - good sea rolling in and lots of colour in the water. I was a bit disappointed when I turned up at 6:30 to fish the tide up and say how much it had flattened off.
Couldn't be bothered to move so thought I'd still give it a go. There were about another 15 or so lads fishing and a few fish about so thought it would be worth it. Had bited from the off on cart wings and peeler donkey chokers but struggled to hit them. Finally lipped a codling about 1 and three quarters for the pan and then straight after my first bass since I started fishing again. Beautiful fish, returned to fight another day.
Got another two out after that, biggest 5lb 3 oz which made freezing my fingers off worthwhile. All fish were lipped and the two I brought back were rammed full of crab and shrimp. Maybe there was so much feed about that they were just nibbling at the bait?
Couldn't be bothered to move so thought I'd still give it a go. There were about another 15 or so lads fishing and a few fish about so thought it would be worth it. Had bited from the off on cart wings and peeler donkey chokers but struggled to hit them. Finally lipped a codling about 1 and three quarters for the pan and then straight after my first bass since I started fishing again. Beautiful fish, returned to fight another day.
Got another two out after that, biggest 5lb 3 oz which made freezing my fingers off worthwhile. All fish were lipped and the two I brought back were rammed full of crab and shrimp. Maybe there was so much feed about that they were just nibbling at the bait?
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