During The Night...

[Penn525]

Well there was a perfect sea running AND Roker Pier was open!!!!
Decided to fish behind the rollers when I turned up there at 3am....3hrs later and nothing was entertaining my live crab and live yellowtails!...moved to Hendon Prom. second bay and was greeted with rows and rows of big swells, and thought "spot on"...An hour and a half later and still not had a touch!!...beginning to think what the hells going on!....moved to the end bay at the far south end of the prom....first chuck zinged away, and five minutes later I was excited by a slack liner!...."git in there", and swung over a fine codling all of ten inches!!!!!!...."well it's a start I thought" - The sun eventually came up at 7.50, and I got full view of the fine sea that was running....where were the fish?....finally gave up at 9.30am...are the sprat offshore me thinks???
By the way, it was one of the coldest nights I've felt for a long time. One of those nights when you bait up that spare rig, you have to put your hands inside the neoprene chesties....absolutely bitter!

Hope someone else found them if they were out last night. (someone had an eight pounder on the roundhead when I got there!)

Paul

 

[STEVO]

Excellent report paul, lookin forward to venturing out tonight somewhere

 

[Penn525]

Excellent report paul, lookin forward to venturing out tonight somewhere

Tight lines Paul....this time in three weeks ten of us will be casting our lines on a Gambian beach - 38-40 degrees!!!!

Hopefully should bring back some crackin pics...

Paul

 

[micky-quayle]

Tight lines Paul....this time in three weeks ten of us will be casting our lines on a Gambian beach - 38-40 degrees!!!!

Hopefully should bring back some crackin pics...

Paul

can't wait paul, beats freezing your bollocks of for nowt. theres actually 11 of us going now. believe me paul once you've been it will become a yearly pilgrimage, something to keep you going during the long cold sessions on roker or hendon.

 

[beachcaster]

good report mate ,no luck at all.doubt there are some sprats about or surley there would have been an odd cod about in those conditions????cheers john

 

[Penn525]

can't wait paul, beats freezing your bollocks of for nowt. theres actually 11 of us going now. believe me paul once you've been it will become a yearly pilgrimage, something to keep you going during the long cold sessions on roker or hendon.

Micky, If I get into a 60lb guitar fish, or a 50lb stinger, or a 30lb captain fish, or even a 20lb lady fish......will there be anywhere to tie 'em off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THAT MICKY - JUST MUCKIN ABOUT!!

My mate from Ipswich went last year - and got this first chuck, on the first day in Gambia......Bring it on.....

 

[Penn525]

good report mate ,no luck at all.doubt there are some sprats about or surley there would have been an odd cod about in those conditions????cheers john

Thanks John, That BB arrived yet?? - You'll be gettin a little pi**ed off by now I would imagine...

Paul

 

[beachcaster]

nothing yet mate ??dont know what the hold up is to tell you the truth.p---ed of to say the least mate.!!!!!nice guitar fish there aswell ,some people have all the luck!!!fish like that and 38-40% bring on the beers!!!!

 

[Stephen]

you must of been casting to far better luck next tym

 

[Penn525]

nothing yet mate ??dont know what the hold up is

John, I hope you don't have to pay carriage mate....you could have walked there and walked back with it by now!!!

Get on the blower mate and demand some extras - spools of line etc...

It's the least they could do mate...

Hope you get it soon mate...

 

[Penn525]

you must of been casting to far

I tried everywhere mate....thats the thing with being a match angler - you try everything possible - then go home!.

You can't catch 'em if they're not in front of ya.....

 

[micky-quayle]

i think theres more chance of fish today or even more so tomorrow always like the sea to be away a few days first, always seem to do better then than the day it first lifts !
might give it a try myself tomorrow night.

 

[Penn525]

i think theres more chance of fish today or even more so tomorrow always like the sea to be away a few days first, always seem to do better then than the day it first lifts !
might give it a try myself tomorrow night.

The wind had gone round by this morning Micky - and it was flattening quickly as the tide ebbed...forcast to go south easterly by the weekend though....best sea in the world south easterlies, I find it pushes bigger fish in...just my opinion like...

 

[micky-quayle]

just checked the forcast and the wind is supposed to switch back north easterly for a time tomorrow but be fairly light so hopefully there will still be enough movement on.
i prefer south easterlies as well always seem to do better on them, but i think a lot is down to the venue you fish, some are better on south easterlies but others on northerlies.

 

[johnf]

Fished Whitley Pipe Last night. Small codling & rockling. Was not much fun as the sea was a bit on the big side. Been down the coast & there is still a good sea on. Chance of a fish or two for someone tonight I would have thought.

 

[Penn525]

I reckon there's no fish because of the high pressure....Always find that fish feed well during movement which coincides with a low pressure!

 

[codpiece]

cod piece hereagain after more info(sorry just a beginner) how was there no fish because that day because of high pressure i remember that day clearly it was low pressure right over hendon beach can you explain please