With a nice medium tide, no wind and a flat calm sea, today was looking good when I set out from Amble at midday.
I'd heard there were a fair few fish off Cresswell so headed down that way, and sure enough, lots and lots of fish, mostly in the 1-3lb bracket. Everything worked - shads, jelly eels, frozen prawns, even a few ragworm. I kept 5 and the rest all went back.
The water was really clear, and the drift was between 0.4 and 0.8 knots, so easy to feel every little knock.
A few other boats were working the area too, and back at the marina one of the lads said they landed a 5lb Pollack from Cresswell.
Interestingly, about a mile further out, there were several groups of gannets diving, which suggests there may be mackerel about.
Certainly was a cracking day, made nicer because it was warm and sunny and I wasn't wrapped up in the usual wet weather gear.
I'd heard there were a fair few fish off Cresswell so headed down that way, and sure enough, lots and lots of fish, mostly in the 1-3lb bracket. Everything worked - shads, jelly eels, frozen prawns, even a few ragworm. I kept 5 and the rest all went back.
The water was really clear, and the drift was between 0.4 and 0.8 knots, so easy to feel every little knock.
A few other boats were working the area too, and back at the marina one of the lads said they landed a 5lb Pollack from Cresswell.
Interestingly, about a mile further out, there were several groups of gannets diving, which suggests there may be mackerel about.
Certainly was a cracking day, made nicer because it was warm and sunny and I wasn't wrapped up in the usual wet weather gear.
