Hall Beach 28/09/10

[Stewart 1971]

Sneaking out of work early yesterday I decided to head to a venue I hardly ever fished as a young lad - the Hall beach at Seaham. With HT at 7pm I arrived at the beach shortly after half four to find a fair few people down there already including a couple of kids in the spot I had fancied.

Undettered I got set up about 20 yards south of the steps and soon had a bait in the water. The sea was perfect, plenty of movement still from the weekend storm and a good colour too it. I fished two rods - one at medium range with runnydown / squid and the other at range with fresh lug.

Things were quiet to start with, though it was encouraging to see the bairns nect to me pull in a coalie followed by a just size codling which I have to say made their day. Then the first fish was on the beach for me - not what I wanted but a good size Rockling had saved the blank. Soon after I had a rattle on the distance rod and pulled in an anorexic Whiting which was size but probably weighed about 8oz This was shortly followed by a good size Coalie of about 1 1/2lb, a nice fish but I was starting to wonder where all the codling were.

I needent have worried because as the light started to fade it was like someone flicked a switch. First codling came to the medium range rod so I dropped the other rod in closer as well. as darkness fell and the tide started to turn I had another couple of fish then things quietened off as the ebb kicked in.

Started to put one rod out at distance again and straight away I was into fish. From here on in it was almost a fish a chuck, all coming at long range until as 10pm approached I ran out of bait and had to call it a night.

All codling were size, littlest one was just over 35cm

Best one was bang on 2lb, another just under

All in all a cracking nights fishing, final tally was 12 fish with 9 size codling (4 came home for tea), a good size coalie, a Whiting and a Rockling. Chuffed to be well into double figures for size cod so far and it is not even the end of September - hope the rest of the season can live up to the start

 

[gary2010]

nice 1 mate looks like u had a good time, i had 4 fish the over night out the river all size codling biggest around the 2lb mark, was decent for just using my left over bait

 

[dave craig]

Well done, good report!

 

[mick dunn]

My mates son was fishng the same beach and he did well. Kind of thinking i should have gone there-The heughs were i went and i think now its a dangerous place especially at night.
Mick.

 

[Stewart 1971]

Cheers lads.

Only thing that disappointed me about last night was after all I'd been told about parking no-one propositioned me when I went back to the car :red:

Was funny as mind while I was getting out of my floatie and packing the gear away the number of cars that drove into the car park, pulled up alongside a parked car then drove off again. Can't think what they were after :question:

Don't know if there was a compo on but it was packed down there last night. I was at the far end but there were loads of lads between me and the Featherbed. Hope they had as good a night as I did.

 

[codseeker]

good session that mate plenty fish too not counting size fish meself this season just enjoying it as it comes just hoping for better stamp of fish to turn up from different marks hope its a goodin

 

[steak and kidney pie]

well done sunshine, you have grafted some for a while.

 

[scaley]

cracking report mate,well done on the fish,me and a mate were toying with the idea of going to the hall but opted for Horden,very poor session we had in perfect conditions

 

[seanyrooroo]

Well done mate, you still fishing the match on Sat?

 

[Rod]

Me and a m8 were further along from you and managed half a dozen fish out each,m8 had the best one about three pound.Canny session.

 

[Stewart 1971]

Well done mate, you still fishing the match on Sat?

Aye Sean I'll be there, see you at the meet about 3pm

 

[Beach Boy]

Sounds like a great mark at the minute , unlike Horden .

 

[blackrat]

Aye, it was my bairn next to you, his first session on the beach with his mate and he had 3 keeper cod. He is only twelve. he took them home, gutted them, filleted them, then ate one next night. Thats ma boy

 

[kensr27sz]

so he,s already caught more than you .lol.

 

[canman]

Excellent session, the bigger tides make a big differance as the gully is deeper. The lads who fished the Hall last night blanked in the mars bar comp as the tide hardly moved

 

[Stewart 1971]

Aye I went back to the same spot and fished six hours without a bite.

But as I said elsewhere all part of the learning curve, been away a long time so it is like starting from new again. Just means I'll have to get out and fish as often as possible - well that's what I tell the mrs anyway

 

[blackrat]

Aye Ken, we obviously got kids who can kick our ass...........But dont forget, even your lass beats you. Ive seen it

 

[kensr27sz]

true m8 .