Long casting (is it worth it?)

[paulthespark]

try float fishing for macky on 4lb line and your drag half off, they give you a better fight pound for pound, than any freshwater fish, the buggers go of like a steam train and you can wear t shirts and shorts cos it's the summer

 

[Davyred]

Try Pollack fishing......its fantastic.

 

[seanyrooroo]

Wrasse too on light gear

 

[g-force]

Yep, looking forward to getting some of the above on the new salt-fly rod this summer - most of all want to get a good bass - I bet they go like stink!! I reckon even a mackerel will put a 3 or 4 lb trout to shame.

Gary

 

[arc]

Long casting (is it worth it?)

Those that cant usually say no . Those that can usually say yes . On the occasions long casting is needed those that cant will never know .

 

[drof46]

try float fishing for macky on 4lb line and your drag half off, they give you a better fight pound for pound, than any freshwater fish, the buggers go of like a steam train and you can wear t shirts and shorts cos it's the summer

Absolutely agree : ounce-for-ounce and on light tackle, a mackerel is a better fighting fish than a trout AND I'm a confirmed trout fisherman!

Trouble is you have to wait till high Summer to get at the 'Macks' and you are competing with droves of numpties at the same time.

 

[Davyred]

Absolutely agree : ounce-for-ounce and on light tackle, a mackerel is a better fighting fish than a trout AND I'm a confirmed trout fisherman!

Trouble is you have to wait till high Summer to get at the 'Macks' and you are competing with droves of numpties at the same time.

Go to SW Scotland mate. Peace, solitude and all the mackerel you want. Have a day up there, all sorts to fish for while you're getting your winter stock.

 

[drof46]

Go to SW Scotland mate. Peace, solitude and all the mackerel you want. Have a day up there, all sorts to fish for while you're getting your winter stock.

I do, We do. as we've done for decades.

But, as with most of the threads on here, I was talking 'local' fishing. The kind where you can nip out after work for an evening's sport or shoot away on a Saturday morning when it's fine and be home for tea.

Shore based North East Sea Angling doesn't have much to offer until the mackerel come in (IF they come in) That's why 'Trout' is my mainstay for local fishing in the Spring/Summer.

Trout may be finnicky and hard to catch from time to time but they are always there and the weather's always at its best.

Give it a try,Lads, you'll not be disappointed.

 

[bozjc]

mackerel on a light fly rod are unreal!!

had a few a long time ago, will be done it again this year for sure ;D

hoping to get a bass as well in the near future ;D

i spend most of the mid year fishing for trout and salmon. It does help to build the confidence and learn new ways of catching fish.

im wanting a few travelling sessions, fancy a trip to SW scotland and a few other places to get some nice fish on light gear.
even thinking of trying to hunt down some bass from loal areas, mite prove difficult lol

 

[sage]

I do, We do. as we've done for decades.

But, as with most of the threads on here, I was talking 'local' fishing. The kind where you can nip out after work for an evening's sport or shoot away on a Saturday morning when it's fine and be home for tea.

Shore based North East Sea Angling doesn't have much to offer until the mackerel come in (IF they come in) That's why 'Trout' is my mainstay for local fishing in the Spring/Summer.

Trout may be finnicky and hard to catch from time to time but they are always there and the weather's always at its best.

Give it a try,Lads, you'll not be disappointed.

there are loads of species to go for on the ne coast
all you have to do is adapt your methods of fishing....
you have the full range of flatties from all rivers and sandy beaches....try fishing very light about 10yds out ....you will be surprised
most deepwater rock marks will give wrasse, coalies, pollack, codling and even bass, have caught all float fishing, but by far the best in my opinion is fishing jellyworms on light gear exploring along ledges and gullies....had coalies and pollack to 3lb and codling to 5lb from tangle gullies with no more than 5ft of water in them.......or plugs on a ebbing tide over rough ground when theres only a couple of foot of water being hit by a bass is unreal....nothing like it...i have not even tried the harbours or other manmade structures yet.....no doubt there is more styles and fish to be caught......
with the road network we have in the north east ....i live in durham within an hours drive i can be fishing as far south as runswick bay and as far north as cresswell and druridge bay.....with all the marks in between.....all it took for me was for me to take my cod goggles off and stop trying to blast a bait to the horizon every session.......

 

[drof46]

there are loads of species to go for on the ne coast
all you have to do is adapt your methods of fishing....
you have the full range of flatties from all rivers and sandy beaches....try fishing very light about 10yds out ....you will be surprised
most deepwater rock marks will give wrasse, coalies, pollack, codling and even bass, have caught all float fishing, but by far the best in my opinion is fishing jellyworms on light gear exploring along ledges and gullies....had coalies and pollack to 3lb and codling to 5lb from tangle gullies with no more than 5ft of water in them.......or plugs on a ebbing tide over rough ground when theres only a couple of foot of water being hit by a bass is unreal....nothing like it...i have not even tried the harbours or other manmade structures yet.....no doubt there is more styles and fish to be caught......
with the road network we have in the north east ....i live in durham within an hours drive i can be fishing as far south as runswick bay and as far north as cresswell and druridge bay.....with all the marks in between.....all it took for me was for me to take my cod goggles off and stop trying to blast a bait to the horizon every session.......

Well said!

You paint a rosy picture of Summer sea angling in the N.E. and it may surprise you that many Winter 'Cod Men' are aware that lighter kit and a variety of baits and lures may produce the odd fish.

Gave it a good go for more than twenty years alternating between a 'Sea Trip' and a 'Trout Trip' during Spring/Summer - BUT these days it's not worth the effort unless you are interested in the occasional small dab or flounder or if really lucky an inedible wrasse from the rock edges and gullies.

By all means take off your 'Cod Goggles' as you say but divvent replace them with 'Rose Tinted Specs'

 

[sage]

catches last year for me late spring /early summer included bass from crimdon/seaton carew on plugs...coalies / pollack on jellyworms from cullercoats and st marys island....wrasse on the float from st marys island,
dabs, flounders, and plaice from all the rivers and even a small thorny from seaham hall beach and a couple of doggies from the blast which were a bit of a shock to me....from the southern marks like saltburn and various bays i had bass, a thorny, coalies, wrasse, yting, codling and pollack....
the species are there for the taking if people are prepared to try for them.....but few people seem to try it.....i will be doing it again all this year as enjoyed it last year it is a change from the coarse / carp fishing for me

 

[drof46]

Good luck, Bonny Lad