mackerel

[snatcher]

John, i'll be over there on wednesday and thursday, is there anything getting caught?

Heard of a few pollack and flatties being caught. I reckon the Yellow Isle could be worth a bash. Our next stint over will be mid May.

John

 

[baxter1612]

Thanks for the advice John... but where is the Yellow Isle?:red:

 

[snatcher]

Thanks for the advice John... but where is the Yellow Isle?:red:[/QUOTE

Just about 5 mins walk north of Portpatrick. Just park up at the north end of Portpatrick Harbour (its free) - you can actually park nearer but its hard to describe how to get there !!

Walk up the stairs,follow the coastal path,go past the radio masts and you will see the mark. Its not actually an "Isle" just yellow lichen covered rocks. You will see a well defined path down to the mark. If no fish head walk a bit further north up the coastal path,plenty of fishy marks to try.

Mind you,this is basically from a lure fisherman. I fish over the MOG most of the summer and last year only took my beachcaster on one occasion. Float fishing for wrasse and lure fishing for bass and pollack is my game.

Hope you do well,looking forward to your report.

John

ps,could you let me know the state of the mark as regards anglers litter !!!! I filled a black bin liner last time I was there :-(

 

[guy]

Thanks for the advice John... but where is the Yellow Isle?:red:[/QUOTE

Just about 5 mins walk north of Portpatrick. Just park up at the north end of Portpatrick Harbour (its free) - you can actually park nearer but its hard to describe how to get there !!

Walk up the stairs,follow the coastal path,go past the radio masts and you will see the mark. Its not actually an "Isle" just yellow lichen covered rocks. You will see a well defined path down to the mark. If no fish head walk a bit further north up the coastal path,plenty of fishy marks to try.

Mind you,this is basically from a lure fisherman. I fish over the MOG most of the summer and last year only took my beachcaster on one occasion. Float fishing for wrasse and lure fishing for bass and pollack is my game.

Hope you do well,looking forward to your report.

John

ps,could you let me know the state of the mark as regards anglers litter !!!! I filled a black bin liner last time I was there :-(

them steps up the cliffs from the car park are a killer we fished down from the castle into the cove and was poor for pollock but quite a few wrasse were caught, on the morning of that day we asked the guy in ardwell marine for a nice easy mark to get to as we were all bad off the beer and he told us there. we were expecting a nice easy days fishing not the stairway to heaven and a absail down the cliff

 

[baxter1612]

Thanks for all the info John, i hope i have something to report.
No beachcaster for me either mate, LRF/HRF and probably a float setup, all with lures.

 

[codcatcher3000]

saw loadsa people fishing of the pier today , unfoirtunately my binoculars were not that good and i could not see if they were fishing a comp or just loasdsa ppl feathering ...anyone know owt?

 

[codcatcher3000]

has anyone heard owt ? anywhere? boat or shore ?

 

[Stewart 1971]

There were a couple of extremely optimistic lads tossing tinsel off Shields today.

Only about three months too early.

 

[123]

What can you catch this time of year down roker then? I was there last week, blanked when I tried about half way up the pier and blanked at the round end as well.

 

[cantcatchafish]

maccy season thats when i dodge the roker pier kids get on me wick ****s wont leave me scooter alone, bring on the winter fishing.

 

[codcatcher3000]

gonna do me maccy hunting in the early hours hopefully .... maybe even get myself some pollack on lures too.....am thinking of using some dexter wedges....anyone know if u work it like a lure ir sink and draw like feathers if u using wedges....

 

[paulthespark]

gonna do me maccy hunting in the early hours hopefully .... maybe even get myself some pollack on lures too.....am thinking of using some dexter wedges....anyone know if u work it like a lure ir sink and draw like feathers if u using wedges....

dexter wedges work fine have caught loads on them but like any type of lure fishing you have got to spin at the depth the fish are feeding, i.e mackerel are a mid water swimming fish so let your lure drop to that depth say 10 to 20 feet and retrive slowly so the fish in question can catch it and flick your rod so the lure looks more realistic when you are retriving,sometimes if i am fishing clean ground with lures or feathers i let them drop to the bottom and just pirk them off the bottom and let them drop again to the bottom with just a few turns on your reel, you will be suprised what you can pick up, i have had in one cast using this system with daylights two codling , to good coalies and on the retrive i picked up a macky well, now bass lure fishing is a whole different kettle of fish lol.

 

[codcatcher3000]

cheers for that paul...dont think i`ll be trying dexterwedges on roker pier then ....but will try it someplace i know the ground is clean

 

[codcatcher3000]

are we there yet anyone ......in the northeast ......gonna have to keep my feathers in the shed like now that we getting a good blow over the weekend....hmmm pulley rig or feathers....

 

[The disposaleer]

Chav Obseravtion Report (CHAV-OB-REP)

Chav Obseravtion Report (CHAV-OB-REP)

Still prefer about 6.30pm on a sunny saturday, dodging the flying sinkers, empty beer cans, pools of sick and p*ss, foul mouthed yobs, chip cartons and dead mackerel everywhere! NOT

This is generally how the chav commences his fishing trip;

0800 hrs- Chav clan chief 'gold leader' puts out an 'all chav call' via abreviated text message

0900 hrs- All available chavs meet at tackle shop, create diversion and 'ballsy chav' robs shop blind

0915 hrs- Chav reconnaisance patrol deploy, on bikes, to nearest pier (favoured locations Seaham, Roker and S/S) and confirm by abbreviated text message the access to pier (prefferably over or through fence-even if gate open),state of tide ('aye there's f*****n' water there like') and people to annoy

0930 hrs- Upon confirmation of favourable conditions, chav 'main body' (between 6-12 chavs is the standard configuration, accompanied by up to 20 chav-lets and mini-chavs) are met by leader of reconnaisance patrol

0930 hrs- 'Gold leader' will take main body into desired spot, spread themselves amongst normal anglers (blend in, harder to target) and procede to disseminate rubbish and **** all over the pier

1000-1600 hrs 'Gold leader' assigns chavs to tasks; tasks include casting out over normal anglers line and creating tangles, the loudest chav (codename 'chavgob') will be tasked to shout, scream and swear for the entire duration of the fishing period. Two more trusted chavs will be tasked to aquire bottles of blue wicked, with at least 2 empty bottles to be smashed at infrequent times during the day. The chav with the weakest bladder is tasked to **** in every conceivable place along the pier; bonus points given out by gold leader if 'splashback' achieved on normal anglers gear. Chav-lets and mini-chavs will have been assigned a mentor who will ensure they take part in the days tasks, and will be constantly schooled in the way off the chav in preparation for the rites of passage entry into chavdom.

Actions on event off mackerel caught- 'chavgob' informs everyone on the pier of fish caught; the unfortunate fish is then surrounded by all chavs, picked up by gold leader, then bounced all over pier in attempt to stop fish wriggling. Once the bloody unrecognisable pile of mush that used to be a mackerel is quite dead, it is then left on the pier to go off in the sun; this is how the chav likes his food.

Actions on gold leader getting bored of fishing- Gold leader will sound the chav horn, and all chavs will pack up (or throw everything they can't carry into the sea) and will then leave with as much noise and commotion as humanly possible. Any injured chavs or chavs unable to keep up will face the same fate as the mackerel; only the strongest survive.

Points to note

1. Never feel sympathy for the chav; his parents will undoubtably own a brightly coloured Range Rover Sport (petrol), and spend all available income on fueling and running the damn thing; secondly the need to 'bling it up' with extra chrome,blacked out windows spoilers and suspension mods runs strong in the chav, and this will be a massive drain on his financial resources. Hence the need for their offspring to hunt their own food.

2. All chavs caught must be flogged; that doesn't mean put then on Ebay with a ridiculously low 'buy it now price', it means a horse whipping till near death, covered in hot tar, then hung in an iron gibbett from the nearest lampost (the crows have to eat too).

Tight lines all

 

[scottyds]

Only been fishing for a little while but saw my first glimpse of what the summer must be like last weekend...chavs turning up one after the other armed with dogs crapping all over and bags of cans...swearing and flinging sinkers with no regards for peoples safety.....rubbish left lying all over the pier....i think if its going to be like this ill be doing my fishing early doors while they are still in their pits sleeping off their cider induced coma's....

 

[codcatcher07]

are we there yet anyone ......in the northeast ......gonna have to keep my feathers in the shed like now that we getting a good blow over the weekend....hmmm pulley rig or feathers....

End of next month/early June at least until mackerel start showing from the n.e shoreline.

 

[codseeker]

maccy season thats when i dodge the roker pier kids get on me wick ****s wont leave me scooter alone, bring on the winter fishing.

you still got that old scooter

good for balancing a mate on sometimes going off like a circus act

 

[CARR53]

Was on the Mistress on friday, 3 Mackerel caught so may not be long before they are here in numbers.

 

[Pete from shields]

You sure the mistress had mackerel and not crabs.