The forecast was fair, and I needed an excuse to give the engine a run and try to wash some of the weed from Ayva Leigh's bottom after a couple of month's inactivity.
With my son Oli to keep me company we headed out of Amble on the high tide at 09.30. And what a beautiful calm flat sea. So rare. With some lug and frozen prawn on board for me, and some new shads for Oli, we went flat out down to Cresswell. The fishing was awful, with me bagging a solitary codling, but at least the slime had gone from the bottom of the boat. There were some lads out from Blyth on a Predator and they had fished all the way up the coast and had the same lack of fish as us.
We then tried our luck out on half-a-dozen wrecks up to 6 miles out, but had the same lack of success, but at least the water was clearer out there.
To be fair, we knew that it was a very small tide, and that there would be very little chance of catching much, but if you don't try you will never know.
With my son Oli to keep me company we headed out of Amble on the high tide at 09.30. And what a beautiful calm flat sea. So rare. With some lug and frozen prawn on board for me, and some new shads for Oli, we went flat out down to Cresswell. The fishing was awful, with me bagging a solitary codling, but at least the slime had gone from the bottom of the boat. There were some lads out from Blyth on a Predator and they had fished all the way up the coast and had the same lack of fish as us.
We then tried our luck out on half-a-dozen wrecks up to 6 miles out, but had the same lack of success, but at least the water was clearer out there.
To be fair, we knew that it was a very small tide, and that there would be very little chance of catching much, but if you don't try you will never know.
keep the reports coming to NESA it belongs to us.:yltype:
