Well, the forcast for Sunday morning was spot on, so went and registered for the boat comp at 7am, then back to Cullercoats and launched into a nice smooth sea with a northerly swell. Went straight to some wrecks around the 3 mile mark off the Tyne but struggled to catch any fish using a shad as I had on Friday. The drift was very slow, but I eventually caught a codling of 3lb-10ozs. Nearly gutted it soon after capture but thought, with things being so slow, i'd better not. Tried a few more wrecks, but the same thing, with only small codling. As the wind picked up from the southeast, I ended up bait fishing at anchor near the yellow can of Whitley, and started catching nice pot size codlings 2 at a time almost as soon as the sinker was hitting the bottom, but nothing bigger than 3lb-10.
By 1-30pm I was sitting in a quite choppy sea with no one else about, the tide now slack, so called it a day and went home. After the boat was washed down and every thing taken off and put away i thought, should I bother weighing my fish in, but in the end, decided to go back mainly to sea what was caught.
There were some nice ling from the Sunderland boats, best 22lb, down to around 10lb and only the odd cod, best about 12lb, but all these were on boats over 20ft. It was now cold wet and windy, so I said to Sam, is it worth hanging around for 3-10ozs, and he said, most definitely, yes, as you are winning the under 20ft section.
Couldn't believe it, won with such a small weight. Chuffed with £70. drove home with a big grin on me fyes, well pleased with that.
By 1-30pm I was sitting in a quite choppy sea with no one else about, the tide now slack, so called it a day and went home. After the boat was washed down and every thing taken off and put away i thought, should I bother weighing my fish in, but in the end, decided to go back mainly to sea what was caught.
There were some nice ling from the Sunderland boats, best 22lb, down to around 10lb and only the odd cod, best about 12lb, but all these were on boats over 20ft. It was now cold wet and windy, so I said to Sam, is it worth hanging around for 3-10ozs, and he said, most definitely, yes, as you are winning the under 20ft section.
Couldn't believe it, won with such a small weight. Chuffed with £70. drove home with a big grin on me fyes, well pleased with that.
