jonesey
Well-known member
well, managed to get last monday and tuesday off so decided to get the rods out and get fishing.
bit of a southerly on, so with hopes high i set off sunday evening for the flat rock at seaham. got there just before high water.
not long before the rods were out
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that southerly then got evil, and every cast i was getting fast. stuck with it till the tide was well out , regrouped and fished the next up and halfway down. tried rag, lug and squid without so much as a bite until around ten in the morning when i got a slack liner which i missed . time for a move...
headed off back along the blast to the spiles
had a couple of hours sleep then rods back out. that wind had dropped off a bit by now. fished for around two hours with only 1 crab to show so moved up the north pier.
(photos taken just before leaving tuesday around noon)
bumped into a few lads fishing around the thirty mark, they were catching decent numbers of whiting so i set up on the 36. things were getting desperate by now so it was whitey time!!my mate brian then turned up, cast out and caught a codling of around 1 1/2 ib.you can imagine how pleased i was !!!
Anyway, SHOCK AND HORROR, i then got a bite which felt quite heavy which resulted in this...
a lovely 5 pounder.....get in!!
hopes were up by now , and a steady stream of bites resulted in a dozen whiteys mostly around the 3/4 to 1 ib size. baits were rag/lug and squid in various combos, some with a good spray of wd40 on.
things slowed down around 6am for a couple of hours, then a bite and a heavy weight which felt like a decent fish.
turned out to be a flattie, hooked in its back..must have been like an underwater kite!!
managed another flattie soon after before calling it a day....absolutely knackered.
for anyone interested, cod had pipefish and a crab in it when gutted.
over and out
bit of a southerly on, so with hopes high i set off sunday evening for the flat rock at seaham. got there just before high water.
not long before the rods were out
that southerly then got evil, and every cast i was getting fast. stuck with it till the tide was well out , regrouped and fished the next up and halfway down. tried rag, lug and squid without so much as a bite until around ten in the morning when i got a slack liner which i missed . time for a move...
headed off back along the blast to the spiles
had a couple of hours sleep then rods back out. that wind had dropped off a bit by now. fished for around two hours with only 1 crab to show so moved up the north pier.
(photos taken just before leaving tuesday around noon)
bumped into a few lads fishing around the thirty mark, they were catching decent numbers of whiting so i set up on the 36. things were getting desperate by now so it was whitey time!!my mate brian then turned up, cast out and caught a codling of around 1 1/2 ib.you can imagine how pleased i was !!!
Anyway, SHOCK AND HORROR, i then got a bite which felt quite heavy which resulted in this...
hopes were up by now , and a steady stream of bites resulted in a dozen whiteys mostly around the 3/4 to 1 ib size. baits were rag/lug and squid in various combos, some with a good spray of wd40 on.
things slowed down around 6am for a couple of hours, then a bite and a heavy weight which felt like a decent fish.
turned out to be a flattie, hooked in its back..must have been like an underwater kite!!
managed another flattie soon after before calling it a day....absolutely knackered.
for anyone interested, cod had pipefish and a crab in it when gutted.
over and out
