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boblydon
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 13:10
after blanking in style at last nights comp on slatey gut, 4 people on it , 5 codling caught and i could not even manage a bite.
Anyway with my left over bait of it was this morning to cullercoats harbour,ti looked good, got a few bites and landed a codling approx 2lb, then came the bite we all dream of and i struck into one hell of a fish got it all the was in, had it on the surface approx 12 foot away from me, it was HUGE it was bigger than my biggest ever ( 17ib ) the twat give one last nod of its head and the hook fell out of its mouth I WAS GUTTED !!!!!! off it same away back to its friends.
Next cast another good bite stuck into another good fish but not as big, got it in approx 50 yards and snagged it on the ledge, snapped the lot off when i tried to get it off.
NEVER GOT ANOTHER BITE
IanW
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:02
What a b**t**d !!!
Which side you did fish from Bob.
I'm in need of some fisihing tonight....any recomendations???
Cullercoats??
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:24
Sixfoot Steve & I also blanked in style at the boat station , saw 1 codling 2 1/2 to 3 lb caught and that was it , the crabs must have thought it was Christmas with the huge variety of bait we so willingley laid before them , STILL it was fun & for a good cause , nice to see some faces from the past , bloody hard luck at Cullercoats Bob
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:55
south side of cullercoats harbour Ian,at the top with a 30 yard lob early on at low water, keep hiting the same spot by casting a bit further till you get washed off, best action was the flood. i was using rag and lug, the sea was dying off a bit, no idea what is like now though
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 18:22
Unlucky Bob, theres nothing worse. 3 years ago I had one about 15lb on at Roker, walked it all the way to the steps with this bloke who'd come to give me a hand. Gets it at the bottom of the stairs and I was just about to shout 'don't grab the trace, grab the fish' when he grabbed the trace and off it swam!
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 21:05
north side blyth beach , 1 whitig 1 flatty ,froze my n-uts off ,went to the club afterwards bought more raffle tickets ,end of the night nothing but the satisfaction of fishing in a comp for a good cause ,.
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 21:08
Nightmare Bob! look on the bright side, it'll be even bigger when it hit's the deck of ya boat in the summer!
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 02:40
Read this earlier but didn't have time to reply. Absolutely gutted for you Bob mate.
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 09:28
thanks lads, was listening to a record this morning it reminded me of yesterday........." dry your eyes now "
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 09:50
Nightmare, souns pretty normal for you that Bob, the one that got away. We will be calling you Syd next, you know the obe i mean.
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 10:46
I know exactly haw you feel Bob, same thing happened to me about a fortnight ago (had to be 25-30lb). Still having flashbacks now, you know" the maybe if I'd done this or that".
Keep hammering away Bob you'll get it next time , well thats what I keep telling meself anyway
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 11:21
hard lines bob , it will come back in the summer . We lost some giants off the boat last year , goes with the job mate .
boblydon
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 11:25
thats fishing...it has happened to us all at some time or another, it was me against the cod, i lost AGAIN !!!
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:32
Wish I'd took notice Bob.
Had a couple of hours up at Snabs Point.....bit of a lump on and no fish.
Gave up before low water.
One other lad there, don't know if he had any more success after I left.
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:35
Going to try the harbour tonight though.
Do you normally park at the bottom of the ramp next to the pier itself, Bob?????
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:57
yes i park at the bottom of the ramp Ian, makes life much easier....be carefull because the rocks seem extra slippy at the minute
kensr27sz
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 18:08
gutted for you m8 never had one of the shore bigger than 7 lb .
Ell
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:18
feeling your pain bob
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:27
Bob,
You must have walked past me and Rod during the comp as we were right in the corner of the Bottom of the Stairs. I must have been leading at one point as I got one at 6.01, Rod got one at 6.10 and we only had one bite after that - I was fishing to the right of the hole - Rod to the left. I got a slack line bite that took about 30 yards to catch up to , by which time I was over the top of Rod. Needless to say it never came back. Our plan was to fish the harbour at low tide but the idea of going to bed and getting up again and then driving back to Birmingham meant we stayed up and fished the tide down a bit but off the south pier. The bottom end of the harbour must have been full of sand as we never lost any gear but were cleaned off every hoy. Packed in about 3 o'clock. Were you past the flat skeers ? 'cos its really tough going further up but further back when trying to get fish in. Feel for you though. Will post when Rod gets back as he's using up the bait tonight.
[Edited on 24/1/2005 by Stores]
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boblydon
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:52
Dave i seen someone using a scarboro was that you???if not you must have been next to him, on sunday in the harbour there were afew lads on the south pier casting into the harbour and 1 lad next to me they had at least 6 big flatties using small hooks, maybe it was flatties cleaning your hooks
Stores
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 20:02
Yes that was me. Rod and I spread out a bit to look as though the hole was full but we needn't have bothered as everyone else fished AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. There's now no hole there at all as the sands shift along the beach. Said to Rod - Bottom of the Stairs on the ebb, Slatey for the bottom of the tide and the Harbour for the flood. Thought you all did well to stay on as long as you did but couldn't bear inflicting a bit of side casting on you, especially fishing without a lamp.
Interesting about the flatties. They had a taste for mussel as well as worm.
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boblydon
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 13:10
after blanking in style at last nights comp on slatey gut, 4 people on it , 5 codling caught and i could not even manage a bite.
Anyway with my left over bait of it was this morning to cullercoats harbour,ti looked good, got a few bites and landed a codling approx 2lb, then came the bite we all dream of and i struck into one hell of a fish got it all the was in, had it on the surface approx 12 foot away from me, it was HUGE it was bigger than my biggest ever ( 17ib ) the twat give one last nod of its head and the hook fell out of its mouth I WAS GUTTED !!!!!! off it same away back to its friends.
Next cast another good bite stuck into another good fish but not as big, got it in approx 50 yards and snagged it on the ledge, snapped the lot off when i tried to get it off.
NEVER GOT ANOTHER BITE
IanW
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:02
What a b**t**d !!!
Which side you did fish from Bob.
I'm in need of some fisihing tonight....any recomendations???
Cullercoats??
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:24
Sixfoot Steve & I also blanked in style at the boat station , saw 1 codling 2 1/2 to 3 lb caught and that was it , the crabs must have thought it was Christmas with the huge variety of bait we so willingley laid before them , STILL it was fun & for a good cause , nice to see some faces from the past , bloody hard luck at Cullercoats Bob
boblydon
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:55
south side of cullercoats harbour Ian,at the top with a 30 yard lob early on at low water, keep hiting the same spot by casting a bit further till you get washed off, best action was the flood. i was using rag and lug, the sea was dying off a bit, no idea what is like now though
Davyred
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 18:22
Unlucky Bob, theres nothing worse. 3 years ago I had one about 15lb on at Roker, walked it all the way to the steps with this bloke who'd come to give me a hand. Gets it at the bottom of the stairs and I was just about to shout 'don't grab the trace, grab the fish' when he grabbed the trace and off it swam!
kensr27sz
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 21:05
north side blyth beach , 1 whitig 1 flatty ,froze my n-uts off ,went to the club afterwards bought more raffle tickets ,end of the night nothing but the satisfaction of fishing in a comp for a good cause ,.
KeithB
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posted on 23/1/2005 at 21:08
Nightmare Bob! look on the bright side, it'll be even bigger when it hit's the deck of ya boat in the summer!
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 02:40
Read this earlier but didn't have time to reply. Absolutely gutted for you Bob mate.
Jim.
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 09:28
thanks lads, was listening to a record this morning it reminded me of yesterday........." dry your eyes now "
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 09:50
Nightmare, souns pretty normal for you that Bob, the one that got away. We will be calling you Syd next, you know the obe i mean.
tala
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 10:46
I know exactly haw you feel Bob, same thing happened to me about a fortnight ago (had to be 25-30lb). Still having flashbacks now, you know" the maybe if I'd done this or that".
Keep hammering away Bob you'll get it next time , well thats what I keep telling meself anyway
DaveMason
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 11:21
hard lines bob , it will come back in the summer . We lost some giants off the boat last year , goes with the job mate .
boblydon
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 11:25
thats fishing...it has happened to us all at some time or another, it was me against the cod, i lost AGAIN !!!
IanW
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:32
Wish I'd took notice Bob.
Had a couple of hours up at Snabs Point.....bit of a lump on and no fish.
Gave up before low water.
One other lad there, don't know if he had any more success after I left.
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:35
Going to try the harbour tonight though.
Do you normally park at the bottom of the ramp next to the pier itself, Bob?????
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boblydon
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 12:57
yes i park at the bottom of the ramp Ian, makes life much easier....be carefull because the rocks seem extra slippy at the minute
kensr27sz
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 18:08
gutted for you m8 never had one of the shore bigger than 7 lb .
Ell
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:18
feeling your pain bob
Stores
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:27
Bob,
You must have walked past me and Rod during the comp as we were right in the corner of the Bottom of the Stairs. I must have been leading at one point as I got one at 6.01, Rod got one at 6.10 and we only had one bite after that - I was fishing to the right of the hole - Rod to the left. I got a slack line bite that took about 30 yards to catch up to , by which time I was over the top of Rod. Needless to say it never came back. Our plan was to fish the harbour at low tide but the idea of going to bed and getting up again and then driving back to Birmingham meant we stayed up and fished the tide down a bit but off the south pier. The bottom end of the harbour must have been full of sand as we never lost any gear but were cleaned off every hoy. Packed in about 3 o'clock. Were you past the flat skeers ? 'cos its really tough going further up but further back when trying to get fish in. Feel for you though. Will post when Rod gets back as he's using up the bait tonight.
[Edited on 24/1/2005 by Stores]
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boblydon
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 19:52
Dave i seen someone using a scarboro was that you???if not you must have been next to him, on sunday in the harbour there were afew lads on the south pier casting into the harbour and 1 lad next to me they had at least 6 big flatties using small hooks, maybe it was flatties cleaning your hooks
Stores
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posted on 24/1/2005 at 20:02
Yes that was me. Rod and I spread out a bit to look as though the hole was full but we needn't have bothered as everyone else fished AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. There's now no hole there at all as the sands shift along the beach. Said to Rod - Bottom of the Stairs on the ebb, Slatey for the bottom of the tide and the Harbour for the flood. Thought you all did well to stay on as long as you did but couldn't bear inflicting a bit of side casting on you, especially fishing without a lamp.
Interesting about the flatties. They had a taste for mussel as well as worm.
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