Hi All,
Not a great day to be honest.
The day started well with a puncture on the way to the Marina.........car is on those run flat things so it got me there. Cost a fortune today though...!!!
Unpacked the gear from the car and carried down the boat looking like a Domino Pizza Delivery person. It was my turn to supply the food so I took the easy way out and got a big Pizza the night before and a Corned Beef plate pie....wonderful...!!!
We opted for a day Boat Casting as the wrecks now seem inconsistent to dead.
After anchoring up we cast the gear some 60 yds out the back of the boat and waited for the bites. We didn't have to wait long........the day started with a Codling to 2lbs for Davey with me following up with a brace of crappy Scotchies. The day continued in a steady fashion with 12 Codling to 5 lbs coming on board. As the tide slackened off so did the fish. As it was a small tide it took the boat an hour or more to move on the anchor and face the other direction. We only picked one fish up on the afternoon ebb, a Codling of 2lbs.
What started off so well ended off being quite poor...most of the other boats out of Sunderland didn't fair to well either with some opting to return to the dock early.
Highlight of the day was seeing two very young dolphins playing around appox. 100metres from the boat, (in fact these are probably the reason for the lack of fish).
Food wise today was poor. Cold food.......simply not good enough. There were infrequent cups of Tea and Coffee but that was little consolation. We did have half a pig and plenty buns on board to make Bacon Butties but the skipper was too lazy to do any cooking. Marti and myself are considering jumping ship and finding a more accomodating skipper, the service we are getting at the moment is poor to embarrassing. I hope Davey reads this and feels suitably shamed...!!!!
Update..................I've just spoken with Davey who is also out today and it's just as bad apparently.
Roll on my upcoming Shark trip the davem2005.....!!!!!
Cheers,
Jeff.
Not a great day to be honest.
The day started well with a puncture on the way to the Marina.........car is on those run flat things so it got me there. Cost a fortune today though...!!!
Unpacked the gear from the car and carried down the boat looking like a Domino Pizza Delivery person. It was my turn to supply the food so I took the easy way out and got a big Pizza the night before and a Corned Beef plate pie....wonderful...!!!
We opted for a day Boat Casting as the wrecks now seem inconsistent to dead.
After anchoring up we cast the gear some 60 yds out the back of the boat and waited for the bites. We didn't have to wait long........the day started with a Codling to 2lbs for Davey with me following up with a brace of crappy Scotchies. The day continued in a steady fashion with 12 Codling to 5 lbs coming on board. As the tide slackened off so did the fish. As it was a small tide it took the boat an hour or more to move on the anchor and face the other direction. We only picked one fish up on the afternoon ebb, a Codling of 2lbs.
What started off so well ended off being quite poor...most of the other boats out of Sunderland didn't fair to well either with some opting to return to the dock early.
Highlight of the day was seeing two very young dolphins playing around appox. 100metres from the boat, (in fact these are probably the reason for the lack of fish).
Food wise today was poor. Cold food.......simply not good enough. There were infrequent cups of Tea and Coffee but that was little consolation. We did have half a pig and plenty buns on board to make Bacon Butties but the skipper was too lazy to do any cooking. Marti and myself are considering jumping ship and finding a more accomodating skipper, the service we are getting at the moment is poor to embarrassing. I hope Davey reads this and feels suitably shamed...!!!!
Update..................I've just spoken with Davey who is also out today and it's just as bad apparently.
Roll on my upcoming Shark trip the davem2005.....!!!!!
Cheers,
Jeff.
soon so fingers crossed there`ll be a few around , may even dip the new anchor and warp I bought a year ago 
