It seems an age since I posted a catch report. I've been working overseas a lot this year and this is the first real Wrecking trip I've done and it wasn't too bad. Davey has been out in recent weeks and done pretty well with some good double figure Cod and one or two close to double figure Pollock.........all on Shads.
We left the Sunderland dock at 05:00hrs and Dave decided to take us poaching up North around the Sheilds wrecks. It was a beautiful calm day that turned into a scorcher and I'm nursing the sun burn as I write...!!!
Things started off slow but as the tide started to slacken off things began to improve. First fish of the day went to me.......a Ling of 22lbs........a personal best by 5 lbs and a wait of 27years since my previous best.
Good fishing continued up to slack water and just after with a Ling a drop for me with the next biggest around 13lbs. Dave was catching bot all at this point but apparently it was all his hard work and skill that was putting us in the right place at the right time. The right time I can go along with but with the Volante kitted out with more gear than the Starship Enterprise the element of positioning the boat could be done by a trained monkey, (I'm not saying Dave is a performing Chimp here so please don't mis-understand me). Let's just say the technology has alleviated some difficulties...!!! The photo's below should help explain my point of view.
Volante Cabin
Max-Sea 3 D Plotter - 3D View of Border Star Wreck and Drift Tracking
Max Sea 3D Plotter - Elevated 3 D View of Border Star Wreck and Drift Tracking
You can see from the images that the wreck has broken in two and the gadgetry makes it easy(?) to drift all parts of the wreck with greater accuracy. It certainly helped today.
As the tide picked up again, (Big Tide today) we changed tactics to Shads on 10ft flowing traces in the hunt of Codling. Davey made a comeback at this point with a number of Cod to around 8lbs. I blanked on the Cod today.
We called it a day around 14:30hrs and headed back to the dock.
Most fish were returned. We kept the two big Ling, a smaller one that was wrapped up in line and two decent Cod. We returned around 12-15 fish.......some up to 8lbs in weight.
Anyway, it was nice to get out again but it could be my last trip until September due to work committments. I've sure Davey wil be out most fishable days though....!!!
Cheers,
Jeff.
We left the Sunderland dock at 05:00hrs and Dave decided to take us poaching up North around the Sheilds wrecks. It was a beautiful calm day that turned into a scorcher and I'm nursing the sun burn as I write...!!!
Things started off slow but as the tide started to slacken off things began to improve. First fish of the day went to me.......a Ling of 22lbs........a personal best by 5 lbs and a wait of 27years since my previous best.
Good fishing continued up to slack water and just after with a Ling a drop for me with the next biggest around 13lbs. Dave was catching bot all at this point but apparently it was all his hard work and skill that was putting us in the right place at the right time. The right time I can go along with but with the Volante kitted out with more gear than the Starship Enterprise the element of positioning the boat could be done by a trained monkey, (I'm not saying Dave is a performing Chimp here so please don't mis-understand me). Let's just say the technology has alleviated some difficulties...!!! The photo's below should help explain my point of view.
Volante Cabin
Max-Sea 3 D Plotter - 3D View of Border Star Wreck and Drift Tracking
Max Sea 3D Plotter - Elevated 3 D View of Border Star Wreck and Drift Tracking
You can see from the images that the wreck has broken in two and the gadgetry makes it easy(?) to drift all parts of the wreck with greater accuracy. It certainly helped today.
As the tide picked up again, (Big Tide today) we changed tactics to Shads on 10ft flowing traces in the hunt of Codling. Davey made a comeback at this point with a number of Cod to around 8lbs. I blanked on the Cod today.
We called it a day around 14:30hrs and headed back to the dock.
Most fish were returned. We kept the two big Ling, a smaller one that was wrapped up in line and two decent Cod. We returned around 12-15 fish.......some up to 8lbs in weight.
Anyway, it was nice to get out again but it could be my last trip until September due to work committments. I've sure Davey wil be out most fishable days though....!!!
Cheers,
Jeff.
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