had a trip down to saltburn in the boat on tuesday, the sea has finally started to clear, we had a steady run of codlings on baited hokkeyes. the tides were small so the drift was slow and also that helped the sea to clear. After reading about the whitby boats having great success with shads last year i have vowed to give them a shot this year, so towards the end of the day with the drift speeding up and the fish seeminly not feeding i thought id put one on for the last 20 mins, tied it on to a 8 foot trace and dropped down (not really expecting much) WOW, you gotta try them lads, straight into the fish again. no one was more shocked than me........... dont take my word for it try em
well lads the season has kicked off
- Thread starter smoggie
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hi Jason i moor my boat on the Tees at stockton, believe it or not,.....its a 2 1/4 hour run to saltburn for us (diesel inboard + displacement hull}... but the ground is tons better than hartlepool especially early and late in the year in fact all year round.... but where ever you fish TRY SHADS I had 4 fish in 4 drops {all within 1minute of hitting bottom} when the hokki,s and bait were doing nothing It scares me to think what i could have done if i had tried them earlier !!!
jason
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smogs i fish shads all the time and agree they are the biz - there are also a few wrecks down saltburn way that holds some bit pollack about 9lb you should give them ago on jellie worms etc. will pm you the wrecks details. i live in stockton so if you ever need a crew please let me know and i will certainly love to come with you and swap tips etc.
Jason
Jason
hi Jason, if you fancy crewing your more than welcome (as long as you dont mind the plod out) Charlotte B is a colvic seaworker so there,s always plenty room pm me if you,re interested and i,ll contact you .We should be out regular from now on so give me a shout i will welcome sharing methods and marks
