The Sarah JFK?

[northeast1]

Yes they will be fine, orange is my fav colour for cod, make sure you bait them up for ling with a bit of mackerel as well. If the tide is fast use a pirk on the end...if not use a 10oz+ lead and hold it as close tot eh wreck as possible.

I had 6 cod and 2 ling on orange lead heads last friday but most lads had fish on baited daylights and pirks.

Tip for wreck fishing..nothing fancie..keep it simple and cheap and bait it well.

[henda11]

its actaully gonna be my 1st time on a boat fishing, do you just do what you do when ur fishing for macky? just let it drop and then start reeling in when its went down deep?

also what breaking strain line should i have on the reel? because i may be buying my own stuff, not to sure yet.

also im hoping alan will stop just off shields pier for a hour an hour or so to get some mackerel for bait...

cheers

[KeithB]

If it's your first trip I wouldn't buy any gear yet in case it's not for you.

For cod & ling you want to be fishing as close to the bottom as possible, I usually let the lead hit the bottom then reel in a couple of turns, but then keep feeling for the bottom.

Have a read of Mr C's guide if you haven't already:

http://www.nesa.co.uk/Articles/Guide_to_Wreck_Fishing.html

[henda11]

well me and my step da were just gonna buy a cheap set of 2 rods + 2 reels for £50 off ebay. my step da used to go boat fishing all the time, he caught his personal best about 6 years back which was a cod just over the 40lb mark..he has a photo somewhere so ill try and get that on here..

but i no ill like boat fishing, i dont get sea sick so it should be alright, i like the thought of being able to go out instead of being stuck on a pier or marina.

[northeast1]

Keith is right, wreck fishing is bl**dy hard work and you either love it or hate it. (i love it)

I would borrow as much and buy as little as you can for the 1st trip, it is not as easy as just dropping down and waiting as you will find out.

Alan wont stop and fish for mackerel as you will prob get them when he stops above a wreck.

Best of luck when you do try, shame you dont know anyone that could take you out for a few hours one night time jsut to get a feel of wreck fishing. It might save you £30 in the end if you hate it.

[henda11]

well we are just gonna get the boat rods + reels on the cheap..£50 for the lot, and if boat fishing dont work out for me then ill just sell them on ebay again lol, i dont really mind, just looking forward to going out, since you said alan may not stop for mackerel then ill buy a couple of packets of fillets.

[KeithB]

Don't bother taking mackeral, they are everywhere and fresh is better anyway.

[henda11]

theres supposed 2 be a few dog fish about and some thorn backs...if i wanna try for one of those shall i just throw half a strip of mackerel on.

also my step da was going on about tope, now i no we aint gonna catch tope when we go, but do you no where we would be able to go to get some? people were saying hartlepool

[henda11]

right so i need to write a few things down.......

how many lead weights/pirks will i need, and what ounce ones?
and what are the prices usually?

[Norman]

I think Top of your list ought to be seasickness tablets . . . would be a shame to spoil the day if you got caught short (and its no embarassment as loads suffer especially on first few trips) ....... I`m sure there`s a load of suggestions on whats best from lads on here which will follow.

Bait, forget it there`s mackerel Everywhere .... maybe a box of squid to make a cocktail but thats all, mackerel at this time of year is King.......

Gear, loads of weights and/or pirks (20 minimum for a full day with Alan especially if theres a drift on), as its your first time out keep it simple daylights and/or hokkias but you need to bait all the hooks heavily with mackerel or else you`ll never get to the bottom without hooking into more mackerel (use the daylites with no bait for catching your first mackerel).

Good money saving tip is to cut the traces in two and use just two hooks, they last twice as many snags that way and its nearly always the bottom hook that catches anyway, we often fish with one hook.

good luck

[henda11]

well ive bought those orange squid jigs, they are supposed to be popular for cod on the JFK lol, ermm ill get some of the cheap daylights with the white tale and colored head coz thats what i always catch my mackerel on. ..

my step dad said he'll make his own pirks..if not then we will just buy some...buy 10 pirks and 10 heavy weights....

shud be a good day out hoping to get a few decent double figure weight fish, whether it be cod,ling or pollock, even the odd thorn back or dog fish wudnt go a miss..

[AndyJames83]

Andy was that you fishing the right hand side of the boat at the front on friday? I was the one in the red coat fishing with lead heads all day next to Bambra.

Yeah i was the one who lost pretty much a full reel of braid, and then was beat by 5oz on the sweep by bamber!! Put my ling in a pie last night, beautiful. Gonna try my best to get out again later this week, maybe friday again. You seemed to do well on the lead heads.

[northeast1]

Yer i had a few keepers and returned a few from the lead heads. The afternoon was abit of a write off with the weather and fast drift but you also feel Alan is doing his best to catch the fish.

I am also looking at this Friday but the weather dont look over great 12-15mph WSW going S winds.

[henda11]

AndyJames , do you hav an email address i cant contact you on to chat to you a little more about the JFK mate?

[Charlton]

there was a small tope taken in a salmon net just off Whitley Bay