What do YOU think?

[The Great Wallsendo]

if only you could fish three rods at a time eh? I think the same with boats can be said with shore...if they don't fancy it they'll just ignore it, you can hook the perfect bait, then the guy next to you catches using something else...so you change over then catch nowt coz they've either gone away or are no longer feeding.

Tis a cat and mouse game for sure

[5150]

I don't get out often, lucky if it's once a year (cost, spare time etc etc).. First time ever out was back in about 1988 with my mate and his dad, we all just used bait and caught a sh/t load of fish. Next time out we didn't catch many but the guys using daylights were getting all the action so naturally the following time we tried those.
Always take a wide selection of stuff when I do go out now, a lot as mentioned seems to depend on what the fish are into on that day.

[jeff]

Norman,

I think it really depends on so many things. If we all knew the answers it wouldn't be fishing...!!! Though Shads worked for me on Saturday they have failed me in the past, (though I think it was my technique and boom selection that was wrong). Like Keith has said....pirks well for some but I'm afraid not me.maybe it's the technique again....I don't know.

Also, unless fishing for Ling I never use bait on lures as it attracts the Whiting.

Matchman,

Quite a few boats do Uptide.......most what I know are out of Sunderland. On the boat I fish from, (Volante) we uptide from October right through to April / May each year and we do quite well......(see back reports from previous seasons) as do a lot of the other Sunderland boats. What I will say is that when we do fish the Tyne area during the winter it is rare to see any of the Tyne boats out.

Cheers,
Jeff.

[Norman]

Excellent replies from everyone, ....... if you read each or any post on this thread as an individual account then it`s ovbious how you should be fishing and what gear to use . LOL however as you read the next post and the next etc it becomes even more obvious that the only pattern is "difference" in views, lol and they are all right ............ (at times)

exciting this fishing lark aint it

[The Great Wallsendo]

resurrecting this thread because there's no point starting a new one...

I fished with Cod feathers last week and bagged up with over a dozen fish...Cod feathers when wet turn the feather into nothing more than a wet sliver...I'd be very surprised if the Cod in fact even noticed the "feather"

Therefore I am going to tie up some plain 6/0 three hook rigs and plain bait them to see how they fare next time...I have a sneaky suspicion I may just catch fish on them...

What do you think? do lures catch the Angler or the fish?

That said, first trip out saw Norman catching fish on a certain colour ...so I switched to said certain colour and started catching myself...even our neighbours started using the same certain colour and started catching as well